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I HE Father of our Country was 
I born m Westmorland Co., Va., 

t" Feb 2 2, 1732. His parents 
weie Augustine and Mary 
1^ (P. ill) Washington. The family 
to which he belonged has not 
' been satisfactorily traced in 
England. His great-grand- 
father, John Washington, em- 
igrated to Virginia about 1657, 
and became a prosperous 
* planter. He had two sons, 
Lawrence and John. The 
former married Mildred Warner 
and had three children, John, 
Augustine and Mildred. Augus- 
tine, the father of (ieorge, first 
married Jane Butler, who bore 
him four children, two of whom, 
Lawrence and Augustine, reached 
maturity. Of six children by his 
second marriage, George was the 
eldest, the others being Betty, 
Samuel, John Augustine, Charles 
and Mildred. 
Augustine Washington, the father of George, died 
in 1743, leaving a large landed property. To his 
sldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on 
the Patomac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon, 
and to George he left the parental residence. George 
received only such education as the neighborhood 
schools afforded, save for a short time after he left 
school, when he received private instruction in 
raathemat'cs. His sDcUinsi was rather defectiv«. 



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Remarkable stories are told of his great ))hysica; 
strength and development at an early age. He wa.-j 
an acknowledged leader among his companions, and 
was early noted for that nobleness of character, fair- 
ness and veracity which characterized his whole life. 

When George was i4years old he had a desire to go to 
sea, and a midshipman's warrant was secured for him, 
but through the opposition of his mother the idea was 
abandoned. Two years later he was appointed 
surveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In 
this business he spent three years in a rough frontier 
life, gaining experience which afterwards proved very 
essential to him. In 175 i, though only 19 years of 
age, he was ai)pointed adjutant with the rank of 
major in the Virginia militia, then being trained for 
active service against the French and Indians. Soon 
after this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother 
Lawrence, who went there to restore his health. They 
soon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence 
died, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter 
who did not long survive him. On her demise Oie 
estate of Mount Vernon was given to George. 

Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddle, as Lieuten- 
ant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia wag 
reorganized, and the province divided into four mili- 
tary districts, of which the northern was assigned to 
Washington as adjutant general. Shortly after this 
a very perilous mission was assigned him and ac- 
cepted, which others had refused. This was to pro- 
ceed to the French post near Lake Erie in North- 
western Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed 
was between 500 and 600 miles. Winter was at hand, 
and the journey was to he made without military 
escort, through a territory occupied by Indians. The 



GEORGE WASHINGTON. 



irip was a perilous one, and several limes he came near 
losuig his life, yet he returned in safety and furnished 
a full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment 
of 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com- 
mand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was 
commissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was 
then begun against the French and Indians, in which 
Washington took a most important part. In the 
memorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad- 
dock's defeat, Washington was almost the only officer 
of distinction who escaped from the calamities of the 
day with life and honor. The other aids of Braddock 
were disabled early in the action, and Washington 
alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter 
to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through 
my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped 
unhurt, though death was levelino my companions 
on every side." An Indian sharpshooter said he was 
not born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken 
direct aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit 
him. 

.\fter having been five years in the military service, 
and vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he 
look advantage of the fall of Fort Daquesne and the 
expulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio, 
10 resign his commission. Soon after he entered the 
Legislature, where, although not a leader, he took an 
active and important part. January 17, 1759, he 
married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy 
widow of John Parke Custis. 

When the British Parliament had closed the port 
of Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces 
that "The cause of Boston is the cause of us all." 
It was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con- 
gress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila- 
del[)hia,Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties, 
peaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash- 
ington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the 
Congress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of 
England were plainly apparent. The battles of Con- 
cord and Lexington had been fought. Among the 
first acts of this Congress was the election of a com- 
mander-in-chief of tlie colonial forces. This high and 
responsible office was conferred upon Washington, 
who was still a memberof the Congress. He accepted 
it on June T9, but upon the express condition that he 
receive no salary. He would keep an exact account 
of expenses and expect Congress lo pay them and 
nothing move. It is not the object of this sketch to 
trace the military acts of Washington, to whom the 
fortunes and liberties of the people of this country 
were so long confided. The war was conducted by 
him under every possible disadvantage, and while his 
forces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every 
o!)stacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion 
and matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest 
nation of earth. On Dec. 23, 17S3, Washington, in 
a parting address of surpassing beauty, resigned his 



commission as commander-in-chief of the army to 
to the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He 
retired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed 
his occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all 
connection with public life. 

In February, 1 7 89, Washington was unanimously 
elected President. In his presidential career he was 
subject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new 
government ; trials from lack of confidence on the part 
of other governments ; trials from want of harmony 
between the different sections of our own country; 
trials from the impoverished condition of the country, 
owmgto the war and want of credit; trials from the 
beginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His 
clear judgment could discern the golden mean ; and 
while perhaps this alone kept our government from 
sinking at the very outset, it left him exposed to 
attacks from both sides, which were often bitter and 
very annoying. 

At the expiration of his first term he was unani- 
mously re-elected. At the end of this temi many 
were anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely 
refused a third nominadon. On the fourth of March, 
1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi- 
dent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there 
his few remaining years free from the annoyances of 
public life. Later in the year, however, his repose 
seemed likely to be interrupted by war with France. 
At the prospect of such a war he was again urged to 
take command of the armies. He chose his sub- 
ordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat- 
ters in the field, which he superintended from his 
home. In accepting the command he made the 
reservarion that he was not to be in the field until 
it was necessary. In the midst of these preparations 
his life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took 
a severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling 
in his throat, produced inflammation, and terminated 
fatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh- 
teenth his body was borne wiih military honors to its 
final resting place, and interred in the family vault at 
Mount Vernon. 

Of the character of Washington it is impossible to 
speak but in terms of the highest respect and ad- 
miration. The more we see of the operations of 
our government, and the more deeply we feel the 
difficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest, 
the more highly we must estimate the force of his tal- 
ent and character, which have be^^n able to challenge 
the reverence of all parties, and principles, and na- 
tions, and to win a fame as extended as the limits 
of the globe, and which we cannot but believe will 
be as lasting as the existence of man. 

The person of Washington was unusally tan, erect 
and well proportioned. His muscular strength was 
great. His features were of a beautiful symmetry. 
He commanded respect without any appearance of 
haughtiness, and ever serious without t^fii-ig dull. 



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)IIM ADAMS, the second 
I'lL-iident and the first Vice- 
" resident of the United States, 
J \\ i-i born in Braintree (now 
— '' (_)uincy ),Mass., and about ten 
lui'iLS from Boston, Oct. 19, 
1735. His great-grandfather, Henry 
Adams, emigrated from England 
about 1 640, with a family of eight 
sons, and settled at Braintree. The 
parents of John were John and 
Susannah (Boylston) Adams, His 
father was a farmer of limited 
means, to which he added the bus- 
iness of shoemaking. He gave his 
eldest son, John, a classical educa- 
tion at Harvard College. John 
graduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the 
school in Worcester, Mass. This he found but a 
■'sciiool of affliction," from which he endeavored to 
gain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the 
study of law. For this purfxise he placed himself 
under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He 
had thought seriously of the clerical profession 
but seems to have been turned from this by what he 
termed "the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun- 
jils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature," 
of tb.e operations of which he had been a witness in 
his native town. He was well fitted for the legal 
profession, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being 
ready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep- 
live jxjwers. He gradually gained practice, and in 
1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, 
and a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his 
marriage, ([/('•s), tlie attempt of Parliamentai^ taxa- 
tion turned him from law to poHtics. He took initial 
Steps toward holdin^ i town meeting, and the resolu- 



tions he offered on the subject became ver)- jiopulai 
throughout the Province, and were adopted word for 
word by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos- 
ton in 1768, and became one of the most courageous 
and prominent advocatesof the popular cause, and 
was chosen a member of the General Court (the I.eg- 
lislaturc) in 1770. 

Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegates 
from Massachusetts -to the first Continental Congress, 
which met in 1774. Here he distinguished himsell 
by his capacity for business and for debate, and ad- 
vocated tlie movement for indeyjendence against thi' 
majority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved 
and carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies 
should assume the duties of self-government. He. 
was a prominent member -of the committee of live 
appointed June 11, to prepare a declaration of inde- 
pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but 
on Adams devolved the task of battling it through 
Congress in a three days debate. 

On the day after the Declaration of Independence 
was passed, while his sou! was yet warm with thi 
glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife 
which, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated 
by the spirit of prophecy. " Yesterday," he says, "the 
greatest (question was decided that ever was debated 
in America; and greater, jierhaps, never was or wil 
be decided among men. A resolution was passed 
without one dissenting colony, ' that these United 
States are, and of right ought to be, free and inde- 
pendent states. ' The day is passed. The fourth o( 
July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history 
of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated 
by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary 
festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of 
deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to .Mmighty 
Ciod. It ought to be solemnized with iK)mp, sliows 



JOHN ADAMS. 



games, sjxsrts, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations 
from one end of the continent to the other, from this 
time forward for ever. You will think me transported 
with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of 
tiie toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to 
maintain this declaration, and support and defend 
these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the 
rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is 
worth more than all the means; and that posterity 
will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I 
hope we shall not." 

In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed a 
deiegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin 
Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in 
the endeavor to obtain assistance in arms and money 
from tlie French Government. This was a severe trial 
to his patriotism, as it separated him from his home, 
compelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex- 
posed him to great peril of capture by the British cruis- 
ers, who were seeking him. He left France June 17, 
1779. In September of the same year he was again 
chosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself in readi- 
ness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce 
with Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet 
might be found willing to listen to such pvoposels. He 
sailed for France in November, from there he went to 
Holland, where he negotiated imix)rtant loans and 
formed important commercial treaties. 

Finally a treaty of peace with England was signed 
Jan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement, 
toil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed 
threw him into a fever. After suffering from a con- 
tinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he 
was advised to go to England to drink the waters of 
Bath, ^\'hilein England, still drooping anddespond- 
ing, he received dispatches from his own government 
urging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to 
negotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was 
delicate, yet he immediately set out, and through 
storm, on sea, on horseback and foot,he made the trip. 

February 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr. Adams 
envoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face 
to face the King of England, who had so long re- 
garded him as a traitor. As England did not 
condescend to apjxjint a minister to the United 
States, and as Mr. .\dams felt that he was accom- 
plishing but little, he sought permission to return to 
.nis own country, where he arrived in June, t788. 

When Washington was first chosen President, John 
Adams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at 
home and abro.ad, was chosen Vice President, .\gain 
at the second election of Washington as President, 
Adams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash- 
ington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was 
elected President,though not without much opposition. 
Serving in this office four years, he was succeeded by 
Mr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics. 

TVTiile Mr. Adams was Vice President the great 



French Revolution shook the continent of Eurojie, 
and it was upon this point which he was at issue wuh 
the majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jeflerson. 
Mr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people 
in their struggle, for he had no confidence in their 
power of self-government, and he utterly abhored the 
class of atheist philosophers who he claimed caused it. 
On the otiier hand Jefferson's sympathies were strongly 
enlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or- 
iginated the alienation between these distinguished 
men, and two powerful parties were thus soon organ- 
ized, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies 
were with England and Jefferson led the other in 
sympathy with France. 

The world has seldom seen a spectacle of more 
moral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the 
old age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling 
had died away, and he had begun to receive that just 
appreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till 
after death. No one could look upon his veneralile 
form, and think of what he had done and suffered, 
and how he had given up all the prime and strength 
of his life to the public good, without the deepest 
emotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar 
good fortune to witness the complete success of the 
institution which he had been so active in creating and 
supjx)rting. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled 
to the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest 
station in the gift of the people. 

The fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half 
century since the signing of the Declararion of Inde- 
pendence, arrived, and there were but three of the 
signers of that immortal instrument left upon the 
earth to hail its morning light. And, as it is 
well known, on that day two of these finished theii 
earthly pilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as 
to seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr. 
Adams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning 
of the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from 
his b'ed. On being requested to name a toast for the 
customary celebration of the day, he exclaimed " In- 
dependence FOREVER." When the day was ushered 
in, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons, 
he was asked by one of his attendants if he knew 
what day it was? He replied, "O yes; it is the glor- 
ious fourth of July — God bless it — God bless you all." 
In the course of the day he said, " It is a great and 
glorious day." The last words he uttered were. 
"Jefferson survives." But he had, at one o'clock, re- 
signed his spiiit into the hands of his God. 

The personal appearance and manners of Mr. 
Adams were not particidarly prepossessing. His face, 
as his portrait manifests.was intellectTial ard expres 
sive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and h'>v 
manners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous. 
He had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor 
the engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked 
the manners and address of Jefferson, 







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THOMAS JRIM'M^IJ^D.X, 








\, HOMAS IEFF?:RS0N was 
^ 1 ( 111 Xpril 2, 1743, at Shad- 
' «l11, Albeimarle county, Va. 
/ lli^paicnts were Peter and 
J I ic ( Randolph) Jefferson, 
tlu former a native of Wales, 
and the Utter born in Lon- 
don To them were born six 
daughters and two sons, of 
whom Thomas was the elder. 
When 14 years of age his 
father died. He received a 
most liberal education, hav- 
ing been kept diligently at sciiool 
from the time he was five years of 
age. In 1760 he entered William 
end Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat 
of the Colonial Court, and it was the obodeof fashion 
and splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17 
years old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine 
horses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he 
was earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproacha- 
able in his morals. It is strange, however, under 
such influenceSjthat he was not ruined. In the sec- 
ond year of his college course, moved by some un- 
explained inward impulse, he discarded his horses, 
society, and even his favorite violin, to which he iiad 
previously given much time. He often devoted fifteen 
hours a day to haid study, allowing himself for ex- 
ercise only a run in tlie evening twilight of a mile out 
of the city and back again. He thus attained very 
higl) intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso- 
phy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and 
Greek authors he read with facility. A more finished 
scholar has seldom gone forth from college halls ; and 



there was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a 
more pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man. 

Immediately upon leaving college he began the 
study of law. For the short time he continued in the 
practice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin- 
guished himself by his energy and accuteness as a 
lawyer. But the times called for greater action. 
Tiie policy of Fnglaiid had awakened the spirit of 
resistance of the American Colonies, and the enlarged 
views which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led 
him into active political life. In 1769 he was chosen 
a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses !n 
1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very oeauti- 
ful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow 
Upon Mr. Jefferson's large estate at Shadwell, th^re 
was a majestic swell of land, called Monticcllo, which 
commanded a prospect of wonderful extent and 

j beauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new 
home; and here he reared a mansion of modest ye* 
elegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon 

j became the most distinguished resort in our hind. 
In 1775 'i*-" was sent to the Colonial Congress. 

i where, though a silent memlier, his abilities as a 
writer and a reasoner soon become known, and he 
was placed ui»n a number of imiwrtant committees, 
and was chairman of the one appointed for the draw- 
ing up of a declaration of independence. This com- 
mittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, 
Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. 
Livingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was apiwiiiled 
to draw up the paper. I'Vanklin and Adams suggested 
a few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con- 
gress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made 
in it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July 
4, 1776, What must have been the feelii-.gs of that 



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man — -what the emotions that swelled his breast — 
who was charged with the preparation of that Dec- 
laration, which, while it made known the wrongs of 
America, was also to publish her to the world, free, 
boverign and independent. It is one of the most re- 
markable papers ever written ; and did no other effort 
of the mind of its author exist, that alone would be 
sufficient to stamp his name with immortality. 

In 1779 iVIr. Jefferson was elected successor to 
Patrick Henry, as Governor of Virginia, At one time 
the British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to 
Moniicello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five 
minutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef- 
ferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses- 
sion of the British troops. His wife's health, never 
very good, was much injured by this excitement, and 
in the summer of 1782 she died. 

Mr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783. 
Two yeirs later he was appointed Minister Plenipo- 
tentiary to France. Returning to the United States 
in September, 1789, he became Secretary of State 
in Washington's cabinet. This position he resigned 
Jan. I, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi- 
dent, and four years later was elected President over 
Mr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In 
1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity, 
and George Clinton, Vice President. 

The early part of Mr. Jefferson's second adminstra- 
tion was disturbed by an event which threatened the 
tranquihty and peace of the Union; this was the con- 
spiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election 
to the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled 
ambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a 
military expedition into the Spanish territories on our 
southwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there 
a new republic. This has been generally supposed 
was a mere pretext ; and although it has not been 
generally known what his real plans were, there is no 
doubt that they were of a far more dangerous 
character. 

In 1809, at the expiration of the second term for 
which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined 
to retire from political life. For a period of nearly 
forty years, he had been continually before the pub- 
lic, and all that time had been employed in offices of 
the greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de- 
voted the best part of his life to the service of his 
country, he now felt desirous of that rest which his 
declining years required, and upon the organization of 
the new administration, in March, 1809, he bid fare- 
well forever to public life, and retired to Monticello. 

Mr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole 
families came in their coaches with their horses, — 
fathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and 
nurses, — and remained three and even six months. 
Life at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a 
fasliionable watering-place. 

The fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth anniver- . 



sary of the Declaration of American Independence, 
great preparations were made in every part of tht 
Union for its celebration, as the nation's jubilee, and 
the citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity 
of the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer. 
and one of the few surviving signers of the Declara- 
tion, to participate in their testivities. But an ill- 
ness, which had been of several weeks duration, and 
had been continually increasing, compelled him to 
decline the invitation. 

On the second of July, the disease under wliich 
he was laboring left him, but in such a reduced 
state that his medical attendants, entertained nc 
hope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly 
sensible that his last hour was at hand. On the nex'. 
diiy, which was Monday, he asked of those around 
him, the day of the month, and on being told it was 
the third of July, he expresied the earnest wish tha; 
he might be permitted to breathe the air of the fiftieth 
anniversary. His prayer was heard — that day, whose 
dawn was hailed with such rapture through our land, 
burst upon his eyes, and then they were closed for- 
ever. And what a noble consummation of a noble 
life ! To die on that day, — the birthday of a nation,- - 
the day which his own name and his own act had 
rendered glorious; to die amidst tiie rejoicings and 
festivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him, 
as the author, under God, of their greatest blessings, 
was all that was wanting to fill up the record his life. 

Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin- 
dred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear 
him company, left the scene of his earthly honors. 
Hand in hand they had stood forth, the champions of 
freedom ; hand in hand, during the dark and desper- 
ate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and 
animated their desponding countrymen; for half a 
century they had labored together for the good of 
the country; and now hand in hand they depart. 
In their lives they had been united in the same great 
cause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not 
divided. 

In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather 
above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes 
were light, his hair originally red, in after life became 
white and silvery; his complexion was fair, his fore 
head broad, and his whole cour^enance intelligent and 
thoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as 
well as personal courage; and j.:s command of tem- 
per was such that his oldest and most intimate friends 
never recollected to have seen him in a passion. 
His manners, though dignified, were simple and un- 
affected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that 
all found at his house a ready welcome. In conver- 
sation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic ; and 
his language was remarkably pure and correct. He 
was a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is 
discernable the care with which he formed his style 
upon the best models of antiquity. 




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FOURTH PRKSIDENT. 



V'|a&> 3^rr|ES npDisoi].-^D.:.i>. 






\\I?S MADISON, "Father 
^ I tliL C oiiititution," and fourth 
I idcntof the United States, 
/ \ t-, horn March i6, 1757, and 
1 died It hib home in Virginia, 
-" June 2S, 1S36. The name of 
James Madison is inseparably con- 
nected with most of the important 
events in that heroic period of our 
country daring which the founda- 
tions of this great repubUc were 
laid. He was the last of the founders 
of the Constitution of the United 
States to lie called to his eternal 
reward. 

The Madison family were among 
the early emigrants to the New World, 
landing upou the shores of the Chesa- 
peake but 15 years after the settle- 
ment of Jamestown. The father of 
James Madison was an opulent 
planter, residing uix)n a very fine es- 
tate called "Montpelier," Orange Co., 
Va. The mansion was situated in 
the midst of scenery highly pictur- 
esque and romantic, on the west side 
of .South-west Mountain, at the foot of 
t was but 25 miles from the home of 
Jefferson at Monticello. The closest jiersonal and 
political attachment existed between these illustrious 
uien, from their early youth until death. 

The early education of Mr. Madison was conducted 
mostly at home uniler a private tutor. At the age of 
iS lie was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey. 
Here he applied himself to study with the most im- 



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prudent zeal; allowing himself, for months, l)ut three 
hours' slee[) out of the 24. His health thus became so 
seriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor 
of constitution. He graduated in 177 i, with a feeble 
body, with a character of utmost purity, and with a 
mind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning 
which embellished and gave proficiency to his subsf 
quent career. 

Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study of 
law and a course of e.xtensive and systematic reading. 
This educational course, the spirit of the times in 
which he lived, and the society with wliich he asso- 
ciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong 
love of liberty, and to train him fijr his life-work o! 
a statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of 
mind, and his frail health leading him to think that 
his life was not to be long, lie diiected especial atten- 
tion to theological studies. Endowed with a mind 
singularly free from passion and prejudice, and with 
almoKt unequalled powers of reasoning, he weighed 
all the arguments for and against revealed religion, 
until his faith became so established as never to 
be shaken. 

In the spring of 1776, wiien 26 years of age, he 
was elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to 
frame the constitution of the State. The next year 
(1777), he was .1. candidate for the General .Assembly. 
He refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and 
consetpiently lost his election ; but those who had 
witnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the 
modest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf, 
and he was apjjointed to the Kxeculive Council. 

Both Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were 
Governors of Virginia while Mr. Madison, remained 
member of the Council ; and their appreciation of hi» 



JAMES MADISON-. 



"ntellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not 
a little to his subsequent eminence. In the year 
1780, he was elected a member of the Continental 
Congress. Here he met the most illustrious men in 
our land, and he was immediately assigned to one of 
the most conspicuous positions among them. 

For three years Mr. Madison continued in Con- 
gress, one of its most active and influential members. 
In the year 17 84, his term having expired, he was 
elected a member of the Virginia Legislature. 

No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the 
utter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no na- 
tional government, with no power to form treaties 
which would be binding, or to enforce law. There 
was not any State more prominent than Virginia in 
the declaration, that an efficient national government 
must be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison 
carried a resolution through the General Assembly of 
Virginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis- 
sioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss 
this subject. Five States only were represented. The 
convention, however, issued another call, drawn up 
by Mr. Madison, urguig all the States to send their 
delegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft 
a Constitudon for the United States, to take the place 
of that Confederate League. The delegates met at 
the time appointed. Every State but Rhode Island 
"fas represented. George Washington was chosen 
president of the convention ; and the present Consti- 
tution of the United States was then and there formed. 
There was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac- 
tive in framing this immortal document than the mind 
and the pen of James Madison. 

The Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was 
to be presented to the several States for acceptance. 
But grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected 
we should be left but a conglomeration of independent 
States, with but little ix)wer at home and little respect 
abroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven- 
tion to draw up an address to the people of the United 
States, expounding the principles of the Constitution, 
and urging its adoption. There was great opposition 
to it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and 
went into effect in 1789. 

Mr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the 
avowed leader of the Republican party. While in 
New York attending Congress, he met Mrs, Todd, a 
young widow of remarkable ix)wer of fascination, 
whom he married. She was in person and character 
(jueenly, and probably no lady has thus far occupied 
so prominent a position in the very peculiar society 
which has constituted our republican court as Mrs. 
Madison. 

Mr. Madison served as Secretary of State under 
Jefferson, and at the close of his administration 
was chosen. President. At this time the encroach- 
ments of England had brought us to the verge of war. , 



British orders in council destioyed our commerce, and 
our flag was exposed to constant insult. Mr. Madison 
was a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring 
in his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the 
meekest spirit can be roused. It makes one's blood 
boil, even now, to think of an American ship brought 
to, upon the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser. 
A young lieutenant steps on board and orders the 
crew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal- 
ance he selects any number whom he may please to 
designate as British subjects ; orders them down the 
ship's side into his boat ; and places them on the gun- 
deck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the 
battles of England. This right of search and im- 
pressment, no efforts of our Government could induce 
the British cabinet to relinquish. 

On the 1 8th of June, 18 12, President Madison gave 
his approval to an act of Congress declaring war 
against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter 
hostility of the Federal party to the war, the country 
in general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th 
of March, 1813, was re-elected by a large majority, 
and entered upon his second teitn of office. This is 
not the place to describe the various adventures of 
this war on the land and on the water. Our infan'. 
navy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap- 
pling with the most formidable power which ever 
swept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest 
by the appearance of a British fleet, early in February, 
18 13, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole 
coast of the United States under blockade. 

The Emperor of Russia offered his services as me 
ditator. America accepted ; England refused. A Brit- 
ish force of five thousand men landed on the banks 
of the Patuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa- 
peake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens- 
burg, upon Washington. 

The straggling little city of Washington was thrown 
into consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict 
at Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the 
metropolis. The whole population fled from the city. 
The President, leaving Mrs. ^Ladison in the ^Vhite 
House, with her carriage drawn up at the doer to 
await his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers 
in a council of war. He met our troops utteriy roUte4 
and he could not go back without danger of being 
captured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential 
Mansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in 
Washington were in flames. 

The war closed after two years of fighting, and on 
Feb. 13, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed aK^.hent. 

On the 4th of March, 1817, his second term of 
office expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair 
to his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his beau- 
dful home at Montpelier, and there passed the re- 
mainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the 
age of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi- 
son died July 12, 1849. 




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FIFTH PKF.SUiENT. 




'lMES MONROE 

identof The United States, 
was born in Westmoreland Co., 
\ 1, April 28, 1758. His early 
life was passed at the ])lace of 
nativity. Hi.? ancestors hail for 
many years resided in the prov- 
ince in which he was born. ^Vhell, 
at 17 jears of age, in the process 
of completing his education at 
William and Mary College, the Co- 
loniil Congress assembled at Phila- 
delphia to deliberate u[)on the un- 
just and manifold oppressions of 
Great Britian, declared the separa- 
tion of the Colonies, and [jronuil- 
gated the Declaration of Indejien- 
dence. Had he been liorn ten years liefore it is highly 
probable that he would have been one of the signers 
of that celebrated instrument. At this time he left 
school and enlisted among the patriots. 

He joined the army when everything looked hope- 
less and gloomy. The number of deserters increased 
from day to day. The invading armies came pouring 
in ; and the tories not only favored the cause of the 
mother country, but disheartened the new recruits, 
who were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con- 
tending with an enemy whom they had been taught 
to deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James 
Monroe, who went right onward, undismayed through 
difficulty and danger, the United States owe their 
ix^liric-il emancipation. The young cadet joined the 
ranks, and esixiused the cause of his injured country, 
with a firm determination to live o. iie with her strife 



)erty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the rael- 
ily retreat from Harleain Heights and White 
S and accompanied the dispirited army as it fled 
before its foes through New Jersey. In four months 
after tlie Declaration of Independence, the patriots 
had been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of 
Trenton he led the vanguard, and, in the act of charg- 
ing upon the enemy lie received a wound in tlie left 
shoulder. 

As a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was ]jro-| 
nioted a captain of infantry; and, having recovered, 
from his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however, 
receded from the line of promotion, by becoming aa 
officer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the cam- 
paigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandy 
wine, (ierniantown and Monniouth, he continued 
aid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his 
[wsition in the army, he exerted himself to collect a 



regiment for tlii 



ine. This scheme failed 



owing to the exhausted condition of the State. Ujwn 
this failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at 
that period Governor, and pursued, with considerable 
ardor, the study of common law. He did not, however, 
entirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag; 
but on the invasions of the enemy, served as a volun 
teer, during the two years of his legal pursuits. 

In 1782, he was elected from King George county, 
a member of the Leglislature of N'irginia, and by thai 
l.iody he was elevated to a seat in the Executive 
Council. He was thus lionored with tiie confidence 
of his fellow citizens at 23 years of age ; and havint 
at this early period displayed some of tliat ability 
and aptitude for legislation, which were afterwards 
employed with unremitting energy for tlie public good. 



JAMES MONROE. 



he was in the succeeding year chosen a member of 
[he Congress of the United States. 
DeeplyasMr. Monroefelt the imperfections of the old 
Confederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution, 
'.hinking, with many others of the RepubHcan party, 
'.hat it gave too much power to the Central Government, 
and not enough to the individual States. Still he re- 
tained the esteem of his friends who were its warm 
supporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition 
secured its adoption. In 1789, he became a member 
of the United States Senate; which office he held for 
four years. Every month the line of distinction be- 
tween the two great parties which divided the nation, 
the Federal and the Republican, was growing more 
distinct. The two prominent ideas which now sep- 
arated them were, that the Republican party was in 
sympathy with France, and also in favor of such a 
strict construction of the Constitution as to give the 
Central Government as little power, and the State 
Governments as much power, as the Constitution would 
warrant. The Federalists sympathized with England, 
and were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con- 
stitution, which would give as much power to the 
Central Goverrfment as that document could possibly 
authorize. 

The leading Federalists and Republicans were 
alike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the 
good of the nation. Two more honest men or more 
pure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and 
James Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In 
l)uilding up this majestic nation, which is destined 
to eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com- 
bination of their antagonism was needed to create the 
light equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de- 
nounced as almost a demon. 

Washington was then President. England had es- 
poused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi- 
ples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn 
into the conflict. We were feeble and far away. 
Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality be- 
tween these contending powers. France had helped 
us in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms 
of Europe were now combiiied to prevent the French 
from escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse 
than that which we had endured. Col. Monroe, more 
magnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at 
whatever hazard, we should help our old allies in 
their extremity. It was the impulse of a generous 
and noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres- 
ident's proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in 
magnanimity. 

Washington, who could appreciate such a character, 
developed his calm, serene, almost divine greatness, 
by appointing that very James Monroe, who was de- 
nouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister 
of that Government to the Republic of France. Mr. 
Monroe was welcomed by the National Convention 
in France with the most enthusiastic demonstB»-tions. 



Shortly after his return to this country, Mr. Mon- 
roe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the 
office for three years. He was again sent to France to 
co-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining 
the vast territory then known as the Province of 
Louisiana, which France had but shortly before ob- 
tained from Spain. Their united efforts were suc- 
cessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen, 
millions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and 
district of Louisiana were added to the United States. 
This was probably the largest transfer of real estate 
which was ever made in all the history of the world 

From France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob- 
tain from that country some recognition of oui 
rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those 
odious impressments of our ssamen. But Eng- 
land was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng- 
land on the same mission, but could receive no 
redress. He returned to his home and was again 
chosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned 
to accept the position of Secretary of State under 
Madison. While in this office war with England, was 
declared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during 
these trying times, the duties of the War Departnien; 
were also put upon him. He was truly the armor- 
bearer of President Madison, and the most efficient 
business man in his cabinet. Upon the return of 
peace he resigned the Department of War, but con- 
tinued in the office of Secretary of State until the ex- 
jnration of Mr. Madison's adminstration. At the elec- 
tion held the previous autumn Mr. Monroe himself had 
been chosen President with but little opposition, and 
upon March 4, 18 17, was inaugurated. Four years 
later he was elected for a second term. 

Ainong the important measures of his Presidency 
were the cession of Florida to the United States; the 
Missouri Compromise, and the " Monroe doctrine.' 

This famous doctrine, since known as the " Monroe 
doctrine," was enunciated by him in 1823. At that 
time the United States had recognized the independ- 
ence of the South American states, and did not wish 
to have European powers longer attempting to sub- 
due portions of the American Continent. The doctrine 
is as follows: "That we should consider any attempt 
on the part of European powers to extend their sys- 
tem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous 
to our peace and safety," and "that we could not 
view any interposition for the purjx)se of oppressing 
or controlling American governments or provinces in 
any other light than as a manifestation by Eurojiear. 
powers of an unfriendly disposition toward the LTnited 
States." This doctrine immediately affected the course 
of foreign governments, and has become the approved 
sentiment of the LTnited States. 

At the end of his second term Mr. Monroe retired 
to his home in Virginia, where he lived until 1830. 
when he went to New York to live with his son-in- 
law. In that city he died.on the 4th of July 1831 




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4^ \ JOI}I] QUIPY ^D^n]S. 



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OHN QUINCY ADAMS, tlic 
ih President of the United 
tes, was born in tiie rural 
ne of his honored father, 
John Adams, in Qaincy, Mass., 
on the iithcf July, 1767. His 
mother, a woman of exalted 
uoith, watched over his childhood 
during the almost constant ab- 
sence of his father. When but 
eight years of age, he stood with 
his mother on an eminence, listen- 
ing to the booming of the great bat- 
tle on Bunl<er"s Hill, and gazing on 
upon the smoke and flames billow- 

fing up from the conflagration of 
Charlestown. 
When but eleven years old he 
• took a tearful adieu of his mother, 

to sail with his fatner for Europe, 
through a fleet ol hostilj British cruisers. The bright, 
..uimated boy spent a year and a half in Paris, where 
Ills f.ither was associated with Franklin and Lee as 
uunister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted 
ihe notice of these distinguished men, and he received 
from tliem flattering ni.iks of attention. 

Mr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this 
rou try, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad .Again 
ol.n Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he 
ipplied himself with great diligence, for six months, 
to ..'udy; then accom pained his father to Holland, 
vnere he entered, first a school in .\msterdam, then 
t|-,e University at I.eyden. About a year from this 
time, in t78i, when the manly boy was but fourteen 
yea--, of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min- 
ister to the Russian court, as his private secretary. 

In this school of incessant labor and of enobling 
culture he spent fourteen months, and then returned 
!o Holland through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and 
Bremen, '{"his k ng journey he took alone, in the 
wniter, wlien in his sixteenth year, .^gain heresui-ned 
rue siudifs, unde.'- a pn"ate tutor, at Hague. Thence, 



in the spring of 1782, he accomiianied his f^chiT l: 
Paris, traveling leisurely, and torming aciiuamtanct 
with tlie most distinguisiieil men on the Continent 
examining arcnitectural remains, galleries of 1 .lintiugs 
and all renowned works of art. At Paris ne agaii. 
became associated with the most illustriotrs men o( 
all lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal 
themes which can engross the himian mind. Afte- 
a short visit to England he returned to Paris, ana 
consecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785, 
when he returned lo America. To a brilliant young 
man of eighteen, v. ho had seen much of the world, 
and who was familiar with the eii([uette of courts, a 
residence with his father in London, under such cir- 
cumstances, must have been extremely attractive 
but with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre- 
ferred to return to America to complete his education 
in an .'\merican college. He wished then to study 
law, that with an honorable profession, he might be 
able to obtain an independent suiijiort. 

Upon leaving Harvard College, at the age of twentj- 
he studied law for three years. In June, 1794, be- 
ing then but tv/enty-seven years of age, he was ap- 
pointed by Washington, resident minister at the 
Netherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reacheo 
London in October, where he was immediately admit- 
ted to the deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pincknty 
assisting them in negotiating acommercial treaty with 
C.ieat Brilian. After thus spending a fortnight i. 
London, he proceeded to the Hague. 

In July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal a9 
minister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal 
upon arriving in London, he met with despatche.s 
directing him to the court of Berlin, but requesting 
him to remain in London ur.til he should receive his 
instructions. \\'hile waiting he was married to ar 
American lady to whom he had been previously en- 
gaged, — Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, dau^htei 
of Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in I ondon 
a lady endownd with that beauty and those accoin. 
plishment which eminenlly fitted her lo move in tint 
elevated sphere for which she was tias'-ined 



JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 



He reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797 ; 
where he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful- 
filled all the purfjoses of his mission, he solicited his 
recall. 

Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to 
Ihe Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then 
was elected Senator of the United States for six years, 
from the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his 
ability and his experience, placed him immediately 
among the most prominent and influential members 
of tliat body. Especially did he sustain the Govern- 
ment in its measures of resistance to the encroach- 
ments of England, destroying our commerce and in- 
sulting our flag. There was no man in America more 
familiar with the arrogance of the British court upon 
these points, and no one more resolved to present 
a firm resistance. 

In 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres- 
idential chair, and he immediately nominated John 
Quincy Adams minister to St. Petersburg. Resign- 
ing his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked 
at Boston, in August, 1809. 

While in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense stu- 
dent. He devoted his attention to the language and 
history of Russia; to the Chinese trade; to the 
European system of weights, measures, and coins ; to 
the climate and astronomical observations ; while he 
Kept up a familiar acquaintance with the Greek and 
Latin classics. In all the universities of Europe, a 
more accomplished scholar could scarcely be found. 
All tlirough life the Bible constituted an important 
part of his studies. It was his rule to read five 
chapters every day. 

On the 4th of March, 1817, Mr. Monroe took the 
Presidential chair, and immediately appointed Mr. 
Adams Secretaiy of State. Taking leave of his num- 
erous friends in public and private life in Europe, he 
sailed in June, 181 9, for the United States. On the 
i8th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his 
home in Quincy. During the eight years of Mr. Mon- 
roe's administration, Mr, Adams continued Secretary 
of State. 

Some time before the close of Mr. Monroe's second 
term of office, \\q\s candidates began to be presented 
for the Presidency. The friends of Mr. Adams brought 
forward his name. It was an exciting campaign. 
Party spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and 
sixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re- 
ceived ninety-nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four; 
William H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty- 
seven. As there was no choice by the people, the 
question went to the House of Representatives. Mr. 
Clay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and 
be was elected. 

The friends of all the disappointed candidates now 
:ombined in a venomous and persistent assault upon 
Mr. Adams. Tliere is nothing more disgraceful in 
*-!>« past history of our country than the abuse which 



was poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this 
high-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was 
an administration more pure in principles, more con- 
scientiously devoted to tlie best interests of the coun- 
try, than that of John Quincy Adams ; and never, per- 
haps, was there an administration more unscrupu- 
lously and outrageously assailed. 

Mr. Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab- 
stemious and temperate in his habits; always rising 
early, and taking much exercise. When at his home in 
Quincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast, 
seven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said 
that he was the first man up in the city, lighting his 
own fire and applying himself to work in his library 
often long before dawn. 

On the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired 
from the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew 
I Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi- 
dent. The slavery question now began to assume 
lx)rlentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to 
Quincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un- 
abated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re- 
main in retirement. In November, 1830, he was 
elected representative to Congress. For seventeen 
years, until his death, he occupied the post as repre- 
sentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to 
do brave battle' for freedom, and winning the title of 
" the old man eloquent." Upon taking his seat in 
the House, he announced that he should hold him- 
self bound to no party. Probably there never was a 
member more devoted to his duties. He was usually 
the first in his place in the morning, and the last to 
leave his seat in the evening. Not a measure could 
be brought forward and escape his scrutiny. The 
battle which Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against 
the proslavery party in the Government, was sublime 
in its moral daring and heroism. For persisting in 
presenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, he 
was threatened with indictment by the grand jury, 
with expulsion from the House, with assassination . 
but no threats could intimidate him, and his final 
triumph was complete. 

It has been said of President Adams, that when his 
body was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of 
fourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little 
child, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before 
he slept, the prajer which his mother taught him in 
his infant years. 

On the 2 1 St of February, 1848, he rose on the floor 
of Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the 
speaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by paraly- 
sis, and was caught in the arms of those around him. 
For a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to 
the sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious- 
ness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and 
said " This is the endof earth .-"then after a moment's 
pause he added, ^' I ant content" These were the 
last words of the grand " Old Man Eloquent." 




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SE VENTH PRESWENT. 



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NfnREW JACKSON, the 

^Lventh President of" the 
L lilted States, was horn in 
W axhaw settlement, N. (:., 
March 15, 1767, a few days 
after his father's death. His 
parents were poor emigrants 
from Ireland, and took up 
their abode in Waxhaw set- 
tlement, where they lived in 
deepest poverty. 
Andrew, or Andy, as he was 
universally called, grew up a very 
rough, rude, turbulent boy. His 
features were coarse, his form un- 
gainly; and there was Init veiy 
little in liis character, made visible, which was at- 
tractive. 

When only thirteen years old he joined the volun- 
teers of Carolina against the British invasion. In 
17X1, he and his brother Robert were captured and 
imprisoned for a time at Camden. A British ofticer 
ordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. " I am 
a prisoner of war, not your servant," was the reply of 
the dauntless boy. 

The brute drew his sword, and aimed a desi)erate 
olow at the head of the helpless young prisoner. 
Andrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear- 
ful gashes, — one on the hand and the other upon the 
head. The officer then turned to his lirothcr Robert 
with the same demand. He also refused, and re- 
ceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which quite 
disabled him, and which probably soon after caused 
his death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and 
were finally stricken with the small-pox. Their 
mother was successful '.u «iotaining their exchange. 



and took her sick boys home. .'Vfter a long iiln.s-, 
.Andrew recovered, and the death of his mother ^oon 
left him entirely friendless. 

-Andrew suijporled himself in various ways, sjjhaa 
working at the saddler's trade, teaching school and 
clerking in a general store, until 17 84, when he 
entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however, 
gave more attention to the wild amusements of the 
times than to his studies. In 17S8, he was appointed 
solicitor for the western district of North Carolina, oi 
which 'I'ennessee was then a part. Tiiis invoh^'d 
many long and tedious jtiiirneys amid dangers of 
every kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear 
and the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmisix 
witn the Shar]) Knife. 

In 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who 
supposed herself divorced from her former husband. 
Great was the sur[)rise of both parties, two years later, 
to find that the conditions of the divorce had just been 
definitely settled by the first husband. 'I'hc marriage 
ceremony was performed a second time, but the occur- 
rence was often used by his enemies to bring .Mr. 
Jackson into disfavor. 

During these years he worked hard at his profes 
sion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand, 
one of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec- 
ially disgraceful. 

In January, i79''>, the Territory of Tennessee then 
containing nearly eighty lliousand inhabitants, the 
peojile met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con- 
stitution. Five were sent from each of the elev;u 
counties .'\ndrew Jackson was one of the delegates. 
The new State was entitled to but one' mcmlier in 
the National House of Representatives. .Andrew JacTc- 
son was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he 
rode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its 



ANDREW JACKSON. 



sessions,— a dislaiice of about eight hundred miles. 

Jackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo- 
cratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired 
Bonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr. 
Jackson took his seat, Gen. Washington, whose 
second term of office was then expiring, delivered his 
last speech to Congress. A committee drew up a 
comi)limentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson 
did not approve of the address, and was one of the 
twelve who voted against it. He was not willing to 
say that Gen. Washington's adminstratioh had been 
" wise, firm and patriotic." 

Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States 
Senate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home. 
Soon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court 
of his State, which position he held for six years. 

When the war of 18 12 with Great Bntian com- 
menced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair. 
Aaron Burr sent word to the President that there was 
an unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who 
would do credit to a commission if one were con- 
ferred u[X)n him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson 
affeied his services and those of twenty-five hundred 
volunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops 
were assembled at Nashville. 

As the British were hourly expected to make an at- 
tack upon New Orleans, where Gen Wilkinson was 
in command, he was ordered to descend the river 
with fifteen hundred troops to aid Wilkinson. The 
expedition reached Natchez; and afteradelay of sev- 
eral weeks there, without accomplishing anything, 
the men were ordered back to their homes. But the 
energy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire 
devotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him 
golden oinnions ; and he became the most popular 
man in the State. It was in this expedition that his 
toughness gave him the nickname of " Old Hickory." 

Soon after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col. 
Thomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman 
made about his taking a part as second in a duel, in 
which a younger brother of Benton's was engaged, 
he received two severe pistol wounds. While he was 
lingering tipon a bed of suffering nevvs came that the 
Indians, who had combined under Tecumseh from 
Florida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set- 
tlers, were committing the most awful ravages. De- 
cisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with 
his fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm ' in 
a sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis- 
tance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an 
army to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Alabama. 

The Creek Indians had estal)lished a strong fort on 
oneof the bends of the Tallapoosa River, near the cen- 
ter of Alabama, about fifty miles below Fort Strother. 
With an army of two thousand men. Gen. Jackson 
traversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven 
days. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or 
Horse-shoe, on the 27th of March. 1814. The bend 



of the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of 
tangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow 
neck the Indians had constructed a formidable breast- 
work of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, 
with an ample suplyof arms were assembled. 

The fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des- 
perate. Not an Indian would accept of quarter. When 
bleeding and dying, they would fight those who en- 
deavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn- 
ing until dark, the battle raged. Tlie carnage was 
awful and revolting. Some threw themselves into the 
river; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as 
they swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war- 
rios were killed A few probably, in the night, swam 
the river and escaped. This ended the war. The 
[KDwer of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold 
plunge into the wilderness, with its terriffic slaughter, 
so appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants 
of the bands came to the camp, begging for peace. 

This closing of the Creek war enabled us to con- 
centrate all our militia upon the British, who were the 
allies of the Indians No man of less resolute will 
than Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian 
campaign to so successful an issue Immediately he 
was appointed major-general. 

Late in August, with an army of two thousand 
men, on a rushing march. Gen. Jackson came to 
Mobile. A British fleet came from Pensacola, landed 
a force upon the beach, anchored near the little fort, 
and from both ship and shore commenced a furious 
assault The battle was long and doubtful. At length 
one of the ships was blown up and the rest retired. 

Garrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little 
army, he moved his troops to New Orleans, 
And the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued, 
was in reality a very arduous campaign. This won 
for Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his 
troops, which numbered about four thousand men, 
won a signal victory over the British army of about 
nine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the 
loss of the British was two thousand six hundred. 

The name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men- 
tioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824, 
he was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however, 
successful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected 
for a second term in 1832. In 1829, just before he 
assumed the reins of the government, he met with 
the most terrible affliction of his life in the death of 
his wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has 
perhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of 
her death he never recovered. 

His administration was one of the most memorable 
in the annals of our country; applauded' oy one party, 
condemned by the other. No man had more bitter 
enemies or warmer friends. At the expiration of his 
two terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where 
he died June 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack- 
son's life were that of a devoted Christian man. 




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EIGHTH PRESIDENT. 






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yj 'iRTIN VAN BUREN, ihe 
a^_ eighth President of the 
j'i L'liitcd States, was l)oni at 
Kmdeihook, N. V., Dec. 5, 
17S2. He died at the same 
ilace, July 24, 1862. His 
dy rehts in the cemetery 
at Kmderhook. Above it is 
)lain granite sliaft lifteeii feet 
high, bearing a simple inscription 
about half way up on one fac:e. 
The lot is unfeneed, unbordeied 
or uuboi.niiled by shrub or flower. 

There '- jut iktle in the life of Martin Van Burea 
of roman' c interest. He fought no battles, engaged 
in no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in 
political and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many 
signal victories, his days passed uneventful in those 
incidents which give zest to biography. His an- 
cestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin, 
and were among the earliest emigrants from Holland 
to the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer, 
residing in the old town of Kinderhook. I lis mother, 
also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of su|)erior intel- 
ligence and e.xemplary piety. 

.-fe was decidedly a [jrecocious boy, developing un- 
usual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the 
age of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies 
ai his native village, and commenced the study of 
:aw. As he b.ad not a collegiate education, seven 
years of study in a law-office were reijuired of him 
(jefore he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with 
.( lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he [lur- 
sued his studies witli inilefatigable industry. After 
spending six years in an office in ''is native village, 



he went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his 
studies for theseventli year. 

In 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years ol 
age, commenced the practice of law in his native vil 
lage. The great conflict between the Federal and 
Republican party was then at its height. Mr. \'an 
Buren was from the beginning a politician. He had, 
perhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the 
many discussions which had been carried on in hi^ 
father's hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with, 
Jefferson, and earnestly and elo<|ueiuly esjiouscd Ihe 
cause of State Rights; though at that time the Fed- 
eral party held the supremacy botli in his towij 
and State. 

His success and increasing niputation led him 
after six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, th. 
county seat of his county. Here he spent seven years 
constantly gaining strength by contending in th(, 
courts with some of the ablest men who have adorned 
the bar of his State. 

Just liefore leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, .Mi. 
Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for 
beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short 
years she sank into the grave, the victim of consun.p. 
tion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep ovci 
her loss. For twenty-five years, .Mr. Van Buren wa;- 
an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record 
of those years is barren in items of public interest. 
In 181 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to 
the State Senate, and gave his strenuous support to 
Mr. Madison's adniinstration. In 1815, he was ap- 
pointed Attorney-General, and the next year moved 
to .'\lbany. the capital of the State. 

'A'hile he was ackno\^'ledged as one of the most 
p. oniinent leaders of th« Democratic ;)art\-, he hafl 



MARTIN VAN BVREN. 



the moral courage to avow that true democracy did 
not require that " universal suffrage" which admits 
the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of 
governing the State. In true consistency with his 
democratic principles, he contended that, while the 
path leading to the privilege of voting should be open 
to every man without distinction, no one should be 
invested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were 
in some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue 
and some property interests in the welfare of the 
State. 

In 182 1 he was elected c, member of the United 
States Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat 
in the convention to revise the constitution of his 
native State. His course in this convention secured 
the approval of men of all parties. No one could 
doubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote the 
interests of all classes in the community. In the 
Senate of the United States, he rose at once to a 
-onspicuous position as an active and useful legislator. 

In 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the 
Presidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to 
ihe Senate. He had been from the beginning a de- 
termined opposer of the Administration, adopting the 
■'State Rights " view in opposition to what was 
'deemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams. 

Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof 
the State of New York, and accordingly resigned his 
"seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United 
States contributed so much towards ejecting John Q. 
\dams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it 
Andrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether 
entitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re- 
garded throughout the United States as one of the 
most skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians. 
!t was supposed that no one knew so well as he how 
to touch the secret springs of action; how to \m\\ all 
the wires to put his machinery in motion; and how to 
organize a political army which would, secretly and 
sterslthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By 
these powers it is said that he outwitted Mr. Adams, 
Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which 
few thought then could be accomplished. 

When Andrew Jackson was elected President he 
appointed Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This 
position he resigned in 1831, and was immediately 
appointed Minister to England, where he went the 
same autumn. The Senate, however, when it met, 
refused to ratify the nomination, and he returned 



home, apparently untroubled; was nominated Vice 
President in the place of Calhoun, at the re-election 
of President Jackson; and with smiles for all and 
frowns for none, he took his place at the head of that 
Senate which had refused to confirm his nomination 
as ambassador. ^ 

His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal_ of 
President Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor- 
ite ; and this, probably more than any other cause, 
secured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu 
tive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re- 
ceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen. 
Jackson as President of the United States. He was 
elected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the 
retiring President. " Leaving New York out of the 
canvass," says Mr. Parton, "the election of Mr. Van 
Buren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen. 
Jackson as though the Constitution had conferred 
upon him the power to appoint a successor." 

His administration was filled with exciting events. 
The insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in- 
volve this country in war witii England, the agitation 
of the slavery question, and finally the great commer- 
cial panic which spread over the country, all were 
trials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at- 
tributed to the management of the Democratic party, 
and brought the President into such disfavor that he 
failed of re-election. 

With the exception of being nominated for the 
Presidency by the "Free Soil" Democrats, in 1848, 
Mr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until 
his death. 

He had ever been a prudent man, of frugal habits, 
and living within his income, had now fortunately a 
compe.tence for his declining years. His unblemished 
character, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned 
patriotism, and the distinguished positions which he 
had occupied in the government of our country, se- 
cured to him not only the homage of his party, but 
the respect ot the whole community. It was on the 
4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from 
the presidency. From his fine estate at Lindenwald. 
he still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics 
of the country. From this time until his death, on 
the 24th of July, 1862, at the age of eighty years, he 
resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of 
culture and of wealth; enjoying in a healthy old 
age, probably far more happiness than he had before 
experienced amid the stormy scenes of hip active lifo 




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N/NTH PRESIDENT. 




wmiii4At HkENRY m4iMi^E. 



[LLIAM HENR\ HARRl- 
&()V, the ninth President of 
the United States, was born 
It Berkele\, \ i , I*eb. 9, 1773. 
^ H11 fath(.i, Benjunin Harri- 
son WIS in compiratively op- 
^ ulent circumstances, and was 
one of the most distinguished 
men of his day. He was an 
intimate friend of George 
Washington, w as early elected 
a member of the Continental 
Congress, and was conspicuous 
among the patriots of Virginia in 
resisting the encroachments of the 
liritisli crown. In the celebrated 
Congress of 1775, Benjamin Har- 
rison and John Hancock were 
both candidates for the office of 
speaker. 

fMr Harrison was subsequently 
chosen Governor of Virginia, and 
was twice re-elected. His son, 
i William Henry, of course enjoyed 

in childhood all the advantages which wealth and 
intellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav- 
ing received a thorough common-school education, he 
entered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduated 
with honor soon after tiie death of his father. He 
dien repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine under 
the instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of 
lObcrt Morris, both of whom were, with his father, 
signers of the Declaration of Independence. 

Uiwn the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not- 
withstanding the 'emonstrances of his friends, he 
abandoned his medical studies and entered the army, 
.laving obtai""'^' a commission of Ensign from Presi- 



dent Washington. He was then but 19 years old. 
From that time he passed gradually upward in rank 
until he became aid to General Wayne, after whose 
death he resigned his commission. He was then a[)- 
jjointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. Tliis 
Territory was then entitled to but one member in 
Congress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that 
[losition. 

In the spring of iSoo the North-western Territory 
was divided l)y Congress into two jwrtions. .The 
eastern portion, comprising the region r.ow embraced 
in the State of Ohio, was called '• The Territory 
north-west of the Ohio." The western jjortion, which 
included what is now called Indiana, Illinois and 
Wisconsin, was called the "Indiana Territory." Wil . 
liam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was ai> 
IX)inted by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana 
Territory, and immediately after, also Governor of 
Upper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as 
extensive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe. He 
was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in- 
vested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now 
rapidly increasing white poi)ulation. The ability and 
fidelity with which he discharged these resi)onsible 
duties may Ije inferred from the fact that he was four 
times apiwinted to this office — first by John Adams, 
twice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi- 
dent Madison. 

When he began his adminstration there were but 
three white settlements in that almost boundless region, 
now crowded with cities and resounding with all t!ie 
tumult of wealth and traffic. Oneof these settlements 
was on the Ohio, nearly oi)positc Louisville; one at 
Vincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a Frencli 
settlement. 

The vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrisou 
reigned was filled with manv tribes of Indians Al«>ii> 



WILLIAM HENR Y ■ HARRISON. 



the ye^ir i8o6, two extraordinary men, twin brothers, 
of the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. Oneof 
ihe?5 was called Tecumseh, or " The Crouching 
1' inther;" the other, Olliwacheca, or "The Prophet." 
Tecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man 
of great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit- 
able perseverance in any enterprise in which he might 
engage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm, 
and had long regarded with dread and with hatred 
the encroachment of the whites upon the hunting- 
grounds of his fathers. His brother, the Prophet, was 
an orator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored 
1 ndia:n as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath which 
they dwelt. 

But the Prophet was not merely an orator: he was, 
ill the superstitious minds of the Indians, invested 
with the sviperhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a 
magician. With an enthusiasm unsurpassed by Peter 
the Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went 
from tribe to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent 
by the Great Spirit. 

Gov. Harrison made many attempts to conciliate 
tlie Indians, but at last the war came, and at Tippe- 
canoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter. 
Octgber 28, 1812, his army began its march. When 
near the Prophet's town three Indians of rank made 
tlieir appearance and inquired why Gov. Harrison was 
approaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a 
.short conference, arrangements were made for a meet- 
ing the next day, to agree upon terms of peace. 

But Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with 
the Indian character to be deceived by such protes- 
tations Selecting a favorable spot for his night's en- 
campment, lie took every precaution against surprise. 
His troops were posted in a hollow square, and slept 
upon their arms. 

The troops threw themselves upon the ground for 
rest; but every man had his accourtrements on, his 
loaded musket by his side, and his bayonet fixed. The 
wakeful Governor, between three and four o'clock in 
the morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa- 
tion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It 
was a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In 
t!ie darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi- 
ble, and j'lst then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all 
the desperation which superstition and passion most 
highly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of tlie 
httle army. The savages had been amply provided 
with guns and ammunition by the English. Their 
war-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets. 

The camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the 
light aided the Indians in their aim. With hide- 
pus yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubting a 
speedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison's 
troops stood as immovable as the rocks around them 
until day dawned : they then made a simultaneous 
charge witli the l)ayonet, and swept every thing be- 
fore them, and completely routing the foe. 



Gov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked 
to the utmost. The British descending from the Can - 
adas, were of themselves a very formidable force ; but 
with their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the 
forest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn- 
ing, plundering, scalping, torturing, the wide frontier 
was plunged into a state of consternation which even 
the most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive. 
The war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the 
forest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra- 
tion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made 
the ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit. 
Under these despairing circumstances, Gov. Harrison 
was appointed by President Madison commander-in- 
chief of the North-western army, with orders to retake 
Detroit, and to protect the frontiers. 

It would be difficult to place a man in a situation 
demanding more energy, sagacity and courage; Inii 
General Harrison was found equal to the position, 
and nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re 
sponsibilities. 

He won the love of his soldiers by always sharini 
with them their fatigue. His whole baggage, whik 
pursuing the foe up the Thames, was carried in a 
valise; ajid his bedding consisted of a single blanket 
lashed over his saddle. Thirty-five British officers, 
his prisoners of war, supped with him after the battle. 
The only fare he could give them was beef roasted 
liefore the fire, without bread or salt. 

In 1816, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member of 
the National House of Representatives, to represent 
the District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an 
active member; and whenever he spoke, it was with 
force of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested 
the attention of all the members. 

In 1819, Harrison was elected to the Senate <>l 
Ohio; and in 1824, as one of the presidential electors 
of that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The 
same year he was chosen to the United States Senate. 

In 1836, tlie friends of Gen. Harrison brought him 
forward as a candidate for the Presidency against 
Van Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of 
Mr. Van Buren's term, he was re-nominated by his 
party, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously nominated 
by the Whigs, with John Tyler for the Vice Presidency. 
The contest was very animated. Gen. Jackson gave 
all his influence to prevent Harrison's election ; but 
his triumph was signal. 

The cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webster 
at its head as Secretary of State, was one of the most 
brilliant with which anv President had ever been 
surrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin- 
istration more flattering, or the hopes of the country 
more sanguine. In the midst of these bright and 
joyous prospects. Gen. Harrison was seized by a 
pleurisy-fever and after a few days of violent sick- 
ness, died on the 4th of April ; just one month after 
his inauguration as President of the UiMted States, 




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TENTH PRESIDENT. 




OHN TYLER, the tenth 
^._,^ Presidentof the United States. 
Ho was horn in Charles-city 
Co., Va., March 29, 1790. He 
was the favored child of af- 
fluence and high social po- 
sition. At the early age of 
twelve, John entered William 
and Mary College and grad- 
uated with much honor when 
but seventeen years old. After 
graduating, he devoted him- 
■^elf with great assiduity to the 
study of law, partly with his 
fither and pirtly witli Edmund 
Randolph, one of the most distin- 
guished lawyers of Virginia. 

At nineteen years of age, ne 
commenced the practice of law. 
His success was rapid and aston- 
ishing. It is said that three 
months had not elapsed ere there 
was scarcely a case on the dock- 
I et of the court in which he was 

hot retained. When but twenty-one years of age, he 
was almost unanimously e'ected to a seat in the State 
Legislature. He connected himself with the Demo- 
cratic party, and warmly advocated the measures of 
Jefferson and Madison. For five successive years he 
was elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the 
imanimous vote or his county. 

When but twenty-six years of age, he was elected 
a member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and 
ably with the Democratic party, opposing a national 
i)ank, intc"-'! improvements bv the General <^jvern- 



ment, a protective tariff, and advocating a strict con- 
struction of the Constitution, and the most careful 
vigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress 
were so arduous that before the close of his second 
term he found it necessary to resign and retire to his 
estate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He. 
however, soon after consented to take his seat in the 
State Legislature, where his influence was powerful 
in promoting public works of great utility. With a 
reputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen 
by a very large majority of votes. Governor of his 
native State. His administration was signally a suc- 
cessful one. His popularity secured liis re-election. 

John Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed 
man, then represented Virginia in tlie Senate of the 
United States. A portion of the Democratic party 
was displeased with Mr. Randolph's wayward course, 
and brought forward John Tyler as his opiwnent, 
considering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient 
popularity to succeed against the renowned orator of 
Roanoke. Mr. T)ler was the victor. 

In accordance with his professions, upon taking his 
seat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi- 
tion. He opposed the tariff; he spoke against and 
voted against the bank as unconstitutional ; he stren- 
uously opposed all restrictions upon slavery, resist- 
ing all projects of internal improvements by the Gen- 
eral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr. 
Calhoun's view of nullification; he declared that (Jen. 
Jackson, by his opposition to the nullifiers, had 
abandoned the principles of the Democratic party. 
Such was Mr. Tyler's record in Congress, — a record 
in perfect accordance with the principles which he 
had always avowed. 

Returning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of 
his profession. Ther? was a rplil in llse Democnuir 



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,^arty. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef- 
fersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli- 
ments upon him. He had now attained the age of 
forty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con- 
secjiience of his devotion to public business, his pri- 
vate affairs had fallen into some disorder; audit was 
not without satisfaction that he resumed the practice 
of law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan- 
tation. Soon after tliis he remo\ed to Williamsburg, 
for the better education of his children ; and he again 
look his seat in the Legislature of Virginia. 

By the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national 
convention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in 
'839. The maiority of votes were given to Gen. Har- 
rison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment of 
the South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili- 
ate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the 
convention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres- 
ident. It was well known that he was not in sympa- 
thy with the Whig party in the North : but the Vice 
President has but very little power in the Govern- 
ment, his main and almost only duty being to pre- 
side over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap- 
pened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a 
Democratic Vice President were chosen. 

In 1 84 1, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi- 
Jent of the United States. In one short month from 
that time, President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler 
thus _und himself, to his own surprise and that of 
the whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential 
chair. This was a new test of the stability of our 
institutions, as it was the first time in the history of our 
country that such an event had occured. Mr. Tyler 
was at home in Williamsburg when he received the 
unexpected tidings of the death of President Harri- 
son. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of 
Ayrril was inaugurated to the high and responsible 
otfice. He was placed in a position of exceeding 
delicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been 
opposed to the main principles of the party which had 
brought him into power. He had ever been a con- 
sistent, honest man, with an unblemished record. 
Gen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should 
he retain them, and thus surround himself with coun- 
sellors whose views were antagonistic to his own.'' or, 
on the other hand, should he turn against the party 
whicii had elected him and select a cabinet in har- 
n.ony with himself, and which would oppose all those 
views which the Whigs deemed essential to the pub- 
lic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma. He in- 
vited the cabinet which President Hanrison had 
selected to retain their seats. He reccommended a 
day of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and 
bless us. 

The Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the 
incorporation of a fiscal bank of the United States. 
The President, after ten days' delay, returned it with 
his veto. He suagested. however, that he vvould 



approve of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he 
proposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and 
privately submitted to him. He gave it his approval- 
It was passed without alteration, and he sent it back 
with his veto. Here commenced the open rupture. 
It is said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas- 
ure by a pubhshed letter from the Hon. John M. 
Botts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely 
touched the pride of the President. 

The opposition now exultingly received the Presi- 
dent into their arms. The party which elected him 
denounced him bitteriy. AH the members of his 
cabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs 
of Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a 
meeting and issued an address to the people of the 
United States, proclaiming that all political alliance 
Ijetween the Whigs and President Tyler were at 
an end. 

Still the President attempted to conciliate. He 
appointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs and 
Conservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party 
men. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign, 
forced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus 
the four years of Mr. Tyler's unfortunate administra- 
tion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The 
land was filled with murmurs and vituperation. Whigs 
and Democrats alike assailed him. More and more, 
however, he brought himself into sympathy with his 
old friends, the Democrats, until atthe close of his term, 
he gave his whole influence to the support of Mr. 
Polk, the Democratie candidate for his successor. 

On the 4th of March,- 1845, he retired from the 
harassments of office, to the regret of neither party, and 
probably to his own unspeakable relief. His first wife, 
Miss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842; 
and in June, 1844, President Tyler was again married, 
at New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of 
many personal and intellectual accomplishments. 

The remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly 
in retirement at his beautiful home, — Sherwood For- 
est, Chades-city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in 
his manners, richly furnished with mformation from 
books and experience in the world, and possessing 
brilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was 
the scene of unusual attractions. Witli sufficient 
means for the exercise of a generous hospitality, he 
might have enjoyed a serene old age with the few 
friends who gathered around him, were it not for the 
storms of civil war which his own principles and 
policy had helped to introduce. 

When the great Rebellion rose, which the State, 
rights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Ca\- 
houn had inaugurated. President Tyler renounced his 
allegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed- 
erates. He was chosen a memljer of their Congress; 
and while engaged in active measures to destroy, by 
force of amis, the Governtncnt over which he had 
once presided, he was taken sick and -0011 died. 



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\ A\[Fsk POLK, the eleventh 
^ijjPrebident of the United States, 
J wi>5 bom m Mecklenburg Co., 
J N (, , Nov 2, 1795. His par- 
ents were Samuel and Jane 
(kno\) Polk, the former a son 
of Col. Thomas Polk, who located 
\,M\ at the above place, as one of the 
first pioneers, in 1735. 

In the year 1S06, with his wife 
and children, and soon after fol- 
lowed by most of the members of 
the Polk famly, Samuel Polk emi- 
/| grated some two or three hundred 
miles farther west, to the rich valley 
of the Duck River. Here in the 
midst of the wilderness, in a region 
which was subsequently called Mau- 
ry Co., they reared their log huls, 
and established their homes. In the 
hard toil of a new farm in the wil- 
derness, James K. Polk spent the 
early years of his childhood and 
youth. His father, adding the pur- 
suit cf a surveyor to that of a farmer, 
' gradually increased in wealth until 

he became one of the leading men of the region. 1 lis 
mother was a superior woman, of strong (onunuii 
sense and earnest piety. 

Very early in life, James developed a taste for 
reading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain 
a lil)eral education. His mother's training had made 
him methodical in his habit;-., had taught him punct- 
uality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty 
principles of morality. His health was frail ; and his 
tither, fearing that he might not bi^ able to endure a 



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sedentary life, got a situation for him behind the 
counter, hoping to fit him for commercial pursuits. 

This was to James a bitter disai)pointment. He 
had no taste for these duties, and his dail)- tasks 
were irksome in the extreme. He remained in this 
uncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his 
earnest solicitation his father removed him, and made 
arrangements for him to jirosecute his studies. Soon 
after he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. With 
ardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed 
forward in his studies, and in less than two and a half 
years, in the autumn of 1815, entered the sophomorej 
class in the University of North Carolina, at Chapell 
Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of 
scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing 
himself to be absent from a recitation or a religious 
service. 

He graduated in 1818, with the highest hgnors,be« 
ing deemed the best scholar of his class, both in 
mathematics and the classics. He was then twenty- 
three years of age. Mr. Polk's health was at this 
time much impaired by the assiduity with which he 
had prosecuted his studies. After a short season of 
relaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the 
office of Felix Crrundy, to study law. Here Nfr. Polk 
renewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who 
resided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few 
miles from Nashville. They had jiroliably been 
slightly acquainted before. 

Mr. Polk's father was a Jeffersonian Republican, 
and James K. Polk ever adhered to the same politi- 
cal faith. He was a popular jniblic speaker, and was 
constantly called u])on to address the meetings of his 
[larty friends. His skill as a speaker was sticli that 
he was popularly called the Napoleon of ihc stump. 
He was a man of unblemished morals, genial and 



JAMES K. POLK. 



:ourtervis in his bearing, and with that sympathetic 
nature in the jojs and griefs of others which ever gave 
him troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected 
to the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his 
strong influence towards the election of his friend, 
)Mr. Jackso:i, to the Presidency of the United States. 

In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah 
Childress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was 
altogether worthy of him, — a lady of beauty and cul- 
ture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a 
member of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave 
to liis consrituents may be inferred from the fact, that 
for fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con- 
tinuec' in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew, 
only ihat lie might accept the Gubernatorial chair 
of 'lonnessee. In Congress he was a laborious 
member, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was 
always in his seat, always courteous ; and whenever 
he spoke it was always to the point, and without any 
ambitious rhetorical display. 

During five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was 
Speaker of the House. Strong passions were roused, 
and stormy scenes were witnessed ; but Mr Polk per- 
formed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac- 
'tion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was 
passed by the Hoiuie as he withdrew on the 4th of 
March, 1839. 

In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a 
candidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was 
elected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo- 
ber, 183P, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841, 
his term of office expired, and he was again the can- 
didate of the Democratic party, but was defeated. 

On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur- 
ated President of the United States. The verdict of 
the countryin favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted 
its influence upon Congress ; and the last act of the 
administration of President Tyler was to affix his sig- 
nature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the 
3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to 
the American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas 
as one of her provinces, the Mexican minister, 
Almonte, immediately demanded his passports and 
iJeft the country, declaring the act of the annexation 
to be an act hostile to Mexico. 

In his first message. President Polk urged that 
Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re- 
ceived into the Union on the same footing with tlie 
other States. In the meantime, Gen. Taylor was sent 



with an army into Texas to hold the country. He was 
sent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the 
western boundary of Texas. Then he was sent nearly 
two hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande, 
where he erected batteries which commanded the 
Mexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on 
the western banks. 

The anticipated collision soon took place, and wai 
was declared against Mexico by President Polk. The 
war was pushed forward by Mr. Polk's administration 
with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first 
called one of " observation," then of "occupation," 
then of " invasion, "was sent forward to Monterey. The 
feeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly 
ana awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement 
alone can reveal the misery which this war caused. 
It v/as by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk's administration 
that the war was brought on. 

'To the victors belong the spoils." Mexico was 
prostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands. 
We now consented to peace upon the condition that 
Mexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas, 
all of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal- 
ifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of 
Texas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This 
was an extent of territory equal to nine States of the 
size of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen 
majestic States to be added to the Union. There were 
some Americans who thought it all right : there were 
others who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution 
of this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and 
more than a hundred million of dollars. Of this 
money fifteen millions were paid to Mexico. 

On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from 
office, having served one term. The next day was 
Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated 
as his successor. Mr Polk rode to the Capitol in the 
same carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even- 
ing, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to 
Tennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age. 
He had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits, 
and his health was good. With an ample fortune, 
a choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties 
of the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years 
of tranquility and happiness were before him. But the 
cholera — that fearful scourge — was then sweeping up 
tlie Valley of the Mississijjpi. This he contracted, 
and died on the 15th of June, 1849, in the fiftv-fourth 
year of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen. 




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ACHARY TAYLOR, iwclfih 
President of the United Slates, 
'uab born on the 24tli of Nov., 
'{ 1784, m Orange Co., Va. His 
a father. Colonel Taylor, was 
a Virginian of note, and a dis- 
tinguished patriot and soldier of 
the Revolution. When Zachary 
v,\\s an infant, his father with his 
wife and two children, emigrated 
to Kentucky, where he settled in 
the pathless wilderness, a few 
miles from Louisville. In this front- 
home, away from civilization and 
its refinements, young Zachary 
could enjoy but few social and educational advan- 
tages. When six years of age he attended a common 
school, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy, 
ratlier remarkable for bluntness and decision of char- 
acter He was strong, fcailess and self-reliant, and 
manifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight 
Uic Indians who were ravaging the frontiers. There 
is little to be recorded of the uneventful years of his 
childliood u;i his father's large but lonely plantation. 
In 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for him 
the commission of lieutenant in the United States 
army ; and he joined the troops which were stationed 
at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after 
this he married Miss Margaret Sniitli, a young lady 
f^rom one of the first families of .Maryland. 

Immediately after the declaration of war with Eng- 
land, in 1812, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been 
promoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort 
Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above 
Vincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder- 
ness by Gen. Harrison, on his march to Tippecanoe. 
It was one of the first points of attack by the Indians, 
"led liy Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken 



company of infantry numbering fifty men, many of 
whom were sick. 

Karly in the autumn of 1812, the Indians, stealthily, 
and in large numbers, moved upon the fort. Their 
a[)proach was first indicated by the murder of two 
soldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor 
made every possible preparation to meet the antici- 
pated assault. On the 4th of Sei)tember, a band of 
forty painted and plumed savages came to the fort, 
waving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that 
in tlie morning their chief would come to h.ivc a talk 
with him. It was evident that their object was merely 
to ascertain the state of tilings at the fort, and Capt. 
Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept 
them at a distance. 

The sun went down ; the savages disappeared, the 
garrison slept npon their arms. One hour before 
midnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips 
in the forest around, followed by the discharge of 
musketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick 
and well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that 
defeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap- 
ture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor- 
ture. No pen can describe, no immagination can 
conceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc- 
ceeded in setting lire to one of the block-houses- 
Until si.x o'clock in the morning, this awful conflict 
continued. The savages then, baffled at every point, 
and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt. 
Taylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the 
rank of major by brevet. 

Until the close of the war, Major Taylor was placed 
in such situations that he saw but little more of active 
service. He was sent far away into the depths of the 
wilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which 
empties into Green Bay. Here there was but little 
to be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one 
best could. There were no books, no society, no in- 



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ZACHARY TAYLOR 



tellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful 
years rolled on' Gradually he rose to the rank of 
colonel. In the Black-Hawk war, which resulted in 
the capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor 
took a subordinate but a brave and efficient part. 

For twenty -four years Col. Taylor was engaged in 
the defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and m 
Employments so obscure, that his name was unknown 
"beyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance. 
,In the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to compel 
the Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re- 
tire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty, 
iiac' promised they should do. The services rendered 
iie.c secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of 
ihe Government; and as a reward, he was elevated 
ic .he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon 
after, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com- 
iiand of the United States troops in Florida. 

After two years of such wearisome employment 
imidst the everglades of the peninsula. Gen. Taylor 
)btained, at his own request, a change of command, 
ind was stationed over the Department of the South- 
west. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Alabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters 
itl Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family 
\ii a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue. 
IL.-re he remained for five years, buried, as it were, 
fic.m the world, but faithfully discharging every duty 
jn\posed upon him. 

In 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land 
tx'tween the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river 
being the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed 
■by the United States. Soon the war with Me.\ico 
w;„5 brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la 
Palma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the 
Mi;xicans. The rank of major-general by jjrevet 
•Aas then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name 
was received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in 
tli'j Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and 
E uena Vista in which he won signal victories over 
f( ices much larger than he commanded. 

His careless habits of dress and his unaffected 
■ii/nplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops, 
••I e sobriquet of " Old Roivgh and Ready.' 

Tne tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista 
:)iread tlie wildest enthusiasm over the country. The 
n.ime of Gen. Taylor was on every one's lips. The 
H hig party decided to take advantage of this wonder- 
fu( popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un- 

■ "'■ed, honest soldier as their candidate for the 
I'/Csidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the au- 
nt uncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de- 
ckiringthat he was not at al! qualified for such an 
oft ice. So little interest had he taken in jjolitics that, 
foi forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not 
wnhout chagrin that several distinguished statesmen 
v/lio had been long years in tlie public service found 
■i.jir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name 



had never been heard of, save in connection with Palo 
Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena 
Vista. It is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re- 
marked, " It is a nomination not fit to be made." 

Gen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine 
writer His friends took possession of him, and pre- 
pared such few communications as it was needful 
should be presented to the public. The popularity of 
the successful warrior swept the land. He was tri- 
umphantly elected over two opposing candidates, — 
Gen. Cass and E.x-President Martin Van Buren. 
Though he selected an excellent cabinet, che good 
old man found himself in a very uncongenial position, 
and was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed. 
His mental sufferings were very severe, and probably 
tended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party 
was pushing its claims with tireless energy , expedi- 
tions were fitting out to capture Cuba ; California was 
pleading for admission to the Union, while slavery 
stood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found 
the political conflicts in Washington to be far more 
trying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or 
Indians 

In the midst of all these troubles. Gen. Taylor, 
after he had occupied the Presidential chair but liitle 
over a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of 
but little over five days, died on the 9th of July, 1850. 
His last words were, " I am not afraid to die. I am 
ready. I have endeavored to do my duty." He died 
universally respected and beloved. An honest, un- 
pretending man, he had been steadily growing in the 
affections of the people; and the Nation bitterly la- 
mented his death. 

Gen. Scott, who was thoroughly acquainted with 
Gen. Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful 
description of his character: — " With a good store of 
common sense, Gen. Taylor's mind had not been en- 
larged and refreshed by reading, or much converse 
with the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse- 
quence. The frontiers and small military posts had 
been his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his 
rank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. "His sim- 
plicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju- 
dices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the 
tender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable, 
chanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat 
a little on one side of his head ; or an officer to leave 
a corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out- 
side pocket, — in any such case, this critic held the 
olTender to be a coxcomb (perhaps something worse), 
whom he would not, to use his oft repeated jilirase, 
'touch with a pair of tongs.' 

"Any allusion to literature beyond good old Dil- 
worth's spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a 
sword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter 
unfitness for heavy marchings and combats. In short 
few men have ever had a more comfortari-, *''>^it. 
saving contempt for learning of every kind.'' 




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LA.RD FILLMORE, thir- 
iceiith Presidentof the United 
•^'^ Mates, was born at Summer 
Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y ., on 
the 7th of January, 1800. His 
father was a farmer, and ow- 
ing to misfortune, in humble cir- 
( umstances. Of his mother, the 
daugliter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, 
of Pittsfield, Mass., it has been 
said that she [Xissessed an intellect 
of very liigh order, united with much 
personal loveliness, sweetness of dis- 
posit'on, graceful manners and ex- 
quisite sensibilities. -She died in 
1831 ; having lived to see her son a 
' young man of distinguished prom- 
ise, though she was not permitted to witness the high 
dignity which he finally attained. 

In consequence of the secludeil home ar.d limited 
■neans of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad- 
-intages for education in his early years. The com- 
mon schools, which he occasionally attended were 
verv imperfect institutions; and books were scarce 
;.iid expensive. There was nothing then in his char- 
acter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he 
w IS about to enter. He was a plain farmer's boy; 
i;itellige'it, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred 
influences of home had taught him to revere the Bible, 
and had laid the foundations of an upright character. 
\Vhen fourteen years of age, bis father sent him 
some hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of 
Livingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier. 
Neui lilt- mill there was a small villiage, where some 



enterprising man had commenced the collection of a 
village library. This proved an inestimable blessing 
to young Fillmore. His evenings were si)ent in read- 
ing. Soon every leisure moment wns occupied with 
books. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate 
and the selections which he made were continually 
more elevating and instructive. He read history, 
biography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en- 
kindled in his heart a desire to be something more 
than a mere worker witli his hands; and lie was be- 
coming, almost unknown lo himself, \\ well-informed 
educated man. 

The young clothier had now attained the age ol 
nineteen years, and was of fine [lersonal apiiearance 
and of gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened tha" 
there was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ain[)lt 
pecuniary means and of benevolence, — Jndge Walter 
^V■ood, — who was struck with the prepossessing ap- 
pearance of young Fillmore. He made hisacipiaint- 
ance, and was so much impressed with his ability and 
attainments that he advised him to abandon his 
trade and devote himself to the study of the law. The 
young man replied, that he had no means of his own. 
no friends to help him and that his previous educa- 
tion had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood hail 
so much confidence in him that he kindly offered to 
take him into his own office, and to loan him such 
money as he needed. Most gratefully the generous 
offer was accepted. 

There is in many minds a strange delusion about' 
a collegiate education. K young man is supposed to 
be liberally educated if he has graduated at some col- 
lege. But many a boy loiters through university h^:"" 
Hnd then enters a law office, who is by no means as 



MILLARD FILLMORE. 



well prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was 
Millard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing- 
mill at the end of four years of manual labor, during 
which every leisure moment had been devoted to in- 
tense mental culture. 

In 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he v/as 
admitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then 
went to the village of Aurora, and commenced the 
practice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region, 
his practice of course was limited, and there was no 
opportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or in fame. 
Here, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great 
moral worth, and one capable of adorning any station 
she might be called to fill, — Miss Abigail Powers. 

His elevation of character, his untiring industry, 
his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate, 
gradually attracted attention ; and he was invited to 
enter into partnership under highly advantageous 
circumstances, with an elder member of the bar in 
Buffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829, 
he took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the 
State of New York, as a representative from Erie 
County. Though he had never taken a very active 
part in politics, his vote and his sympathies were with 
the Whig party. The State was then Democratic, 
and he found himself in a helpless minority in the 
Legislature , still the testimony comes from all parties, 
that ills courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very 
unusual degn e the respect of his associates. 

In the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in 
the United States Congress He entered that troubled 
arena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our 
national history. The great conflict respecting the 
national bank and the removal of the deposits, was 
then raging. 

His term of two years closed ; and he returned to 
his profession, which he pursued with increasing rep- 
utation and success. After a lapse of two years 
he again became a candidate for Congress ; was re- 
elected, and took his seat in 1837; His past expe- 
rience as a representative gave him stKngth and 
confidence. The first term of service in Congress to 
any man can be but little more than an introduction. 
He was now prepared for active duty. All his ener- 
gies were brought to bear ujMn the public good. Every 
measure received his impress. 

Mr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and 
his popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847, 
he was elected Comptroller of the State. 



Mr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven 
years. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in 
Congress and as Comptroller, had given him very con- 
siderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to 
find suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi- 
dent at the approaching election. Far away, on thei 
waters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old 
soldier, who had fought one or two successful battles 
with the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be 
proclaimed in tiumpet-tones all over the land. But 
it was necessary to associate with him on the same 
ticket some man of reputation as a statesman. 

Under the influence of these considerations, the 
names of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became 
the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for 
President and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was 
signally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849, 
Gen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard 
Fillmore Vice-President, of the LInited States. 

On the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but 
about one year and four months after his inaugura 
tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con- 
stitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi- 
dent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which 
the illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State. 

Mr. Fillmore had very serious difficulties to contend 
with, since the opposition had a majority in both 
Houses. He did everything in his power to conciliate 
the South; but the pro-slavery party in the South felt 
the inadequacy of all measuresof transient conciliation. 
The population of the free States was so rapidly in- 
creasing over that of the slave States that it was in- 
evitable that the power of the Government should 
soon pass into the hands of the free States. The 
famous compromise measures were adopted under Mr. 
Fillmtre's adminstration, and the Japan Expedition 
was sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr. Fill- 
more, having served one term, retired. 

In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres- 
idency by the " Know Nothing " party, but was beaten 
by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in 
retirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war, 
he was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that 
his sympathies were rather with those who were en- 
deavoring to overthrow our institutions. President 
Fillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any 
cordial words of cheer to the one party or the other. 
He was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe 
old age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y,, March 8, 1874. 




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FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT. 



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KVNKLIN PIERCE, thc 
mrteeiith President of the 
L nited States, was born in 
Isborough, N. H., Nov. 
^ 5, 1804. His father was a 
Kevohuionary soldier, who, 
wuh his own strong arm, 
liewed out a home in the 
wilderness. He was a man 
of inflexible integrity; of 
strong, though uncultivated 
mnid, and an uncom|)romis- 
ing Democrat. The mother of 
Franklin Pierce was all that a son 
could desire, — an intelligent, pru- 
dent, affectionate. Christian wom- 
an. Franklin was the sixth of eight children. 

Franklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen- 
erous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the 
love of old and young. The boys on the play ground 
loved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors 
looked upon him with i)ride and affection. He was 
by instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words, 
doing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact 
'which taught him what was agreeable. Without de- 
veloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural 
devoiion to books, he was a good scholar; in body, 
in mind, in affections, a finely-developed boy. 

When sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he 
entered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was 
one of the most ]X)pular young men in the college. 
'The ])nrity cf his moral character, the unvarying 
■jourtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and 




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nature, rendered hmi a universal favorite. 
There was something very [)eculiarly winning in his 
address, and it was evidently not in the slightest de- 
gree studied : it was the simple outgushing of his 
own magnanimous and loving nature. 

Upon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce 
commenced the study of law in the office of Judge 
\Voodhury, one of the most distinguislied lawyers of 
the State, and a man of great private worth. 'Ch.: 
eminent social qualities of the young lawyer, his 
father's prominence as a public man, and the brilliant 
political career into which Judge Woodbury was en- 
tering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci- 
nating yet perilous path of political life. With all 
the ardor of his nature he espoused the cause of Gen. 
Jackson for the Presidency. He commenced the 
practice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected 
to represent the town in the State Legislature. Here 
he served for four yeais. The last two years he was 
chosen sj^eaker of the house by a very large vote. 

In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected 
a member of Congress. Without taking an active 
part in debates, he was faithful and laborious in duty 
and ever rising in the estimation of those with whom 
he was associatad. 

In 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age, 
he was elected to the Senate of the United States; 
taking liis seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced 
his administration. He was the youngest member in 
the Senate. In the year 1834, lie married Miss Jane 
Means Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom- 
plishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every 
station with wiiich her husliand was honored. Of the 



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three sons who were born to them, all now sleep with 
their parents in the grave. 

In the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame 
and increasing business as a lawyer, took up his 
residence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. 
President Polk, upon his accession to office, appointed 
Mr. Pierce attorney-general of the United States ; but 
the offer was declined, in consequence of numerous 
professional engagements at home, and the precariuos 
state of Mrs. Pierce's health. He also, about the 
same time declined the nomination for governor by the 
Democratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr. 
Pierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of 
brigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his 
troops, at Newport, R. I., on the 27th of May, 1847. 
He took an important part in this war, proving him- 
self a brave and true soldier. 

When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native 
State, he was received enthusiastically by the advo- 
cates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo- 
nents. He resumed the practice of his profession, 
very frequently taking an active part in political ques- 
tions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery 
wing of the Democratic party. The compromise 
measures met cordially with his approval; and he 
fetrenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa- 
inous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious 
l^ensibilities of the North. He thus became distin- 
guished as a " Northern man with Southern principles.'' 
The strong partisans of slavery in the South conse- 
quently regarded him as a man vi'hom they could 
iafely trust in office to carry out their plans. 

On the 12th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven- 
tion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the 
Presidency. For four days they continued in session, 
and in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a 
two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown 
for Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation 
brought forward his name. There were fourteen 
more ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly 
gained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he 
received two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all 
other candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was 
the Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with 
great unanimity. Only four States — Vermont, Mas- 
sachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their 
electoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pierce 
was therefore inaugurated President of the United 
States on the 4th of March, 1853. 



His administration proved one of the most stormy our 
country had ever experienced. The controversy be 
tween slavery and freedom was then approaching its 
culminating point It became evident that there was 
an " irrepressible conflict " between them, and that 
this Nation could not long exist " half slave and half 
free." President Pierce, during the whole of his ad- 
ministration, did every thing he could to conciliate 
the South ; but it was all in vain. The conflict every 
year grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution 
of the Union were borne to the North on every South- 
ern breeze. 

Such was the condition of affairs when President 
Pierce approached the close of his four-years' term 
of office. The North had become thoroughly ;ilien- 
ated from him. The anti-slavery sentin.er.t, goaded 
by great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all 
the intellectual ability and social worth of President 
Pierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his ad- 
ministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also, 
unmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo- 
cated those measures of Government which they ap- 
proved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had 
rendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be 
able acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped 
him, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him. 

On the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re- 
tired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two 
had died, and his only surviving child had been 
killed before his eyes by a railroad accident ; and his 
wife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of 
ladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The 
hour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left 
alone in the world, without wife or child. 

When the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di- 
vided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr. 
Pierce remained steadfast in the principles which he 
had always cherished, and gave his sympathies to 
that pro-slavery party with which he had ever been 
allied. He declined to do anything, either by voicp 
or pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov- 
ernment. He continued to reside in Concord until 
the time of his death, which occurred in October, 
1869. He was one of the most genial and social of 
men, an honored communicant of the Episcopal 
Church, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen 
erous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al- 
leviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns- 
people were often gladened by his material bounty. 




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\MES BUCHANAN, the fif- 
.nth President of the United 
StitLs, was horn in a small 
tioiitier luwn, at the lootot the 
eastern ridi;e of the Allegha- 
nies, in FrankHnCo., I'enn.,on 
the 23d of April, 1791. The ;4ace 
where the humble cabin of his 
lither stood was called Stony 
Batter It was a wild and ro- 
mantic spot in a goriicof the moun- 
taii's, with towering summits rising 
grandl> all around. His father 
was a- ative of tlie north of Ireland; 
a poor man, who had emigrated in 
1783, with little property save his 
own strong arms. Five years afterwards he married 
Elizabeth Si)ear, the daughter of a respectable farmer, 
and, with his young bride, plunged into the wikler- 
ness, slaked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a 
clearing with his axe, and settled down there to per- 
form his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se- 
cluded home, where James was born, he remained 
for eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual 
advantages. When James was eight years of age, his 
father removed to the village of Mercersburg, where 
his son was placed at school, and commenced a 
course of study in English, Latin and Greek. His 
l)rogress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he 
entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de- 
veloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among 
the first scholars in the institution. His application 
to study was intense, and yet his nati-'e powers en- 



of Lancaster, 
when he was 
lidly he rose 
sputed stand 



abled him to master the most abstruse subjects wi - 
facility. 

In the year 1809, lie graduated with the highes' 
honors of his clas:,. He was then eighteer. years ol 
age; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of 
athletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with 
an exuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately 
commenced the study of law in the ci 
and was admitted to the bar in 1812 
but twenty-one years "f age. Very 
in his profession, and at once took lu 
with the ablest lawyers of the State. When but 
twenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc- 
cessfully defended before the State Senate ore of tin 
judges of the State, who was tried upon articles 01 
impeachment. .At the age of thirty it was generallv 
admitted that he stood at the head of the bar; am' 
there was no lawyer in the State who ha<l a more bi- 
crative practice. 

In 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as s 
candidate for Congress. He was elected, and fo' 
ten years he remained a member of the Lower House 
During the vacations of Congress, he occasional! > 
tried some important case. In 1831. he retired 
altogether from the toils of his profession, having ac- 
quired an ample fortune. 

Gen. Jackson, upon hiselevation toihe I'resuleni . 
appointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. 'I Ik 
duties of his mission he performed with ability, whicl, 
gave satisfaction to all ])arties. Upon iu^ return, ii 
1833, he was elected to a seat in the Lnitetl .States 
Senate. He there met, as his associates, Wel.sict. 
Clay, Wright and Calhoun. He advo-ated tl'.e meas- 
ures prop'osedby President Jackson, of iv iking repn- 



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JA3IES BUCHANAN. 



sals against France, to enforce the payment of our 
claims against that country; and defended the 
course of the President in his unprecedented and 
wholesale removal from office of those who were 
not the supporters of his administration. Upon 
tills question he was brought into direct collision 
with Henry Clay. He also, with voice and vote, ad- 
vocated expunging from the journal of the Senate 
the vote of censure against Gen. Jackson for remov- 
ing the deposits. Earnestly he opposed the aboli- 
tion of slavery in the District of Columbia, and 
urged the prohibition of the circulation of anti- 
slaverj^ documents by the United States mails. 

As to petitions on the subject of slavery, he ad- 
vocated that they should be respectfully received; 
and that the reply should be returned, that Con- 
gress had no power to legislate upon the subject. 
"Congress," said he, "might as well undertake to 
interfere with slavery under a foreign government 
as in any of the States wliere it now exists." 

Upon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency, Mr. 
Buchanan became Secretary of State, and as such, 
took his share of the responsibility in the conduct 
of the Mexican "War. Mr. Polk assumed that cross- 
ing the Nueces by the American troops into the 
disputed territory was not wrong, but for the Mex- 
icans to cross the Rio Grande into that territory 
was a declaration of war. No candid man can read 
with pleasure the account of the course our Gov- 
ernment pursued in that movement. 

Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with 
the party devoted to tlie perpetuation and extension 
of slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind 
to bear against the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his 
cordial approval to the compromise measures of 
1850, which included the fugitive slave law. Mr. 
Pierce, upon his election to the Presidency, hon- 
ored Mr. Buchanan with the mission to England. 

In the year 1856, a national Democratic conven- 
tion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. 
The political conflict was one of the most severe 
in which our country has ever engaged. All the 
friends of slavery were on pne side; all the advo- 
cates of its restriction and final abolition on the 
other. Mr. Fremont, the candidate of tlie enemies 
of slaver}^, received 114 electoral votes. J\Ir. Bu- 
chanan received 1 74, and was elected. The popular 
vote .stood 1,. 340,6 18 for Fremont, 1,224,750 for 
Buchanan. On March 4, 1857, Mr. Buchanan was 
inaugurated. 

Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only 
four years were wanting to fill up his three-score 
years and ten. His own friends, those with whom 
he had been allied in political principles and action 
for 3'ears, were seeking the destruction of the Gov- 
ernment, that they might rear upon the ruins of our 
free institutions a nation whose corner-stone should 



be human slavery. In this emergency, IVIr. Bu- 
chanan was hopelessly bewildered. He could not, 
with his long-avowed principles, consistently op- 
])osethe State-rights party in their assumptions. As 
President of the United States, bound by his oath 
faithfully to administer the laws, he could not, 
without perjury of the grossest kind, unite with 
those endeavoring to overthrow the Republic. He 
therefore did nothing. 

The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administration 
nominated Abraham Lincoln as their standard- 
bearer in the next Presidential canvass. The pro- 
slavery party declared that if he were elected and 
the control of the Government were thus taken from 
their hands they would secede from the Union, tak- 
ing with them as they retired the National Capi- 
tol at Washington and the lion's share of the ter- 
ritory of the United States. 

As the storm increased- in violence, the slave- 
holders, claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Bu- 
chanan avowing that Congress had no power to 
prevent it, one of the most pitiable exhibitions of 
governmental imbecility was exhibited the world 
has ever seen. He declared that Congress had no 
power to enforce its laws in any State which had 
withdrawn, or which was attempting to withdraw, 
from the Union. This was not the doctrine of An- 
drew Jackson, when, with his hand upon his sword- 
hilt, he exclaimed. "The Union must and shall be 
preserved!" 

South Carolina seceded in December, 1860, nearly 
three months before the inauguration of President 
Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless de- 
spair. The rebel flag was raised in Charleston; Ft. 
Sumter was besieged; our forts, navy-3'ards and 
arsenals were seized; our depots of military stores 
were plundered; and our custom-houses and post- 
offices were appropriated by the rebels. 

The energy of the rebels and the imbecility of 
our Executive were alike marvelous. The nation 
looked on in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to 
glide away and close the administration, so ter- 
rible in its weakness. At length the long-looked- 
for hour of deliverance came, when Abraham Lin- 
coln was to receive the scepter. 

The administration of President Buchanan was 
certainly the most calamitous our country has ex- 
perienced. His best friends cannot recall it with 
pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his 
fame, that in that dreadful conflict which rolled its 
billows of flame and blood over our whole land, no 
word came from his lips to indicate his wish that 
our country's banner should triumph over the flag 
of the Rebellion. He died at his Wheatland re- 
treat, June 1, 1868. 




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I lilted States, was liorn in 

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- -^-5 )1/3 1809. About the year 1780, a 
Ml m by the name of Abraham 
'•^ Lincobi left Virginia with his 
family and moved into the then 
wilds of Kentucky. Only two years 
after this emigration, still a young 
man, while working one day in a 
field, was stealthily approached by 
an Indian and shot dead. His widow 
was left in extreme poverty witli five 
'itlle children, three boys and two 
giiK Thomas, the youngest of the 
1)0} s, was four years of age at his 
father's death. This Thomas was 
the father of .Abraham Lincoln, the 
' Piesident of the United States 
whose name must henceforth fo^-ever be enrolled 
with the most prominent in the annals of our world. 
Of course no record has been kept of the life 
of one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among 
the poorest of the poor. His home was a wretched 
log-cabin; his food the coarsest and the meanest. 
Education he had none; he could never either read 
or write. As soon as he was able to do anything for 
himself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his 
starving mother, and push out into the world, a fricnd- 
iess, wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him- 
self out, and thus silent the whole of his youth as a 
Ziborer in the fields of others. 

When twenty-eight years of age he buili a log- 
tabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the 
daughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi- 
grants, who had also come from Virginia. Their 
second child was Abraham Lincoln, the subject of 
this sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble 
woman, gentle, loving, ])ensive, created to adorn 
a palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel. 
"All that I am, or hope to be," exclaims the grate- 
ful son " I owe to my angel-mother. 

When he was eight years of age, his father soUl his 



cabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana Whci-- 
two years later his motiier died. 

Abraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated 
community around him. He could not have had a 
better school than this to teach him to init thoughts 
into words. He also became an eager reader. 'I'he 
books he could obtain were few ; i)ut these he "eacJ 
and re-read until they were almost conimittc'^ tc 
memory. 

As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family 
was the usual lot of humanity. Thrre were joys and 
griefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham's sisto 
Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mai 
ried when a child of but fourteen years of age, and 
soon died. The family was gradually scattered. M-- 
Thomas Lincoln sold out his si[uatter's claim 'n 1830 
and emigrated to Macon Co., 111. 

Abraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age+ 
With vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing 
another log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at this 
until he saw the family comfortably settled, and theii 
small lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when 
he announced to his father his intention to leave 
home, and to go out into the world and seek his for- 
tune, little did he or his friends imagine how bril- 
liant that fortune was to be. He saw the value ol 
education and was intensely earnest to improve his 
mind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin 
which aident spirits were causing, and be( ame 
strictly temperate; refusing to allow a drop of intoxi- 
cating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in 
God's word, "Thou shalt not take the name of th« 
Lord thy God in ■' a..;" and a profane expression ha 
was never heard to utter. Religion he revered. Hii 
morals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a 
single vice. 

Young Abraham worked for a time as a hired lahora 
among the farmers. Then he went to Springfield 
where he was employed in building a large flat-boal 
In this he took a herd of swine, floated them dow^ 
the Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis 
sissippi to New Orleans. Whati.-ver Abraham Lir 
coin undertook, he performed so faithfully as to giv» 
great satisfacticn to his employers. In this adven 



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ABRAlIAM LINCOLN. 



ture his employers were so well pleased, that upon 
his return tiiey placed a store and mill under his care. 

Ill 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he 
enlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He 
returned to Sangamon County, and although only 23 
years of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but 
was defeated. He soon after received from Andrew 
lackson the appointmentof Postmaster of New Salem, 
His only post-office was his hat. All the letters he 
received he carried there ready to deliver to those 
he chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon 
made this his business. In 1834 he again became a 
candidate for the Legislature, and was elected Mr. 
Stuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He 
walked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of 
Mr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and 
began his legal studies. When' the Legislature as- 
sembled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back 
one hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In 
1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it 
was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re- 
moved to Springfield and began the practice of law. 
His success with the jury was so great that he was 
coon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit. 

In 1854 the great discussion began between Mr. 
Lincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery question. 
In the organization of the Republican party in Illinois, 
in 1856, he took an active part, and at once became 
one of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln's 
speeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con- 
test in iSsSforaseat in the Senate, form a most 
notable part of his history. The issue was on the 
slavery question, and he took the broad ground of 
he Declaration of Independence, that all men are 
created equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con- 
test, but won a far higher prize. 

The great Republican Convention met at Chicago 
on the i6th of June, i860. The delegates and 
strangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty- 
five thousand. An immense building called "The 
Wigwam," was reared to accommodate the Conven- 
tion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes 
were thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame 
as a statesman had long filled the land, was the most 
nrominent. It was generally supposed he would be 
the nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received 
the nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then 
dream of the weary years of toil and care, and the 
bloody death, to which that nomination doomed him: 
.uid aslittle did he dream that he was to vender services 
10 his country, which would fi.K upon him the eyes of 
the whole civilized world, and which would give him 
a place in the affections of his countrymen, second 
(,nly, if second, to that of Washington. 

Election day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180 
electoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore, 
constitutionally elected President of the United States. 
The tirade of abuse that was poured upon this good 



and merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was 
greater than upon any other man ever elected to this 
high position. In February, 1861, Mr. Lincoln started 
for Washington, stopping in all the large cities on his 
way making speeches. The whole journey was froughi 
with much danger. Many of the Southern States had 
already seceded, and several attempts at assassination 
were afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti- 
more had arranged, upon his arrival to ''get up a row," 
and in the confusion to make sure of his death with 
revolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled 
the plot. A secret and special train was p-ovided to 
take him from Harrisburg, through Baltimore, at ati 
unexpected hour of the night. The train sf^rted at 
half-past ten ; and to prevent ai;y possible communi- 
cation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con- 
federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train haa 
started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln 
reached Washington in safety and was inaugurated, 
although great an.xiety was felt by^ all loyal people. 

In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave 
to Mr, Seward the Department of State, and to other 
prominent opponents before the convention he gave 
important ix)sitions. 

During no other administration hav; the duties 
devolving upon the President been so manifold, and 
the responsibilities so great, as those which fell to 
the lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and 
feeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in 
his own strength to cope with, the ditficnlties, he 
learned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in 
determining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his 
trials, both personal and national Contrary to his 
own estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the 
most courageous of men. He went directly into the 
rebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, 
with no guard but a few sailors. From the time he 
had left Springfield, in 1861, however, plans had been 
made for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim 
to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant, 
was urgently invited to attend Fords' Theater. It 
was announced that they would be present. Gen. 
Grant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel- 
ing, wiiti his characteristic kindliness of heart, that 
it would be a disappointment if lie should fail them, 
very reluctantly consented to go. ^^'hile listening to 
the play an actor by the name of John ^Vilkes Booth 
entered the box where the President and family were 
seated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the 
next morning at seven o'clock. 

Never before, in the history of the world was a nation 
plunged into such deep grief by the death of its niler. 
Strong men met in the streets and wept in sfjeechless 
anguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was 
in tears. His was a life which will fitly become a 
model. His name as the savior of his country will 
live with that of Washington's, its father; hiscountry- 
mer. being unable to decide whic \\ is tl'^; sreater. 




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SEVENTEENTH PRESIDEAT. 








NDREW JOHNSON, seven- 
teenth President of the United 
States. The early life of 
Andrew Johnson contains but 
the record of poverty, destitu- 
tion and friendlessness. He 
was born December 29, 180S, 
in Raleigh, N. C. His parents, 
belonging to the class of the 
"poor whites " of the South, were 
in such circumstances, that they 
could not cinhr ::/ei\ the slight- 
est advantages of education upon 
their child. When Andrew was five 
years of age, his father accidentally 
lost his life while hevorically endeavoring to save a 
friend from drowning. 'Jniil ten years of age, Andrew 
was a ragged boy abouf the streets, supported by the 
labor of his mother, who obtained her living with 
her own hands. 

He then, having never attended a school one day, 
and being unable either to read or write, was ap- 
prenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman 
was in the habit of going to the tailor's shop occasion- 
ally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often 
read from the speeches of distinguished British states- 
men. .\ndrew, who was endowed with a mind of more 
than ordinary native ability, became much interested 
in these speeches ; his ambition was roused, and he 
was inspired with a strong desire to learn to read. 

He accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, and 
with the assistance of some of his fellow-workmen, 
learned his letters. He then called upon the gentle- 
man to borrow the book of sv^eeches. The owner. 



pleased with his zeal, not only gave him the 1x)ok 
but assisted him in learning to combine the letters 
into words. Under such difficulties he pressed o\. 
ward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours 
at work in the sho]), and then robbing himself of rest 
and recreation to devote such time *s he could to 
reading. 

He went to Tennessee ni 1826, and located at 
Greenville, where he married a young lady who pos 
sessed some education. Under her instructions he 
learned to write and cipher. He became prominent 
in the village debating society, and a favorite with 
the students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or- 
ganized a working man's party, which elected him 
alderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which 
position he held three years. 

He now began to take a lively interest in political 
affairs; identifying himself with the working-classes, 
to which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a 
member of the House of Representatives of Tennes- 
see. He was then just twenty-seven years of age. 
He became a very active member of the legislature 
gave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in 
1840 "stumped the State," advocating Martin '^-an 
Buren's claims to the Presidency, in opposition to thosv 
of Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much 
readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased 
his reputation. 

In 1841, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, he 
was elected a member of Congress, and by successive 
elections, held that important jwst for ten years. In 
1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and' 
was re-elected in 1855. In all these res])onbiblc ix)si- 
tions, he diichwged his duties with distinguished abf. 



ANDRE W JOHNSON. 



ity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work- 
ing classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected 
United States Senator. 

Years before, in 1S45, he had warmly advocated 
the annexation of Texas, stating however, as his 
reason, that he thought this annexation would prob- 
ably prove " to be the gateway out of which the sable 
sons of Afrifia are to pass from bondage to freedom, 
and become merged in a population congenial to 
themselves." In 1850, he also supported the com- 
promise measures, the two essential features of which 
vvere, that the white people of the Territories should 
oe permitted to decide for themselves whether they 
would enslave the colored people or not, and that 
the <'ree States of the North should return to the 
Soulh persons who attempted to escape from slavery. 

Mr. Johnson was neverashamedof his lowly origin: 
on the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that 
he owed his distinction to his own exertions. "Sir," 
said he on the floor of the Senate, " I do not forget 
that I am a mechanic ; neither do I forget that Adam 
was a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav- 
ior was the son of a carpenter." 

In the Charleston-Baltimore convention of i8bj, ne 
.was the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the 
Presidency. In 1861, when the purpose of the South- 
jirn Democracy became apparent, he took a decided 
stand in favor of the Union, and held that " slavery 
must be held subordinate to the Union at whatever 
cost." He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly 
imperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of 
Tennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the 
Union, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap- 
pointed him Military Governor of the State, and he 
established the most stringent military rule. His 
numerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In 

1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United 
States, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 

1865, became President. In a speech two days later 
he said, " The American people must be taught, if 
?hey do not already feel, that treason is a crime and 
must be punished ; that the Government will not 
always beai with its enemies ; that it is strong not 
only to protect, but to punish. * * The people 
\nust understand that it (treason) is the blackest of 
crimes, and will surely be punished." Yet his whole 
administration, the history of which is so well known, 
was in utter inconsistency with, and the most violent 



opposition to, the principles laid down in that speech. 

In his loose policy of reconstruction and general 
amnesty, he was opposed by Congress ; and he char 
acterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly 
defied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In 
the beginning of 1868, on account of "high crimes 
and misdemeanors," the principal of which was the 
removal of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten- 
ure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were pre- 
ferred against him, and the trial began March 23. 

It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three 
months. A test article of the impeachment was at 
length submitted to the court for its action. It was 
certain that as the court voted ujwn that article so 
would it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced 
the President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces- 
sary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac- 
quitted, notwithstanding the great majority against 
him. The change of one vote from the not guilty 
side would have sustained the impeachment. 

The President, for the remainder of his term, was 
but little regarded. He continued, though impotent!;-, 
his conflict with Congress. His own party did not 
think it expedient to renominate him for the Presi- 
dency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar- 
alleled since the days of Washington, around the name 
of Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten. 
The bullet of the assassin introduced him to the 
President's chair. Notwithstanding this, never was 
there presented to a man a better opportunity to im- 
mortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a 
nation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home 
in Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in 
politics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting 
struggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten- 
nessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con- 
gress, and took his seat in that body, at the special 
session convened by President Grant, on the 5th of 
March. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President 
made a visit to his daughter's home, near Carter 
Station, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was 
apparently in his usual vigorous healtli, 'jut on reach- 
ing the residence of his child the following day, was 
stricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious. 
He rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at 
2 A.M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun- 
eral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August, 
with every demonstration of respect. 



EIGHTEENTH PRESIDENT. 





L\SSES S. GRANT, the 

eij,hteenth President of the 
'United States, was born on 
the 29th of April, 1822, of 
Christian parents, in a humble 
home, at Point Pleasant, on the 
banks of the Ohio. Shortly after 
his father moved to George- 
town, Brown Co., O. In this re- 
mote frontier hamlet, Ulysses 
received a common-school edu- 
cation. At the age of seven- 
teen, in the year 1839, he entered 
the Military Academy at West 
Point. Here he was regarded as a 
solid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of 
sturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank 
as a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the 
middle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in- 
fantry to one of the distant military posts in the Mis- 
souri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary 
solitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating 
Indians. 

The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was 
sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His ■ first 
battle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here 
for the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at 
Resaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battle 
of Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that 
ne performed a signal service of daring and skillful 
horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am- 
munition. A messenger must be sent for more, along 
a route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut. 
Grant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians, 
grasped the mane of his horse, and hanging upon one 
side of the anin^al. ran the gauntlet in entire safety. 



From Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry, 
to aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In 
preparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he 
was appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the 
battle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a 
first lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha- 
pultepec. 

At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. tirant re- 
turned with his regiment to New York, and was again 
sent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The 
discovery of gold in California causing an immense 
tide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt. 
Grant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in 
Oregon, for the protection of the interests of the im- 
migrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt. 
Grant resigned his commission and returned to the 
States; and having married, entered upon thecultiva- 
rion of a small farm near St. I^uis, Mo. He had but 
little skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re- 
munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into 
the leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga- 
lena, 111. This was in the year i86o. As the tidings 
of the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears 
of Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said, — 
"Uncle Sam has educated me for the armv : though 
I have served him through one war, I do not feiel that 
I have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready to discharge 
my obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my tword 
and see Uncle Sam through this war too." 

He went into the streets, raised a csmpany of vol- 
unteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield, 
the capital of the State, where their services were 
offered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by 
the zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt. ( 
Grant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in thej 
volunteer organization that was being formed in the 
State in behalf of th« Government. On the iy''» o< 



UL YSSES S. GRA l^T. 



June, 1 86 1, Capt. Grant received a commission as 
Colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol- 
unteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who 
had served for 15 years in the regular army, were such 
that he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- 
General and was placed in command at Cairo. The 
Tebels raised their banner at Paducah, near the mouth 
of the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap- 
peared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The 
rebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and 
stripes were unfurled in its stead. 

He entered the service with great determination 
and immediately began active duty. This was the be- 
ginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond 
he was ever pushing tlie enemy with great vigor and 
effectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur- 
prised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry 
won another victory. Then came the brilliant fight 
at Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the 
victory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was 
immediately made a M.ijor-General, and the military 
iistrict of Tennessee was assigned to him. 

Like all great captains. Gen. Grant knew well how 
to secure the results of victory. He immediately 
[pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then came the 
terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the 
siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an 
unconditional surrender of the city with over thirty 
thousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can- 
non. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most 
severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, 
and opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf. 

Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with 
Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro- 
ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from 
his horse, and received severe injuries, from which he 
was laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid 
of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and 
by a wonderful series of strategic and technical meas- 
ures put tlie Union Army infighting condition. Then 
followed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout 
Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels 
were routed with great loss. This won for him un- 
bounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru- 
ary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant- 
general, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant. 
He repaired to Washington to receive his credentials 
and enter ufX)r. t'^p duties of his new office 



Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge ol 
the army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National 
troops for an attack upori Richmond, the nominal 
capital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de- 
stroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as- 
sembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole 
continent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these 
majestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field. 
Steamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains 
were burdened with closely packed thousands. His 
plans were comprehensive and involved a series of 
campaigns, which were executed with remarkable en- 
ergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur- 
render of Lee, April 9, 1865. 

The war was ended. The Union was saved. The 
almost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen. 
Grant to be the most prominent instrument in its sal- 
vation. The eminent services he had thus rendered 
the country brought him conspicuously forward as the 
Republican candidate for the Presidential chair. 

At the Republican Convention held at Chicago. 
May 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated for the 
Presidency, and at the autumn election received a 
majority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294 
electoral votes. 

The National Convention of the Republican party 
whichmet at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, rSya, 
placed Gen. Grant in nomination for a second tenn 
by a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati- 
cally indorsed by the people five months later, 292 
electoral votes being cast for him. 

Soon after the close of his second term. Gen. Grant 
started upon his famous trip around the world. He 
visited almost every country of the civilized world, 
and was everywhere received with such ovations 
and demonstrations of respect and honor, private 
as well as public and official, as were never before 
bestowed upon any citizen of the United States. 

He was the most prominent candidate before the 
Re|jublican National Convention in 1880 for a re- 
nomination for President. He went to New York and 
embarked in the brokerage business under the firm 
nameof Grant & Ward. The latter proved a villain, 
wrecked Grant's fortune, and for larceny was sent to 
the penitentiary. The General was attacked with 
cancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like 
manner, never complaining. He was re-instated as 
General of the Army and retired by Congress. The 
cancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, 
1885, the nation went in mourning over the dea'th of 
the illustrious General. 




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UTHERFORD B. HAYES, 
nineteenth President of 
the United States, was born in 
Delaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al- 
most three months after the 
death of his father, Rutherford 
Hayes. His ancestry on both 
the paternal and maternal sides, 
was of the most honorable char- 
acter. It can be traced, it is said, 
as far back as 1280, when Hayes and 
Rutherford were two Scottish chief- 
tains, fighting side by side with 
Baliol, William Wallace and Robert 
Bruce. Both families belonged to the 
nobility, owned extensive estates, 
' and had a large following. Misfor- 
tane ovtrcaking the family, (ieorge Hayes left Scot- 
land in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son 
George wai, born in Windsor, and remained there 
during his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar- 
ried Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his mar- 
riage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel, 
son of Daniel, was born in 1724. and was a manufac- 
turer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes, 
son of Ezekiel and grandfather of President Hayes, was 
born in New Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer, 
blacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to 
Vermont at an unknown date, settling in BrattlelxDro, 
where he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth- 
erford Hayes the father of President Hayes, was 



born. He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia 
Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi- 
grated thither from Connecticut, they having been 
among the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich. 
Her ancestry on the male side are traced back to 
1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders 
of Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers 
in the Revolutionary War. 

The father of President Hayes was an industrious 
frugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me- 
chanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock- 
ing, or do almost anything else that he choose to 
undertake. He was a member of the Church, active 
in all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con- 
ducted his business on Christian principles. After 
the close of the war of 181 2, for reasons inexplicable 
to his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio. 

The journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day 
when there were no canals, steamers, nor railways, 
was a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was 
first made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter 
mined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived 
in 1817. He died July 22, r822, a victim of malarial 
fever, less than three months before the birth of the 
son, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be- 
reavement, found the support she so much needed in 
her brother Sardis, who had been a member of the 
household from the day of its departure from Ver- 
mont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted 
some time before as an act of charity. 

Mrs. Hayes at this period wag very weak, and the 



RUTHERFORD B. HA YES. 



subject of this sketch was so fe^le at birth that he 
was not expected to live beyond a month or two at 
iBOSt. As the months went by he grew weaker and 
weaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in- 
quiring from time to time " if Mrs. Hayes' baby died 
iast night." On one occasion a neighbor, who was on 
if-imihar terms with the family, after alluding to the 
boy's big head, and the mother's assiduous care of 
him, said in a bantering way, " That's right! Stick to 
iiim. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn't 
wonder if he would really come to something yet." 

" You need not laugh," said Mrs. Hayes. "You 
vait and see. You can't tell but I shall make him 
President of the United States yet." The boy lived, 
in spite of the universal predictions of his speedy 
death; and when, in 1825, his older brother was 
drowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his 
mother. 

The boy was seven years old before he w,;nt to 
school. His education, however, was not neglected. 
He probably learned as much from his mother and 
lister as he would have done at school. His sports 
were almost wholly within doors, his playmates being 
his sister and her associates. These circumstances 
tended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of dispo- 
sition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings 
of others, which are marked traits of his character. 

His uncle Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest 
tan his education ; and as the boy's health had im- 
proved, and he was making good progress in his 
studies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre- 
paration commenced with a tutor at home; but he 
was afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the 
Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en- 
tered Kenyon College in 1838,31 the age of sixteen, 
and was graduated at the head of his class in 1842. 

Innnediately after his graduation he began the 
study of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, Esq., 
in Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in 
Columbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter 
the Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re- 
mained two years. 

In 1845, after graduating at the Law School, he was 
admitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly 
afterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law 
with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re- 
mained three years, acquiring but a limited practice, 
and apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro- 
Cession. 

^41 1 849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his ambi- 
tion found a new stimulus. For several years, how- 
ever, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at 
this period, had a powerful influence upon his subse- 
quent 'ife. One of these was his marrage with Miss 
Lucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of 
Chilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin- 
cinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its 
members such men as'^hief Justice Salmon P^jj^|}a»e. 



Gen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many 
others hardly less distinguished in after life. The 
marriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as 
everybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our 
Presidents was more universally admired, reverenced 
and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did 
more than she to reflect honor upon American woman- 
hood. The Literary Cluu brought Mr. Hayes into 
constant association with young men of high char- 
acter and noble aims, and lured him to display f\\f 
qualities so long hidden by his bashfulnejs and 
modesty. 

In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judge of 
the Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to ac. 
cept the nomination. Two years later, the office o( 
city solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council 
elected him for the unexpired term. 

In 1861, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at 
tne zenith of his professional lif,. His rank at the 
bar was among the the first. But the news of the 
attack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take -in 
arms for the defense of his country. 

His military record was bright and illustrious. In 
October, 1861, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and 
in August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio 
regiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades 
and go among strangers. Subsequently, however, h» 
was made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle 
of South Mountain he received a wound, and while 
faint and bleeding displayed courage and fortitude 
that won admiration from all. 

Col. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after 
his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed 
in command of the celebrated Kanawha division, 
and for gallant and meritorious services in the battles 
of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, he was 
promoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted 
Major-General, "forgallant and distinguished services 
during the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia." In 
the course of his arduous services, four horses were 
shot from under him, and he was wounded four times 

In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from 
the Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem- 
ocratic. He was not present during the campaign, 
and after his election was importuned to resign his 
commission in the army ; but he finally declared, " I 
shall never come to Washington until I can come by 
the way of Richmond." He was re-elected in 1866. 

In 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio, 
over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a popular Democrat. 
In r869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton, 
He was elected Governor for the third term in 1875. 

Tn rSye he was the standard bearer of the Repub- 
lican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a 
hard long contest was chosen President, and was in 
augurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his 
full term, not, hcwever, with satisfaction to his party, 
but his administration was an average o!>» 





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TiVEN'-flETH PRESIDENT. 










■\MES A. GARFIELD, twen- 
tieth President of the United 
^tites, was born Nov. 19, 
1S31, in the woods of Orange, 
Cuyahoga Co., O His par- 
*" euts were Abram and Eliza 
(Ballou) Garfield, both of New 
England ancestry and from fami- 
lies well known in the early his- 
tory of that section of our coun- 
try, but had moved to the Western 
n Ohio, early in its settle- 
ment. 

The house in which James A. was 
born was not unlike the houses of 
poor Ohio farmers of that day. It 
,ds about 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be- 
.veen the logs filled with clay. His father was a 
:iard working farmer, and he soon had his fields 
jleared, an orcliard planted, and a log barn built, 
i'he household comprised the father and mother and 
heir four ciiildren — Mehetal)el, Thomas, Mary and 
'ames. In May, 1823^ the father, from a cold con- 
. .-acted in heljjing to put out a forest fire, died. At 
'his time James was aljout eighteen months old, and 
Thomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can 
lell how much James was indebted to his brother's 
toil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc- 
ceeding his father's death, but undoubtedly very 
much. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis- 
ters live in Solon, O., near their birthplace. 

The early educational advantages young Garfield 
enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of 
them. He labored at farm work for others, did car- 
penter work, chopped wood, or did anything that 
would bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed 
mother in he' -struggles to keep the little family to- 



gether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his 
origin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug- 
gling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they 
ever forget him. When in the highest seats of honor, 
the humblest fiiend of his boyhood was as kindly 
greeted as ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the 
sympathy of one who had known all the bitterness 
of want and the sweetness of bread earned by the 
sweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, plain, 
modest gentleman. 

The highest ambition of young Garfield until he 
was about sixteen years old was to be a captain of 
a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard 
a vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. She 
finally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the 
understanding, however, that he should try to obtain 
some other kind of employment. He walked all the 
way to Cleveland. Tliis was his first visit to the city 
After making many applications for work, and trying 
to get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting with 
success, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos 
Letcher, on the Ohio <.'v' Pennsylvania Canal. He re- 
mained at this work but a short time when he wen': 
home, and attended the seminary at Chester for 
about three years, when he entered Hiram and the 
Eclectic Institute, teaching a few terms of school in 
the meantime, and doing other work. This school 
was started by the Disciples of Christ in 1850, of 
which church he was then a member. He became 
janitor and bell-ringer in order to help pay his way 
He then became both teacher and pupil. He soon 
" exhausted Hiram " and needed more ; hence, in the 
fall of i>S54, he entered Williams College, from which 
he graduated in 1856, taking one of the liighest ho..- 
ors of his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram ; 
College as its President. As above stated, he eady ' 
united with the Christian or Diciples Church at 
Hiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem- 
ber, often preaching in its pulpit and places where 
he happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of 
Yale College, says of him in reference to his religion : 



JAMES A. GARFIELD. 



" President Garfield was more than a man of 
strong moral and religious convictions. His whole 
history, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to 
man and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and 
faith and spiritual commission were controlling springs 
of his being, and to a more than usual degree. In 
my judgment there is no more interesting feature of 
nis character than his loyal allegiance to the body of 
Christians in which he was trained, and the fervent 
sympathy which he ever showed in their Christian 
communion. Not many of the few 'wise and mighty 
and noble who are called ' show a similar loyalty to 
the less stately and cultured Christian comnmnions 
in which they have been reared. Too often it is true 
that as they step upward in social and political sig- 
nificance they step upward from one degree to 
another in some of the many types of fashionable 
Christianity. President Garfield adhered to the 
-hurch of his mother, the church in which he was 
trained, and in which he served as a pillar and an 
evangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec- 
'arian charity for all 'who loveour Lord in sincerity.'" 

Mr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss 
Lucretia Rudolph, Nov. 1 1, 1858, who proved herself 
worthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and 
mourned. To them were born seven children, five of 
whom are still living, four boys and one girl. 

Mr. Garfield made his first political speeches in 1856, 
■jn Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three 
years later he began to speak at county mass-meet- 
ings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he 
was. During this year he was elected to the Ohio 
Senate. He also began to study law at Cleveland, 
and in 1861 was admitted to the bar. The great 
Rebellion broke out in the early part of this year, 
and Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had 
talked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re- 
ceived his commission as Lieut. -Colonel of the Forty- 
second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 
14, 1861. He was immediately put into active ser- 
vice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in action, 
was placed in command of four regiments of infantry 
and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the 
work of driving out of his native State the officer 
'Humphrey Marshall) reputed to be the ablest of 
those, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given 
to the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed- 
ily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres- 
ident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him 
Brigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as "he had 
been the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years 
before, so now he was the youngest General in the 
army." He was with Gen. Buell's army at Shiloh, 
in its operations around Corinth and its march through 
Alabama. He was then detailed as a memberof the 
General Couit-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John 
Porter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose- 
crans, and was assigned to the "Chief of Staff." 

The military history of Gen. Garfield closed with 



his brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he woe 
the stars of the Major-General. 

Without an eflibrt on his part Geg Garfield wa» 
elected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the 
Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio 
had been represented in Congress for sixty year* 
mainly by two men — Elisha Whittlesey and Joshua 
R. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he 
resigned his place in the army. At the time he en- 
tered Congress he was the youngest member in that 
body. There he remained by successive re- 
elections until he was elected President in 1880. 
Of his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says : " Since 
the year 1864 you cannot think of a question whicii 
has been debated in Congress, or discussed before & 
tribunel of the American people, in regard to whicl 
you will not find, if you wish mstruction, the argu, 
ment on one side stated, in almost every instance 
better than by anybody else, in some speech made in 
the House of Representatives or on the hustings by 
Mr. Garfield." 

Upon Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to 
the U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the 
same year, was nominated as the candidate of his 
party for President at the great Chicago Convention. 
He was elected in the following November, and on 
March 4, 18S1, was inaugurated. Probably no ad- 
ministration ever opened its existence under brighter 
auspices than that of President Garfield, and every 
day it grew in favor with the people, and by the first 
of July he had completed all the initiatory and pre- 
liminary work of his administration and was prepar- 
ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams 
College. While on his way and at the depot, in com- 
pany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind 
him, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back. 
The President tottered and fell, and as he did so the 
assassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the 
left coat sleeve of his victim, but inflicting no further 
injury. It has been very truthfully said that this was 
" the shot that was heard round the world " Never 
before in the history of the Narion had anything oc- 
curred which so nearly froze the blood of the people 
for the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit- 
ten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and 
was at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty 
days, all during the hot months of Juiy and August, 
he lingered and suffered. He, however, remained 
master of himself till the last, and by his magnificent 
bearing was teaching the country and the world tlie 
noblest of human lessons — how to live grandly in the 
very clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass- 
ingly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept. 
19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J., on the very bank of the 
ocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The 
world wept at his death, as it never had done on the 
death of any other man who had ever lived upon it. 
The murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe- 
cuted, in one year after he committ^ the foui deed. 







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TWEMTY. FIRST PRESIDENT. 



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HESTER A. ARTHUR, 

twenty-first Presi'^^m of the 

"United States was Ijorn in 

P lanklin Cour ty, \'erniont, on 

Ihefifthof Odober, 1830, and is 

the oldest of a family of two 

sons and five daughters. His 

father was the Rev. Dr. William 

Arthur, aBaptistcJlrgyman,who 

emigrated to tb'.s country from 

the county Antrim, Ireland, in 

his 18th year, and died in 1875, in 

Newtonville, neai Albany, after a 

long and successful ministry. 

Young Arthur was educated at 
Union College, S( henectady, where 
he excelled in all his studies. Af- 
ter his graduation he taught school 
in Vermont for two years, and at 
the expiration of that time came to 
New York, with $500 in his ixjcket, 
and e.Uered the office of ex-Judge 
E. D. Culver as student. After 
I being admitted to the bar he formed 
a partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate, 
Henry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing 
ui the West, and for three months they roamed about 
in the Western States in search of an eligible site, 
but in the end returned to New York, where they 
hung out their shingle, and entered upon a success^ 
ful career almost from the start. General Arthur 
«oon afterward na»rr'''d the daughter of Lieutenant 



Herndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at 
sea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow ir. 
recognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa- 
sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthurs 
nomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two 
children. 

Gen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity 
in his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit, 
brought to recover possession of eight slaves who had 
been declared free by Judge Paine, of the Sujierioi 
Court of New York City. It was in 1852 that Jon. 
athan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with 
his slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when 
they were discovered and freed. The Judge decided 
that they could not be held by the owner under the 
Fugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from 
the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the 
Attorney General of that State to assist in an appeal. 
Wm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed 
to represent the People, and they won their case, 
which then went to the Supreme Court of the United 
States. Charles O'Conor here espoused the cause 
of the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs 
Evarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward 
the emancipation of the black race. 

Another great service was rendered by General 
Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings. 
a respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth 
Avenue car with violence after she had paid her fare. 
General Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a 
verdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa- 
ny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride 
on their cars, and the other car companies quickly 



CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 



followed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave- 
nue Company ran a few special cars for colored per- 
sons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all. 

General Arthur was a delegate to the Convention 
at Saratoga that founded the Republican party. 
Previous to the war he was Judge-Advocate of the 
Second Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov- 
ernor Morgan, of that State, appointed hmi Engineer- 
in-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec- 
tor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas- 
ter-General. In each of these offices he rendered 
great service to the Government during the war. At 
the end of Governor Morgan's term he resumed the 
practice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr. 
Ransom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney 
of New York, was added to the firm. The legal prac- 
tice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra- 
tive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able 
lawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if 
not indeed one of national extent. 

He always took a leading part in State and city 
politics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of 
New York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc- 
ceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July, 
•30, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt. 

Mr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential 
ticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous 
National Republican Convention held at Chicago in 
June, 1880. This was perhaps the greatest political 
convention that ever assembled on thecontinent. It 
was composed of the Jsading politicians of the Re- 
publican party, all able men, and each stood firm and 
fought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their 
respective candidates that were before the conven- 
tion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re- 
ceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur 
for Vice-President. The campaign which followed 
was one of the most animated known inthehistory of 
our country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of 
the Democratic party, was a popular man, and his 
party made a valiant fight for his election. 

Finally the election came and the country's choice 
.vas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated 
.'^arch 4, i8St, as President and Vice-President. 
h. few months only had passed ere the newly chosen 
President was the victim of the assassin's bullet. Then 
came terrible weeks of suffering, — those moments of 
anxious suspense, wher the hearts of all civilized na- 



tions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re- 
covery of the noble, the good President. The remark- 
able patience that he manifested during those hours 
and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suf- 
fering man has often been called upon to endure, was 
seemingly more than human. It was certainly God- 
like. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr. 
Arthur's every move was watched, and be it said to his* 
credit that his every action displayed only an earnest 
desire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to 
serve the remainder of the term he had so auspi- 
ciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested 
in deed or look of this man, even though the most 
honored position in the world was at any moment 
likely to fall to him. 

At last God in his mercy relieved President Gar. 
field from further suffering, and the world, as nevei 
before in its history over the death of any othei 
man, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty ol 
the Vice President to j.ssume the responsibilities ol 
the high office, and he took the oath in New York, 
Sept. 20, i88r. The position was an embarrassing 
one to him, made doubly so from the facts that all 
eyes were, on him, anxious to know what he would do, 
what policy he would pursue, and who he would se- 
lect as advisers. The duties of the office had been 
greatly neglected during the President's long illness, 
and many important measures were to be immediately 
decided by him ; and still farther to embarrass him he 
did not fail to realize under what circumstances he 
became President, and knew the feelings of many on 
this point. Under these trying circumstances President 
Arthur took the reins of the Government in Ms ow,. 
hands ; and, as embarrassing as were the condition of 
affair.-' he happily surprised the nation, acting so 
wisei". hat but few criticiseo lis administratiun- 
He served the nation well and faithfully, until the 
close of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was 
a popular candidate before his party for a second 
term. His name was ably presented before the con- 
vention at Chicago, and was received with great 
favor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity 
of one of the opposing candidates, he would have 
been selected as the standard-bearer of his party 
for another campaign. He retired to private life car- 
rying with him the best wishes of the American peo- 
ple, whom he had served in a manner satisfacwry 
tf- them and with credit to himself. 




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TWENTY-SECOND PRESIDFNT. 



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TEPHEN GROVER CLEVE- 
LAND, the twenty- second Pres- 
ident of the United States, was 
born in 1837, in the obscure 
town of Caldwell, Essex Co., 
N. J., and in a little two-and-a- 
half-story white house which is still 
standing, characteristically to mark 
the humble birth-place of one of 
America's great men in striking con- 
trast with the Old World, where all 
men high in office must be high in 
origin and born in the cradle of 
wealth. When the subject of this 
sketch was three years of age, his 
father, who was a Presbyterian min- 
ister, with a large family and a small salary, moved, 
by way of the Hudson River and Erie Canal, to 
Fayetteville, in search of an increased income and a 
larger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most 
straggling of country villages, about five miles from 
Pompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was born. 

At the last mentioned place young Grover com- 
menced going to school in the "good, old-fashioned 
way," and presumably distinguished himself after the 
manner of all village boys, in doing the things he 
ought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of 
all geniuses and independent thinkers. When he 
arrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown the 
c^jMcity of the village school and expressed a most 



emphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To this 
his father decidedly objected, .\cademies in those 
days cost money; besides, his father wanted him to 
become self-supix)rting by the quickest possible 
means, and this at that time in Fayetteville seemed 
to be a position in a country store, where his father 
and the large family on his hands had considerable 
influence. GrQver was to be paid $50 for his services 
the first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to 
receive $too the second year. Here the lad com- 
menced his career as salesman, and in two years he 
had earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness 
that his employers desired to retain him for an in- 
definite length of time. Otherwise he did not ex- 
hibit as yet any particular " flashes of genius " or 
eccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy. 
But instead of remaining witli this firm in Fayette- 
ville, he went with the family in their removal to 
Clinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a 
high school. Here he industriously pursued his 
studies until the family removed with him to a point 
on Black River known as the " Holland Patent," a 
village of 500 or 600 people, 1 5 miles north of Utica, 
N. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching 
but three Sundays. This event broke up the family, 
and Grover set out for New York City to accept, at a 
small salary, the position of " under-teacher " in an 
asylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two 
years, and althougii he obtained a good reputation in 
this capacity, he conclu<i»d that teaching was not hie 



S. GJiOVER CLEVELAND. 



calling for life, and, reversing the traditionjil order, 
he left the city to seek his fortune, instead of going 
to a city. He first thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as 
th'ire was some charm in that name for him ; but 
before proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to 
tsk the advice of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted 
stock-breeder of that place. The latter did not 
speak enthusiastically. " What is it you want to do, 
my boy.''" he asked. "Well, sir, I want to study 
law," was the reply. "Good gracious!" remarked 
ih« old gentleman ; " do you, indeed ? What ever put 
Jhatinto your head? How much money have you 
got?" "Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven't got 
My." 

After a long consultation, his uncle offered him a 
place temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at $50 a 
year, while he could "look around." One day soon 
afterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers, 
Bowen & Rogers, of Buffalo, and told Ihem what he 
wanted. A number of young men were already en- 
gaged in the office, but Grover's persistency won, and 
he was finally permitted to come as an office boy and 
Have the use of the law library, for the nominal sum 
of $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for 
his board and washing. The walk to and from his 
uncle's was a long and rugged one; and, although 
(the first winter was a memorably severe one, his 
shoes were out of repair and his overcoat — he had 
none^yet he was nevertheless prompt and regular. 
On the first day of his service here, his senior em- 
ployer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him 
with a bang that made the dust fly, saying "That's 
where they all begin." A titter ran around the little 
circle of clerks and students, as they thought that 
was enough to scare young Grover out of his plans ; 
but in due time he mastered that cumbersome volume. 
Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland 
exhibited a talent for executiveness rather than for 
chasing principles through all their metaphysical 
\x)ssibilities. " Let us quit talking and go and do 
ft," was practically his motto. 

The first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was 
elected was that of Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in 
which Buffalo is situated; and in such capacity it fell 
to his duty to inflict capital pwr.ishment upon two 
CTiminals. In 1881 he was elected Mayor of the 
City of Buffalo, on the Democratic ticket, with es- 
padal reference to the bringing about certain reforms 



in the administration of the municipal affairs of that 
city. In this office, as well as that of Sheriff, his 
performance of duty has generally been considered 
fair, with possibly a few exceptions which were fer- 
reted out and magnified during the last Presidential 
campaign. As a specimen of his plain language in 
a veto message, we quote from one vetoing an iniqui- 
tous street-cleaning contract: "This is a time foi 
plain speech, and my objection to your action shall 
be plainly stated. I regard it as the culmination of 
a mos bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme 
to betray the interests of the people and to worse 
tlian squander the people's money." The New York 
Sun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve- 
land's administration as Mayor of Buffalo, and there- 
upon recommended him for Governor of the Empire 
State. To the latter office he was elected in 18&2, 
and his administration of the affairs of State was 
generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if 
any, were made very public throughout the nation 
after he was nominated for President of the United 
States. For this high office he was nominated July 
ir, 1884, by the National Democratic Convention at 
Chicago, when other competitors were Thomas F. 
Bayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, 
Benjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc.; and he 
was elected by the people, by a majority of about a 
thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Repub- 
lican statesman, James G. Blaine. President Cleve- 
land resigned his office as Governor of New York in 
January, 1885, in order to prepare for his duties as. 
the Chief Executive of ihe United States, in which 
capacity his term commenced at noon on the 4th of 
March, T885. 

The silver question precipitated a controversy 
between those who were in favor of the continu- 
ance of silver coinage and those who were opposed, 
Mr. Cleveland answering for the latter, even before 
his inauguration. 

On June 2, 1886, President Cleveland married 
Frances, daughter of his deceased friend and 
partner, Oscar Folsom, of the Buffalo Bar. Their 
union has been blessed by the birth of one daugh- 
ter, Ruth. In the campaign of 1888, President 
Cleveland was renominated by his party, but the 
Republican candidate. Gen. Benjamin Harrison, 
was victorious. In the nominations of 1892 these 
two candidates for the highest position in the gift 
of the people were again pitted against each other 
and President Cleveland was victorious by an 
overwhelming majority. 



TWENTY-THIRD PRESIDENT. 




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lENJAMIN HARRISON, «>• 

twenty-thinl President, is 
the descendant of one of the 
historical families of this 
country. The head of the 
family was a Major General 
Harrison, one of Oliver 
Cromwell's trusted follow- 
ers and fighters. In the zenith of Crom- 
well's power it became thv, duty of this 
Harrison to participate m tne trial of 
Charles I, and ?tfterward tc sign the 
death warrant of the king. He subse- 
quently paid for this with his life, being 
hung Oct. 13, 1660. His descendants 
came to America, and the next of the 
family that appears in history is Benja- 
niin Harrison, of Virginia, great-grand- 
father of the subject of this sketch, and 
after whom he was named. Benjamin Harrison 
was a member of the Continental Congress durmg 
the years 1774-5-6, and was one of the original 
signers of the Declaration of Independence. He 
wa three times elected GoTeruor of Virginia, 
'^n William Henry Harrison, the ton of ti»e 



dlstingnighed patriot of the Reyolntion, after a. sao. 

cessful career as a soldier durmg the War of 1812, 
and with -a clean record as Governor of the North- 
western Territory, was elected President of the 
United States in 1840. His saroer was cut short 
by death within one month ifter ais luroguration. 
President Harrison wa^ born st Md':'^ Bend, 
Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. '?0, 18»3 His life up to 
the time of his graduation by the Miami Univei-sity, 
at Oxford, Ohio, waa the uneventful one of a coun- 
try lad of a family of small means. His father was 
able to give him a gootl education, and nothing 
more. He became engaged while at college to tho 
daughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of a female schoo 
at Oxford. After graduating he determined to en- 
ter upon the study of the law. He went to Cin 
cinnati and then read law for two years. At the 
expiration of that time young Harrison received tfc-' 
only inheritance of his life; his aunt dying left hini 
a lot valued at $800. He regarded this legacy as i 
fortune, and decided to get married at once, take 
this money and go to flome Eastern town an ' be- 
gin the practice of law He sold his lot, and with 
the money in his pocket, be started out witD his 
young wife to fight for » pboe in Um world- Hs 



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BENJAMIN HARRISON. 



decided to go to Indianapolis, which was eren at 

U\a.t. time a town of promise. He met with sliglit 
encouragement at first, making scarcely anything 
llie first year. He worl<ed diligently, applying him- 
self closely to his calling, built up an extensive 
practice and took a leading rank in the legal pro- 
fession. He is the father of two children. 

In 1860 Mr. Harrison was nominated for the 
position of Supreme Court Reporter, n,nd then be- 
gan his experience as a stump speakei He can- 
vassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by a 
handsome majority. In 1862 he raised the 17th 
Indiana Infantry, and was chosen its Colonel. His 
regiment was composed of *he rawest of material, 
out Col. Harrison employed all his time at first 
mastering military tactics and drilling his men, 
when he therefore came to move toward the East 
trith Sherman his regiment was one of the best 
^Irillcd and organized in the army. At Resaca he 
especially distinguished himself, and for his bravery 
at Peachtree Creek he was made a Brigadier Gen- 
eral, Gen. Hooker speaking of him in the most 
'complimentary terms. 

During the absence of Gen. Harrison in the field 

he 8-jprerae Court declared the office of the Su- 
prenv. Court Reporter vacant, and another person 
was elected to the position. From the time of leav- 
ing Indiana with his regiment until the fall oi 1864 
he had taken no leave of absence, but having been 
nominated that year for the same office, he got a 
thirty-day leave of absence, and during that time 
made a brilliant canvass of the State, and was elected 
for another term. He then started to rejoin Sher- 
man, but on the way was stricken down with scarlet 
iever, and after a most trying siege made his way 
to the front in time to participate in the closing 
xcidents of the war. 

In 1 868 Gen. Harrison declined re-election as 

cporter, and resumed the practice of law. In 1876 
QC was a candidate for Governor. Although de- 

eated, the brilliant campaign ht made won ior him 
a National reputation, and he was much sought, es- 
pecia"..y in the East, to make speeches. In 1880, 
as usual, he took an active part in the campaign, 
und WW elected to the United States Senate. Here 
uc sei-ved six years, and jas known as one O' the 
»biest men, bast lawyer' end strongest debaters in 



that body. With the expiration of his S<n.Ttoriai 
term he returned to the practice of his profession, 
becoming the head of one of the strongest firms in 
the State. 

The political campaign of i888 was one of the 
most memorable in the history of our country. The 
convention which assembled in Chicago in June an., 
named Mr. Harrison as the chief standard bearer 
of the Republican party, was gre.at in every partic- 
ular, and on this account, and the attitude it as- 
sumed ujion the vital questions of the day, chief 
among which was the tariff, awoke a deep interest 
in the campaign throughout the Nation. Shortly 
after the nomination delegations began to visit Mr. 
Harrison at Indianapolis, his home. This move- 
ment became popular, and from all sections of the 
country societies, clubs and delegations journeyed 
thither to pay their respects to the distinguished 
statesman. The popularity of these was gi-eatly 
increased on account of the remarkable speeches 
made by Mr. Harrison. He spoke daily all through 
the summer and autumn to these visiting delega- 
tions, and so varied, masterly and eloquent were 
his speeches that they at once placed him in the 
foremost rank of American orators and statesmen. 

On account of his eloquence as a speaker and hi.^ 
power as a debater, he was called upon at an un- 
commonly early age to take part in the discussion 
of the great questions that then began to agitate 
the country. He was an uncompromising anti 
slavery man, and was matched against some of t"„e 
most eminent Democratic speakers of his StaiCv, 
No man who felt the touch of his blade de: 'red ti 
be pitted with him again. "With all his ^'Dq-ence 
as an orator he never spoke for oratorica'L effect, 
but his words always went like bullets to the mark 
He is purely American in his ide.is and k a spier 
did type of the American statesman. Gifted wit'u 
quick perception, a logical mind and a rsady tongue, 
he is one of the most distinguished impromptu 
speakers in the Nation. Many of these speeches 
sparkled with the rarest of eloquence and contained 
arguments of greatest weight. ]\Iauy of his terse 
statements have already become aphorisms. Origi- 
nal in tliought precise in logic, terse m statement, 
3-et withal faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as 
the sound statesman and bnlllan orator c tu^ day 








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^^y HI time has arrived when it 
1 ecomcs the duty ut' the 
people of thhi county to ])er- 
petuate tlie names of their 
pioneers, to fiirnisii a record 
of their early settlement, 
and relate the story of their 
progre'-b The civilization of our 
day, the enlightenment of the age 
and the duty that men of the pres- 
ent time owe to their ancestors, to 
themselves and to their posterity, 
demand that a record of their lives 
md deeds should be made. In bio- 
f,rapliic il history is found a power 
to instruct man by precedent, to 
enliven the mental faculties, and 
to waft down the river of time a 
■^ate vessel in which the names and actions of the 
people who contributed to raise this country from its 
primitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly 
the great and aged men, who in their i)rime entered 
the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their 
heritage, are passing to their graves. The number re- 
maining who can relate the incidents of the first days 
)f settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an 
actual necessity exists for the collection and preser- 
vation of events without delay, before ail the early 
settlers are cut down by the scythe of Time. 

To be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind 
from remotest ages. All will be forgotten soon enough, 
in spite of their best works and the most earnest 
efforts of their friends to perserve the memory of 
their lives. The means employed to prevent oblivion 
and to perpetuate their memory has been in propor- 
tion *o the amount of intelligence they possessed. 
Thi pyramids of Egypt were built to jierpetuate the 
names and deeds of their great rulers. The exhu- 
mations made by the archeologists of Egypt from 
buried Memphis indicate a desire of those people 





to jierpetuate the memory of their achievements 
The erection of the great oI)elisks were for the same 
purpose. Coming down to a later period, we hnd the 
Greeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu- 
ments, and carving out statues to ciironicle their 
great achievements and carry them down tlie ages. 
It is also evident that the Mound-builders, in piling 
up their great mounds of eartli, iiad but this idea— 
to leave something to show tliat they had lived. All 
these works, though many of them costly in the ex- 
treme, give but a faint idea of tiie lives and charac- 
ters of those whose memory they were intended to 
perpetuate, and scarcely anytliing of the masses of 
the people that then lived. The great pyramids and 
some of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosily ; 
the mausoleums, monumeiiis and statues are crum- 
bling into dust. 

It was left to modern ages to establish an intelli- 
gent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetuating 
a full history — immutable in that it is almost un- 
limited in e.xtent and perpetual in its action; and 
this is through the art of printing. 

To the present generation, however, we are in- 
debted for the introduction of the admirable systerr 
of local biography. By this system every man, thougl 
he has not achieved what the world calls greatness, 
has the means to perpetuate his life, his history, 
through the coming ages. 

The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of the 
physical man is left. The monument wliicii his chil- 
dren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme, 
tery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his 
life, his achievements, the work he has acconijjlished, 
which otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated 
by a record of this kind. 

To preserve the lineaments of our companions we 
engrave their portraits, for the same reason we col- 
lect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we 
thir.k it necessary, a-i we speak only truth of them, to 
wait until they are dead, or until tliose who know 
them are gone: to do this we are ashamed only to 
publish to the wodd the history of those whose live= 
are unwc-thy of oublic record. 



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(i^ l>;ILLIAM A. KITTINGER. Pei-liai)s to few 
\/y/l ^'^'"'''"o o"*- '" active life have come the 
W^ obstacles that the siihjcet of this sketch 



lie. He now oeeiipies a position of pioniineiice 
among the attorneys of Madison County, and is 
foremost at the Bar of the state. He lias an ofHce 
at Anderson, where he conducts an extensive 
and remunerative legal business, being especially 
successful in criminal cases. His residence is lo- 
cated at No. 49 East Eleventh Street, where he 
and his wife liosi)itably entertain their hosts of 
personal friends. 

Born in Wayne County, near Richmond, Ind.. 
on the 17th of October, 184U, our subject is the 
son of .lulin Smith, a native of Germany, and a 
shoemaker by trade, who emigrated to America 
in his early manhnnd. settling in Richmond, Ind. 
'riune he was united in marriage with Miss Delilah 
'ruik, a native of Virginia, whose father died in 
the Old Dominion. Her mother subsequently 
brought the family to Wayne County, where she 
was reared to womanhood. After the death of 
his wife, which occurred in l.s.'iO, .lohii Smith 
went back to (icrmany to secure an estate, but he 
was never heard of after leaving liidinna. His 
fate is uncertain. 

Our subject is one of two children, the ehU^r of 

William A. was left an orphan when a babe, and 
was taken into the home of William L. Kittinger, 
whose last name lie adopted. In IS.'),") Mr. Kitt- 
inger removed to Henry Cnuiity. settling near 
.Middletowii. where be operated a sawmill and 



also engaged in farming. The orphan boy en- 
joyed few advantages in his youth, and his time 
was devoted almost wholly to agricultural duties. 
However, by dint of lianl study and persevering 
appli<-;ili<)ii, he gained sullicieiil education to en- 
able him to te.ach school, and at the age of eigh- 
teen he taught in I'nion Township, Madison Coun- 
ty. Later, he was similarly employed in Lafay- 
ette and riiioii Townships, t hi- county, liuriiig 
two winter seasons, while lii> summers were s|ieiil 
in farm work and in reading law. 

In early manhood, Mr. Kittinger was licensed 
to preach in the Christian Church, ri'ceiving his 
lirst license in Darke County, Olii.i. .and his sec- 
ond at Richmond, liid. For two sunimers he was 
engaged in supplying vacant pulpits, and after- 
ward he commenced to study law under Judge K. 
B. Goodykoontz, of Anderson. Aui;ust 2, 1872, 



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e at th. 

mediately oix-ned an ollice at Boliv.ar. Roik Coun- 
ty, Mo. A short time after locating in that city, 
he was startled by a telegram announcing that the 
bank in which his money was dei)Osited had failed 
and was in the hands of receivers. He at once re- 
turned to .\nilerson. and here commenced the 
practice of his chosen profession. 

In October, 1880, Mr. Kittinger was elected 
Prosecuting Attorney for the Twenty-fourth .Ju- 
dicial Circuit, including Hamilton and Madison 
Counties. His s.^rvices while an incumbent of 
the i)ositions were so satisfactory that he was re- 
elected in 1882, and served four years altogether. 
At the expiration of his term of office, he formed 
:i partnership with .Imige R. I.;ikc. which was dis- 
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fitted up an elegant oHice on the south side of the 
S(|uare, but again misfortune overtook him, for, 
twenty-seven fia3s after moving into the office, it 
was burned to tlie ground, entailing a heavy loss. 
On the 1st of February, 1886, he became a part- 
ner of L. M. Schwinn, and the firm of Kittinger 
it Schwinn is now one of the foremost in this sec- 
tion of the state. 

At Columbus Grove, Ohio, September 9, 1874, 
Mr. Kittinger married Miss Martha E. Kunneke, 
who was born in Dayton, Ohio, and reared in 
Columbus Grove. They are the parents of three 
surviving children: Theo A., Leslie F. and Helen 
M. Socially, our subject is a member of Mt. Mo- 
riali Lodge No. 177, F. & A. M.; also of Anderson 
Ciiapter, of which he is Past High Priest; and 
Anderson Coramandery No. 32, K. T., of which he 
is Eminent Commander. The Ononga Tribe of 
Red Men, the Elks and the Daughters of Rebekah 
also number him among their active members. 
He is one of the prominent members of the Coun- 
ty Bar Association. In politics he was a Demo- 
crat until 1878, since which time he has been a 
Republican. In 1888 and 1890 he served as Sec- 
retary of tiie Republican County Central Com- 
mittee, and in 1888 he was nominated by the Re- 
publicans as Representative to the Legislature. 
He received about one hundred and twenty-five 
ballots more than any other candidate of his party, 
but on account of a Democratic majority in the 
county he suffered defeat. He is a man of great 
abilitj-, keen insight and shrewd discrimination, 
and both in a professional way and in social cir- 
cles has gained a high place in the regard of his 
fellow-citizens. 



JOHN H. McMILLEN. Twenty-five years 
have come and gone since, on the 12th of 
: February, 18G8, the subject of this sketch 
arrived in Anderson. During all this time 
he has been identified with the history of the cit}' 
as one of the foremost business men and citizens. 
His conduct, both in official affairs and in com- 
merce, has l)een sucli as to commend him to the 



confidence of the people, and he has gained the 
warm regard of all his associates. A man of 
strong convictions, energetic and active, he takes 
a deep interest in the welfare of the city and 
heartily endorses every enterprise inaugurated for 
its development. 

Of immediate Scotch descent, our subject was 
born in Cornwall, Province of Ontario, Canada. 
March 4, 1848. His father, Alexander McMillen. 
was a native of Scotland and in early life emi- 
grated to America, making settlement in Canada. 
A farmer by occupation, he entered upon agri- 
cultural pursuits immediately after locating in 
Cornwall, and through perseverance and economy 
became well-to-do. Now in his old age he still 
remains upon the old Cornwall homestead some- 
what retired from life's active duties. He mar- 
ried Miss Elizabeth Critse, who was born in the 
Mohawk Valley, N. Y., and died in Ontario in 
1889. 

In the parental family there were thirteen chil- 
dren, twelve of whom attained mature jears, .John 
H., being the fiflh in order of birth. At the age 
of fourteen years he started out in life for himself, 
and proceeding to the town of Hermon, St. Law- 
rence County, learned the trade of a harness- 
maker in his brother's shop. After following this 
occupation for about three years in the Empire 
State, in the employ of several manufacturers and 
in the city of Buffalo, he removed to Titusville, 
Pa., where he sojourned for a few months. From 
there he went to Ohio and spent twelve months 
in Cincinnati. Next, proceeding to Kentucky, he 
remained about one and one-half years in the 
cities of Cynthiana, Mt. Sterling and Lexington, 
being engaged at the trade of a harness-maker. 

After locating in Anderson Mr. McMillen found 
employment with Dr. Pratt, a harness-maker, for 
whom he worked about six months. Later, enter- 
ing the employ of the firm of Hodson & Clark, he 
spent six years with them, and saving his wages 
was enabled at the expiration of the time men- 
tioned to enibark in business for himself. Under 
the firm name of Bowman & McMillen, he and 
his partner carried on a profitable trade for a time 
or, until, upon the election of Mr. McMillen to the 
position of City Clerk, he disposed of his business 



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in order to give his exclusive attention to bis ! He next made lii- 

official duties. He served for two years as Clerk i settling upon tlie 

and then removed to Kansas, in 1886, remain 

in llic Sunflower State for eighteen num 

I'pon his return to Anderson lie purchast'd 

harness business of Alexander Clark and lias c 

diutod a nourishing trade here oversinct'. 

A DeiiMinat in polities. Sh: MeMilleii i> dee 
inlere.sled in the welfare of the parly, luit is im 
pdlilieian in the objectionable sense c.f thai \\< 



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111 1892 he was elected a ineinlier i>l' the City 
Council for a period of two years, I ml :\\ liie iii- 

devotioii 1(1 his |)arly has been reet.nni/.i'd, and Ins 
(idehly tn the interests of the city is eiiually 
pidininent. In Ins social relations he is ideiititied 
with tlie (n-d<T i.rthe Woodmen of the World; the 
Independent Order of Ked Men; tlu' .Mueeabee,^ 
and Aii<leis,iii Lodge, K. of r. He was happily 
married in 1880, his wife being .Miss Hannah F., 
daugliter of Robert T. Berry, formerly of Rush 
County, but now a resident of Madison County. 



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(^p«)HOMAS W. MOORE, a reiireseiitati 
/^^^ eral agriculturist and successful 
^^^^ raiser, has from his earliest youth been 
prominently identified with the develoimienl :nid 
progressive interests of his present hx'.ilily, and 
born in Boone Township, Madison County. Ind., 
August 30, 1842, has throughout the ehanging 
seasons of more tlian a half-century continuously- 
resided ill his birthplace, where he is universall}' 
known and highly respected. His father. .lolin 
Moore, a native of Ohio, was born in Brown 
County. He attended the common schools of the 
I'luckeye -State, and in bis youth received a thor- 
ough training in agricultural duties. In common 
with otiier fanner boys, becoming well versed in 
the tilling of the soil, he attained to manhood in- 
telligent, energetic and enterprising. At the age 
of twentj-five years he determined to .seek tlie 
farther west and journej'ed to Rusli County, 
Ind., where he spent six years in farming pursuits. 



1 now tlu' homestead of our 
subject. The father was one of the pioneers o.f 
Indiana, the country then being a literal wilder- 
ness, over which roamed Indians and a large va- 
riety of wild game. Madi.son County boasted of 
no roads or improvements of any kind, and neigh- 
bors were few and far between. Th.' father, full 

the development of the home locality and became 
a leader among his friends and neighbors. 

.John Moore was the son of Moses Moore, a na- 
tive of \'iigiiiia. who at mature age removed to 
Brown County. Ohi.i, and became one of the early 
settlers of the Buckeye State. The paternal 
great-grandfather came from Scotland to America 
ill a very early da\' in the history of our country 
and was an old s,,ldier. A m.-m of sturdy inde- 
pendene,'. be emlowed his children with the ener- 

throughout his long life were his distinguishing 
charactcrislics. The grand p.aients passed many 
years of usefulness in Ohio .aided in reclaiming 
the wild land of the slate, and commanded the es- 
teem of a host of friends and neighbors. When 
tlieir son John first settled in Indiana, he endured 
many of the (irivations and peculiar experiences 
of the primitive days. The Mi:nni Indians yet 
shared the (lossession of the ferlih' acres of tiie state 
which a few years before was the scene of many a 
liloo(l\ encounter between the red men and the 
settlers of the territory. It, was a long time after 
the father made his home in Indiana before there 
was any method of public conveyance cxi-ept the 
stage coach, and most of the travel even from dis- 
tant states thither was made by slow teams, which 
with the advancing tide of emigration transported 
dozens of families and their limited household 
goods hither. 

The mother of our subject, Mary (Brunt) 
Moore, was the daughter of .lames Brunt, of North 
Carolina, and tiie descendant of a long line of 
Ihitish ancestors, her paternal grandfather having 
been a native of merrie England. Thomas Moore 
was the youngest of the five children who cluster- 
ed about the hearth of the parents; four <,>f the 
sons and daughters are \et living and all un- 



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married, make their home together upon the old 
farm. James M. is the eldest born ; Moses A. is 
deceased; EMzabetli A., Sarali A., and our subject, 
Thomas, completes the list. James and his two 
sisters are valued members of the Carapbellite 
Church and take an active part in tlie social, re- 
ligious and benevolent work of the denomination. 
Thomas is not yet identified witli any cliurch, but 
is ever ready to lend a helping hand in all matters 
pertaining to mutual welfare or tiie public good. 
Politically a Democrat, and an earnest advocate of 
tlie party, lie has never desired to hold office, but 
intellectually does his duty as a true American 
citizen at the polls. The Moore brothei-s and sis- 
ters occupy a high position of useful influence 
and enjoy in their lifetime home the esteem and 
best wishes of many friends and neighbors with 
whom they grew up side by side, witnessing the 
marvelous growth and progress which converted 
the broad acres of wild land into productive farms 
and smiling villages. 



PALE J. CRITTENBERGER, Postmaster at 
Anderson, and formerly editor of the An- 
derson Daily Dernoci-at, was born in Har- 
risonburg, Rockingham County, Va., on the 31st 
of December, 1855. His father, Isaac, was a native 
of the same county, and was engaged in agricult- 
ural pursuits. In 1857 he brought his family, 
which consisted of his wife and four children, to 
Indiana, locating near Middletown. Henry County. 
Purchasing a farm there, he devoted his attention 
to the cultivation and improvement of the land, 
which he continued to operate for a number of 
years. He now (1893) lives in the village of Mid- 
dletown. at the age of sixty-nine, and has retired 
from the active business duties which engrossed 
his time in former years. A man of upright char- 
acter and noble disposition, he is also a devoted 
Christian and an earnest member of the German 
Reformed Church. His wife, whose maiden name 
was Sarah Kuntz and who was born in Virginia, 
died in 1859, after having become the mother of 
five children, three of whom are living. The pa- 



ternal grandfather of our subject, Jacob Critten- 
berger, was born in the Old Dominion, being the 
son of a Revolutionary soldier. 

The childhood years of Dale J. Crittenberger 
were passed in his father's home, and his time was 
divided between going to the district schools and 
working on the farm. When sixteen he was ad- 
vanced sufficiently in his studies to obtain a 
teacher's certificate, and entering that profession, 
he was thus engaged for a short time. In the 
autumn of 1873 he entered the State University 
of Indiana at Bloomington, where he pursued his 
studies for two years. Later he filled the position 
of Principal of the Middletown schools for one year, 
in order to replenish his |)urse and continue his 
collegiate course. 

Graduating from tli'e university in 1878 with 
the degree of Bachelor of Arts, he afterward began 
the study of law In Anderson under Charles L. 
Henry, with whom he remained for four years. 
During this time he was admitted to the Bar, in 
1880. When Capt. W. R. Myers was elected Sec- 
retary of State in 1882, he appointed Mr. Crit- 
tenberger Deputy, which position he filled satisfac- 
torily for one year. He then resigned in order to 
accept the position of Superintendent of Schools 
of Madison County, having been elected to that 
ortlce in the fall of 1883. In 1885 he was re-elected, 
his term of office extending from January 1, 
1884, to January 1, 1888. 

Iji the meantime Captain Myers' term as Secre- 
tary of State expired, and he and IVL. Crittenberger 
purchased the Democrat on the 1st of January, 
1887. After the expiration of his term as County 
Superintendent, our subject gave his undivided 
attention to his literary and editorial work, 
in which he has achieved an unusual degree 
of success. In June of 1887 J. J. Netterville was 
admitted into partnership, and this business con- 
nection has since continued. Upon assuming the 
management of the Democrat, Mr. Crittenberger 
found that the printing office contained few facili- 
ties for conducting a successful business, but 
through his energetic efforts the various modern 
conveniences were soon introduced and his office 
is now one of the best equipped in the county, if 
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Ui'ii rank 



foremost of Indiana's paix-is and possesses an iii- 
tluence tliat is far-roacliing and permanent. 

In 1889 Mr. Crittenberger established the Daily 
Democrat, tiie first issue of wiiich appeared on 
the 23d of Maroli, and which was a six-column 
(jiiarto, devoted to topics of general interest as 
well as to local matters. Upon accepting the posi- 
tion of Postmaster at Anderson, he sold tlie paper 
to IJone & Campbell, who now issue a nine-coluinn 
fiilio. Mr. Crittenberger can take just pride in his 
success in the newspaper business, for he is s|)okeii 
of on every hand as having put iiis "shoulder to 
llie wheel" and by indomitable energy resuscitated 
a rundown paper and brought it to a foremost 
place among the successful journals of the state. 
lie is universally recognized as one of the al)lest 
writers conneole.l with the DiMiiocratic press of 
Indiana. 

The marriage of Mr. Crittenberger was cele- 
brated on the 2d of .Iiinc, 1884, in the city of 
.Vnderson, the bride being Miss Etlie, daughter of 
II. .1. Daniels, who is at the licad of the Anderson 
Banking Company, and wliose sketch will be found 
in another part of the Rkcohd. Mrs. Crittenberger 
is a native of Anderson, a lady of man}' fine qual- 
ities and universally esteemed by a large circle of 
acquaintances. To them have been born four 
children: John. Juliet, Willis and George. March 
10, 1893, Mr. Crittenberger was appointed Post- 
master at Anderson under the administration of 
President Cleveland, his ai)i)ointnient being the 
first made in Indiana and the second in tlie I'nited 
States during that administration. The ollice is of 
the second class, with free delivery, and through 
tiie energy and executive ability of thegenial and 
popular Postmaster, is maintained and conducted 
in an efficient and satisfactory manner. Sc>cially 
lie is identified with Anderson Commandery, 
K. T. He stands out pre-eminently as one of the 
most .active workers in the Democratic parly, 
it being universally conceded that he and James 
.1. Netterville are the most influential Democrats 
in the county. By their tad. in organizing 
the campaign and energy in [Jioseculing the 
work, they almost invariably come out victorious. 
For j'ears Mr. Crittenberger w.as a member of the 



County Denioeralic Central ( 'onunitlcc. and lias 
occupied many other positions of trust and honor. 
He is an indefatigable party worker, and has a very 
extensive acquaintance with the stale Democracy, 

KNJAMLX V. MCCARTY, JusIkc of the 
Peace and an intlnential citizen of .Ander- 
son, is a native of Hancock County, which 
joins Madison County on the southwest. 
He w.as born in the village, of Warrington on the 
Clh of September, IHof!. His father, also iiame<l 
Benjamin, was a native of Tennessee. Moses 
McCarty, the grandfather, was born in Ireland and 
c:nne to the I'liited States with his parents, who 
settled in Tennessee and there engaged in farming. 
Moses McCarty was married in Tennessee, and in 
1832 came to Indiana and iocal(Hl on Sugar Creek, 
in Hancock County. 

That section of the state was then little better 
than a wilderness and the McCart}- family under- 
went many privations and hardships in improving 
their farm. The country abounded in game of all 
kinds and hunting was one of the occupations of 
the day. Moses, while coon hunting, contracted a 
cold which resulted in lung fever, from which he 
died at the age of seventy-three. He had served 
in the War of 1812. 

Justice McCarty 's father was a prominent farmer 
on Sugar (,'reek and served as .Justice of the Peace 
when but eighteen years of age. In 1879 he came 
to Madison County and bought fifty -one acres of 
land adjoining the city of Anderson which became 
very valuable. He is seventy-three years of age 
(1893) and has belonged to the Hard-shell Baptist 
Church many years. Politically he is a Democrat. 
The mother, Angeline Cook, w.as Ijorn in Monroe 
County, Va. She was the daughter of Joel Cook, 
a Virginia farmer, who located in Hancock County 
about 1886 and entered one hundred and sixty 
acres of land at a cost of 151.2;) an acre. He 
served in the War of 1812 and w.as eighty-two 
years of age at the lime of his death in 1872. He 
was the father of fifteen Miildren, all living, the 
oldest being seventy-three years of age. The 



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mother is sixty-nine years of age. She had seven 
children, all of wliom are living and married. 

The youngest son in the parental family is the 
subject of this sketch. He was reared on the home 
farm in Hancock County, where he had common- 
school advantages. Wlien but seventeen years of 
age he was elected Constable for Brown Townsliip. 
On coming to Madison County in 1876 he rented 
a farm and conducted a dairy business where 
North Anderson is now located. Later lie bought 
four and one-half acres adjoining the citj'. and in 
1890 he was elected Justice of the Peace on the 
Democratic ticket and took the office May 1 for 
four years. By an act of the Legislature his term 
was extended to five years. He is a member of 
Ononga Tribe of Red Men and a charter member 
of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. He is one of 
the organizers of the Methodist Cluirch in North 
Anderson and assisted in building the church and 
parsonage. 

In 1875 in Hancock County Justice IMcCarty 
and Miss Laura E. Cummins were married. She 
was born in Honey Creek, Fall Creek Township, 
Henry County, and is the daughter of Rev. Flem- 
ing Cummins, a minister of the Christian New Ligtit 
Church. The}' have seven children, all at home, 
whose names are Gertrude G., M. Grace, Charles, 
Closes, Paul, Jonas and Hazel. 



3®^®l 



,ip^ I LAS WILLIAMS, a well known farmer, is 
^^^ a representative of one of the honored pi- 
\^-^ oneei families of Madison County. He was 
born on the old liomestead on section 14( 
Fall Creek Township, March 26, 1838, and there 
still resides. Tlie family was founded in America 
by Ricliard Williams, a native of Wales, who set- 
tled iii Pennsylvania about the time William I 
Penn there located. His son, Silas Williams, was 
the father of William Williams, the grandfather of 
our subject. William was born in North Carolina, 
removed to Logan County, Ohio, about 1811, and 
in 1822 came to Madison Count\s settling on sec- 
tion 14, Fall Creek Township. He entered five 
hundred acres of land, about half of which he j 



improved. He was a leader among the Society of 
Friends and organized the church in this com- 
munity. His vocation was that of a lawyer, and 
through his work he was proininenti}' identified 
with the development of the county. His fam- 
ily numbered seven daughters and two sons, 
namely: Caleb, Martin, Anna, Catherine, Esther, 
Elizabeth, Hannah, Marian and Lucinda. His 
death occurred in November. 1847. at the age of 
seventy-two, and his wife died in September pre- 
vious, at the age of sixty-six. 

Caleb Williams, father of our subject, was born 
in Ohio, November 2, 1805, and came to Indiana 
with his parents. He owneci and improved two 
hundred and twenty acres of land, and in an early 
day was a great hunter, frequently going on 
hunting expeditions with the Indians. In 1865, 
he sold out and removed to Champaign County, 
111., where he died January 17, 1887. He wedded 
Hannah Greeg, and they had five children, Mil- 
ton, of Arkansas; Stephen, Silas, Lydia A. and 
Elizabeth. The mother died June 20, 1855, and 
Mr. Williams wedded Anna Oldham, whose death 
occurred in Illinois. 

No event of special importance occurred in the 
boyhood of our subject, which was quietly passed 
under the parental roof. He obtained a good ed- 
ucation and for three terms engaged in teaching. 
At the age of twenty-three he began farming for 
himself on shares, and at the age of twenty-six 
located on seventy acres of the old homestead. 
He now owns one hundred and ninety-seven acres 
of that farm, and two other farms of eighty and 
seventy acres, respe(;tivel_y, all in Fall Creek Town- 
ship. In connection with the cultivation of his 
land, he has been engaged extensively in the 
breeding of Berkshire hogs and fine cattle. His 
business success is that which comes as the result 
of earnest application, close attention to details 
and perseverance, and as the result of his well di- 
rected efforts he has acquired a handsome iirop- 
erty. 

On the 19tli of February, 1863, Mr. Williams 
was united in the bonds of matrimony with Sallie 
Cook, a native of Chester County, Pa., and a 
daughter of George and Elizabeth (Walker) Cook. 
By their union have been l)orn four children. 



PORTRAIT AND lUOORAPIIICAl. RECORD. 



William A., Caleb, Lizzie (wife of l.ee Woiie) and 
Kmma. They have been providefl wiUi <;o«^'<I «•'- 
iieatioiial advantages, are all graduates of the high 
sfliool, and William has for eighth-ears been engag- 
cil in leaching. The parents are both members 
of the Society of Friends. IMr. Williams is a Re- 
piililican in politics, and an active and ardent sup- 
porter nf that party. 



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horn ScptcMilHT 2, 182.",, in Page County, Va., 
where his parents, l^aniel and Elizabeth (Rosen- 
barger) Sigler were also born. Mrs. Sigler was the 
daughter of .Joseph Rosenbarger, who w.as also a 
native of that grand old mother of states, Vir- 
ginia, but who moved from there to Madison 
County, Ind., aliout 1841 or 1842, as near .as can 
be ascertained. There his death occurred about 
1860, after a long life spent in tilling the soil. 
His wife's maiden name w.as Mary O'Cirady. She 
was horn in the Old Dominion aiul was of Scotch 
descent. Her death occurred In INladison County, 
Ind., about 1865. 

Daniel Sigler came to JIadison County, Ind., 
from his native state in 1837, and lir.sl settled in a 
log cabin where the family remained a few months 
while he was preparing a home in the small clear- 
ing in Lafayette Township. He first purchased 
eighty acres of land, paying *6..")0 [ler acre for it, 
but subsequently purchased forty acres more. On 
this farm the remainder of his days were spent. 
He was a successful farmer, careful and prudent, 
and a strong temperance man of fixed moral prin- 
ciples. His religious views accorded with tliose 



lis. and his politi 
li those of the Der 
if our subject died 
it her was married i 



jlliers \i\ the se(-ond union, 
ived in the coin- 
remained at home assisting 
1 until of age. After that he 
•hool teacher and followed 
Iv he en- 



ecii 



of the Reformed 
views were in har 
cratic party. The 
her native state, ai 
second time. 

The original of 
third in order of 
his father's lirst iii 
ters and five lialf- 
llis scholastic trainini 
mon schools, and he 
his father on the fan 
branched out as a j 
this for five years or 
gaged in merchandising and Ilis followed that the 
greater portion of his life since, although he has 
been interested in agricultural pursuits to some 
extent, with success and failure inteniiingled. lie 
was connected with the linn of C. <,iuick A- Co.. 
and was with this company through the succeed- 
ing changes to Quick Brothers and (^iiick. Sharp it 
Co. in the mercantile and grain business. 

Mr. Sigler has been twice married, first to Miss 
Amanda Richwine, daughter of Gideon Richwine, 
December 4, 1852. (See sketch of (iidcon Rich- 
wine.) To this union were born seven children, 
all living: Joseph E., born March 12, 1854, resid- 
ing in Frankton; Mary Elizabeth, born March 8. 
1856, now Mrs. Josiah Little, of Missouri; (ieorge 
W., born January 28, 1858; Lena M., born Sep- 
tember 30, 1860, now Mrs. Stephen Etcheson, re- 
siding in Pipe Creek Township; Allen R., born 
Feliriiary 5, 1863, residing in Missouri; Francis 
M.. born June 3, 1865, residing in Denver, Colo.; 
and Cynthia Jane, born .Inly 28, 186;). residing at 
hoine. The mother of these cluldren died Febru- 
ary 21, 1873. 

Mr. Sigler's second marriage was with Mrs. Ruth 
Smithson, daughter of Allen Perry, a native of 
Madison County, Ind. Socially, our subject is a 
member of the Masonic fraternity, and politically 
he is a Democrat. He is interested in agricultural 
IMirsuits, being the owner of a fine farm of eighty 
acres, and he is also the owner of a good home in 
Frankton. At the present time lie is engaged in 
merchandising with S. H. Shoemaker, and by his 
honorable, upright conduct has won the confidence 



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of all and has a good patronage. He is a well read 
man, and well posted on all the current topics of 
the da.y. 



^I^^^OAH SHOCK, a leading and highly respect- 
ed citizen for the past thirty years suc- 
cessfully conducting a finely cultivated 
farm located in Anderson Township, Madison 
County, Ind., is numbered among the substantial 
general agriculturists of his locality, and is well 
known as a man of sterling integrity of character 
and excellent business attainments. Born in Mont- 
gomery County, O., March 11, 1833, he was the 
son of David and Mary (Miller) Shock, long-time 
residents of the Buckeye State. The father was 
born in Pennsylvania and was the descendant of 
intelligent and hard-working ancestors, who by 
unvarying industry and native ability rose to po- 
sitions of useful influence. The mother, a woman 
of worth and ability, devoted to her husband and 
children, passed away when Noah was only a lit- 
tle child. Our subject was reared to mature years 
in his birthplace, and in his boyhood attended 
school in the primitive log cabins, the only houses 
of instruction in the pioneer days of the state. 
Early beginning the battle of life, Mr. Shock was 
trained into assisting in the daily round of agri- 
cultural duties, and arrived at his twenty-first 
birthday an energetic, ambitious and self-reliant 
young man. Possessing an excellent memory, 
our subject vividly contrasts his opportunities for 
schooling with those offered the children of to- 
day. Plodding his way through storm or brighter 
weather to the district school, the little log house 
with pins and boards arranged for writing desks 
and slabs for seats, he eagerly gained the limited 
education his brief term of study could give. 

A reader and man of bright intelligence, Mr. 
Shock in after life rapidly added to his early stock 
of knowledge, and mainly self-educated, won his 
upward way in life by steady and persistent effort. 
For a number of years he worked at brickmaking, 
but has devoted nearly all the labor of his life to 
agricultural pursuits, and as a tiller of the soil and 



a stock-raiser has been financially prospered. Upon 
April 10, 1856, were united in marriage Noah 
Shock and Miss Elizabeth Martin, who was born May 
14, 1838, daughter of Samuel and Catiierine (Hull) 
Martin. Her father passed away when she was 
only six months of age, leaving his little daughter 
fatherless. The estimable wife of our subject was 
reared in Montgomery County, Ohio, and there re- 
ceived her education and training in the ways of 
the houseliold. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Shock 
was blessed by the birth of thirteen sons and 
daughters, and of the sisters and brothers who 
gathered around the old fireside all are yet surviv- 
ing, and are: Mary C, the wife of Leander Clark; 
John, the eldest son; Susanna, the wife of Henry 
Sheets; Jonas; William H., married to Ella Krull; 
Lizzie, the wife of B. Cline; Samuel, Peter, Lee, 
Benjamin F., Callie, Frederick and Arthur. 

Mr. and Mrs. Shock are valued members of the 
German Church and are active in the good work 
and benevolent enterpiises of the denomination. 
Taking a deep interest in both local and national 
i.ssnes, our subject is well posted in the current 
affairs of the day and earnestly desires the promo- 
tion of educational advancement as the sure lever 
with which to elevate fallen humanity. True to 
every duty of the hour, both Mr. and Mrs. Shock 
together enjoy the fruits of a well spent life and 
receive from a large circle of old-time friends and 
acquaintances sincere esteem and high regard. 



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^, RS. CATHERINE PIERCE, widow of the 
I late Edmund G. Pierce, and a lady of 
worth and intelligence, now residing up- 
on section 12, Lafayette Township, Madi- 
son County, Ind., is a native of her present home 
county and born February 4, 1843, has for more 
than a half-century been identified with the history, 
upward growth and progressive interests of lier 
present locality. Her parents, Elias and Nancy 
(Jenkins) Groendyke, were numbered among the 
pioneer settlers of Madison County and settled in 
a very early day about one and a-half miles south- 
west of Frankton. Making their home in a little 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



125 



log house in the woods, they remained there a 
number of years. The motlier passed away in 
Madison County in the iiKuith of May, 18,")5, hut 
the father subsequently icmkivciI to |);u-ki' County, 
Ohio, where he has since continued to reside. lie 
IS now in his seventy-sixth year and is a man of 
earnest purpose, coniraaiidiug the respect of a wide 
acquaintance. Renrcd amid tlip changing scenes 
of pioneer life and trainee] up to habits of in- 
dustrious thrift, our sul)jcct attained to woman- 
hood energetic and self-reliant, and versed in the 
ways of the houseliold, was well fitted to assume 
the charge of a home of her own when at twenty- 
one years of age slic was wedded. Upon May 1.'), 
1864, Edmund G. I'ierceand Miss Catherine (inicn- 
dyke were united in marriage. 

Edmund G. Pierce, a native of Wayne Couuty, 
Ind., born April 30, 1837, was the son of Erancis 
and Rebecca Pierce, old-time settlers widely known 
in the early days and highly respected. Educated 
in the primitive schools which offered but limited 
advantages of instruction, Mr. Pierce availed him- 
self of the oppoitunilies wliieh presented them- 
selves, and from l)oyhoo<l assisting upon the farm 
of his father, l)ecanie in ytnith a thoroughly practical 
general agriculturist and continued a tiller of the 
soil all his life. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce 
was blessed by the birth of five children. William 
F. was the eldest born ; Elias A. was the second 
son; Martha is the wife of John Johnston; Lyman 
and Margaret complete the list of sons and daugh- 
ters. In 187(1, Mr. Pierce with his wife and family 
settled on a farm wliere our suliject now makes her 
permanent home, lie entered with energy into 
the pursuit of agriculture, and with enterprise im- 
proving his broad acres, devoted himself to bring- 
ing the fertile soil up to a high stale of cultiva- 
tion. Called from the scene of his busy usefulness 
January 8, 1875, Mr. Pierce passed aw.ay, mourned 
by all who knew him. A loving husband and 
father, a kind neighbor and sincere friend, his 
memory is yet vivid in the hearts of the many 
who had known him through long years of com- 
lianionship. Mr. Pierce was an exemplaiy man 
and a devout member of the Christian Church, in 
which he was an active worker. 

Of the merry band of brothers and sisters who 



once gathered about the fireside of the Groendyke 
home the following yet survive: Catherine. Mrs. 
Pierce: Charity, the wife of Thomas Stapieton: 
John Thomas; Elia, I'erry I)., Sarah .1., and 
Victoria B., wife of Webster Owen. The Pierce 
farm, now conducted under the sujiervision of our 
subject, consists of eighty acres, linely culMvaled 
and well improvc(l with commodious and .sub- 
stantial buildings. Mrs. Pieree possesses excelleiil 
business ability and manages her affairs in a manner 
indicating clear judgment. She is a woman of 
liberal views and takes a deep interest in all matters 
pertaining to -local improvements or enterprises. 
Mr. Pierce was a life-long Hepublican' and an 
ardent advocate of reform and progress. P.oth 
our subject and her husband were friends to edu- 
cational advancement and ever exerted themselves 
in behalf of right and justice. Mrs. Pieree oc- 

regarded for her admirable (|u:ilit,ies of head and 
heart, she enjoys' the sincere friendship of a wide 
circle of acquaintances. 



NDREW .1. MYERS. E 



vigil- 



iSsOi ance are among the essential qualilica- 
I li' tions for a successful .agriculturist, and 
^ few men possess these qualities in as great 

a degree as A. J. Myers, who has a pleasant 
rural home in Fall Creek Township, Hamilton 
County. In reviewing his life and career we find 
a man whose every business .act has been guided 
by sound common sense and the strictest integrity 
of character, and it m.ay be said of him with the 
utmost truth that his word is as good as his bond. 
Born in Licking County, near Newark. Ohio, 
on Flint Ridge, in 1828, our suliject is one of 
twenty-one children included in the family of 
John Myers. His father was a native of Wash- 
ington County, Pa., and was brought to Licking 
County, Ohio, with his father's family when he 
was two years of age. At the age of twenty- 
eight he removed to Delaware County, Ind., where 
he engaged in agricultural pursuits throughout the 
greater part of Ins active life. His death oc- 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



curred in Henry County at the age of about 
sixty-seven. His wife, Rebecca (Davis) Myers, 
was a native of Licking Countj', Ohio, and died in 
Delaware County, Ind., at the age of fiftj'-tliree. 

The grandfather of our subject, Andrew Myers, 
was bgrn in Germany and emigrated to the United 
States with his parents when a small child. The 
family settled in Washington Count}^ Pa., whence 
in middle life he removed to Licking County, 
Ohio, and there spent the remainder of his life, 
dying at an advanced age. His wife bore the 
maiden name of Elizabeth Leviston, and was born 
in Pennsylvania. Our subject was only two years 
old when he was brought by his parents to Indi- 
ana, and he grew to manhood in Delaware County, 
his youthful years being devoted to farm work 
and the ordinary pursuits of rural life. At the 
age of twenty-one he started out in life for him- 
self, and for one year received a salary of $10G, 
remaining in the employ of one farmer for two 
and one-half years, near New Castle, IIenr\' Coun- 
ty, Ind. 

The marriage of Mr. Myers united him with 
Miss Elizabeth Hudson, who was born near Olio, 
Hamilton County, Ind., being a daughter of Jesse 
Hudson. She died in 1867, after having become 
the mother of six children, three of whom are 
now living: Ross, a resident of Spokane, Wash.; 
Ann, the wife of Joseph Mauford, of Clarksville; 
and Laura, Mrs. J. L. Jarrctt, of Lapel, Madison 
County. In February, 1868, Mr. Myers married 
Mrs. Elizabeth Helms, daughter of Madison Brooks, 
of Fall Creek Township. Thej' are the parents of 
five children, William and Eli are completing 
their literary studies preparatory to engaging in 
teaching as a profession; Morton and Noah are 
students in tlie Noblesville schools; Eva resides 
with her parents. 

A firm friend of the Union during the entire 
period of the Civil War, Mr. Myers enlisted, in 
February, 1864, as a member of the One Hundred 
and Fifty-third Indiana Infantiy. After retiring 
from the service, he returned to Hamilton County 
and located in Fall Creek Township, where he 
has since engaged in farming. A representative 
citizen of progressive ideas, he was originally a 
Democrat, but changed his politics with the open- 



ing of the war, and has since been an earnest 
adherent of the Republican party, his sons also 
having the same political belief. Since 1864, he 
has been identified with the Masonic fraternity, 
belonging to Fortville Lodge No. 228. In re- 
ligious belief he is a Methodist, and for a number 
of years lias been connected with that denomina- 
tion. 



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^^f LBERT L. WETlIERALt), a manufacturer 
( .©/u li of Frankton, was born in Lycoming Coun- 
|l ii ty. Pa., February 3, 1828, and is a son of 
^ John and Ann (Lambert) Wetherald, na- 

tives of England, who came to America in 1818, 
settling in Pennsylvania, where they spent the re- 
mainder of their lives. He was a farmer and lum- 
berman, whose death occurred in 1841, and liis 
wife died in 1846. The paternal grandfather was a 
large landowner in England, and the maternal 
grandfather, who was a stonem.ason by trade, be- 
came an extensive farmer. 

Our subject was second in a family of seven 
children, but has only two sisters now living, 
A. E. Swartz and Mary Hilburn. At the* age 
of twelve he began work in a nail f.actory and 
learned the trade. In 184.5 he went to Dan- 
ville, Pa., and took the management of the Mon- 
ton Rolling Mill, a large manufacturing concern of 
which he had charge until the panic of 1847. He 
then went to Don Cannon, where he worked at 
his trade of nailmaking until 1857, when he em- 
barked in merchandising at that place. In 1861 
he sold out and bought an interest in a line of 
canal boats on the Juniata River, with which lie 
was connected until 186.3. Previous to this time 
he was in the raid on Gett3'3burg, he serving 
for three months in the late war. After disposing 
of his interests in the canal boats, he went to 
Wheeling, where he worked at nailmaking. In 
1865, he purchased a cotton mill, which he fitted 
up for a tack factory and operated it for two 
years. In 1867, he organized acompany and built 
the Bellaiie Nail AVorks. In 187? he bought the 



PORTRAIT AND BIOORAJ'IIICAL RFX'OHD 



Ohio City Mill, now the Lauglilin Nail Mill, and 
(lid a very extensive business along that line. 

In 1881 Mr. Wethurald, with his son-in-law, 
S. li. Wells, liuili a glass factory in Massillon, 
Oliio. under til." name of the Wetherald ife Wells 
^Vi^dow Glass Company. In 18S7, he sold his 
entire interest in that concern to his partner, and 
going to Findlay. Ohio, built the .Salem Wire Nail 
Works, a large establishment, but in I88<J sold his 
interest in th.-it business and puic'hased the iron 
and steel rolling mill of Findlav, which he con- 

of the iron and steel rolling mill at I<'rankt<>n, 
moving most of the machinery from Findlay to 
this place. He entered into a partnership with 
.lohn Adams .•md built the Krankton Window 
(;ia-<s Works. 

On the 7tli of August, 181il, Air. Wetherald 
married Rosa, daughter of Abel Ililburn, a native 
of Pennsylvania. Her mother's maiden name was 
■\'ail. and she w:i>- also a nati\«' of rcnnsylvania. 
.Six children were born unto them, but .Sylvester 
K., Charles and Ida May are now deceased. 
Florence is the wife of S. R. Wells, jjroprietor of 
the glass manufactory of Greenfield, Ohio; Will- 
iam M. is the manager of the I-anghlin factory, of 
Martin's Feriy, Ohio; Harry O. is manager of the 
Wetherald Rolling Mill Company, of Frankton, 
Ind., in which his father still owns an interest. 
This completes the family. 

Mr. Wetherald never went to school in his life, 
ac<iuiring his education b}' jnivatc study in his 
few leisure hours. His whole life has been filled 
with work and care. At the time of his building 
the liellaire works, he had the entire management 
and planning. About eight hundred men are now 
employed there all of the time. He has experi- 
enced the usual hardships and difficulties, has met 
with losses and reverses, but po.ssessing unques- 
tionable courage and determination, he has over- 
come the obstacles and steadily worked his way 
ui)ward. The iron and steel works which he is 
now building in Krankton he will give to his two 
youngest children when completed, but will still 
retain his interest in the window glass works. He 
owns the Lakeview Hotel, besides some other 
property. Through the legitimate channels of 



business, he has achieved the success of which he 
may be truly proud, yet few men of his .-landing 
are as free from ostentation. He enjoys the true 
friendship of all who know him, and is held in 
the highest regard by those with whom lioth busi- 
ness and soci.al relations have brought him in con- 
tact. In politics, h,' is a stalwart K'epublican. 
His life has been an exemplary one, and he will 
leave to his children not only a handsome com- 
petence, but will endow them with that priceless 
lieritaiie. a good name. 



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.\.\IF1. lilFF. I'romi.ioiit among the agri- 
culturists of .Madison Counly stands the 
name of Daniel Rife, who owns and op- 
erates a finely improved farm on .section 23, La- 
fayette Townshi)}. .Since locating on this place, 
he has licen enabled through industry and perse- 
verence to bring the soil under hit;h cultiwition 
and introduce a number of valuable ini|iidvfments. 
As a farmer, he is painstaking, energetic and en- 
terprising, possessing excellent judgment and 
sound common sense. Through a systematic rota- 
tion of crops and fertilization of the soil, every 
ac.'-e is made to produce the very bc^st results. The 
farm is embellished with suitable buildings, includ- 
ing a neat and comfortalde residence. 

A native of N'irginia. the subject of this sketch 
was born in Rockingham County on the :!d of 
March, 1831. being the .son of Daniel and .Sarah 
(fiarver) Rife, natives of the Old Dominion. I'pon 
his father's farm, he grew to man's estate, nc(jiiir- 
ing early in life a thorough knowledge of .'igricul- 
tural pursuits, which has been of inestimable value 
to him in his career. The schools of his youth 
were inferior in every respect, being conducted 
upon the subscrii)tion plan in log cabins, destitute 
of furnishings; the presiding genius of these 
tenii)les of learning was usually a man stern of 
vi.«age and forbidding of aspect, who.se education 
w.as limited to a meagre knowledge of the three 
Rs. Amid such sui-roundings as these was laid 
the foundation of the farmer l)oy'» education. 

November 6, 1850, occurred the marriage of 
Daniel Rife to ISIiss Delilah Sutherland, who was 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 



born in Roekingliani County, Va. Her father, 
Cla3'ton Sutherland, was of English descent, while 
her mother, whose maiden name was Susanna Dove, 
traced her lineage to Germany. Both were born 
in the Old Dominion. Nine children were born 
to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Rife, of whom five 
are now living, viz.: William H.; Sarah C, wife 
of James Gooding; George W., Virginia A. and 
Charles H. The two youngest sons are teachers by 
profession. 

Accompanied by his family, Mr. Rife removed 
from Virginia to Indiana in 1853, settling in Henry 
County, and thence coming to Madison County, 
where he settled upon the site of his present farm. 
For ten years he resided in a log cabin, but success 
crowning his efforts, the pioneer home was re- 
placed by the large and substantial structure where 
he now resides. His farm consists of ninety acres, 
embellished with first-class improvements, and is a 
standing monument to his thrift and good man- 
agement. In all his enterprises, he has been aided 
by the cheerful co-operation of his excellent wife, 
who is a lady of culture and many noble qualities 
of iieart and mind. She is identified with the Ger- 
man Baptist Church, to which Mr. Rife also be- 
longs, and to the support of which he generously 
contributes. In his political affiliations he is a 
Democrat, and adheres with ardor and fidelity to 
the principles of his chosen party. 



J()IIN U. THOJIAS, Postmaster at Linwood. 
I and senior member of the mercantile firm 
. of Thomas & McGill, in that village, is a 
' native of Indiana, having been born in. 

Rush County, March 7, 1860. He is a son of 
Uriah and llulda (Ililligoss) Thomas, the former 
of whom was born in Kentucky, and the latter in 
Ohio. Early in life they came to Indiana and 
grew to maturity in Rush County, where they 
were united in marriage. Of their children, John 
U. is now the sole survivor, and the mother now 



makes her home with him, the father having died 
in 1884. 

Reared in Rush County until eighteen years of 
age, our subject then accompanied his parents to 
Alabama and resided in Morgan Count}' for about 
two years, returning to Rush County four years 
before they did so. After completing his literary 
studies, he engaged in teaching school, a profession 
which he followed in Alabama for two terms. He 
was married in 1880 to Miss Alma, daughter of 
James L. Mahan, and their union resulted in the 
birth of two children, Lelia E. and Raol O., both 
of whom are deceased. 

The second marriage of Mr. Thomas occurred 
on September 18, 1887, and united him with Miss 
Hattie, daughter of Thomas Ballard, of Madison 
County, Ind. They are the parents of two chil- 
dren, Clifton and Courtland. From early 3'outh 
our subject was familiar with the mercantile busi- 
ness, his father having been a merchant, and it 
was tlierefore natural that upon choosing an occu- 
pation in life, he decided to follow the vocation 
which he already thoroughly understood. In 1881 
he opened a dry-goods store in tlie village of 
Milledgeville, Ind., but after conducting that 
enterprise for a short time, he removed to Ala- 
bama, where he taught school. 

Subsequently returning to Rush County, Mr. 
Thomas embarked in agricultural pursuits, and 
was thus engaged for a brief period. In 1886 he 
came to Linwood, and with shrewd discernment 
foreseeing the future growth and importance of 
this village, he began business as a merchant here. 
Under the firm name of Parker & Thomas, he 
conducted a large trade in partnership with J. V. 
Parker, the connection continuing for two years. 
Afterward he engaged in merchandising in part- 
nership with Harvey Hallenbeck, the firm title 
being Hallenbeck & Thomas. One year was thus 
spent, when Peter McGill purchased Mr. Hallen- 
beck's interest, and the present partnership was 
formed. The firm carries a stock valued at $1,400. 
while the annual sales exceed $6,000. 

A Republican in politics, Mr. Thomas in 1892 
received the appointment of Postmaster at Lin- 
wood, and is the present incumbent of the oflice, 
discharging its varied and responsible duties with 



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cllicioiicy. lie is .also the agent for till' I'.iu- I'diir 

Assessor of Lafaj-elte TowiLsliip. In his associa- 
tion with liis fellow-citizens lie is upright and con- 
scientious, and justly ranks among tlie ino.st suc- 
cessful nuMi of the couutv. 



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AMES . I. XKITKRVILLK. Tlicn 
of the residents of Madison Coi 
are unfamiliar with the name in 
this sketch. It is that of a man 
th'e broadest sense of that term, one who in his 
youth resolved to make life a success, if that re- 
sult couhl he secured by industry aiul wise man- 
agement. Without the [jrestige of family or 
the influence of wealth to aid him, he has worked 
his way to the foremost position among the citizens 
of Anderson, where he has resided since 187;>. At 
the present time he is officiating as Clerk of the 
:\Iadison Circuit Court, the only court of jurisdic- 
tion co-extensive with the county. 

Of Irish birth and parentage, our subject w;is 
born in the city of Dublin, February 7, 1849. IIis 
Internal ancestors were French people, his great- 
grandfather having been born in that country. 
The name was originally De Nettervilie, but after 
leaving France the prefix was dropped. Grand- 
father Nettervilie was a well-to-do farmer in 
County Mayo, Ireland. Our subject's father also 
engaged in farming in that country, and from there 
emigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania, 
where he died in 1851. After his demise, his 
widow, whose maiden name was JIargaret Murphy, 
took her two children to Canada, in the fall of 
1851, and made her home with lier brother, about 
sixty miles from Toronto. In 1887 siie came to 
Anderson, where she has since resided. Her chil- 
dren are: Frank, who died at the .age of four years; 
and James J., of this sketch. 

James J. Nettervilie lived in Canada until he 
was twelve years of ago, and then adopted the ad- 
vice of Horace Greeley to "(io west, young man," 
and started out to paddle his own canoe. His lirst 
sojourn was at Detroit, Mich., where he was em- 



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lei. After remaiiiing Ihc 
to Chicago. Toward thee 
effort to enlist in the ariny Iml «:is not ncciplcd. 
However, iiaving resolved to enter m the aruiy. he 
went to Milwauliee and tcudcii'd his services. In 
October, I8fi4, he. was mustered in and w;vs sent to 
Governor's Island, where hi' was assigned to Com- 
pany K, Seventeenth New York Infantry. After 
serving on the i-l:ind a short time, he was trans- 
ferred to Te.xas, whilher he went on the ship -De 
S(,to," landing at fiMlvest,.)ii. Kroiri ( ial vest.ui he 
went with his commaiid to l'',! I'aso, which is on 
the Rio Crande, about four huiidivd miles from 
Austin. He s.M-ved in T.'Xas al^.u! .■iulileen 
months, and w.-is then t r.^insfcrred to i;icliin.>n(l, 

Va. Tliat state wn- then not r( nslruclcd am) 

the trooi)s were put in charge of tlie Howard 
(irove Hospital and assigned to the protection of 
property. 

At tlie end of a year Mi 
was sent to Ft. Cheyenne, 
there until October, 1k7(i, 
with the rank of Serge.aii 
Chicago, where he waseiii| 



. Xelterville-scommand 
D.ak., .an.l he remained 
wlieii he was discharged 
I le then returned to 
)lo\-eil as time-keeper in 



the North Chicago Rolling Mills. Tli.. works hav- 
ing been destroyed liy tire in ISTK.Mr. Netter- 
vilie went to Cincinnati, where he accepted a posi- 
tion in the wholesale and retail dry-goods house 
of H. B. Claflin & Co., of N.mv York. While so 
employed he was united in marri.-ige with Miss 
Amanda, daughter of .lames and luiiilN- (Ross) 
Smith. She was born in I'.oone Town>liip, Madi- 
son County, Ind., of which her parents were e.a.ly 
settlers, her father being a proinineiit farmer. .Mr. 
Nettervilie remained in Cincinnati until is;.-,, 
when, with liis wife, he located in Anderson and 
invested about §.3.500 in the grocery business. 
After following that business about one year he 
engaged in farming in Boone Township. 

Disliking this vocation, ]\Ir. Netlervilh' began 
the study of law under C. I). Thompson, now de- 
ceased. Within a year he was appointed deputy 
for County Cl.ak IJ. 11. Hannah, and w.as contin- 
ue<l as such under the a(]miiiistration of Jesse L. 
Henry. After three years' service in the Clerk's 
office, be was appointed Deputy County Treasurer 



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by Geoi-e Ross. In these public capacities he had | and is surrounded by such factories as the Ander- 
an exceUent opportunity to become acquainted I son Paper Company and the American Wire Nail 
with the people, which he improved so judiciously j Corap-iny. He is the owner of a splendid business 



that the Democratic convention of 1885 nomi- 
nated him for County Clerk, and he was elected 
by a majority of three hundred and fifty, in spite 
of the fact that some of his fellow-candidates for 
other ottices were defeated by four luindred ma- 
jority. He assumed the duties of his office in 
1886. In 1889 be was renominated without oppo- 
sition, and was elected by four hundred majority. 
When he was first inducted into office Anderson's 
population was forty-five hundred and twenty, 
iind durini); his incumbency the city grew to nearly 
twonty-tiyp tliousand, and three deputies became 
necessary. 

In 1887 Mr. Netterville bought Secretary of 
State Myers' interest in the weekly Democrat, as- 
sociating himself with Dale J. Crittenberger in its 
publication. In 1891 a daily edition of the Dem- 
ocrat was begun. Mr. Crittenberger having been 
appointed Postmaster by President Cleveland, the 
paper was sold to the Democrat Company in 1893. 
Mr. Netterville helped to organize and was made 
Secretary of the Anderson Fuel Company, which 
had a capital stock of 1250,000 and owned twenty- 
five natural gas wells. His residence at No. 115 
West Eleventh Street is one of the finest and best 
equip|)ed in the cit}'. He and his wife had five 
ciiildrcn: Lorena May, George F., Victoi' Hugo, 
.lames J., Jr., and Emily Ross. Two of the children, 
(ieorge and Victor, are deceased. The former 
died at the age of seven, and the latter when 
four years old. 

Mr. Nettcrvillo Ikis prominent connection with 
the Knights of I'ytliias. tlie Knights Templar 
and the Odd Fellows, :ind was a i)articipant 
when tiie Patriarch's Militant took the prize. 
In political affiliation!" he was a Democrat, and 
lias held the position of Chairman of the County 
Committee several terms. He is a systematic organ- 
izer, and an energetic worker, and has been sent 
as delegate to manj' state and county conven- 
tions. He has always taken great interest in the 
location of industrial estal)lishments. In connec- 
tion witli Col. Storer he platted Grandview Addi- 
tion of four hundred lots, wliich is now built up, 




block on Meridian Street, and his enterprise has 
materially promoted the growth of Anderson. 



UDOLPH WAYJNIIRE, one of the prosper- 
ous and intelligent farmers of Madison 
County, Ind., keeps thoroughly abreast of 
"^^ the times in the progress and improve- 
ment of his calling, and is well posted on the cur- 
rent topics of the day, conversing with judgment 
and intelligence on leading subjects. In tracing 
back the ancestors of this representative citizen we 
find that he is of German descent on the paternal 
side, his great-grandfather, .John Rudolph Way- 
mire, having come from that country to this at an 
early date. He settled in North Carolina, and 
there Rudolph Waymire, the grandfather of our 
subject was born. He enlisted in theAVarof 1812, 
and later came to Wayne County, Ind. 

The father of our subject, Neely Waymire, was 
born in North Carolina, but removed with his par- 
ents to Wayne County, Ind., when small, and there 
grew to mature years. He married Miss Lydia 
Tharp, also a native of North Carolina, and in 
1843 removed to Madison County, Ind., settling 
in Pipe Creek Township. There his death occurred 
in 1854. He was one of the early settlers and a 
very successful farmer. For many years he held 
membership in tiie Methodist Episcopal Church, 
and no man was more highly respected than he. 
In politics he was a Democrat. To his marriage 
were born eight children, our subject being second 
in order of birth. Mrs. Waymire's father, .Jehu 
Tharp, was a native of North Carolina but at an 
early date came to Wayne County, Ind., where he 
passed the closing scenes of his life. His son, James 
Sharp, was born during the journey from North 
Carolina to Indiana. His wife's maiden name was 
Rebecca Ann Tharp. 

Rudolph Waymire, subject of this brief memoir, 
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1839, and was educated in tlie schools of Madison 
County, whither his father removed wiien he was 
about four 3"ears of age. When sixteen years of 
age, after his motiier's second marriage, lie left 
JKinie and began working by the month as a farm 
hand, continuing this for about tlirec jears. After 
that he began farming for himself, and in about 
18()0 he embarked in the grain trade in Krankton. 
Five years later he again resumed farming, and 
tliis has been his principal occupation since. For 
twenty-one years he has resided on liis present 
farm, and he now has it in first-class condition, 
with good barns, fences, etc. 

His happy domestic life began on the 3d of June, 
1865, when Miss Margaret J. Dipboyc Ijecame his 
wife. Her parents. Jonathan and Eleanor Dip- 
boye, were natives of Virginia, but cainc to Indi- 
ana in childlioiid, and ware among the pioneers of 
Henry C'nunty. Mr. and Mrs. Waymiie became 
the parents of five cliildren, four of whom are 
now living: Oliver II., Jonathan D. (deceased), 
Alva H., Leuna M. and Charles D. Mr. Way- 
mire has been Justice of the Peace for six years, 
and has lield other local positions. In polities he 
is Democratic. For a number of jears lie has been 
a member of the Cliristian Ciiurch, and he is also 
a member of the Masonic order. In every walk of 
life he is highly respected, and by his genial, so- 
cial nature has won a host of warm friends. 



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J'lOSEPH D. K 
mer residir 
' Township, 1 
' West Chest! 



JOSEPH D. KINNARD, a representative far. 
on section 16, Fall Creek 
was born January 30, 1847, near 
^^Jj West Chester, Pa., and is a son of Jolin II. 
and Elizabeth C. (Dunwoody) Kinnard. Tlie 
grandfather, William Kinnard, was born in tlie 
same county, Inil ids father was a native of the 
Emerald Isle. Tlie former followed fanning and 
spent tiis entire life in Pennsylvania. His family 
of seven cliildren was as follows: Caleb, William, 
Montgomery, John H., Deborah, Emma and Mary. 
With the exception of Montgomery, ail were mar- 
ried and reared families. 

John H. Kinnard was born in Bradford Township, 



Chester County, Pa., in February, 181.'), and in 
1858 emigrated to Indiana, loc;iting on section 21, 
Fall Creek Township, where he pMicli:i>cd two 
hundred and twenty acres of land. tmniiiL; his at- 
tention to its cultivation, lie (IIimI of typhoid 
fever, November 19, 1891, and one of his sons 
died in Octolier of the same year. His wife passed 
away Jaiiuuiy ll!. l<S'.)-_>, licr discMsc being liiurippc. 

joined the ranks of the Repulilican party. Cen- 
erons and benevolent, he contributed liiierally to 
everything calculated to prf)mote the public wel- 
fare and was an IiohommI and rrspccted citi/.eii. 
The Kinnard family iiumlicriMl nine cliildri'ii: .lo- 
seph D., William i;., Mary K.; Owen II., of Mni- 
neaiiolis, Minn.; Charles S.. deceased; ( m'oiuc and 
Ellen D., twins; Jt)hn II.. who died at the age of 
one year; and Lewis D. The mother of this fam- 
ily was born in the Keystone St(in(', and her par- 
ents, Joseph and Eleanor (Brooke) Dunwoody, 
were also natives of Chester County, Pa. Her fa- 
ther followed farming throughout life. He held 
membership with the Society of Friends, and in 
political belief was a Whig and IJcpulilii'an. His 
death occurred in the state of his nativity, and his 
wife died in Indiana in 1876, in her eightieth 
year. Their children were: Jesse, Lewis, Joseph, 
Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel, Ellen and Martha J. 

In taking up the personal history of our subject, 
we present to our readers the life record of one 
who is widely and favorably known in this com- 
munity. In the usual manner of farmer l.xds the 
days of his boyhood and youth were i)assed. He 
received a high school education and at the age 
of twenty-three began farming for himself. He 
rented land until the fall of 1881, when he [lur- 
cliased one hundred and twenty : cres on section 
16, Fall Creek Township, and liegan the develop- 
ment of what is now a line farm, highly improved 
and cultivated. He is considered one of the rep- 
resentative and enterprising agriculturists of the 
community. In politics lie is a Repul)lican, but 
has never been an office seeker, preferring to devote 
his .'ittention to his busine.«s interests. 

On the 2d of November, IS71. Mr. Kinnard was 
united in marriage with Sarah Hardy, who was 
born in Fall Creek Township, and is a daughter 



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of Neal and Elizabeth (Fussell) Hardy. They 
have tlireo children: P'lank. .lolin H. and Morris 
II. The Kinnard household is the abode of hos- 
pitality, and oursubject and his wife are highly re- 
s|)ected citizens of the ooninnniity in which they 
make their home. 



^^'LBEKT H. SEARS, M. I)., a prominent 
(@^/j| practicing physician and surgeon of An- 
il li) derson, was born in Stony Creek Town- 
<^ ship, Madison County, near the village of 

Lapel, May 5, 1860, and is the son of George W. 
Sears, a native of Brown County, Ohio. His pa- 
ternal grandfather was born, it is supposed, in 
England. He came to New Yoik and there married. 
He engaged in farming in Canada, and while re- 
siding there was drafted into the Canadian army. 
His inclinations, however, were not on the side of 
England, although he traced his ancestry' to that 
country. During the battle of Lundy's Lane he 
deserted the army, and fleeing from Canada his 
immense possessions there were confiscated and 
entirely lost to the family. He came to the wilds 
of Ohio and engaged in tilling the soil of Brown 
County, whence in 1830 he ]eraoved to Henry 
County, I nd., and there followed Mgricultural pur- 
suits until his demise. 

George W. Sears was reared on a farm in Henry 
County until the age of twenty, when he was mar- 
ried and a few years afterward removed to Mad- 
ison County, locating near Stony Creek among the 
unbroken forests of that section, where his mother- 
in-law had entered a tract of land and where she 
resided with hiin until her death in 1885. He be- 
came the possessor of two hundred acres of fertile 
land, which he changed from the forest and 
swamp into rich, productive soil and upon which 
he placed all the improvements of a first-class 
farm. His death, which occurred April IJ, 18;)2, 
was universally mourned by the people among 
whom he had passed almost the entire period of 
his active life. For forty years or more he had 
been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
and was one of its prominent Class-leaders. He 



was an earnest, zealous Christian and lived before 
I the world in his daily life the principles and tenets 
I of his faith with zeal and integrity. In politics 
he was a strong Republican, devoted to the inter- 
ests of his chosen party. During the early part of 
I tlie Civil War he enlisted in the service and 
j started with his company for headquarters, but 
upon reporting for duty he found that the desired 
quota had been filled, and accordingly returned 
home. 

The mother of our subject was Catherine, 
daughter of John Graham, who emigrated to 
America from Yorkshire, England, and settled in 
Henry County, Ind., where she was born in 1822. 
Her death occurred in Madison County in 1887, 
after forty-seven years of a useful and happy mar- 
ried life. Her mother's maiden name was Eliza- 
I betli Shetterly, who was born in Pennsj^lvania, 
I whither her father had emigrated from Germany. 
I In the family of George W. Sears there were nine 
I children, six of whom are now living, Albert H. 
j being the youngest of the number. He was reared 
I on the home farm and enjoyed such advantages 
as were afforded by the common schools, barred 
many times from that, meagre as it was, by neces- 
sary work on the farm. At the age of twenty-one 
' he commenced to teach school in his home town- 
\ ship, where for seven winters he followed the pi-o- 
I fession, attending school during the summer sea- 
sons. 

In 1882 our subject entered the National Nor- 
j mal at Lebanon, Ohio, and was graduated from 
j that institution in 1886, with the degree of Bach- 
elor of Science. He then accepted the principal- 
ship of the Fishersburg school, where he remained 
for two years, meantime employing his leisure 
hours in the studj' of medicine. In 1888 he en- 
tered the Hahnemann Medical College .it Chicago, 
remaining there until his graduation in 1890 with 
the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Afterward he 
opened an office at No. \%h West Ninth Street, 
Anderson, where he has since conducted an exten- 
sive and profitable practice. 

The marriage of the Doctor occurred in Ander- 
son May 20, 1890, uniting him with Miss Olive 
Walter, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., 
I and was reared to womanhood in Madison County 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



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SluMs a cultured and accoinplislied lady and occu- 
pies a prominent |)osilion in the social circles of 
the city. She and tiie Doctor find a religious 
home in tlie Methodist Episcopal C'liurch,in wliicli 
they arc workers and generous contributors. 
Socially, the Doctor is identified with liie Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, being a member 
of tlie encampment at Anderson, lie :iImi allii- 
iates witli the Order of l\raccal)ees. .-niil Ihc .Aliiigo 
Tribe of Red Men. being the Past S.ichcm i.f liis 
tribe and having served as delegate to the Orand 
Lodge. He is a member of the State Homeopathic 
Association and alleiids its meetings whenever 

be lead with interest and (irohl, for it illustrates 
tlie power of self-help and untiring perseverance. 
His boyhood ambition was to gain knowledge and 
he followed teaching in order to obtain money 
with which to pay his tuition at college. Witliout 
the aid of inllnential friends he has worked his 
way to a fimii rank among the successful young 
physicians ,,f ihis section of the state and h.as 
g;iineii an enviable reputation as a skillful physi- 
cian and surgeon. 



^EOlKiK W. VAN lUSK 
[ ^-_. in (ireen Townsliip, Hr.- 
0[i tlie light of day in llarr 



IRK, who is living 
it opened his e\es to 
'^^JJ^ the light of day in Harrison Towiishi]). Del- 
aware County, Ind.. January 20, ls;57. The 
grandfather, Peter Van l!uskii-k, was a grandson 
of a Holland emigrant who became the founder of 
the family in America. Peter was bom in ^'irgill- 
ia and went to Pickaway County, Ohio, prior to 
the AVar of 1812. He raised the first house in iiis 
section, and in the Buckeye State spent his re- 
maining days. Ilis children were .)ohn, Lewis, 
Daniel, Isaac, Abbie and Polly. 

Daniel Van Buskirk, father of our subject, was 
born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in March. 1808, 
and in 183C> went to Delaware County, where he 
entered one liundreil and sixtj' acres of land and 
improved a farm, making his home thereon until 
his death in May, 186L In politics he was a Dem- 
ocrat and was an active and devoted member and 



•;ider in the CInistiau Churcli. A man of 
ig convictions, he expressed hi< views fear- 
', regardless of consequences, and iii> ilu'i-cby 
the unbounded confidence and gucid will nf 
He married Nancy Funck, who sin vivcci him 
the spring of 1879. Of their nine children, 
1 grew to mat.iire \ears. I'',lleii, .bniies ('. and 



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W., A I 






;, Saiah .1.. Nelsuii and .lolili. 
If.-ith.T ,,f ,nir suhjrcl. Conrad 
r of I'eiinsylvMiiia. followed ag- 
rii'ullural pursuits .■inil die. I in the liurkeye State. 
Ceorge W. \Mn liuskirk acpi ired his education 
in the old-time log sclioolhouse and remained 
with his father until twenty-four years of age. 
Having earned eiKiUgh to bu\- a ti'ani he spent six 
months wf)rkiiig on a faiiii in lllin<,is. He wed- 
ded Senith M. StoviT. daughter of .loM/ph and Su- 
san (Smith) Stover. They became parents <,f four 
children, .Joseph I).. Uilli.nn .1.. l-;ii/.a (wi.iowof 

j Charles Ogle) and Ceorgc W. ■jiic ther de- 

' parted this life in .luiie, luT'.t. ami <Mir subject 
I afterwards married Betsy, daughter of Lewis and 
Mary (Olvey) Klepfer. The grandfather, Henry 
Klepfer, w.as a farmer of Cerman descent. In 
1827 he removed to Wayne County, Ind. His son, 
Lewis, was lK)rn in Pennsylvania .-umI became an 
agiiculturist of Hamilton County, Iiid. Through- 
out his life he followed farming. By his marriage 
he had the following children: Susanna. I.ncy L., 
Octavia A., Isaac B., Polly A., Betsy A. and .lohn 
H. Mrs. Van P.uskiik was born Man-h I \. 18:)2. 

After his first marriage our subject rented the 
old homestead. Ilis first farm comprised forty 
acres in the eastern part of the count}', lie after- 
wards bought and sold several farms and in 1887 
located on one hundred acres of land on section 
4, (ireen Township. For two and a half years he 
operated a mill in this county, and on selling 
bought one hundred and twenty acres in Hamilton 
County, where he resided for nineteen years. 
After this he spent two and one-half years in 
Noblesville merch.'indisiug. lie then spent two 

took u)) his residence' at his present place of abode. 

He has been successful in his business operations, 

I and by jiersevcrance, energy- and well directed ef- 



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forts has attained a position among the substan- 
tial citizens of tiie community. In politics he is a 
Democrat, and himself and wife are members of the 
Christian Church. He manifests a commendable 
interest in everjthing pertaining to the welfare of 
the community, and is a public spirited and pro- 
gressive cili/.en who well descrv^^s representation 
in this volume. 



PR. .lONAS STEWART, practicing physician 
) and surgeon, and Secretary of the Board of 
Examinuig Surgeons for Pensions, is an An- 
derson citizen who has achieved success through 
his own exertions. He was born in Salem Town- 
ship, Delaware County, Ind., on the 26th of Jan- 
uary 1843, and is the son of Lewis Stewart, who 
was born in Highland County, Ohio. The grand- 
father was William Stewart, who was a farmer in 
Highland Count3-'. He brought his family to In- 
diana in 1828 or 1830, and located in Fall Creek 
Township on Deer Creek, Henry County, where he 
cleared a farm in the wilderness, and continued to 
live there until the day of his death. He was of 
Scotch-Irish descent, was in the AVar of 1812, 
and a i)rofessor in the faith of the Christian 
Chuicli. Di. Stewart's father was married in Del- 
aware Cduiily, and was a school teacher by occu- 
pation. He died in Salem Township in the year 
1846, at the age of twenty -three years. His mother 
was Mary ('ram[)ton, who was born in Hagerstown, 
jMaryhind. She was the daughter of James Crann)- 
ton, a farmer, who settled near Troy, Miami 
County, where he died. His mother died near 
Daleville, Delaware County, on the 8th. of April 
1887, at the .age of sixty-eight years. There were 
two children, Dr. Stewart, and a brother named 
Henry C. They both enlisted in Company E, 
Fourty-fourth Ohio. The brother was shot through 
the head and killed at ]\It. Jackson, Va., on the 
22d of November, 1864, after serving nearly 
through the war. 

Dr. Stewart was raised in Delnware County, 
near Dahnille, and when not woiking on tlie farm 



attended the common schools. He attended the 
Northwestern Christian Universit3', now Butler 
University, at Indianapolis, two years. In 1862 
he and his brother went east on a visit, and it was 
while absent that both entered the army. Soon 
after, being mustered in at Springfield, the Four- 
ty-fourth was sent south and began skirmishing in 
in Kentucky. In the fall of 1862 Dr. Stewart was 
attacked with typhoid fever, and after recovering 
was put on detached duty at Lexington and Camp 
Nelson as clerk in the ordnan(« department. 
Just before the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., he re- 
.joined his regiment and participated in the siege. 
In Ai»ril, 1866, he was in the expedition to Lynch- 
burg, and was of the rear guard in the battle of 
Liberty on the retreat, at which time the regiment 
lost eight}- men in killed and wounded. He was 
in the two battles at Beverly- and served until the 
war closed, and w.as mustered out at Clarksburg, 
Va., on the 30th of M.ay, 1865. On returning 
home he re-entered the Northwestern University 
and remained one year. 

In 1866 he began the study of medicine, and 
studied under Dr. R. Griffith, of Middletown. In 
1867 he entered the medical department of the 
Michigan University. After attending one terra 
he returned home and engaged in teaching school 
in order to obtain money with which to pursue his 
studies. In 1870 he entered Long Island College 
Hospital, Brooklyn, and graduated with the de- 
gree of M. D. On the 23d of August, 1870, he 
located in Anderson, and entered into the practice 
of medicine, in which he has engaged ever since 
alone, excepting one year of partnership with Dr. 
C. S. Burr, now of Chicago. 

Dr. Stewart has been a member of the City 
Council one term. On the 17th of April, 1889, he 
was appointed a member of the Examining Board 
of Pensions by President Harrison, and during the 
time has served as Secretary of the Board. He 
is the examining surgeon for eight leading life in- 
surance companies. His social connections are 
with the Madison County Medical Society, Amer- 
ican Medical Association. Indiana State Medical 
Society, and Knights of Honor. He is a charter 
member of Major May Post, G. A. R., an Elder in 
the Chrisiain Church, and a member of the Citi- 



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zeiis' Gas Corapanj'. He is a true blue Republican 
•allliough not an active politician. His office is at 
tlie cdiiiiT of Kiiihtli and Main Streets, and lie 
resides at Xn. 21 Delaware. 

On tlie 4tli of September, 1870, Dr. J. Stewart 
and Miss Maliala Brandon were married at Mid- 
dletown, Henry County. Mrs. Stewart was born 
ill Delaware Couiitv. liid. 



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D^ATHAN W. HUNT, an extensive agriciilt- 
Jj iirist wlio is prosperously cultivating the 
ij soil of a line farm located in Boone Town- 
ship, MadiMin County, iiul.. was Ikuii December 
•28, l.SIl, ill Washington (ouiity. Iowa. His 
father. Wilson Hunt, a native of Nortli Carolina, 
was born In I.Sd'.i. and in 1825 removed to Wayne 
County, 1 lid., where he found ready employment 
as a farm hand. In 1849, journeying to the far 
west, he k)cated in Iowa, but after a residence of 
four ye:us in the Hawkeye State returned to Indi- 
ana, and in IS.",.') located permanently in Boone 
Township, where lie passed away in 1858. The 
paternal grandfather, Jesse Hunt, likewise a native 
of North Carolina, was undoubtedly of Scotch an- 
cestry, and was a man of industrious habits and 
sterling integrity. 

The mother of Nathan W.. Millix.n (Wilson) 
Hunt, was the daughter of Sannul and Ke/.iah 
(Lamb) Wilson, of North ( 'aiolinn. Oui subject 
was the eighth child win. hh-.-scd the union of the 
parents. He reeeived his primary (■dui-ation in 
the district schools of Henry County, I ml., and 
completed his studies in Madison Count}, to which 
locality he removed with his father and mother 
when about fifteen years of age. lie was early 
trained to agriculluial duties upon the home- 
stead, and when nineteen years old began life for 
himself working on neighboring farms. Contin- 
uing in his peaceful vocation until .July, 18()2, 
:\Ir. Hunt then enlisted in Company C, Twelfth 
Indiana Infantry, and was niusleied in at Indian- 
apolis August ;U). 

During the tirst hatt le at Riebm lour subject 

was wounded and left on the Meld. He was caii- 



tured,biitin a few d.-iys paroleil. was leliirned to In- 
dianapolis, where lie reniai i;ed until, vehan-ed. He 

was then forwarded to (Jiand .liincli I, hence to 

Collierville, an<l continued m the latter place 

I until the spring of 180;!. At this time, being ill, 
Mr. Hunt was furlouglied, spending a few days at 
home. Having recovered, he rej(/iiicd his rei;!- 

I ment at Vicksburg, Miss., and about Seiitember !(• 

I went to Memphis. He later engaged in the Tennes- 
see campaign, and during the winter of !W(i3-(>l 
inarching through Tennessee, Alabama and ( ieor- 
gia, participated in numerous skirmishes and took 

! part in the fight at Mis-ion Kidge. wIkmc many a 
brave man yielded up his life. In the spring of 
1861 the regiment engaged in the Atlanta cain- 
jiaign, and were in the thickest of the battle at Re- 

, saca, Ga., entering likewise into various fights 
near New Hope Church, (ia. Our suhjeet was 
wounded in the eye .-iiid sent to tlic field hoS|)ital, 
after which he was furlonghed home, and at the 
expiration of the furlough rep.jrting to Indianapo- 
lis it was renewed. Finally recuperated, Mr. Hunt 
again rejoined his command and passed the winter 
at Chattanooga. In .lune. 1865, our subject was 
mustered out of the service in Washington, D. C. 
He then located iiermane'nlly in Madison County, 
and has since devoted liiniself to agricultural i)ur- 
suits with success. 

In 186:i were united in maniage Nathan W. 
Hunt and Miss .Sarah Francis, daughter of .Micajah 
and Electa (Street) P'rancis. The Francis family 
were early settlers of Virginia, widely and highly 
respected in the Old Dominion. The Streets were 

Into the union of our subject and his worthy 
wife were born thirteen children, of whom the fol- 
lowing yet survive: Florc^nce, Millison, .lohn A., 
Micajah W.; Louisa M., wife of .loseph (Cochran; 
Clarence \., Herman L., Will.ur O. and Marvin K. 
Of the sons and daughters all with the exce|)tion of 
Clarence reside in Madison County. I'lie devoted 
mother entered into rest in I8;t0. In 18;t2 Mr. 
Hunt again marrieil, wedding Miss Laura Krat/.in- 
ger, of Waliash County, liid.. a lady . if culture 
and superior ability. 

Our subject is a wiliied member of the Metho- 
dist Kiii.scopal Church, and is fraternall}' associated 



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with Lodge No. 428, I. O. O. F., and has been 
through all the chairs. He is a member of the 
encami)raeiit at Klwood and in the order numbers 
a host of friends. Politically, a Republican, Mr. 
Hunt has never aspired to office, but is content to 
do his duty at the polls, and. as so many years 
ago, he is to-day the same, a true and loyal Ameri- 
can citizen, ever ready to lend a helping iiand in 
matters of [iublic welfare. 



WILLIAM F.OLAXD, Treasurer of Madison 
County, was born in Middletown. Henry 
County, ln<I., March 25, 1857, and is one 
of the five surviving children who comprise the 
family of Patrick and Ellen (Tieruey) Boland. 
His father was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, 
of the union of William and Mary (Murphy) Bo- 
land. and was a descendant of a long line of emi- 
nent Irish ancestry. 

Patrick Boland, the father of our subject, was 
educated in the schools of his native land, and 
spent his boyhood years upon a farm. In .Tanuary, 
1845, he was united in marriage in County Tij)- 
pcrary with Miss Ellen, daughter of Daniel and 
Katherine ( Kiley) Tier^ic^'. Believing that he could 
better his condition in America, Mr. Boland immi- 
grated to this country in 1850, landing in New 
Orleans, and shortly afterwards carae to Dearborn 
County, Ind. In 1852 his wife left her native 
home to join him, being accompanied by their 
only surviving child, a daughter, two other chil- 
dn-n having died in Ireland. The family con- 
tinued to live in Dearborn County until 1855, 
then removed to .Mid<lletown, Henry Count}', and 
from there, in October, 1883, came to Anderson. 
In Henry County the father worked as section 
foreman on a railroad, and was a faithful, con- 
scientious employe. Politically he was a Demo- 
crat, religiously a Catholic, his wife also being a 
member of that church. His death occurred March 
21, 1884, at the age of sixty-six years. He had a 
family of twelve children, of whom five are now 
living. 

At the age of twelve years, the subject of 



this sketch removed from Middletown to Ander- 
son, and remained there for four years, meantime 
attending the public and parochial schools of the 
place. In May. 1873, he went to Indianapolis, 
and became an employe in a shoe store, where he 
remained until .July 1876. During the time Mr. 
Boland resided at Indianapolis, he took a night 
course of instruction at the Bryant & Stratton 
Business College, and there laid the foundation of 
the thorough, practical education which he now 
employs so successfully in bis business transactions 
with the world. Being taking ill, Mr. Boland re- 
turned to his father's home in Middletown, and 
remained there until March, 1879, when he came 
to Anderson and entered the employ of T. M. 
Norton, the well known brewer, with whom he re- 
mained until July 31, 1893, meiintime working in 
various capacities and discharging eveiT duty so 
acceptably that he was finally placed in charge of 
the brewery office. While thus employed, he con- 
tributed largely to the progress and development 
of the business, and established himself as a gen- 
tleman of rare business ability. As it did not in- 
terfere with his business engagements at the time, 
he was tendered, and accepted, the appointment of 
Engrossing Clerk in the State Legislature in the 
winter of 1883. This position he filled with credit 
to himself and to the satisfaction of the House of 
Representatives. 

On the 29th of March, 1884, he received the 
nomination for City Clerk on the Democratic 
ticket, and during May of the same year was elec- 
ted to the office, entering upon his duties the first 
Monday of September. He discharged the duties 
of his office with fidelity for a term of two years. 
On the 18th of .June, 1892, he w.as nominated by 
the Count}' Democracy- for Treasurer, and was 
elected in the following November by the largest 
plurality on the ticket. The contest was a severe 
one, and success was achieved onlj' after the hard- 
est political struggle ever witnessed in the county. 
Mr. Boland entered upon his duties of Treasurer 
August 15, 1893, and is the present incumbent of 
that highly responsible office. 

Socially, Mr. Boland is prominently identified 
with the Anderson Club, of wliich lie was Vice- 
President for oiie3ear, and subsequently President 




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for six months. He is also a nn'inber of the Com- 
mercial Tiavelers' Association of Indiana, and 

a rej,nilar attendant u|i(in its uiuiual ineetiii-s. 
The success which has cr.iwucil his eftoi-t> is the 
result of unremitting toil, together with many at- 
tractive qualities of both heart and mind. Never 
derelict in the performance of any duty, he was 
never known to forget a fuvor or a friend. Hon- 
orable and candid with all men, he is in c\ery 
sense a gentleman. 



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TICKK 



M. 



Audi 



mil II; 

uigeou of Cic 
ential citizen of Noblesvi 
prouiinence in the profes>io 
he served for one term as I 
ty Medical Society, for foui 
the I'nited States I'cM>ic,n !• 
Noblesvllle, and for foui 
tor of the Grand Aiuiy 
state of Indian;!. 

Horn in Marion Com 
our subject has from y< 
lied with the growth ai 
His father, Robert Tuckt 
was a pioneer of Indiansi 

boasted only five bund 
llif lirst cabinetmaker in the pl.icc. and, as the 
poimlation increased, found ready cniphiy uu'nt at 
his trade. His wife, whose niaidm name w.-is I'Mz- 
ahelh C. Reed, was born in \irgiiiia and a daugh- 
ter of Archibald Reed, who located in Indian- 
apolis in 1819. He served as Colonel in the War 
of 1812, and later represented his constituents in 
the State Legislature of Indiana. 

The Tucker family was of Irish origin and was 
early represented in Virginia, wli 
Tucker made liis home. A gall: 
listed in the Colonial army <luri 
tionarv War and as Captain of a 



ind i 


now an iiillu- 


c. A 


inan of great 




■Ic- of the state. 




as I'lCMdeutof 


Kxani 


uing Bureau of 


Ills as 


Medical Direc- 


the 


icpublic f<u- the 


ind.. 


March 24, 184 4, 


been 


closely identi- 




ss of the state. 


nati\ 


c of Kentucky, 


(1 ^ct 


led in Indian- 


now 


Ihuirishing city 


iiili.'il 


itant>. lie was 



ere Crandfather 
.nt man, he en- 
ig the Revolu- 
\'irginian regi- 



participated wi 
1812, and both 



led 



,ictf 



Latei 



ipany U, 
nded liy 
\ Wibl.'r, 
a. .\fter 
rablv dis- 



Sevciitecnth Indiana Infantry, c 
Col. .lohn Haskell, later by Col. .b 
and assigned to the Army of \ 
serving for eleven moiillis, he was 
charged on account of disability. I'pou his lecuv- 
ery, he again enlisted, in the sumiiur of l.S(;2, be- 
coming a member of Company I). Seventy -si'cond 
Indiana Infantry, under Col. A.C. MiUer. assi-ned 
to the Army of the Cumberland. In the winter of 

1802 the conimand was unlcd, .and our subject 

was detaih'd as scout in Wilder's Ihigade, serving 
in that capacit.y until the close of the Cliicka- 
mauga campaign. He was then promoted to Divi- 
sion scout, under the command of Ceneral (iar- 
rard, in the Atlanta campaign, after which he w.as 
promoted to corps scout, under command of Cvu. 
(icorge H. Thomas. After Hood's retreat, in the 
winter of 1864, he nas ir.ansrerred to ( U-maal Wil- 
son's corps of scouts. 

Among the engagements m which Dr. Tucker 
jiarticipated ma.y be nicntioned the following: 
(ireejibrier, Va., in 18(;i, Hoover's Gap, Manches- 
ter, siege of Chattanooga, Harrison's. Landing, 
lUtzzard's Roost, Kock Springs, Chickaniauga, 
Resaca, Oak Chuicii, D.iltoii. Altoona Pass, Big 
Shanty, Kenesaw Moimt.ain. siege and battle of 
.Vtlanta, Rome City, Franklin. Nashville, JObeu- 
ezer Church, Sclma, Ala., Wilson's raid to Ma- 
con (Ca.), participating in the capture of An- 
dersonville and Jefferson Davis in the sjiring 
of I860, besides numerous minor engagements 
on his raid through Kentucky. He also liore a 
part in the campaign after .John Morgan. Though 
constantly in danger of capture and death dur- 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



ing his bazaidous experience as a scout, lie passed 
safely through the vicissitudes of war, and in 
July, 1865, after a period of almost continuous 
military duty from the firing of the first gun at 
Ft. Sumter to the close of the war, was honorably 
discharged. 

Returning to Indiana, our subject resided for a 
time in Colfax, Clinton County. At the age of 
twenty-one years he entered Bryant & Stratton's 
Commercial College in Indianapolis, and in the 
spring of 1866 was graduated with honors. Later 
he read medicine with Dr. Joseph E. Milburn, a 
prominent physician of Colfax, and in 1867 en- 
tered Rush Medical College, at Chicago, graduat- 
ing from that institution in 1869. For a time he 
engaged in practice at Colfax, from which place 
in March, 1871, he came to Hamilton County and 
located in Cicero. In a comparatively brief time 
he gained an enviable and widespread reputation 
as a successful medical practitioner and skillful 
surgeon. 

Politically a Republican, Dr. Tucker takes an 
active part in county, state and national political 
affairs. He has served as a delegate to numer- 
ous state and congressional conventions, and has 
stumped the adjoining counties during Presiden- 
tial campaigns. In the fall of 18;»2, as the candi- 
date of the Republican party for the position of 
Auditor, he was elected to that oHiee, and entered 
upon his duties in March, 1893. As before men- 
tioned, he is a member of the County, State and 
American Medical Associations. Socially, he af- 
filiates with Cicero Lodge No. 199, A. F. & A. M.; 
Noblesville Lodge, I. O O. F.; Bernice Lodge, 
K. P.; and Cicero Lodge No. 26, A. O. U. W. A 
valued member of the Grand Army of the Re- 
public, he has always enjoyed the reunions where, 
side by side, the veterans, tried and true, discuss 
the perils and sacrifices of long ago. 

Ju Clinton County, lud., in 1866, Dr. Tucker 
and Miss Anna C;. Benjamin, a native (jf Rockaway 
County, N. J., were un ited in marriage. Mrs. Tucker 
is a daughter of E. J. Benjamin, an early settler 
of Colfax, Clinton Count}', Ind. Three sons have 
blessed this union: Harry B., who is a dentist of 
Noblesville; Frank AV., who resides with his par- 
ents; and Fred A., who is employed in the Audi- 



tor's office. Dr. Tucker, his wife and their sons 
are all identified with the Christian Church, and 
assist in the benevolent enterprises of their de- 
nomination. Within their handsome residence on 
East Division .Street, Noblesville, they welcome a 
large number of friends and acquaintances, whom 
they h(jspitably entertain. It is safe to say that 
few residents of Hamilton County possess to so 
large a degree the esteem and regard of the com- 
munity as the subject of this sketch. 



0-^- HARLES M. HARRIMAN. Among Ander- 
. son's many active and enterprising young 
_ business men is the junior member of the 
Arm of May & Harriman. Me is an Andersonian 
by birth, having been born here on the 29tli of 
November, 186.5. The father of Charles M. was 
Milton N. Harriman, a native of Darke County, 
Ohio. He located in Anderson with his parents 
when a young man. He was the first man chosen 
to fill the position of Marshal of the city of An- 
derson, and served in that capacity for two terms. 
He was then elected to the office of Justice of the 
Peace, which position he filled for several years. 
He died at the age of thirty-seven. The grand- 
father, Leonard Harriman, was a physician and an 
Ohio man, removing from that state to Anderson. 
He spent the latter years of his life in Kansas, 
where he died at the age of seventy-two. Mr. 
Harriman 's mother was Samantha Kindle, of An- 
derson, in which city she now resides. 

Charles M. Harriman has always resided in An- 
derson. Until fifteen years of age he attended the 
city schools and then began life for himself in the 
capacity of a clerk in stores, which continued for 
about five years, when he engaged in the real es- 
tate and insurance business. Soon after the inau- 
guration of Grover Cleveland as president in 
1889, Mr. Harriman Was appointed a clerk in the 
railway mail service and held the position for 
three years. He resigned in order to engage in 
the plumbing and natural gas supply business 
with Isaac E. May, in which business and firm he 
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143 



men. Mr. Hariinian is unmanied. lie is an act- 
ive worker in politics and espouses the cniise 
of tlic l)cni(icr;aie [uiitv. lie is a mciiilicr of 
AndiTMin Lodge No. lOi;. ICiii-^'hts of I'vlliias, 
and Anderson l^odge No. "iOlt, Henevolent Pro- 
tective Order of Elivs. lie was one of the orga- 
nizers of the Anderson Social Club, of which he is 
still a Mieiiiher. 



TLLIS S. HLLIS, Deputy SeciPtary of State, 
was born in Monioe Township, Madison 
County, near the city of Alexandria, Au- 
gust 27 IHGl. lie traces his ancestry to Wales, 
wlicnce in an early (la\ in the lii>tory of our 
counti-y. three lirothers of this name finigr;ited to 
America and established honied one in North Car- 
olina, another in Philadelphia, I'a.. and the third 
ill Massachusetts. Grandfather .losoph P^llis, was 
horn in North Carolina, wiiere he was reared and 
married, and where also his death occurred when 
in the prime of vigorous manhood. 

Wiley Ellis, father of the subject of this sketch, 
was born in North Carolina and was a child of two 
years when he was orphaned bv his father's death. 
In his youth lie migrated to Indiana, and locating 
in P'ayette County, there married Sarah J. Oldfield, 
a native of Delaware. Later he came to Madison 
County and became an early settler of Monroe 
Township, where he purchased land and impioved 
a farm. He still resides on his old homestead, and 
is now (1893) seventy-two years of age, while his 
wife is sixty-three. Politically he is unswerving 
in his allegiance to the principles advocated l)y 
the Democratic party. In his religious connections, 
he is identified witli the Christian Church. The 
maternal giandi)arents of our subject were Will- 
iam and Celia (Williamson) Oldfield, the former a 
native of Delaware, who migrated to Fayette 
County, Ind.,and later settled in Madison County, 
dying here at the age of eighty-one. 

Ill the parental family there were six children, 
three of whom are living, our subject and two 
brothers in Nebraska. Willis S. was reared on the 



home farm, and much of his time wsis devoted to 
agricultural pursuits in his youth. However, he 
attended school sufficiently to enable him at the 
age of sixteen to secure a teaeher's eertilieate and 
he taught from that time until he was twenty. He 
then entered Danville Central Normal School, and 
conducted his literary studies there until his gradu- 
ation in l.S.SI. liisscl ling ended, he ivsumed 

his i.rofessional labors and engaged in teaching 
for one year. lie did not, however, feel satisfied 
with the extent of his knowledge and according- 
ly, in 1882, entered the State Normal at Terre 
Haute, Ind., where he remained for one year. 

After serving as Principal of ilie Alexandria 
schools for two years, Mr. Ellis, in 1885, entered 
the State University at Uloomington, and contin- 
ued there until the close of the junior year, leav- 
ing in June, 1887. About the same time he was 
elected Superintendent of the schools of Madison 
County and soon after entered upon the duties of 
his office. So satisfactory were his services, that 
at the expiration of his term of otJice he was unan- 
imously re-elected by the Trustees of the county. 
During his incumbency of the position, he took 
cliarge of normals each summer, devoted especial 
attention to secui-ing proper preparation on the 
part of teachers, encouraged reading associations 
for teachers, organized schools and perfected their 
management. It was universally conceded that 
no former Superintendent had been so successful 
in his efforts to promote the welfare of the schools 
and advance the standard of education. 

January 5, 18!i;i. Mr. I'llli^ resigned as Count v 



Superintendeiu 



ipoillt- 



nient of Deputy Secretary of State and is now 
serving in that responsible position, having head- 
quarters at Indianapolis. His natural talents and 
education admirably qualified him for the duties 
of his office, which he discharges in a manner em- 
inently satisfactory to his superior officer. He 
still regards Anderson as his home, although tem- 
porarily residing at No. 29 Hall Place, Indianap- 
olis, he is warmly interested in the (le\-elopment 
of the rich resources of Madison ('ounty. and 
maintains an especial interest in the progress of 
Anderson. For four years he was interested in the 
drug business at Alexandria together with his 



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brother, but in December, 1891, disposed of the 
enterprise. 

In j\iexandria, Septemher 24, 1889, occurred the 
marriage of Mr. Ellis to Miss Gertrude Ilensbaw, 
who was born in Alexandria, being the daughter 
of Seth B. Henshaw, formerly a merchant of that 
place, now retired from business. One child has 
lilessed this union, George Dale. In regard to 
social connections, Mr. Ellis is identified with Alex- 
andria Lodge No. 235, F. & A. M. and Sigma Chi 
at Bloomington. In polities he is an ardent and 
enthusiastic supporter of the Democratic party, 
and is one of its leaders in this part of the state. 

J'l AMES M. REEVES is one of those thrifty 
and energetic farmers for which Madison 
County has become well known, and in 
' the conduct of his affairs has shown good 
judgment and much ability. During the years 
that he has been a resident of this county, he has 
thoroughly identified himself with every interest 
of the same, and has been veiy public-spirited and 
progressive. He is a native of Tennessee, born in 
Campbell County, January 14, 1844,andtiie son of 
John and Ella (Longmyer) Reeves, natives of \h-- 
ginia and Tennessee respectively. Our subject's 
paternal grandparents, John and Hannah (Peliego) 
Reeves, were natives of that grand old mother of 
states, Virginia, and his maternal grandparents, 
John and Nancy Longmyer, were natives of Tenn- 
essee. Very little more is Iviiown of the grand- 
parents on either side, except that tliey lived to 
be quite old people, and were tillers of the soil. 

John Reeves, fatlier of our subject, left his na- 
tive state early in youth and made liis way to 
Tennessee, where for some time he worjced at a 
forge. Later lie learned blacksmitliing and fol- 
lowed this more or less during his entire life. 

While a resident of that state he married Miss 
Longmyer, and in 1861 he caine to Indiana and 
settled in Madison County, Monroe Township, 
where he purchased eighty acres of land. In 
the dense woods he erected a pole cabin and com- 
menced clearing the land. He prospered as 
the years passed along and became a ver^- suc- 



ccessful farmer. In connection with farming 
he had carried on his trade of blacksmith, and 
found it of much advantage and profit. He and 
his estimable wife were members of the Methodist 
I-piscopal Church and were active workers in the 
same. In polities he was a Republican. His death 
occurred in 1880 and he left the heritage of an 
unsullied name to his children, which was rather 
to be desired than great riches. 

James M. Reeves was among the 3'oungest of 
nine children born ■to his parents. He remained 
at home assisting in the work until twenty-four 
years of age, and on the 26th of March 1868, he 
was married to Miss Delia Davault, daughter of 
Abraham and Rhoda (Childs) Davault, both na- 
tives of Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Davault came 
to Indiana in 1850, and settled in Monroe Town- 
ship. Soon after they removed to Harrison Town- 
ship, Delaware County, and after remaining there 
two 3'ears, returned to Monroe Township, this 
county, where Mr. Davault, who is now seventy- 
four years old, is still living. His wife passed 
away on the 14th of April, 1879. Both were ex- 
emplary members of the ]\Iethodist Episcopal 
Church. 

Soon after his marriage, our subject located on 
the farm where he now resides, and in connection 
with farming has been engaged in the live stock 
business very extensively for the past twelve years 
or more. He has met with the best of success and is 
one of the most prosperous farmers of his section. 
He is broad and liberal in his views, is public-spir- 
ited and enterprising, and no man stands better 
in the community than he. He and Mrs. Reeves 
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
and deeply interested in all religious niatteis. Re- 
siding in a comfortable and happy home and sur- 
rounded by every comfort, they enjoy life in its 
fullest sense. 



I^+^I 



* ARROLL K. MiCULLOUGH, a member of 
'^ the Citizens' Banking firm, and a large real- 
^' estate owner, is a native of Madison Conn- 
having been born on the 4th of September, 
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cimiiiiercial affa 
voni-s. He was 



11 I'.iillrr Cmiily, Ohio, Dr- 
cemhcr 2,"), 1820. Tlu- ■ii.-iii.K.'illiri- was (,iie of 
live liroUicr.s who caiiic I'luiii Srulhiml and looalcd 
at Oxford, I'.iifl.T County. Oliio. 

Ncal C. McCiillouaii was oducafcd at IMianii 
I'liiversity, and was a cla.ssniate of ex-Prcsidciit 
Harrison. Ho learned the drnu' l.iisiness at Ox- 
ford, and Ml l.s.V.' opened a hardware stoiv in 
Munefe. In IS,", I he h.eate.l in Madis,,,! County, 
two miles southwest of .Vinha-on. on a small farm. 
lie was successful, ami eonlinued tii .add to his 
holdings until he (.wiied ei-lit hundred acres of 
iiiiiudved land. In the sprin-of IS.-,."! he estali- 
lislnal tlie Citizens- liaiik. in whieh en t,-riirise a.s- 
soeiati'd with him was I'.yron K. I'.lliott, ^iuro. 
Chief .lustiee of the Su|.reme Court of the state. 
When the National liaiik ,aet became a law, Mr. 
MeCnllough and J. G. .Stilwcll merged the Citizens' 
into the First National I'aidv of Anderson, of which 
the former was cashier. Later he resigned and 
withdrew from tiie institution, after which he w.as 
engaged first in the grocery, and then in the hard- 
ware business for several years. 

Selling his business to his brother in 1X71, Xeai 
C. McCuUougli re-organized tiie Citizens' Bank, 
which he managed alone until 1873, when the sub- 
ject of this sketch took an interest and the firm 
became N. C. McCuUough <fe Co. In 1879 W. T. 
Dnrbin, of Indianapolis, was admitted, and the capi- 
tal increased to -^50,000. In l.s.si I). K. Mustard 
took C. K. McCuUough's inteiesl, .and the latter 
retired, but four ye.ars .afterward he purchased 
.Mr. Mustard's interest. In iss; Hie Citizens' and 
the .Madison consolid.ated under the n.a.me of N. 
C. McCullough & Co., of which N. C. McCuUough 
was general manager, and also looked after his 
large farming interests. In 1868 he platted N. C. 
McCuUough's Pirst Addition to .\nderson, which 
now comiiri.ses a part of the northwestern section 
of the city. In 1«7;') lie purchased the artilicial 
gas works, whieli he operated until IS.sT. when 
natural gas was discovered. An active Repulili- 
can until the nomination of Horace (ireeley l>y the 
Democrats, he tlien became a Democrat, and was 



as active in the cause of that paity as he had been 
in the Uepnbliean harness. 

Oiir siibjeefs mot her. Marie Kdgerle, was born 
in Seheiieetady, N. ">'.. and was the daughter of 
(ieorge W. Kdgei'h^ who went from New Hampshire 
to New York, thence came to Montgomerj' County, 
Ohio. She was reared in Ohio and educated at 
Oxford Female College, being a schoolmate of 
Carrie ,S,a.tt. the late wife of ex-President Harri- 
son. Mis. McCullough occupies the old homestead 
Ml Anderson. She is a leading nieinber of the 
:\Ielliodist Church, and is beloved by all who 
know her. She is the mother of live children, 
three of whom are living: liertha M.. wife of Hon. 
W. T. Durbiii; M.aud. wife of Dr. C. N. I'.raneh. 
.Ir.. and Carroll K. The latter was reared in An- 
derson and attended the public schools. He spent 
one term at .\sbur\ I'liiversiiy (now DePanw) at 
(ireencastle. While attending school the First 
National IJank failed, which gave bis father an op- 
portunity to reorganize the Citizens' Pank. He 
was given his choice, to continue school, or to enter 
busine.ss with Ins father. Ik' chose the latter, and 
at the age of eighteen entered the banking busi- 
ness, and remained until 1«81. In that year he be- 
came manager of the artificial g.as plant and re- 
mained as such until 1887, when he engaged in 
real estate, loans and farming. 

At the beginning of Ander.-on's natural gas 
prosperity, Mr. McCullough laid out ninety-one 
lots in Park Place, and twenty -seven lots in Sec- 
ond Addition, and disposed of most of them. To 
start the addition he built fourteen houses, which 
were readily disposed of. In l.s7l. in (a)iineetion 
with W. T. Durbin and other members of his family, 
he built what is known as the PostoHice Block, 
which fronts seventy-two feet on Ninth Street. It is 
three stories high, the third fioor being occupied 
by the Anderson Club, the leading social organiza- 
tion of the cit\'. He man.ages the affairs of the 
McCullough estate, which includes several business 
blocks. He owns two hundred and forty acres two 
and a-half miles southwest of .Anderson on the 
Pendleton i)ike, on wliicli he has put good build- 
ings. He was largely instrumental in organizing 
the Anderson Driving Park Association. The park 
consists of eighty-four acres of level ground, and 



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now contains a splendid one mile track. He owns 
Riverside Park, a beautiful plat of ground between 
tlie cit3- and White River. 

In liis political belief Mr. McCiilloiigL is a 
Democrat, and has served as School Trustee and 
Cit}' Councilman. In 1888 he was nominated to 
represent Madison and Grant Counties in the .Sen- 
ate, but the district being largely Republican, he 
was defeated. Socially he is Past Commander of 
Anderson Comrnandery, K. T., Past ^Master and 
Past High Priest. He is also an Odd Fellow, 
and a member of the Royal Arcanum and the 
National Union. In 1877 C. K. McCullough 
and Miss Ilattie Black were united in marriage. 
She was born in Union County, Ind., and is the 
daughter of McFarland Black, one of tlie pioneer 
farmers of Richland Township. Mrs. McCullough 
was educated at the Anderson High .School. They 
have three children: Mildred, Neal and Mary. 



AVID B. ZIMMERMAN, a young and 
prosperous farmer and influential citizen 
of White River Township, Hamilton 
County, has ever since his residence here 
taken an active part in local affairs, and has held 
with ability the olflce of Township Trustee, dis- 
cliarging the duties of the responsible position to 
the great satisfaction of the general public. A 
man of energy and business ability, he has rapidly 
won his upward way, and, appreciated for his 
sterling integrity, has an apparently bright future 
before him as a private citizen and trusted official. 
Our subject is a native of Ohio, and was born in 
Williams County, January 9, 1859, and is the son 
of David and Sarah (Blue) Zimmerman, highly 
respected residents of the Buckeye State. 

The father of our subject was born in Frederick 
County, Md., February 14, 1831, and died Febru- 
ary 8, 1859, when our subject was only five weeks 
old, and passed away in Williams County regretted 
by all who knew him. Tiie paternal grandparents, 
Barney and Sarah (Sager) Zimmerman, cared ten- 
derly for the orphaned child of their deceased 
son. The grandfather was a native of Maryland, 



and the grandmotiier was born in Germany, emi- 
grating to this countiy when only a little girl. 
Thej' were Ohio pioneers and settled in Seneca 
County in Ma}', 1836, when the country round 
about was little more than a wilderness. Tiie 
grandfather entered into rest the 5th of March, 
1888, at the age of eighty-four years, but the 
grandmother still survives, and now eighty-three 
years of age, is yet living on the old farm. The 
mother is a resident of Montpelier, Williams 
County, Ohio. 

Our subject, the youngest of three sons. "is the 
only one of the brothers who has not made his 
life-time home in Ohio. They are all farmers and 
have devoted themselves from their early youth to 
agricultural pursuits. Tiie grandfather, born No- 
vember 15, 1804, and the grandmotiier, born 
March 7, 1810, courageously shared the trials and 
privations of pioneer life in the early west, and 
upon their old home farm, our subject was reared 
from his tenth year up to nineteen years, receiv- 
ing his education in the little school of the dis- 
trict. In 1879 Mr. Zimmerman went to Illinois, 
where he worked by the month for two years, 
then returned to Ohio and worked by the month 
one summer in his native state, which held for 
him a strong attraction in the person of his future 
wife. 

Upon November 15, 1881, were united in mar- 
riage David B. Zimmerman and Miss Mary E. 
Rosenberger, who was born in Seneca County, 
Ohio, August 2, 1858. Mrs. Zimmerman is a 
daughter of Anthonj' D. and Jane (Michaels) 
Rosenberger. The former was born in the state 
of Virginia, but removing with his parents to 
Ohio when only four years old, spent the rest of 
his life in Seneca County, where he died aged 
fifty-one years. The paternal grandparents of 
Mrs. Zimmerman, Henry and Jane (ShauU) Rosen- 
berger, were Virginians bj' birth, but in 1839 
journeyed to the far off state of Ohio, and, set- 
tling upon land in Seneca County, continued 
there until their death, at a very advanced age, 
the grandfather surviving to four-score and six. 
The estimable wife of our subject was one of three 
children, all of whom are living. 

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POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



of .loliii an.l Kliza ( Al.l.ott ) Michaels. Mr. Michaels 
was a native of I'eiinsyl vania and Mi-s. J[ichaels 
was liorn in Cfin nodi cut. They came to Ohio 
when very young people and spent their entire 
married life in the Buckeye State. Mr. Rosenber- 
ger, the father ef Mrs. Zimmerman, was born June 
II, 1828, and died October 27, 1879. His wife 
was born October 3, 1833, and died May 22, 1862. 
The maternal grandmother of Mrs. Zimmerman 
was at the time of her death sevent_v-t\vo years, 
eleven months and thirteen days old, and passed 
away June 23. 1882. The maternal grandfather 
was seven years oliler than his wife. 

The uni(in (if Mi-, and Mrs. /imnierinan has 
been blessed by the birlli of fnur children, three 
of whom are imw deceased. Owen 1). was born 
in Seneca County. Ohio, -lanuary 12. 1885, and 
died February 1. 18!)1, Glenn G. was born in 
Seneca County. October 9, 1886, and died Decem- 
ber 15, 1890; Ethel K., was born September 15, 
1889, in Hamilton County, and ilie(1 .Vpril 6, 
1890; Otis A. was born in Hamilton County. Oc- 
tober 27, 1893. Immediately following his mar- 
riage, Mr. Zimmerman settled on a farm belonging 
tQ his father-in-law, and lived there six ^-ears. He 
then sold a one huMdr<Ml and sixty- acre farm 
which he owned and removed with his family to 
Indiana, and in 1888 bought the old Steliman 
farm, since his permanent home. Mrs. Zimmer- 
man remained the most of the time in Ohio up to 
1888, when she moved to her present home. The 
tine farm purchased by our subject is one of the 
landmarks of the past, and its two hundred acre- 
age, highly cultivated, contains some of the best 
land in the stale. 

.Mr. Zimmerman prosperou.sly conducts general 
farming, and is also interested in a valuable gas 
well. In 1890 he was elected upon the Demo- 
cratic ticket to the position of Town Trustee, and 
takes an active part in the local affairs of the 
county, lie and his worthy wife are devout 
members of the I-^vangelical Church, and arc fore- 
most in good work. Our subject has been an 
etlicient Sunday-school Superintendent, and, a 
friend to the religious and educational advance- 
ment of the young, lends his earnest efforts in the 
l)romotion of the good cause. In the compara- 



tively brief time of his r 
Mr. Zimmerman has made 
identilied himself with the 
of hisliome locality, where 



dence in liu 
any frien.ls an 

is liighly r.'sp, 



m 



A SON S. KITCII 

physician and su 

born in Morris Coiinly, X. 

November, 1827. Iletrac 
England, whence his paternal anc 
to America and 
during the earlii 



L, M. I)., .a pr.iminent 
on of Noblesville, was 
ity, X. .1., on the Clh of 

emigrated 
ad(! settlement in New Jersey 
period of the history of that 



state. His parents, .Ias,,n and Abigail (Andres) 
Kitchell, were both born in Xew Jersey. 

After having completed his literary studies in 
the schools of New Jersey, the subject of thi.s sketch 
migrated west to Ohio and located in Butler 
County. He conducted his medical studies under 
the preceptorship of Dr. Dicks, a prominent practi- 
tioner of Hamilton County, that state. At the 
breaking out of the Civil War, he gave his sym- 
pathy and active co-operation to the cause of the 
Union, and in 1861 enlistcil as a memberof Com- 
pany II, One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Ohio 
Infantry, commanded by Colonel Moore. He 
served f)n guard duty until the expiration of his 
period of enlistment, when he was h(niorably dis- 
charged. 

Returning to Ohio the Dm'tor eommenecd the 
practice of medicine and surgery, and gained a 
local reputation for skillful diagnosis and success- 
ful treatment. In 1869 he came to Indiana and 
locating in Noblesville has since conducted a gen- 
eral practice in this city and throughout the sur- 
rounding country. As a physician, his abilities 
are universall}' recognized, and the success with 
which he has managed dilHcult and intricate cases 
has won for him the confidence of the communit}-. 
He keep.s abreast with every advance made in the 
profession, and is a thoughtful and lignlar reader 
of medical journals. 

While his professional duties require his [irin- 
cipal attention, Dr. Kitchell always finds time for 
the consideration of public affairs, and gives his 



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support to every measure for the advancement of 
the best interests of liis fellow-citizens. He lias 
always identified iiiniself with the Republican 
party, and is an unfaltering champion of its prin- 
ciples and platform. In his fraternal connections 
he affiliates with the Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic, being a prominent member of Lookout Post 
No. 13.3, at Noblesville. 

The marriage of Dr. Kitchell and Miss Harriet 
N. Anderson was solemnized on the 14th of April, 
1852. The bride was born in Caldwell, N. J., and 
was reared to womanhood in the neighborhood 
which afterward gained national celebrity on ac- 
count of liavingbeen tiie home of President Cleve- 
land. She was the darughter of FAijaU Anderson, 
a farmer by occupation, wiio engaged in agricul- 
tural pursuits in New Jersey, and afterward in 
New York. In her religious connections she is a 
devoted member of the Presbyterian Church. The 
Doctor, while not actively connected with any re- 
ligious organization, is a liberal contributor to 
church and benevolent work. Dr. and Mrs. 
Kitchell are the parents of three daughters: Belle 
v.; Fannie, who is the wife of Alvin Caylor, A 
Noblesville; and Minnie, wlio is at home. 

^^ UGUSTUS F. SHIRTS was born in Hamil- 
(&j| ton County, Ind., November 26, 1824. He 
I It is of direct German descent, his paternal 
f^ grandfather, accompanied by three broth- 
ers, having emigrated from Germany to the United 
Stales in an early day and settled in the east. 
The father of our subject, George Shirts, in his 
youth learned the trade of a miller. At the age of 
twenty-two years, he entered the army as a volun- 
teer in the War of 1812, and was also with (Tcneral 
Harrison as messenger and scout in tlie Indian 
campaigns. During that time he became acquainted 
witii the soil and elinialc^ of Indiana, and also 
formed the acquaintance>liip of William and .John 
Conner. 

The mother of our subject was a daughter of 
Solomon Finch, who traced his lineage to England, 
and according to tradition, was a remote descend- 



ant of Sir John Finch, once high in authority in 
Great Britain. Solomon Finch, accompanied by 
his family, including our subject's mother, came to 
the county of Hamilton for permanent settlement 
in April, 1819. The country was then new, set- 
tlers few and hardships innumerable. There were 
many obstacles to be surmounted, larse tracts of 
land to be cleared, and farms to be develoiied from 
the wilderness. 

The Shirts family was both large and poor. 
Augustus F. being the second child, was compelled 
to labor for the support of himself and the family 
until he attained the age of fifteen years. He re- 
ceived a limited education, the tuition and his 
board being paid for from his labor. At about 
this age his father died, leaving a widow with 
seven children and no property. A guardian was 
chosen for the children, and Augustus F. was ap- 
prenticed to a farmer to serve until he reached the 
age of twenty-one years. For this he was to re- 
ceive $100. board and clothing, and nine months' 
common school. His time was devoted to hard 
labor on a farm, and he received only aliout half 
the schooling promised him. 

When his apprenticeship expired, our subject 
took charge of and provided for his mother until 
she again married. Having in the meantime learned 
the trade of a tanner, in February 1847, he em- 
barked in the tanning business, and continued thus 
engaged for about six years. 

In January, 1849, Mr. Shirts married Nancy 
Baruhill. In 1854 he engaged in a small way in 
tiie cattle business, and continued in that enter- 
prise for two years, when he sold out and embarked 
in mercantile pursuits, conducting a store until 
18()0. In 1858 he began the study of law, and in 
1861 commenced the practice of his pnjfession, 
which, being more to his liking than his former 
business, he has conducted to the present time. 

In 1878, Mr. Shirts was nominated by the Re- 
publicans of Hamilton and Madison Counties as 
their candidate for Judge, but was defeated, Madi- 
son County giving about the same majority Demo- 
cratic that Hamilton gave Republican. He has three 
children living, two sons and one daughter, all of 
whom arc married. His oldest son is a fine law^-er, 
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cashier of the Citizens' State Bank of Noblesville. 
Mr. Shirts lias written many very readaijle ar- 
ticles iipcin the pioneer history and times of Hamil- 
ton County, and it may be said that he is an au- 
thority on this subject. In business he has been a 
success, having accumulated a competency for use 
in his old age. He proposes soon to retire from 
the practice and devote his attention to writing 
a pioneer liistory of his native county. Having 
risen from obscurity and poverty to his present 
position in society, his life will be an example for 
struggling young men in the condition in which 
he found himself in his youth, and they may, if 
they will, profit tiiereby. 



eALVIN H. ALLEN, Auditor of Madison 
County, and a prominent and enterprising 
citizen of Anderson, was born in Van Bu- 
ren Township, this county, on the 6th of Novem- 
ber, 1859. His father Harrison, and his grand- 
father, Richard, were both natives of North Caro- 
lina, and were of Welsh descent. The latter, who 
was a farmer by occupation, brought his family to 
Indiana in an early day, making the journey 
overland with team and wagon, and locating near 
Milton, Wayne County. Thence in 1845 he 
came to Van Ruren Township, Madison County, 
and settled on a new farm of eighty acres, which 
he improved and operated until his death. 

Harrison Allen was but twelve years old when 
his father removed to Wayne County, Ind. He 
assisted in maintaining his father's family by 
stripping tan bark at a salary of twenty-five cents 
a day. He was married in Wayne County to 
Jane Campbell in 1845, and shortly afterward re- 
moved to Van Bnren Township, Madison County, 
where he purchased a quarter-section of land in 
the unbroken forest, building a log cabin thereon, 
and began the battle of life. By his untiring in- 
dustry and frugal efforts he succeeded not only in 
causing the golden grain to grow where the prim- 
eval forest lately stood, but also in adding some 



land to the original 



three hundred acres mor< 
homestead. 

After liis lirst wifcdi,.,]. 11.,,,-rison Allen married 
again, and later located in SunimitviUe, where his 
death occurred in 1884. It was the result of an 
accident; having m.-islied one of his fingers in an 
old reaper, blood poison soon afterward set in and 
resulted in lockjaw, which terminated fatally. In 
his religious connections he was a (Jerm.an Baptist, 
and an active member of llmt den..inin:ilion. The 
mother of oui- ^ulijeet, .I:uie (.'anipbell. was a 
native of West Virginia, and died in 1«72. Her 
father, Abraham Campbell, was born in Ireland, 
whence he emigrated to America, settling in West 
Virginia, and removing from tliere lo Wavne 
County, Ind., where he remained until his death. 
In the family of Harrison Allen there were 
eleven children, seven of whom attained the age 
of maturity, and four are now living. Of these, 
Calvin II. was next to the youngest. He was 
reared on his father's farm, and in the district 
schools received the advantages of a common- 
school education. When eighteen years of age, he 
engaged as a clerk in Lowell, Ind., but after re- 
maining tliere for n short time returned to the old 
homestead. At White Pigeon, Mich., in 1879, he 
married Miss Addie Weaver, who was born in But- 
ler County, Ohio. The f.athcr of Mrs. Allen, 
Henry Weaver, of Pennsylvania, engaged in farm- 
ing in Ohio, and later removed to Vermilion 
County, 111., settling near Hoopeston,and remained 
there until his death in 1885. Mrs. Allen was 
very young when her mother, Mrs. Weaver, died. 
After his marriage, Mr. Allen became the pos- 
sessor of his paternal grandfather's farm of eighty 
acres, which is located adjoining the new corporate 
limits of Summitville. He engaged in farmino- 
until 1881, when, in partnership with his brother, 
J. O., he purchased a hardware store in Summit- 
ville and conducted a flourishing business for a 
few years. In 1884, on account of ill health, he 
sold his interest in the establishment and went 
on the road as a traveling salesman for the fiim of 
Aultman, Miller >t Co.. representing them in vari- 
ous ijarts of Indiana for three years or more. Re- 
turning to Summitville, he had cluarge of the ele- 
vator for Pierson it Co. for two years. 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Mids. 
Mr. 



152 ^ 

In 1888 Mr. Allen was a candidate for Sheriff, 
but was defeated, aiUiougli lie stood well, being 
the second among four candidates for the nomina- 
tion. In 1890 he was successful as the candi- 
date for the office of County Auditor on tlie Dem- 
ocratic ticlvet, running thirtj-eiglit votes ahead of 
the state ticket. In 1891 he worked for McCor- 
miek & Co., dealers in .agricultural implements, 
until he assumed the duties of his position, No- 
vember 1 of that year, to serve for a term of four 
years. He usually employs two or three assistants, 
and under his iiersonal supervision the large bus- 
iness connected with the office is systematically 
and efficiently conducted. 

Mr. and Mrs. Allen liave established a pleasant 
home in Anderson, where they hospitably wel- 
come and entertain their large circle of fi 
They are the parents of one child, Sarah F, 
Allen is one of the original stockholders of the 
Johnson Land Company, of Sumniitville, one of 
the flourishing towns of tlie county. He is well- 
to-do and has extensive and valuable property in- 
terests in Summitville, as well as in other parts of 
Madison County. Socially, be is identified with 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a 
Past Grand of Summitville Lodge No. 475, of 
Summitville, and also a member of Star Encamp- 
ment No. 84, of Anderson. lie is also a mem- 
ber of the Daughters of Kebekah, the Masonic 
fraternity and the Mingo Tribe of the Red Men. 
Politically, lie is active in the Democratic party, 
being one of its leaders in this section of the state. 



3****1 



li^i ICIIAEL BROMNENBERG, Jh. One of 
///\V *''® finest farms of Madison County is 
I |V, owned and operated by the gentleman 
III with whose name we introduce this sketch 

and whose efforts have materially enhanced the 
progress of Union Township. This farm, which 
consists of two hundred and one and one-half 
acres, is located on section 1 1 , and is devoted to 
the raising of cereals, as well as the pasturage of 
stock. Mr. Bronnenbcrg has made a specialty of 
Stock-raising, in which lie has achieved success 



equal to, if not surpassing, that which has re- 
warded his general farming enterprises. 

Born in Delaware County, Ind.,on the 30th of 
March, 1843, our subject is the son' of John and 
Bethana (Nelson) Bronnenberg, natives respect- 
ively of Pennsylvania and Ohio. The fatlier 
when quite young accompanied his parents from 
Pennsylvania to Indiana, where he settled in 
Madison County, being reared to manhood there. 
In his youth he engaged in pioneer work, clear- 
ing land and tilling soil. He was accustomed to 
use a team of oxen and a wooden mold-board 
plow in breaking the land, and without the ad- 
vantage of any of the implements which have fa- 
cilitated modern farming, he worked patiently, 
untiringly, and with ultimate success. - 

Our subject is one of twelve children, of whom 
the following survive: Barbara, wife of Martin 
Campbell; Frederick; Hulda, wife of Joseph Pugs- 
ley; Michael, of this sketch; Harvey; John; Henry; 
Josephine, wife of Casper Campbell, and Peter. 
The three deceased are Franklin, Sarah and an 
infant. The father of this family, shortly after 
his marriage, removed to Delaware County, Ind., 
settling on a farm adjoining the Union Township, 
Madison County line. At the time he located on 
the place no improvements had been made in this 
vicinity, and on every side were dense forests. 
The log cabin which he erected and in which his 
family made their home for many years is still 
standing on the old home in Delaware County. 
He engaged in agricultural pursuits until his 
death, which occurred in 1873. He was survived 
for many years by his wife, who passed away May 
5,1893. They were members of the sturdy race 
of pioneers now so rapidly passing from among 
us, .and their kindly deeds and unfailing hospital- 
ity made them very popular among the people of 
this section of the state. In politics he was a 
Democrat, alwa.ys voting the party ticket. 

A farmer from youth and a life long resident of 
Indiana, our subject thoroughly understands agri- 
culture in every detail, and, uses good judgment 
in his farming operations. In his boyhood he 
walked two miles to school each morning during 
the winter seasons, while his summers were de- 
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tive of Indiana, was Miss Martha E., daugliter of 
Andrew and Artemesia (White) Sheets. They are 
tlie parents of five cliiidren, as follows^ Clara, 
wife of Alexander (^iiinn; Maggie, deceased; 
FniiiUhii. Walter and Russell. In the spring of 
IK.si', Mr. IJrounenberg came to his present farm, 
which, as above stated, contains two hundred and 
one and one-half acres, and lie has since resided 
there. Although not an active partisan, he is firm 
in his allegiance to the principles of the Demo- 
criitic party, and gives Ins support to that [loliti- 
cal organization. 

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J I ONAS IIANP^Y. As a representative of the 
j progressive, enterprising citizens to whom 
Madison County is so largely indebted for 
its material progress, we take pleasure in 

presenting the name and a brief record of the life 
of Jonas Hauey, the owner of a farm on section 
14, Richland Township. In connection with his 
farming operations he has for many years also en- 
gaged in stock-raising, in which he has met with 
more than ordinary success, being recognized as 
one of the most eflicient and cajjable agriculturists 
of his township. 

In referring to the history of our subject's pa- 
rents we find that he is a son of .Samuel and Cath- 
erine (Long) Ilaiiey, the former a native of Penn- 
sylvania and the latter of Maryland. In 1838 
Samuel Ilaney accompanied by his family migrated 
to Indiana and made settlement in Delaware 
County, becoming a i)ioneer of Center Township. 
He settled a short distance from tlie village of 
Muncie, making his home for a time in a log cabin. 
As prosperity crowned liis exertions lie was en- 
abled to replace the jirimitive liouse with a sub- 
stantial structure, containing ail the comforts of 
life. There he spent liis declining years and there 
his life work ended. He passed away in 1865. 
He was qualified by nature for tiie task of clearing 
a home from the wildnerness, and through indus- 
try and perseverance gained a high place in the 
regard of his fellow-pioneers. In all matters of 
public importance he possessed the courage of his 



convictions, and was the unwavering champion of 
j right and justice. 

In the parental fainil3' there were four cliildron, 
Elizabeth, who is the wife of .\mos Yctter; Jonas, 
the subject of this liiographiral notice; S.-uiiiU'l 
and Eva. The elder >oii was boiii in Ohio July 
2, 1832, and wns reared to manlioo<i in Delaware 
County, Iiid., his youth lieing spent upon his fath- 
er's farm. In an early day he engaged in farming 
ill thai locality and ai<led in clearing large tracts 
of valuMble land. Ili.s rudimentary ediiealion was 
receiveil in a log cabin, rudely constructed and 
containing only a few articles of furniture. He 
is well posted upon all current topics and is a 
thoughtful reader and observer. 

The marriage of Jonas Haney and .Miss Minerva 
Buflington took place in November, 18.')5. The 
bride was a native of Delaware County, Ind., and 
a daughter of William Hutiington, an early settler 
of Center Township, Del.'iwaie County. Of this 
union there have been born nine childien, seven 
of whom are living, namely: William, Alfred; 
Martha, wife of P. M. Clem; P]mory; Elizabeth, 
who married John Conner; Simetha and .Marion. 
About 1868 Mr. Ilaney located uiioii the farm 
which has since been his home. For a time he 
lived in a log cabin in the woods, but gradually 
succeeded in clearing the land and afterward re- 
placed the pioneer home with a substantial struc- 
ture. He is now the owner of one hundred acres, 
which has been acquired through the exercise of 
good business judgment and enterprise. Though 
not partisan in his opinions he is a stanch Re- 
publican and always supjiorts party principles. 
His first Presidential ballot was cast for Cen. 
John C. Fremont. 



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R. L. F. PRESTON. After the d..vel..pmeiit 
of natural g.as at Anderson, the first man 
in the medical profession to realize the 
great possibilities of the place was Dr. L. V. Pres- 
ton, of Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, and he was 
the first physician to add his name to Anderson's 
roster. Dr. Preston was born at Rii)ley, on July 
10, 1857. He is the son of Peter Preston, who 



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was born in Charleston, Va., now West Virginia. 
The grandfatlier, Daniel, was also born near 
Charleston and died in Virginia. He was of Eng- 
lish origin, and belonged to one of the first fami- 
lies in the old Virginia days. Dr. Preston's father 
left Virginia and located at Ripley, Ohio, where he 
engaged in general merchandising. In the early 
river navigation days he ran ttatboats from Ripley 
to New Orleans, making five or six trips per year. 
In all he made one hundred and fifty trips, and 
was universally successful from a business stand- 
point. After tlie war he again engaged in the 
business and continued until his death in Septem- 
ber, 1881. He accumulated large land holdings in 
Ohio and Kentucky. 

Dr. Preston's mother, Emily Collins, was born 
in Madison County, Ky., of which state her pa- 
rents were natives. She still lives at the age of 
sixty-four years (1893). Grandfather Collins 
was in the War of 1812. Tlie father was twice 
married. Of the first wife there were three chil- 
dren, all of whom are deceased. Of tlie second 
marriage the subject of this sketch is the fourth 
child. He was reared on a farm near Ripley, and 
as a youth had common-school advantages. He 
remained at home until 1877, when he began to 
study medicine under Dr. .1. L. Wylie, having 
early developed a desire to follow that profession. 
In 1879 he entered the Ohio Medical College at 
Cincinnati, and was graduated in 1881 witii the 
degree of M. D. He began practicing at Ripley, 
and there remained until 1888, when he located in 
Anderson, opening an office in the Robinson & 
Lovett Building, on the nortli side of the public 
square, No 12^ East Eight Street. Although en- 
gaging in general practice he makes a specialty of 
diseases of women. 

Dr. Preston is a splendid specimen of physical 
manhood. He has been eminentlj' successfiil, and 
has accumulated considerable property. He de- 
veloped a mineral well, the water of which con- 
tains all the properties of tlie Martinsville water, 
and is most eflicacious in the case of rheumatism, 
kidney and stomach troubles. Tlie water is pleas- 
ant to the taste and lias grown into popularity. 

Socially he is a member of tlie encampment of 
the Independent Order of Odd I'Y'llows, and Min- 



go Tribe of Red Men. He is the examining phy- 
sician for the Life Insurance Company of Mont- 
pelier, Vt., Cnion Central Life and other compan- 
ies. In politics he is a Democrat. 

On August 14, 1884, Dr. Preston was married 
to Miss Lizzie AV., daughter of Dr. T. B. Wylie, of 
Ripley, Ohio, where she was born. Her father be- 
longed to a family of phj-sicians. The relations of 
Doctor and Mrs. Preston with the people of An- 
derson are very pleasant, and they are prominent 
factors in society at this place. 



^HRI 

or 



HRISTIAN & CHRISTIAN is the firm name 
ider which two of the leading attorneys 
of Noblesville conduct an extensive prac- 
tice. The members of the firm are William S. and 
Ira W., both prominent and influential lawyers of 
Hamilton County, the former of whom was born 
in this county July 1.5, 1857, and the latter Octo- 
ber 25, 1855. Their parents are mentioned in 
connection with the sketch of J. R. Christian on 
another page of this work. Ira W. was reared to 
manhood upon the home farm, and in the district 
schools became familiar with the rudiments of 
knowledge. At the age of nineteen he entered 
Butler University, where he remained for three 
years. He then became a student in the Univer- 
sity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, spending one }'ear 
in the literary department and two years in the 
law department, and graduating in 1882. 

William S. conducted his legal studies in the 
office of Moss & Stephenson, with whom he after- 
ward formed a partnership under the firm name 
of Moss, Stephenson & Christian. Ira formed a 
a partnership in November, 1883, with his brother, 
.1. R., and together they practiced law for a year, 
when William S. succeeded J. R. in the firm. In 
November, 1887, Ira W. was elected County Clerk 
and served in that capacity for four years. The 
firm was employed as attorneys for the county in 
1886 and still holds the appointment. They now 
have an extensive and profitalile practice, for abil- 
ity and merit have won for them an enviable rep- 
utation and gained for them a liberal patronage. 
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supported the principles of that party since they 
became voters, believing its platform will subserve 
the best interests of the people. 

On the I'.ith of September, 188:3, Ira W. Chris- 
tian was united in marriage with Miss Mary Dur- 
bin, who was born in Edinburgh, Ind., and is a 
daughter of T. J. and Martha (I)e I'ree) Durbin. 
Her parents ueiv natives ,,l' Iiidi;uia, to wliicli 
state lier grandpaivnl,- eann' abdut 1821. They 
were members of tlie fanning eommunity and 
spent their last days on their old homestead. Mrs. 
Christian, the only child of her parents, w.as edu- 
cated in I'.uthM' I'niversity and is a refined and 
accomplished lady, '.vho has made many friends 
throughout the eommunity. By lier marriage slie 
has become tiie motiier of two children: Paul D., 
who was born June 10. 1885; and Iladdee, who 
was born on the 21st of .lune, 18'J1. Ira W. and 
his wife are faithful members of the Disciples' 
Church, and arc prominent in their commuuiLy, 
holdina; an enviable position in social circles. 



jTiOIIX HARRISON is one of the representa- 
II five men whose record in the development 
^ I of Hamilton County is worthy of study b}' 
^gf' the young men of the present day. A res- 
ident of Delaware Township since he was two 
months old, he was born in Marion County, Ind., 
five miles north of Indianapolis, April .'i, 18.'?1. He 
is one in a family of nine children, of whom two 
daughters and three sons are deceased. Those who 
are now living are: W. II., a resident of Nobles- 
ville; Sarah, wife of Mr. Richwine, of Sheridan, 
Ind.; Elizabeth, the wife of George Vallanding- 
ham, of La Salle County, Ind.; and the subject of 
tliis sketch. 

The father of this famil}', Samuel Harrison, was 
born near Harper's Ferry, Va., in the year 1792. 
When quite young lie settled in Marion County, 
Ind., whence a few years afterward he removed to 
Delaware Township, Hamilton County. By trade a 
blacksmith, he followed that occupation through- 
out his entire active life, and in connection there- 
with also superintended the large farm which he 



owned. His death occurred in I8G2, at tlie age of 
seventy. His wife bore the inaidcm name of I'olly 
Beaver, and was a native of Pennsylvania, I'cing 
a daughter of Christian I'.eaver, of the Keystone 
State. She died about 1840. 

At the age of thirteen the subject of this sketch 
bound himself out for a period of three years to 
learn the trade of a carpenter. ;ind at the expira- 
tion of bis perioil oi iippreiit leesliip e. ,iiiinenee<i to 
work at his chosen oecupaliou. uliieli he followed 
forlwenty-Mx years. In adclitioii lo earpenlering 
he did considerable e.-ibinet work and undertaking, 
and being unusually h.-nidy m all kinds of me- 
chanieal work, be did his own blacksmiMiiiig and 
other special lines of farming. His estate of four 
hundred and fifty acres in its present develop- 
ment is a marked example of what intelligent 
tre:itineiil and ililigent elTort well applied will 
accomplish toward subduiiiu land and rendering il 
valuable. About three hundred acres of Ins farm 
are under cultivation, and a large part of the 
pro|)erty has been deveUiped fnnii an almost 
worthless cmdition through judicious tiling. Mi'. 
Harrison having used in the impiajvement of his 
properly between live tliousand and six thousand 
rods of tiling, a record probably not equalled by 
any farmer of Hamilton County. 

In addition to raising wheat, corn and oats. .Mr. 
Harrison devotes considerable attention to stiick- 
raising, making a specialty of high-grade Short- 
liorn cattle. Upon his farm is located a gas well, 
from wliicli he sup|)lies about, eighty stoves and 
two hundred and lifty lights. In public aflairs he 
is always interested, and has ser\eil in a number 
of important and honorable positions, having been 
Township Assessor on gravel roads and ditches 
within the township. He has been appointed as- 
signee in the settlement of estates, and when 
County Treasurer EUer became a defaulter was a))- 
pointed with two others, by bondsmen, to settle 
the business, which settlement covered a period of 
about five years. He was for two years Treas- 
urer of the Hamilton County Fair .\ssociation, 
and later owned ahalf-interest in the amphithe- 
atre. In politics he has alw:iys been a Hepiihlican, 
and IS deeply interested in the principles and suc- 
cess of the party. 



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In 1853 Mr. Hanison became a niembev of the 
Masonic order, and is now identified with Hamil- 
ton Lodge No. 503, atFjsher's Switch. For forty 
years he has been a warm friend of the order, and 
has been prominent in the local lodge with wiiich 
he is identified. Contemplating a partial retire- 
ment from active farming life, he is now building 
a residence'in the city of Noblesville in which he 
expects to spend liis remaining years. The house 
is being constructed after his own plans, from tim- 
ber secured upon his farm, and the work from the 
first has been under his personal supervision. 

Tlje marriage of Mr. Harrison occurred in 1853, 
and united him with Miss Nancy M. Brandon, of 
Fall Creek Township. Hamilton County, Mrs. 
Harrison was born in Indiana, and is the only 
daughter in a family of five children, her parents 
being Henry and Emilia (Sloon) Brandon. For 
many years she has maintained an enviable repu- 
tation in the dairy which is her individual enter- 
prise, and the butter and milk which she sells com- 
mands a ready market at good prices. Mr. and 
Mrs. Harrison have had a large family, but four 
daughters and one son died in childhood. Sur- 
viving are five sons: W. H. Frank, who is a resi- 
dent of Noblesville and is engaged in gas drill- 
ing; A. C, a diuggist residing in Fisher's Switch; 
James E., wiio is also in the gas business; John C. 
and Samuel, who reside upon the farm. 



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JrOHN GUY, a substantial farmer of Fall 
I Townsiiip, residing on section 31, is num- 
ll bered among the early settlers of the coun- 
,^' ty, and for many years has been a witness 
of its growth and development. The record of 
his life IS as follows: He was born January 29, 
1819, in Gallia County, Oiiio, and is a son of Rob- 
ert and Elizabeth (Van Zant) Guy. The family 
is of Irish origin. 'Ihe father was born in Green- 
brier County, Va., April 3, 1793, and in an early 
day removed to Ohio, where he bought a farm. 
In the fall of 1832 he came to Madison County 
and purchased one hundred and sixty acres on sec- 
tion 31, Fall Creek Township, where his death 
occurred in September, 1,S3I. He was an .active 



and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. His wife was born in the Old Dominion 
June 17, 1797, and after the death of Mr. Guy 
she married Stephen Masters. With her children 
she removed to Wisconsin, where she departed this 
life at the age of eighty-tliree, in the faith of tlie 
Methodist Church. Slie had seven children: John, 
of this sketch; Fllijah V.. who died in Illinois; 
Robert A., of Wisconsin; Lorenzo D.; Mrs. Louisa 
J. McDonald, of Wisconsin; James A., who died 
in that state; and William W., who died m Ply- 
mouth. 

John Gu}-, whose name heads tiiis record, was 
educated in the primitive log schoolhouse, witli 
its puncheon floor and slab seats. He was early 
inured to hard labor and bore all the experiences 
and privations of frontier life. He worked by the 
day and montii until after his father's death, when 
he took charge of the home farm, on which he lias 
since resided. He now owns one hundred and 
thirty-five acres of good land, and as a result of 
the care and cultivation bestowed upon it. it 
yields a golden tribute. There are good buildings 
upon the place, and all of its improvements stand 
as monuments to his thrift and enterprise. 

On the 24th of March, 1842, Mr. Guy married 
Miss Lavina McCarty, who was born in Green 
Township, this county, January 17, 1826, and is a 
daughter of William and Lucinda (Pearson) Mc- 
Carty. Her father was a farmer and came from 
Wayne County, Ind., to Madison County, about 
1816. He is therefore numbered among its first 
settlers. He cleared and improved a farm of one 
hundred and sixty acres. He was a charter mem- 
ber of the Methodist Church, and his home was 
open for the reception of all Methodists in an 
early day. His birth occurred January 3, 1797, 
and he died January 14, 1855. His wife, who was 
born November 22, 1803, passed away February 
20, 1848. Their children were Sarah, wiio died in 
childhood; Rebecca, deceased; Lavina; James P., 
deceased; Delilah J., of Hartford City; Mrs. Per- 
melia E. Wilson; Wesley S., of Kansas; Mrs. Lu- 
cinda G. Cummins, deceased; William E., of 
Winchester; T. B., wiio died at the age of ten ; and 
Charles, of Indianapolis. After the death of his 
first wife, Mr. McCarty married Delilah Goe, and 



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they li;i<l two rliildifii: AImu/.o ami Angeline. 
Unto Ml. ami Mi>. Cuy wciv born four children. 
James V. died at the age of thirteen; John F. 
died at the age of three; Lorenzo D. married 
Nora Chapman, and they iiave four children, Edna 
C, Orville D., Addie P. and Eleanor M. Martha 
J. is the wife of Charles F. Bundy, of Hancock 
County, by whom she has live children., Enid (i., 
May G., Connie 15., Pearl and Charles F. 

The parents have been life-long members of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, and take an active 
interest in all that pertains to its upbuilding. 
They are honored and respected citizens of the 
community, and it is with pleasure that we present 
to our readers this record of their lives. 

ERBDit'riI STANLEY, an honored pioneer 
of Madison County, Ind., and a 
well known and enterprising general agri- 
culturist and stock-raiser, long identified 
with the growing interests and rapid advancement 
of the state, has for many years been numbered 
among the substantial and pro.->|)erons residents of 
Anderson Township. 

Our subject, a native of Ohio, and born in Gallia 
County May 2.'), 1825, was the son of John and 
Mary (Perkins) Stanley, both natives of tiie Buck- 
eye State, and there carefully reared and educated. 
In the very early part of this century Grandfather 
Stanley, born in the sunny south, and a native of 
South Carolina, removed to the north and located 
in Ohio, then a wilderness with a few scattering 
towns, the entire state being sparsely settled. 
When our subject was only a little lad his parents 
journeyed to the adjoining state of Indiana, and 
with their family located in Wayne County. About 
IS,'?/ they removed to Madison County, from 
that time until their death their permanent home. 
For some length of time the father and mother 
continued their residence in Adams Township, 
but at the exi)iration of a number of years finally 
removed to Anderson Township, locating on the 
old iiomcstead, where our subject now resides. 
John Stanley, a life-long fanner, at first entered 



from the (iovernment forty acres at *l.2.'i per .■icre. 
and at once settled in the lu'art of the woods. 
around and through which roamiM! wolves and 
deer and a variety of game. 

After occupying for a luief period tliis land. 
and having already made a small ele:i)inL; in its 
center, the father disposed of it, and makin- a 
trade, received in exchange one hundred and three 
acres of land, the old farm now in the possession 
of Merideth Stanley, The land, situated in the 
dense woods, was entirely unimproved. 'I'hc 
father toiling early and late built a log cabin, 
cleared the land, and brought a good portion of it 
under cultivation before Heath claimed him. 
It is now forty years since the father, who had 
with a stout heart shared saeriliees and [iiix-ations, 
passed away, and in the changing seasons of the 
two-score years a wondrous liaiisformation has 
been wrought. 

The parents, hard-working, enterprising citizens, 
welcomed to their homes and hearts elex'en sons 
and daughters, of whom the following snivived to 
reach mature age: John II., .lohial, Elijah, Eliza- 
beth and Js'ancy. Politically a Democrat, the father 
was an ardent advocate of the party. Init never 
had any aspirations to occupy public olHee. Our 
subject, educated in the scho<ils of Madison Coun- 
ty, attained to adult age a s(df-reliant and ambi- 
tious man. From his youth he had assisted in the 
labors of the farm and has gained a practical ex- 
perience, well fitting him to successfully conduct 
agricultural pursuits. 

In the month of April, 1844, Merideth Stanley 
and Miss Elizabeth Rector were joined in wed- 
lock, T'he first wife not long surviving her 
marriage, our subject a second time entered matri- 
monial bonds and took unto himself as a wife Miss 
Emily Ilarmeson, who bore him four children, of 
whom the two surviving are Parley A, and John 
II. .Some time after the death of the second wife, 
Mr, Stanley was united in marriage with Miss 
Nancy J, Ilarmeson, his present wife. Nine chil- 
dren, of whom seven are living, blessed this union: 
Charles; Carrie, the wife of Jesse Toops; Will- 
iam, Alonzo, Lewis, Benjamin M, and Eliza E, Mrs, 
Stanley is a native of Ohio and was born in the 
year 183o, March IK, She is a sister of J, T, 



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Harmeson, mentioned elsewhere in tbis work, 
a man of enterprise and wealth. Owning one 
hundred and forty-three acres of fertile land, aunii- 
aily yielding an abundant harvest, our subject has 
been financially prospered. He and his good wife 
iiave been eye witnesses of the rapid advancement 
of the vital interests of Indiana, and, earnest, cour- 
ageous and enterprising, have aided in the devel- 
opment of their home locality. But comparatively' 
few years have passed since the golden grain of 
Indiana was cut with a sickle, and the plows in use 
were of the most primitive manufacture. To-day 
no state boasts of more advanced farming imple- 
ments, Indiana rapidly keeping pace with her sister 
states. Politic-all}' a Democrat, and a public-spir- 
ited citizen, Mr. Stanley, a worthy representative 
of the old pioneers, has with a ready hand as- 
sisted in all matters of local welfare. He is widely 
known, and is univeisally regarded with respect 
and thorough confidence. 



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^. HARLES LEE ARMINGTON, M. D., County 
l|( ^, Coroner, City and Township Physician for 
^^^ the Jail and Orphans' Home, and a practicing 
physician and surgeon of Anderson, was bo.rn in 
Vevay, Switzerland County, Ind., on the 23d of 
February, 1847. His father, Dr. John L. Arming- 
ton, was born at Ballston Springs, N. Y. The 
grandfather, Benjamin, a native of Rhode Island, 
was by occupation a carpenter and removed to 
ISallstou Springs, and later to Pahnyra, N. Y., 
where he owned the farm opposite Bible Hill, so 
named because of being the hill where Joseph 
Smith alleged he found the Mormon Bible, or 
Book of Mormon. Upon this farm, which was 
three miles from Palmyra, he died at the age of 
eighty years. The Armington family is of French 
and English descent. 

John L. Armington was graduated from the 
Louisville Medical College with tiie degree of 
M. D., and began the practice of his profession 
at Vevay. In 1848 he located at Greens- 
l)urg, where he practiced until 1857. Proceeding 
to Minnesota he located at Cannon Flails, after 
remaining for a time at Hastings. He bought a 



farm and practiced until the war came, when he 
entered the Second Minnesota Regiment as assis- 
tant surgeon. He saw service at Perryville, Crab 
Orchard, Murfreesboro and other places, and then 
was appointed on the board of examining pliysi- 
cians for the Array of the Cumberland for the dis- 
charge of soldiers, and was assigned to duty with 
General Steadman's brigade. Afterward he was 
appointed physician for Hospital No. 1 at Gallatin, 
Tenn., and later was transferred to the Army of 
the West, where he was surgeon of the Second 
Cavalry under General Polk until the close of the 
war in 1865. At the battle of Periyville his 
horse was killed, as also was his servant. 

In 1866 Dr. J. L. Armington located at North- 
field, Minn., and subsequently at Minneapolis and 
Marsiiall, where he practiced medicine. He is 
eighty years of age (1893), but veiy active. He 
is surgeon of a post of the Grand Army, a Knight 
Templar, and a prominent Odd Fellow. He has 
devoted himself to the practice of medicine since 
his graduation in 1839. His wife was Eliza B. 
Lee, a native of Philadelphia and the daughter of 
Charles W. Lee, who was also born in Philadel- 
phia. He was an officer in the United States 
army, being for a time a line officer in the F'ifteenth 
Infantry, but when he died at thirty-four years of 
age held the rank of Colonel. He was a relative 
of Gen. Robert Fl Lee. The Doctor's mother 
died at Greeusburg in 1849. 

The subject of this sketch is the youngest and 
the only survivor of four children. He was reared 
in Indiana until ten years of age, when his parents 
moved to Minnesota. There he pursued a select 
course in the Minnesota Central University. In 
1865 he entered the University of Miciiigan at 
Ann Arbor, and after a j-ear in the literary course 
conducted the studies of the law department for 
one year. Upon his return home he began the 
practice of law, but his father being anxious for 
him to study medicine, he entered the medical 
department at Ann Arbor in 1867 and remained 
for two years. Returning to Noi thfield he engaged 
in the practice of medicine until 1871, when he 
was appointed assistant physician in the Indiana 
Hospital for the Insane. 

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Doctor resigned and returned to Miiuirapolis, 
wlicre lie followed his profession until |.S7(i. lie 
tlien removed to Indianapolis and practiced until 
\»79, wiien lie located at Ciiesterlield. In 18.s(; 
lie was graduated Irom the Central College of 
Physicians and Surgeons of Indianapolis, being 
llie valedictorian of his class. In 1891 he located 
iu Anderson, and has since cf)nducted a general 
piactice here. He was appointed Count}' Coroner to 
lill out the unexpired eighteen months' term of the 
l.'ite Dr. William Hunt, and has been twice elected 
by the peoi)le to the same position on the D(uno- 
cratic ticket. Since IS'JI he has been physician 
for the city and the ()r|)lians' Home. Socially he 
is a mcnibor of Rn|icr Comiiiandery, K. T., of 
Indinnnpolis. and is au VAk. a Red .Man and 
Kniglit of VytUuK. 

In 1873 at liloomington, III.. Dr. Arminglon 
.■uid Miss Emma, daughter of Hannibal 'I'atfe, of 
Indianapolis, were united in marriage. Their 
union has been blessed by three interesting chil- 
dren: Birdie L., Katie E. and John C. He and 
his family are comfortably domiciled in their 
home at the corner of Pros|)cct Street and Central 
Avenue. 



jl7 EVI P. FODKEA. Among the citizens of 
I /©) Noblesville who are filling otHcial [wsi- 
j La^ tions of trust and honor, discharging with 
ability the duties incumbent ui)on them, conspicu- 
ous mention belongs to the subject of tlfis biograph- 
ical notice, who is Recorder of Ilaiiiilton Coun- 
ty. Having spent his entire life in the immediate 
vicinity of his present place of residence, he is fa- 
miliarly known to the citizens of the county, and 
is universally esteemed. He has witnessed and 
contributed to the material, moral and social de- 
velopment of Noblesville, and, during the half 
century t>f his life, has lieeii an imporlaiil factor in 
its progress. 

The Fodrea family was represented in North 
Carolina early in the present centuiy. In that 
state the father of our subject, David Fodrea, was 
born, and thence emigrated to Indiana, settling in 
the vicinity of Westfield, Hamilton County, iu 



1810. A man of proinin 
he was known as a [iinno 
warm friend of the temp 
ligions convictions he w: 



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ed AlM,liti<ini>l and :i 
lice cause. In his re- 
lentified with the So- 



, (laugii 



cietyof Friends. He mniried Miss 
ter of Benjamin and Ruth Davis, and a native of 
North Carolina. The Davis family originated in 
England. Mrs. Davis attained the .•idvanced .age 
of ninety-three years, d^ ing in Hamilton County. 

Levi P. Fodrea was born In Ilaniiltoii County, 
NovtMiilier II, l.si-1. nnd spent his youthful years 
upon a fanii licic. gainiiiL; a tlidrougli knowledge 
of agriculture in it> various branches. He was a 
mere lad when the Civil War l.roki' out, threaten- 
ing the disruption <4 the Nation and the ruin of 
the country. AIIIk.uuIi the S,,cict,y of Friends, 
in which faith he had been ivar.'d, (.pposed war- 
fare, his patriolisii! was liied to such au extent 
that he offered his services in the defense of the 
Lnion. In 1862, when only seventeen years of 
age, he enlisted a> a nieniber <>f C<iinpany .\, One 
Hundred and First Indiana Intantry, which was as- 
signed to the Fourteenth Army Corps, command- 
ed first bj' General Thomas, and later by Gen. J. 
C. Davis, in Sherman's army. With his regiment 
our subject took an active part in the battles of 
Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Dalton , Resaca, Atlan- 
ta and Jouesboro. He also bore a part in the cam- 
paign after General Hood, and participated in Sher- 
man's march to the sea, traveling through Georgia 
and the Carolinas, and witnessing the surrender 
of General Johnston. Later, he marched to Wash- 
ington, D. C. and took part in the Grand Review. 

At the close of the war. .Mr. I'odrea was mus- 
tered out of service at Louisville, Ky., June 24, 
1865. At the first reunion of his regiment, he was 
appointed its historian and prepared an account 
of its deliberations and operations, which was ac- 
cepted as a correct and accurate history. Upon 
his return to Hamilton County, he engaged in 
farming in Washington Township, but on account 
of ill health he was obliged to abandon that occu- 
pation. Removing to Wcsttiehl, he tuiiie(l his .at- 
tention to teaching penmanship, and was thus en- 
gaged for fourteen years. 

A stanch and enthusiastic Republican in poli- 
tics, Mr. Fodrea was elected upon the ticket of 



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that party to the position of County Recorder iu 
the fall of 1890. He is an able and efficient officer, 
and gives to the duties of his position his faith- 
ful and undivided attention, displaying the pos- 
session of rare acumen and general knowledge. 
Socially, he affiliates with Westfield Post, G. 
A. R. In 1867 he was united in marriage with 
Miss Martha J., daughter of William 15aldwin, one 
of the early settlers of Hamilton County. The 
marriage has resulted in the birtii of sis children, 
namely: Lutitia, Theodosia, William L., Lefita, 
Tliresa and Viola. Mr. Fodrea and his wife arc 
prominent in social circles of Noblesville and are 
active in the Friends' Church, with which they 
are identified. 

PRANK O. EPPLY. One of the most pains- 
taking of tlie public officials of the city of 
Anderson is Frank G. Epply,tlie City Clerk. 
He is a native of Maryland, and opened his eyes 
on the morning of tiie 4th of November, 1842, 
at Emmettsburg, that state. He was one of the 
two ciiildren of Adam and Jane (Grier) Epply. 
The father was born in Adams County, Pa., in the 
year 1814, and spent mostof his life in mercantile 
pursuits in the states of Ohio and Indiana. He 
was seventy years of age at tlie time of his death. 
Peter Kpply, the grandfather, was a native of 
Germany and came to America and settled wiien 
quite young. The mother of Mr. Epply was the 
daughter of the Rev. Robert S. Grier, a clergyman 
of the Presbyterian Church, who preached the 
doctrines of his church for half a century at 
Emmettsburg. He was of Scotch-Irisii descent 
and came of a family of Presbyterians and pieacii- 
ers. He died in 1866. 

Frank G. Epply spent most of his early life, in 
Cincinnati, Ohio, where he obtained most of his 
education. In the year 1808 he moved to Cam- 
l)iHlge City, Wayne County, Ind. Soon after 
arriving there he entered the retail dry-goods and 
notion business, in which he continued until 1872, 
when he retired. He then engaged in the real- 
eslate and insurance business, and received from 
the Governor the appointment of Notary Public. | 



In 1875, lie returned to Cincinnati and entered 
the service of a Cincinnati news company, which 
position he held until 1881, when he located in 
Anderson. Here he became book-keeper for the 
firm of I. D. Bosworth & Bro., planing-mill owners 
and lumber dealers, and continued in that capa- 
city for about five years. From 1886 to 1890 he 
performed the functions of Notary Public and en- 
gaged in the collection business. On the 1st of 
September, 1890, when Phillip M. Briggs became 
City Clerk, Mr. Epply was installed as deputy, 
and served as such during the term of two years. 
His service was appreciated by the people to such 
an extent that in May, 1892, they elected him to 
the Clerkship, and he took charge on the Isl of 
September following. He is a life-long and active 
Republican. 

On the 21st of September, 1869, Mr. Epply and 
Miss Katie M. Pettit we/-e married at Bushnell,Ill. 
She is the daughter of John H. Pettit, a well 
known citizen of the Ohio metropolis. They have 
had five children: Tommie N., who died December 
7, 1871, at Cambridge City; Julia May, Jessie Lu- 
elia, Frank A. and Katie M. Mr. and Mrs. Epply 
are members, .as are also the eldest children, of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

\ RS. HAMBLIN SHEPARD, who occupies a 
i\ pleasant home on section 1, White River 
Township, Hamilton County, is a native 
of the neighboring state of Ohio. She 
was born in Champaign County in 1831, and is a 
daughter of Francis G. and Jane (Lutz) Reynolds, 
who were of German descent. The father was 
born in Kentucky, and died in this county at the 
advanced age of eighty-one. His wife was a 
native of the Keystone State, and when a child 
went to Ohio. She died in this county in 1850. 
The Reynolds family numbered eight children, 
five of whom are yet living. 

Under the parental roof Eliza Reynolds spent 
the days of liei maidenhood, and after she had 
arrived at years of maturity she was married, on 
the 9th of December, 1855, to Hamblin Shepard. 
He was a native of Vermont, born September 3, 



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\H->->, niif] ;i soil of Dr. Uo.-uell SI 


.■|.aid. The 


to farming and mill 


ni,,Mi„re, 


ected the lir.'^t waler 


f;ithLT NV!is.i well known |ili ysiriaii. : 


nd for many 


gristmill on White 


River, li 


politics he was a 


years practice() medicine in Ohio. 11 


unlilin Shep- 


Whig. His children 


were Join 


, Ahrahatn, Xanev, 


aid e.Ktensively engaged in stock-dea 


ling, and all 


Isaac and Henry. 'I 


he fathei- 


Hed in 1811). The 


through the war made eonlraets witii 


the (ioveni- 


mother had died sev 


M-al years 


iri!vious,and he af- 



meiit for furnishing the ti oops with mules, horses, 
etc. lie was entirely a self-u-ade man. and through 
good business ahility, industry and perseverance 
won a coniforlalile conipeleiice, lie died Febru- 
ary 27, 18G7. 

.Mr. and Mrs. Shep^rd had f.Hir ehihiren. but 
only one is now living. Two died in infancy. 
Alma E., born September 0, 1856, was a beautiful 
and highly esteemed young lady, who died Octo- 
ber Iti, 1873; Eva H., who was born i\lay 7, 1802. 
liecame the wife' uf .loseplius S. KaUiii, who died 
Sei)tember 8, 1885. Two children graced this 
marriage, Grace and George llarnbliii. Mrs. Kakin 
and her children now live with Mrs. Shepard. 
The family occupy a iileasanl and comfortable 
home, where they are surrounded with all of the 
necessaries and many of the luxuries of life. 
They are widely known in the county, hold an 
enviable position in social circles, and have many 
warm friends, who esteem them highly for their 
worth and manv excellencies of character. 



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AIT WIHT1.\(;1-:R, who carries on gen- 
1 farming on seelion 8, Clay Town- 
ii) ship, Hamilton County, w.is born in Ma- 
rion County, Ind., in 1838. His grand- 
parents were .I.acoli and S;uali Whitinger, and the 
father of the former was a native of Germany, 
•lacob was boin in J'eniisylvania in I 784, and be- 
came a cooper. lie w.as entirely a self-made man. 
He began by lea.sing land, on which he worked in 
the day lime, while at night he worked at his tr.ade. 
He linally secured enough capital to purchase forty 
acres of wild land. This he afterwards sold and 
bought eighty acres of improved land. In 1822, 
he went with his family to Marion County, Ind., 
making the journey by wagon, and entered twelve 
hundred and eighty acres of land near where 
Indianapolis now stands. He gave his attention 



terwards married Mrs. ISarnliill. 

Henry Whiiiniicr, father of our subject, w.as 
born in Ohio in 17!H;, and acquired a good educa- 
tion. He married Susanna Ernest, whose grandfa- 
ther was of Scotch-Irish descent, and who at the age 
(■f sixteen entered the Colonial service, aiding in 
the struggle f<ir ludepondenee for five years. Mrs. 
Whitinger was born in Ohio in 1792. Hi her 
{ family were seventeen children, of whom three 
1 died in childhood. John, Ahniliam and Jacob are 
now deceased; Kli/.a is the wife of 11. Cruse; Mary 
is the <leeeased wife of 11. Newby; William aud 
Isaac have passed aw.ay; Samuel, James, Daniel 
and Henry are the next younger; Franklin is de- 
ceased; Susanna is the wife of William Smith, and 
Albert completes the family. The parents were 
members of the Reformed Baptist Church, and Mr. 
Whitinger was a Whig in politics. F'roin his fa- 
ther he received one hundred and sixty acres of 
land, and he entered eighty acres where the town 
of Nora now stands. To this he added until his 
possessions aggregated three hundred and sixty 
acres. His death occurred in .Alarion C(Uinty in 
1858, and his wife died in 188(!. 

Albert Whitinger acquired the greater part of 
his education in the subscription schools, and on 
his father's death he began earning his own liveli- 
hood. When a young man of twenty-one, he was 
joined in wedlock wfth Mary E. F'arley, daughter 
of William and F^liza (Dodd) Farley, and a native 
of Ti|iton County, Ind. Her brother Joseph died 
in Andersonville prison during the late war, and 
Daniel and Henry, brothers of our subject, were 
also numbered among the boys in blue. Three 
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Whitinger: 
Margaret A., wife of George Sellers; Klmcr, who 
married Carrie Hensley, and Albert. 

Mr. Whitinger rented land for about live years, 
and in 1869 came to Hamilton County, where he 
purchased eighty acres of good land. He now 
owns one hundred and twenty .acres, which are un- 
der a high state of cultivation and well improved. 



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He received thirty-six acres from his father's 
estate, but witli this exception, his entire posses- 
sions have been acquired tlirough his own efforts. 
He is fair and honorable in all his dealings, pos- 
sesses good business ability, and has therefore 
prospered. In politics, he advocates Republican 
principles, and in religious belief he and his wife 
are Methodists. 



•jlU ARRISOX BILLHYMER, an influential 
ilTji citizen, a representative general agricult- 
^%/^ uristand stock-raiser, widely and favorably 
i^; known throughout Hamilton County, Ind., 
has long been associated with the prominent 
interests and upward progress of White River 
Township. Born in Tipton County, ujjon Febru- 
ary 20, 1843, our subject has continuously for the 
past half-century dwelt within the borders of his 
native state. His parents, .Tohn and Rebecca 
(Schaffer) Billhymer, born in the sunny south and 
both Virginians, early became pioneer settlers 
of Indiana, entering with energy into the develop- 
ment of the then new country. The Billhymers 
were of sturdy German ancestry but for many 
generations had been numbered among the resi- 
dents of the Old Dominion. 

The father attained to manhood in his native 
state, and both self-reliant and ambitious, jour- 
neyed in the e.arh' '30s with William Porter part 
of the way to Ohio and Indiana. John Billh3'mer 
located for some time in Ohio, and there several 
of his large family of children were born. The 
father and mother later removed with their sons 
and daughters to Tipton Count}', Ind., where the}' 
settled permanently on wild land, making their 
home in a small log cabin. The good father after 
a life of unceasing toil and usefulness entered 
into rest at sixty-five years of age. His worthy 
wife, also reared in Virginia, passed away upon the 
old homestead at the same age. She was the 
mother of fifteen children, and of the brothers 
and sisters who once gathered about the family 
hearth ^\\^ yet survive, three sons and two daugh- 
ters. 

Harrison, reared upon his father's Indiana farm. 



was early trained to the daily round of labor, 
and from his j'outh industriously assisted in the 
clearing of the land, the tilling of the soil and the 
reaping of the harvest, and attained to mature 
years manly and self-reliant. He enjoyed limited 
opportunities for instruction in the little school of 
the home neighborhood but well improved his 
hours of study, and an intelligent man of observa- 
tion, is mainly self-educated. Upon April 18, 
1866, were united in marriage Harrison Billhymer 
and Miss Minerva E. Edwards, a native of Tipton 
County, and a daughter of Alfred and Nancy Ed- 
wards, prominent old-time settlers of the state, 
highly respected in Tipton County. The pleasant 
home of our subject and his estimable wife has 
been blessed by the birth of thre'e children, two 
sons and a daughter. Clarence Elmer, the eldest 
born, a young man of energetic enterprise and 
business promise, married Miss Day Sharp, and is 
the father of one child; Ada L., an attractive and 
accomplished young lady, is yet at home with her 
parents, as is likewise the youngest son, a manly 
youth, Ilermin B. The brothers and sister received 
excellent educational advantages and have worth- 
ily prepared themselves to occupy with honor any 
position to which they may be called. They are 
social favorites in their birthplace, and possess the 
regard of a wide circle of friends. Immediately 
after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Billhymer settled 
upon a part of Mr. Edwards' horaesteadi, and re- 
mained there a twelvemonth. Our subject then 
traded some property and bought his present val- 
uable farm of one hundred and seventy acres. 

The Billhymer homestead, brought up to a high 
state of cultivation and improved with substantial 
and commodious buildings, is a scene of thrift and 
plenty, evidencing the excellent management of 
the prosperous owner. Unaided our subject has 
gained a competence and won his upward way to 
assured success, and is now numbered among the 
public-spirited citizens and leading agriculturists 
of Hamilton County. Politicall}' a Republican, he 
takes an active part in local affairs, and is likewise 
well posted in national questions. He is an obser- 
ver of religion, an attendant of the Christian 
Church, and throughout his life has been distin- 
guished for sterling integrity of character. A 



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friend to educational advancement, ho lias liberally 
aided in the progress of the school interests of 
White River Township, and has long been an im- 
portant factor in all matters tending to the mutual 
welfare of iiis locality. Mr. Billhymer, together 
with his wife and children, enjoys the confidence 
and high esteem of the entire community by whom 
he is surrounded. 

.hiines Billliynier. an elder brother of our sii-b- 
jeet, born !\Iareh f), 183.3, in Ohio, accompanied his 
parents to their Ti|)ton Count}- home when five 
years of age. When twenty-five years old James 
Billhymer wedded Miss Martha Newby, sister of 
,bihn Newby, a prominent man of Hamilton Coun- 
ty. The Newbys were early and influential citizens 
of the state. After his inarri.age this brother of 
our subject sold out his interests in Tipton Coun- 
ty and invested in eighty^ acres of land in Hamil- 
ton County, where his estimable wife also owned 
a forty and an eighty acre tract. Their home was 
brightened by the birth of three sons and three 
daughters. John J. married Alziua Webb, and has 
one child; Maggie, wife of .1. Henry has two chil- 
dren; William married Ainaiidu Wi-bb; Amanda, 
the wife of R. Roher, has two sons and one daugh- 
ter; Charles and Hattie are at home. Mr. Billhy- 
mer is politically a Republican, and he and his 
good wife are valued members of the Christian 
Church, and active aids in good work. 



I 



OHN S. IHNSHAW, who follows farming 
in Clay Townsliip, H;unilton County, was 
born in Randolph County, N. C, in 1830. , 
His grandfather, Thomas Ilinshaw, came to 



this country from Ireland, and lieing a weaver by 
tiade, brought willi liini liis shuttle and scissors. 
He also owned a farm. His wife. Rebecca, whom 
he married in North Carolina, was born in this 
country of Irish parentage. Their children were 
six in number, namely: Mary, Sarah. Martha, 
Deborah, Stephen and Hannah. 

Stephen Ilinshaw. father of our subject , was 
born in North Carolina in 1803, and in his 
youtli worked on his father's farm during the 
summer and at the shoemaker's trade in the win- 



ter. He was married November 22, 182(;, to C.uly 
E. Hoover, a native of North Carolina. Her par- 
ents were born in Germany, and were Friends in 
religious faith. In the fall of 1830 Stephen Ilin- 
shaw came to Indiana, and spent three years on a 
rented farm near Richmond, W.ayne County. He 
came to his present farm on foot, entered one 
hundred and sixty acres of land and returned foi- 
his family, whom he brought with all his house- 
hold effects in a wagon. He built a log cabin 
20x20 feet, and to his possessions added until he 
had two hundred acres. He voted the Whig 
ticket. He bad to make his own roads to his 
land, and for _>ears he depended U)ion wild game 
to supply meat for the family. From his cabin 
door he killed deer, and wolves and bear were so 
numerous that a calf or lamb could not be raised 
without protecting it at night. A drove of fifty 
hogs froze to death on his farm one wintei-. 

The Hinshaw family numliered ten children: Mil- 
licent, deceased; Andrew, Jolin S., Thomas, Enos; 
Alsinda, who died in infancy; William II.; Rebecca 
H., wife of George Truitt; Martha A., wife of Ste- 
lihen Rich; and Ira. The father w.as a Whig in 
politics, and in religious belief w.as a member of 
the F^riends' Church. He died September 25, 
1854, aged fifty-one years. His wife passed away 
April 16, 1873, at the age of sixty-six years. 

Until twenty-one years of age, John S. Hinshaw 
remained at home, and began earning his liveli- 
hood by working in the harvest field at llO per 
month. He could cut forty shocks of wheat with 
a reef hook in one day. He worked four years, 
and during that time entered eighty acres of land 
in Iowa. On selling that he purchased one hun- 
dred and twenty acres elsewhere in Iowa, but he 
never lived in that state. He married Jemima 
Sanders, but her death occurred eighteen months 
later. In 1858 he wedded Mary J. Cruse, daugli- 
ter of Henry and Eliza ( Whitiiiger) Cruse, who 
were natives of Butler County. Ohio, while she 
w.as born in this county. 

Mr. Ilinshaw after his m.arriage located on a 
|)art of the old homestead, of which he now owns 
two hundred .acres. He also has one hundred 
acres in Boone County, Ind. F'or many years he 
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POETKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Indianapolis. Upon his farm is a pear tree which 
is three feet in diameter and forty-five feet higli. 
It was planted sixt\' years ago and has borne for 
half a century. His place is one of the model 
farms iu the community, supplied with all modern 
accessories and conveniences. 

The Hinshaw home hsis been blessed with eleven 
children: Elizabeth A., who died at the Jige of 
four; Sarah E.; Mary E., wife of M. L. Vreeland; 
William H., who married EfHe Berry; Nancy, wife 
of Albert Mendenhall; .John C, who married Al- 
fretta Davis; Thom.as W., who married Belle Will- 
iams; Martha A.; Stephen S.; Lemuel A., who mar- 
ried Cora Conrad; and May. Mr. Hinshaw is a 
member of the Society of Friends, and his wife 
belongs to the Methodist Church. In politics he 
is a Republican. A self-made m.an, he deserves 
great credit for his success in life, which has all 
been acquired through his own well directed and 
enterprising efforts. He is numbered among the 
honored pioneers and is a highly esteemed citizen. 



ryi-^ ON. JOHN F. McCLURE, Secretary of the 
\\(jf< Irondale Real Estate Company, has at- 
J^^^ tained a prominence in the business and 
(^) social circles of Madison County equalled 
by few citizens, and surpassed by oone. Since lo- 
cating in Anderson, he has witnessed its growth 
from an unimportant hamlet to a foremost posi- 
tion among Indiana's cities, and to this happy con- 
summation he has himself largely contributed, his 
tact, business acumen and keen insight having 
been of great assistance to his fellow-citizens. The 
record of such a man will, therefore, possess for 
our readers the highest interest, and may with 
profit be thoughtfully perused by the 3'oung be- 
ginning in life with no capital save an abund- 
ance of hope, health and honor. 

The father of our subject, James, and his grand- 
father, James McClure, Sr., were natives of Coun- 
ty Sligo, Ireland, and the latter emigrated to 
America, accompanied by his wife and two of their 
three children. Coming to Indiana he purchased 
a tract of school land in the vicinity of Brookville, 



where he engaged in farming. It was about 1820 
when he made a settlement on the land, and he 
was consequently one of the very first settlers of 
the county, where he remained until his death. 
His farm consisted of one hundred and thirty acres, 
upon which he conducted general agricultural 
operations. 

At the age of two years James McClure. Jr., was 
brought to the United States. He was 1 eared to 
manhood in Indiana, and now occupies his father's 
farm near Brookville, where he has for many years 
eng.aged in agricultural pursuits. The place con- 
sists of three hundred and eighty acres, in addition 
to which he is the owner of five hundred and sixty 
acres near El wood, this county. He is a consis- 
tent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
and is devoted to the welfare of that denomina- 
tion. His wife was Ann McCaw, a native of Col- 
lege Corner, Butler County, Ohio, and the daugh- 
ter of David McCaw, who was born in Ireland; he 
emigrated to America, first settling in Ohio, where 
he engaged in fanning, and afterward casting his 
lot with the pioneer farmers of Franklin County, 
Ind. The mother of our subject died in July, 
1892. 

There were nine children in the parental family, 
of whom five are now living. The eldest of that 
number is the subject of this sketch, who was born 
near Brookville, Franklin County, Ind., December 
24, 1852. After completing the course of study 
in the common schools, he entered Brookville 
Academy in the winter of 1872, and in the fall of 
1873 became a student in DePauw Univcrsit}-, 
graduating with the Class of '79. He was the 
salutatorian of his class, which numbered thirty- 
three, and was awarded the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts. Upon the completion of his literary studies 
he commenced the reading of law with Berry & 
Berry, of Brookville, Ind., and was admitted to 
the Bar in 1880. He opened an office for the prac- 
tice of his profession in Brookville, but remained 
there only a short time, coming thence to Ander- 
son in July, 1881. 

Forming a [)artnership with a lawyer from 
Brookville under the firm name of Carter & Mc- 
Clure, our subject embarked upon the sea of pro- 
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his practice uninterruptedly, with tiie exception of 
one year as Principal of the high scliool of Ander- 
son. Ho then resiiinc(l liis prdfessiimal Inlxirs, 
conducting Imsincss uuilcr tlic lirni litlo <if l'"iister 
ik JlcClure, until he was elected Mayor of Ander- 
son, in May, 188(5, on the Repulilicaii ticket. Two 
years later he was re-elected to this honorable po- 
sition, scrxinii inilil IS'.Ml. During liis adniinis- 
traliiMi the p(i|iul:Uinu <>( tlic city was trebled, the 
present system of water works was introduced, the 
tire department organized and electric lights put 
in. He also assisted in the location of a number 
of factories here. 

With an increased population, the real-estate 
business acquiied greater prominence in Anderson 
than before accorded it. Mr. McClure drifted into 
the business, and laid out Avenue Addition in 
pai tiiersliip with T. I!. ( »rr. The property, consisting 
of six acics, i^ now handsomely improved with 
substantial residences, tjuite recently Messrs. Mc- 
Clure and Orr sold sixty acres for Jackson Park. 
He was one of the organizers of the Irondale Real 
Estate Company, and has been its Secretary from 
the time of its organization. This compan}' has 
platted five hundred lots in Irondale and has con- 
ducted an extensive real-estate business in this 
part of the state. 

In .luly, l.s'.tl, Mr. McClure was appointed 
a member of the City Council from the First Ward 
to (ill a vacancy, and he served until May, 1892. 
During that time he was the author of the resolu- 
tion providing for the paving of the principal 
streets in 181)2. In other important w,avs he has 
promoted the upward growth of the city and en- 
hanced the prosperity of the citizens. A stanch 
Republican, he was Chairman of the County Cen- 
tral Republican Committee from 1888 until 18!)2, 
but resigned in order to accept the nomination for 
County Treasurer. He was defeated in the elec- 
tion, although by onl3- two hundred votes. 

From June, 1891, until June, 1892, Mr. McClure 
was one of the proprietors of the Anderson daily 
and weekly Herald, and was its editor. Socially he 
is a Knight of Pythias, and lias been Past Chancel- 
lor of the ITuiformed Rank, and Captain of the 
Anderson Division. He is also an Elk, and a member 
of the Mingo Tribe of Red Men. In 1889 he aided 



in the organization of the Anderson Club and w.as 
its (list President. He was married at Anderson in 
18.SS, his bride being Aliss M;iry I";ilknor, who was 
born near Dayton. Ohio. .Mrs. McClure is the 
daughter of Elias Falknor, who .settled in Ander- 
son after the close of the Civil War and until 
recently vv.aseng.aged in the agricultural implement 
business. Mr. and Mrs. McClure are the parents 
of one sou, Horace. 



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T. KAUFMAN. Man 



.stly shapes his 
)wn destiny. He can make his life a suc- 
■ess or he can make it a failure. The 
lo boy, now the head of a great Anderson 
rhosc to do the former thing. Dan T. 
Kaufiiiun, of the lirm of Kaufmrin .V Davis, pro- 
prietors of the Lion Store, has been the architect 
of his own fortune. He was born in Kokomo, 
Howard County, Ind., on the lltli of December, 
ISCO. :iiid is tlic s(ui of David Kaufman, a native 
of IVnnsylvauia, wlio was for many years an hon- 
ored citizen and liusiness man of Kokomo. The 
mother was Abigail iilock. Both i)arents died in 
Kokomo. 

Dan T. Kaufman is the youngest of four chil- 
dren. He was reared in Kokomo and educated in 
the common schools of the (jlai-e. He early devel- 
oped a penchant for business and at the age of 
eleven became a clerk in the store of Robert 
Haskett, one of Kokomo's oldest merchants. When 
fifteen years of age he went on the road selling 
goods to the dealers in the small neighboring 
towns. He represented the firm of Morris, Wild 
& Co., of New York, and gradually extended his 
trips to larger towns and more extensive territory 
until finally he traveled over Indiana, Ohio and 
Illinois. 

After traveling for three years. iSfr. Kaufman 
engaged ,as manager of the dress-goods dei)artment 
in the store of Block & Thalman, of Kokomo, where 
he remained until he went into business at Ander- 
son, in March, 1887. In partnership with George 
W. Davis, also a Kokomo man, the Lion Store was 
opened in a room 36x90 feet in dimensions. Sue- 



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cess seemed assured from the outset, and the busi- 
ness grew to sucli proportions that, in 1893, four 
floors, eompreliending 19,600 square feet of space, 
was occupied. The Lion Store has seveuteen dif- 
ferent departments in cliarge of thirty or forty 
people. Tliis is tlie oldest dry-goods firm in 
the city under continuous management without 
change. Mr. Kaufman is a Knight of Pythias and 
a Republican. 

In 1884, Mr. Kaufman was married in Kokomo 
to Miss Eva Turner, who was born in that city. 
She is the daughter of Rev. Jesse Turner, a minister 
of the Friends' Church. Their tliree children are 
named: Rex, Frank and Helen. 




the son of Hon. De Witt C. Chipman, one of the 
best-known men in the state, and a pioneer 
lawyer, who was born in Middlebury, Wyom- 
ing County, N. Y., September 21, 1824. The mother 
was Miss Cassandra Clark, who was born at Nobles- 
ville. She was the daughter of Dr. H. W. Clark, who 
was a native of Virginia. A detailed biography 
of .Judge Chipman's father and mother is given in 
another part of this volume, to which the attention 
of the reader is directed. 

Judge Chipman's early life was passed in Nobles- 
ville, where he attended the schools. He came to 
Anderson in 1870 with his parents and began the 
study of law with his father. In the fall of 1872 
he entered the law department of -the Indiana 
University at Bloomington and was graduated in 
1873 with the degree of LL. B. Upon returning 
from college he commenced the practice of law 
with his father, and after the latter removed to 
Richmond, he practiced alone until 1876. He then 
entered into partnership with H. C. Ryan, and the 
fii in of Chipman & Ryan existed until 1879, when it 
was disMilved. Later Hon. James W. Sansberry and 
Judge Chipman formed a partnership, which con- 
tinued until 1886, when Mr. Sansberry retired to 
become President of what is now the National Ex- 
change Bank. 

Our subject again entered into business with his 



father, and so continued until F^ebruary 22, 1889, 
when he was appointed Judge of the Fiftieth Ju- 
dicial Circuit by Gov. Alvin P. Hovey to fill a 
vacancy created by act of the Legislature in con- 
stituting Madison County a Judicial Circuit. He 
held this position until the 22d of November, 
1890, when his successor by^ election qualified. He 
was nominated by the Republicans for re-election, 
but although the Democrats controlled the county 
by five hundred and ten majority, Judge Chip- 
man was defeated by only three hundrecf and 
forty votes. On the 1st of December, 1890, 
he entered into partnership with F. A. Walker, 
and the partnership continued until June 1, 1893, 
when the law firm of Chipman, Keltner & Hendee 
was formed, making altogether the most formida- 
ble legal combination in this part of the state. Mr. 
Keltner was formerl3' of the firm of Robinson, 
Lovett & Keltner, and Mr. Hendee was for many 
years the partner of Hon. Charles L. Henry. 

At the time of his appointment as Judge, Mr. 
Chipman was Secretary of the Board of School 
Trustees. For eight consecutive years he was 
Secretary of the Republican County Central Com- 
mittee. Socially he is a member of the Encamp- 
ment, I. O. O. F. and Grand Warden of the Grand 
Lodge of Indiana. He is Past Chancellor of Ander- 
son Lodge No. 106, K. of P., and is likewise an 
Elk. He is a member of the State Bar Association. 

On the 22d of June, 1875, Judge Chipman and 
Miss Margaret P. Buskirk were married at Paoli, 
Orange County, Ind. She was born in Orange 
County, and was the daughter of John B. Buskirk, 
a prominent merchant of that place. They are the 
parents of two living children, Anna K. and 
Mai'y. They have an elegant home on Jackson 
Street, in the handsomest part of the residence 
section of Anderson. 

Judge Chipman is a man of ambition in his un- 
dertakings, and when a boy sought to obtain the 
means to enable him to procure a good education, 
beginning by selling newspapers, and undertaking 
more pretentious work as he grew older and 
stronger. The result has vindicated the wisdom 
of his early resolution. He is recognized as an 
able advocate, an influential attorney, and a man 
of sound legal attainments. 




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§YRON McMAHAN. There is a large 
number of professional men residing in 
Anderson to whose talents and services 
the city is indebted for miicii of its ma- 
terial progress. In this class conspicuous mention 
belongs to Mr. McMahan, who for a number of 
years has conducted an extensive legal practice at 
this place. Having passed his entire life in Madi- 
son County, he is well known among tiie promi- 
nent people residing here, and during the ten years 
spent in Anderson he has gained an enviable repu- 
tation for broad knowledge and legal skill. Now 
in i[innhood's prime, the success he has achieved is 
noteworthy and is doubtless the precursor of added 
honors in years to come. 

Horn near Alexandria, Madisim County. Ind.. 
.hily 28, 1850, the subject of this sketch is the j.on 
of James and .Sarah (Smith) McMahan, natives 
resi)ectively of Wayne County, Ind., and North 
Carolina. The paternal grandfather, Samuel Mc- 
Mahan, was born in North Carolina, where he 
married Miss Susan Ellis and afterward located on 
a farm in that state. During the territorial days 
of Indiana became liither and, settling in Wayne 
County', cleared and improved a rariii. Later 
he came to Madison County and purehused the 
farm where, many 3'ears subsequently, oiii- subject 
opened Ids eyes to the light of day. It was 
early in the '30s when he brought his family to 
this county, and here his remaining years were 
passed, his death occurring at the age of sixt^'- 
four. He was a man of influence among the 
piuiieers of this county and was a devoted mem- 
ber of the Methodist PIpiscopal Chuich. His 
father, wlui was a strict Presbyterian, emigrated to 
Aiiieriea from the North of Ireland and, settling 
in North Carolina, remained there until death 
teniiinated his career. 

.lames McMahan was reared in In<liaiKi and re- 
ceived his education in a log schoolhouse where 
the mode of instruction was as ])rimitive as the 
building itself. He was married in Madison 
County, and here engaged in farming and also 
worked at his trade, that of a brick mason. He 
was a skilled mechanic, and could make anything 
in wood or iron. He was also a man of literary" 
culture, fond of all kinds of reading, hut especi- 



ally devoted to the study of astronomy. In poli- 
tics, he was first a Whig and later a Republican. 
His religious convictions were in symjiathy with 
the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
and he was a consistent memlier of that denoniin- 

In 1862, James McMahan enlisted as a private 
in the Seventy-fifth Indiana Infantry, Company O, 
and served with valor until he was discharged 
on account of ph^^sical disability, the result of a 
sunstroke while in Kentucky. He never recovered 
from the effects of the stroke, and his death, in 
September, 1886, was the result of it. He was 
prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic, 
and was a man of influence in his community. 
His wife, Sarah, was a daughter of Wright Smith, 
a native of Virginia and an early settler of Boone 
Township. Madison County, Ind., where he im- 
proved a farm and remained until his death. Mrs. 
Smith, whose maiden name was Lydia Brunt, was 
a native of North Carolina, from which state her 
father came to Madison County; he settled on a 
farm north of Alexandria, dying there at the age 
of ninety-four. The Smith family is of English 
descent, and its members were for many years 
prominent in Virginia. The motiier of our sub- 
ject is now (1893) a resident of Elwood, and has 
attained the age of sixty-six. 

In the McMahan family there were seven chil- 
dren, of whom six are now living, four sons and 
two daughters, namely: Thomas J., Vice-President 
of the National Exchange Bank of Anderson; 
Dr. Samuel W., of Indianapolis; our subject; 
Joseph L., who resides in Elwood; George G.. de- 
ceased; Josephine, Mrs. O. B. Frazier, of Elwood; 
and Florence, wife of James R. Kirkpatrick. Byron 
was reared on a farm, where he had such educa- 
tional advantages as were afforded by the district 
schools, first in Monroe Township, and later in 
Boone Township, where he walked one and three- 
fourths miles to school, during sixty days of each 
winter. At the age of twenty he commenced teach- 
ing school in Jackson Township, and for four suc- 
cessive winters was thus engaged, while his sum- 
mers were spent in the National Normal School at 
Lebanon, Ohio. 
I After filling the position of Principal of the 



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schools at Frankton, Ind., for one term, Mr. Mc- 
Mahan was obligert to resign on account of ill 
health, and afterward removed to Miami County, 
tills state, where he purchased a drug store at 
Mexico. One year later he went to Hartford City, 
Ind., and engaged in the drug business for one 
year, when he sold his interest in the concern to 
his partner. Removing to Alexandria, he cm- 
barked in partnership with his brother in the drug 
business, and for three years had charge of the 
store. In February, 1880, he commenced the study 
of law in Alexandria, and in the fall of the same 
year entered the Valparaiso Law School, from 
which he was graduated May 31, 1882, with the 
degree of Bachelor of Laws. 

Opening an office in Alexandria in partnership 
with L. M. Schwinn, our subject conducted a 
legal business for one year. In 1883, he came 
to Anderson, his partner accompanj'ing him, 
and they were afterward associated with W. A. 
Kitlinger for two years. In 1887, Mr. McMahan 
formed a partnership with T. B. Orr, and the firm 
of Orr dr McMahan was one of the most promi- 
nent in the county until the partnership was dis- 
solved, December 1, 1891, Mr. Orr retiring on 
account of ill health. The present partnership of 
Diven & McMahan was formed on New Year's 
Day, 1892, and the firm now occupies pleasant 
offices on the corner of Ninth and Meridian 
Streets. Their business includes every kind of 
general legal work, and their knowledge of the 
principles of the law has secured for them an envi- 
able reputation as a law firm. 

In Frankton, May 23, 1875, occurred the mar- 
riage of Byron McMahan to Miss Elnora Quick, 
who was born near Middletown, Henry County, 
Ind., and was reared principally in Madison 
County. The union of Mr. and Mrs. McMahan 
resulted in the birth of five children: Adelbert O., 
deceased; Clyde D., Kenneth B., Hazel and Adrene. 
Mr. McMahan is a stockholder in, and attorney 
for, the Frankton Land and Improvement Com- 
pany, which has platted an addition to the village 
of Frankton. He is also a charter member of the 
Anderson Loan Association, and for five years was 
Clerk of the Water Works Board. Politically, he 
is a staunch Republican. In religious matters, he 



believes in the doctrines of the Christian Church, 
of wiiich he is an active member and one of the 
Trustees. His residence is located on the corner 
of Twelfth and .Tackson Streets. 



ELEAZER W. WILSON, a prominent farmer, 
and for three-score years a constant eye- 
witness of the remarkable growth .and de- 
velopment of Indiana, has long been a resident of 
his tine farm, pleasantly located in Washington 
Township, Hamilton County. Born in Randolph 
County, N. C, September 23, 1821, he was the son 
of .Samuel and Ruth (Thornburg) Wilson, natives 
of the old Tar State. The paternal grandfa- 
ther, .loseph Wilson, born in England, emigrated 
to this country with his father when j'oung. He 
was a well-educated man, and owned a large plan- 
tation and was a slaveholder of North Carolina, 
operating a general farming business in Randolph 
County. He was drafted during the Revolution- 
ary War, and while on the way to the army sud- 
denly died, at the age of fifty years. In politics 
a Whig, he was an upright man and devout mem- 
ber of the Friends' Church. 

The father of our subject, Samuel Wilson, 
worked on a farm by the month, and attended 
school in the winter seasons until he was twenty- 
one, and enjoyed exceptional educational advan- 
tages. Soon after attaining his majorit}', he mar- 
ried Miss Ruth, daughter of Thomas and Marion 
(Hunt) Thornburg, born in North. Carolina. Of 
the thirteen sons and daughters of the parents, one 
only died in childhood, the others surviving to 
adult age. Joseph was the eldest-born. Then fol- 
lowed Thomas, Sarah, Henry, Abigail, Eleazer (our 
subject), John C, Ezekiel, Samuel, Esther, Ruth 
A. and Nathan. The mother died upon the 15tli 
of March, 1860, aged sixty-nine years. A well- 
informed woman, of intelligence and ability, she 
was a valued member of the Friends' Church, be- 
loved by a wide circle of old acquaintances, and was 
universally mourned when she entered into rest. 

The father came to W.iyne County in the fall 
of 1829, and rented a one hundred and sixty-.acre 



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farm. In 1830, ho removed to Clay Township, 
Hamilton County, and entered one hundied and 
sixty acres, which he cleared and cullivated, mak- 
ing this land his homestead, and also filtered two 
hundred and forty acres, whicli he atlerward gave 
to his three eldest sons, Joseph, Thomas and 
Henry, lie remained upon the old farm until 
ISCl,' when hr j.Minieycd !<. Leaven vvoiih ('(Uiiity, 
Kan., and, Imyiiiy one hnn.li.d and ^ixly acre, of 
land, continued his residence tliere until liis death, 
May 13, 1867, aged eighty years. Samuel Wilson 
was, like his ancestors, a memher of the Kiiends' 
Chiiicli, and in youth a Whi.u, he liccanie a Rcpiili- 
heaii uiHiii llic formation <if the party. He wa.s 
possessed of sterling integrity, and was universal- 
ly esteemed. Our subject made his home with his 
father and mother until he reached his majority, 
and enjoyed the benefit of school during the win- 
ter niuiiths, and in the summers assisted in the 
hard work of the farm. 

At twenty-two years of age, Eleazer W. Wilson 
entered into marriage with Miss iMiiiliiie Wage- 
man, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Miller) 
Wageman, both natives of Nortli Carolina. I'nto 
the union of our subject and his estimable wife 
were born two children, a son and daughter, liiith 
A. married Rome Brandell, and lives close to her 
father; Samuel B. first married Amanda Smith, 
and had liy her two children; by his second mar- 
riage, with Viola Wilson, he became the father of 
two other children, the four all being sons. Mrs. 
Wilson was educated in Salem, N. C, and was a 
woman of wortli and intelligence. From her early 
youth a devout Christian and a memlx'r of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, she was highly e,s- 
teemed, and jiassed peacefully away, .January 29, 
1877, aged forty-nine years. Slie was a devoted 
wife and mother, and in her death her family sus- 
tained a great loss. 

In beginning life for himself, Mr. Wilson soon 
after reaching twent3--one years bought eighty 
acres of land in Washington Township, and also 
rented a farm to make money to pay for the 
eighty acres, all timber. He finally .sold out his 
landed interest and located permanently on the 
farm where he now resides. He owned at one 
time two hundred acres and over, and yet has one 



hundred and thirty-six acres highly cultivated 
and finely' improved with excellent, attractive and 
commodious buildings. The properly, .•iinoiig the 
best farming land in tlu- roimty, is worth fully 
$80 per acre, and annually yields an abundant 
harvest. Our subject has won his way in life by 
honest industry, and although now seventy-two 
years of ago. is hale and liearly and eould. if he 
desired, do a good day's woik. He is known as a 
man of earnest |)urpose and upright character, and 
is a member of the Friends' C'hurch. 

Politically a Republican, Mr. Wilson is a liberal- 
spirited citi/.einaiul. linaneially pn.spered. is ever 

prise. He has long b..eii fraternally associated 
with Westlield Lodge No. 1 I.'), A. F. .t A. M. 

C^^HOMAS J. PATTERSON. The simple 
(ff/^^ record of the life of a man who lias (piietly 
^V^/ pursued his chosen occupation is the best 
testimonial that can be given of his worth of char- 
acter. The subject of this sketch, the present 
Commissioner of Hamilton County, has sjient his 
entire life here, having been born in Fall Creek 
Township, April 26, 1844. He is the grandson of 
.Samuel Patterson, one of the early settlers of Pre- 
ble County, Ohio, where he died in old age, after 
having developed and improved a farm. 

The father of our subject, .Samuel Patterson, 
was a native of Ohio, and reniove(l thence to In- 
diana, where he settled upon a farm in Fall Creek 
Township, Hamilton County, and here resided 
until his death in 1852, at the early age of thirty- 
five. His wife, whose maiden name w.as Margaret 
Mac Burney, passed away a few days after bis de- 
mise. They were the parents of six children, of 
whom thiee are living, namely: Mattie, the wife 
of Samuel Wertz, of Columbus, Ind.; Ella, who 
married C. Ricketts and resides at r)0ulder, Colo.; 
and Thomas .T., the latter being the third in order 
of l)irth. 

Orphaned by the death of his father when he 
was only seven years old, the subject of this 
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in youth lie developed the traits of manly self- 
reliance and independence which have been of 
such material assistance to him during his active 
business cai-eer. At the age of thirteen he com- 
menced to workout by tlie month, and during the 
following years was in tlie employ of various farm- 
ers. In the spring of 1862 he enlisted as a mem- 
ber of the Fifty-fourth Indiana Infantry, Company 
A, and at the expiration of his term of service he 
re-enlisted for one year. While with his regiment, 
he participated in the siege of Vicksburg, the bat- 
tle of Jackson and many minor engagements. 
When his year of service expired, he enlisted in 
the Second Indiana Cavahy to serve for three 
years, or during the war. On the day when 
peace was declared, he was at Macon, Ga., in line 
of battle in an engagement. In July, 1865, he 
was mustered out of the service. 

March 1, 1866, Mr. Patterson married Miss Clara 
Brown, of New Paris, Ohio, a daughter of William 
Franklin Brown, a native of North Carolina, who 
spent almost his entire life in Ohio, dying there in 
September, 1892, at the age of eighty-two years. 
The mother of Mrs. Patterson bore the maiden 
name of Lucinda Purviance, and was born in New 
Paris, Ohio; she is still living. Mrs. Patterson i.s 
one of four children, the others being: James, a 
resident of New Paris, Ohio; Osborn, who lives in 
Dayton, Ohio; and Mary Ann, who dietl in Oc- 
tober, 1892. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Patter- 
son has resulted in the birth of seven children, 
namely: Dora L., wife of Calvin Harrison, of Fall 
Creek Township; Maud, Fred, Myrtle and Finley, 
all of whom reside with their parents; Rosa, who 
died at the age of four years; and Frank, who 
died when two years old. 

After his marriage, Mr. Patterson settled upon a 
farm, where he remained, conducting general farm- 
ing pursuits, until 1870. He then located upon a 
farm in Fall Creek Township, where he spent 
twelve years. In 1882 he came to the forty-eight 
acre farm where he now makes his home. While 
he has been interested in agriculture, he has also 
engaged in various business enterprises. In 1869 
he embarked in the sawmill liusiness, in which he 
continued until the panic of 187:S, when he sold 
out. For twenty-live years he has owned and op- 



erated a steam threshing machine in Hamilton 
County. He formerly owned a gas well located 
on his farm, which supplied several families with 
gas. On the 29th of August, 1892, he sold the 
well to a company which now operates it, he retain- 
ing four of the thirty-five shares of the stock. Hfc 
has charge of the general business of the Manufact- 
urers Gas Company^ of Indianapolis, whose wells 
are located as follows: sixteen in Fall Creek 
Township; five in Wayne Township; and thirteen 
in Madison County. The entire out|)ut of the 
wells is devoted to manufacturing purposes ex- 
clusively in Indianapolis. 

A prominent Republican, and interested in the 
success of his party, Mr. Patterson served for 
nine years as Assessor of Fall Creek Township, re- 
signing that position in 1885, wlien he was elec- 
ted County Commissioner. He has served in the 
latter office continuously to the present time, hav- 
ing been twice re-elected. His present term of 
office expires in December, 1894. Socially he holds 
fraternal relations with Lookout Post, G. A. R., at 
Noblesville, and since 1877 has belonged to Fort- 
ville Lodge No. 207, F. & A. M. In various ways 
he has contributed to the development of the re- 
sources of the county and has been especially ac- 
tive in securing gravel roads, having been con- 
tractor for these roads at different times. 

<| IRILLIAM A. MORGAN. Among the well- 
\/\l/l ^'^'^'^^ residents of Fall Creek Township, 
\VW Hamilton County, there is not one more 
truly honored than he whose name introduces this 
sketch, and whose success in life has been due 
almost wholly to his Industry and perseverance. 
In all the relations of life he has a record for 
integrity and energy, and these qualities have 
given him a hold upon the community which all 
might well desire to share. He is now officiating 
as Trustee of the township, and having spent his 
entire life here, has become prominent in public 
affairs. 

Referring to the ancestral history of our subject, 
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one of the early settlers of Fall Creek Township, 
locating here in 1830 and engaging iu clearing 
and improving a farm until his death, which 
occurred at the age of seventy-five. The father 
of our subject, Edwin Morgan, was born in North 
Carolina in 18'2(), and at the age of ten years 
accompanied the family' to Indiana, settling in 
Hamilton County at a time when this part of the 
state was but little developed, lie has since 
resided in Fall Creek Township, upon the farm 
which he has improved and upon which lie reared 
to adult age a family of eleven children. 

Of this large family, eight are now living, as 
follows: Rebecca A., the wife of James .1. lvi)Kadc, 
of Fall Creek Township; Sarah C, who married 
Tliomas A. Richards and lives in Fall Creek Town- 
ship; Jane, the wife of M. P. Richards; Cora, Mrs. 
W. H. Williams; Ellas and Thomas A., who reside 
in North Indianapolis; Robert R., who makes his 
home in Fall Creek Township; and William A., of 
this sketch. The Last-named was born in Fall 
Creek Township May 7, 1859. During his boy- 
hood years he attended school in the winter and 
was employed on the home farm during the 
summer seasons until the age of twenty years. 

March 17, 1879, Mr. Morgan married Miss 
Mattie J., daughter of John F. and Nancy (Lowe) 
Weaver. She is one of four children, the others 
being, Clemmie, wife of John J. Alexander, of 
North Indianapolis; Clara, who married Carr 
Brattain, of Clarksville; and John S. Weaver, who 
resides with his parents. The father of this family 
was a native of Ohio and was a minister liy pro- 
fession, being prominent in the Baptist (Church. 
He died May 30, 1891, at the age of fifty-three 
years; his widow is still living, and resides upon 
the old homestead. Our subject and his wife are 
the parents of one child, Floyd, a bright and in- 
telligent child, now (1893) four years of age. 

Three years after his marriage, Mr. Morgan 
located upon the farm where he now resides, he 
having previously erected the house in which the 
family lives. In April, 1888, he was elected Trustee 
of the township of Fall Creek for a term of two 
years. In 1890 he was re-elected, this time for a 
term of four j'ears, which term of service has since 
been extended another year, so that his period of 



service as Trustee will expire in Avigusl. 1«95. 
While officiating in tliis cnpiuMty, Mr. Morgan has 
built two school liuil(liii->: Xo. ■>. uliicli was 
erected in 1890, and No. C, in l.s;il, l,,,il, ,,r wliich 
arc elegant brick structiiivs luhl a ci'cdit to the 
town. 

In politics Mr. Morgan i< a I )<■ ■r.n. :ilw;iy< 

heartily interested in the p.-ni y :iiiil its pi inriplcs. 
He is respected for his hearty interest in .-ill IIimI 
contributes to the good of his towiiship. .\ ni:ni 
of sterling integrity of character, exccllful judg- 
ment, and withal a liberal-spirited citizen, he en- 
joys the esteem and conlidence of the entire 
community. 



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ANIEL M. HARE, one of the wealthy 
jj stockmen of .Sheridan, w.as born in High- 
land County, Ohio, September 1(1. \s',], 
~ The first representative of this family in 

the United States was Jacob Hare, the groat-great- 
grandfather of our subject, and an Englishman by 
birth, who in early life came to America and set- 
tled in Virginia, there marrying a German lady. 
Jacob, the great-grandfather of Daniel M., was a 
soldier in the Revolutionary War; and his son 
Daniel was a soldier in the War of 1812, enlisting 
in Ohio, where he had made settlement several 
years prior to entering the army. It was during 
his servit^e that Philip Hare, father of our subject, 
was born near Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1812. 

A man of liberal education. Grandfather Hare 
was a preacher in the Methodist Church and was 
known as "Bishop" Hare. Whether or not he was 
ever in reality a bishop is uncertain, though it is 
possible that he received the title from his long 
and continuous service in the Methodist Church. 
As an orator, he w.as eloquent and interesting, 
and always held the close attention of his hear- 
ers. He died in Ohio, as did his father. He 
had a brother, Jacob, a very eccentric man, who 
accumulated a fortune in real estate in Columbus, 
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it to the city of Columbus for the term of ninety- 
nine years. Tliis property is now worth millions 
of dollars, yet it cannot be touched by any of his 
relatives. 

Philip Hare was the eldest of nine cliUdren, 
three daughters and six sons, and, receiving a 
fair education, followed the profession of a teacher 
for some time. His principal occupation in life, 
how(^ver, was that of a farmer, in which he was 
engaged until his death in Ohio in 1881, aged 
seventy-one j'ears. Like his father, he was identi- 
fied with the Methodist Church. He was a prom- 
inent man in local affairs and served for many 
years as .Justice of the Peace. One of his brothers, 
Joseph, is a well-to-do farmer residing in Ohio. 

Another brother, Huston, was a Methodist 
preacher, and in Iowa served for several years 
as Presiding Elder. In the Civil War he entered 
the army as Chaplain of an Iowa regiment, and 
being taken prisoner, gave up his life in Libby 
prison. His son, Wilbur, was an artist of some 
note, and entered the service as a member of the 
regiment to which his father belonged. He was 
taken prisoner at tiie same time, and, like his father, 
starved to death in Libby. Another brother of 
Philip Hare went to Mississippi, where he married 
tlie daughter of a wealthy planter and died soon 
afterward. John, also a brother of Philip Hare, 
was a farmer in Ohio and died there at the age of 
fifty. Marcus D. Lafayette served as Captain of 
Company A, Seventieth Oiiio Infantry, through 
the entire period of the war, and was killed by a 
sharpshoooter on the day Lee surrendered, after 
having participated in many of the most desperate 
engagements of the war and escaping without a 
wound from them all. A sister, Sarah, married 
Milton Robbins,and lives in Ohio. Mary married 
a Mr. Duffy, a soldier in the Civil War, and both 
are now deceased. 

The mother of our subject, whose maiden name 
was Martha Owens, was born at Tracy, near East 
St. Louis, 111., being a daughter of William Owens, 
a farmer and one of the pioneers of Illinois. Aside 
from this we know Init little of the family history. 
Mrs. Martha Hare still survives and makes her 
home in Brown County, Ohio. Our subject is the 
fifth in a family consisting of six sons and five 



daughters, all of whom with one exception arc 
now living. Eleanor died in infancy. Sarah 
married C. H. Boatman, an artist residing in Sher- 
idan. Mary married Richard Hilling, who died 
leaving one child; afterward she became the wife 
of Samuel Cowen, a resident of Brown County, 
Ohio. Ellen became the wife of William AVinteis, 
a stockman of Brown County, Ohio. William is a 
grocer at Sheridan. Perr}' follows farming pur- 
suits in Oliio. Kate married John Campbell, a 
hardware merchant at Sardinia, Ohio. Lewis is a 
barber in Cincinnati; and Frank is engaged in 
milling. 

Receiving a good education in youth, our sub- 
ject was a teacher in -the public schools before he 
was eighteen. P'or several years he taught in 
Ohio, and in 1875 came to Indiana, where for a 
number of terms he was instructor in the schools 
of Sheiidan and Boxley. He left the schoolroom 
to engage in farming and in the stock business, 
and in the pursuit of agricultui'al affairs has accu- 
mulated a competency, being now recognized as 
one of tlie most extensive stock dealers in the 
county. He is the owner of two fine farms, and 
all that he has and all that he is may be attributed 
to his unaided exertions. 

In 1877 Mr. Hare married Miss Edith, daughter 
of Eber Teter, one of the pioneers of Hamilton 
County, and a sister of Rev. Eber Teter, President 
of the Indiana Conference of the Wesleyan Meth- 
odist Church and Vice-President of the National 
Conference. She is also a sister of Ambrose Teter, 
a prominent farmer of Adams Township, of whom, 
as well as of Rev. Eber Teter, further mention is 
elsewhere made. Mr. and Mrs. Hare are the par- 
ents of four children, one of whom. Lulu, died in 
the summer of 1893, when in her fifteenth year. 
The others are, Philip, a boy of twelve years 
(1893); Sidney, who is nine years old; and an in- 
fant named John II. 

In political opinions, Mr. Hare is a Prohibition- 
ist, with a tendency toward Democracy. He has 
never held, nor aspired to, any political office, pre- 
ferring to devote his attention exclusively to his 
private affairs. In his religious connections he is 
an earnest and active member of the Wesleyan 
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identified. They are numbered among the most 
proniinent residents of Slieridan and are well 
known in the social circles of the vilhige. 



^^EORGK E. ADAMS. Of the young men 
III ,-— who have achieved success as agriculturists 
^^j! of Madison County, few have displayed 
the energy, i)erseverance and enterprise which 
have characterized the subject of this sketch — one 
of Richland Township's most progressive and capa- 
ble farmers. He has acquired the ownership of 
two hundied and forty acres of finely improved 
land, located in the northern part of the town- 
ship on section 5. Upon his farm lie has placed 
fa\st-class improvements in the w.iy of buildings, 
farming implements, etc., and the place is consid- 
ered one of the best in the community. 

A native of the township in which he now re- 
sides, our subject was born February 11, 1862, be- 
ing a son of Robert and Angeline (Craycraft) 
Adams. His father was born in Scotland, and in 
his }'outh emigrated to the United States. After 
traveling extensively through the western states, 
he came to Indiana and became an early settler of 
M.idison County. For a time he worked in a 
wot)len factory at Pendleton, and finally settled 
in the southern portion of Richland Township. 
However, being a woolen manufacturer, he devot- 
ed the greater part of bis life to that business, 
conducting farming operations as a side issue, his 
work being done by hired employes on the farm. 

An extensive reader, a close observer of men 
and things, and a man of firm convictions upon 
all subjects of general importance, Robert Adams 
always aimed to keep well posted upon all the cur- 
rent topics, and was recognized as one of the best 
infoiraed men of the community. For many 
years he was the manager and proprietor of a 
woolen factory on Kilbuck Creek, in Richland 
Township, to the management of which he gave 
his personal attention, often having fifteen men in 
his employ. His death, which occurred about 



1878, was mourned throughout the township and 
county as a public loss, and his memory is still re- 
vered in the hearts of his former associates. His 
widow survived him fur a nunilier of years, de- 
parting this life in 1880. 

Of the children born to Robert Adams and his 
good wife, the following survive: Robert, .lose- 
pliine, .lessie and George K. In politics, the 
futlier of this family was a Republican, and prior 
to the organization of that party identified him- 
self with the Wliigs. In his business, he was a suc- 
cessful financier, and a man of excellent judgment 
and sound common sense. While not a member 
of any religious organization, lie was a liberal con- 
tributor to church and benevolent projects, and 
was a man of large charit^y and generous disposi- 
tion. 

The subject of this sketch was reared to man- 
hood in this couiily. reeeuiiig in the pulilie 
schools of the hoine neighborhood an t'xeellent 
education, which prepared him for active partici- 
pation in the stern realities of life. He was united 
in marriage in October, 188G, with Miss Anna 
Schalk, and they are the parents of three children, 
Clara, Chester and Everett. The family occu- 
pies a position of social prominence in the town- 
ship, and both Mr. Adams and his accomplished 
wife are welcome guests in the best homes of the 
coiiutv. 



EDWARD I. ANDERSON. We look back 
over the vista of seventy years, when a 
young man and maiden unite their desti- 
nies and go forth to fight the battle of life. They 
pitched their tent in the then distant west, the 
wilds of Ohio, and later in the sister state, In- 
diana. We remember with a degree of pleasure 
the log cabin nestled away among the forest trees, 
whose wide-spread branches almost interlocked 
above its roof, as if their outstretched hands would 
shield it from the stormy blast, as well as shelter 
it from the blazing sun. The birds sang in tlie 



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branches, wild flowers bloomed, and altogether the 
landscape see.i.ed fairer than any of wliic-h paint- 
ers dream. 

But its priniitivp beauty soon vanislied. The 
forest was driven hack by the woodman's axe; in- 
stead of the oak the orchai'd tree Ijlossoraed and 
brought forth fruit in its season, (ireen fields and 
golden waving grain gladdened the eye, and the 
fragrance of clover blooms regaled tiie senses most 
exquisitely. The patter of bab\- feet upon the 
hearthstone, the [irattle of habv voices, and the 
merry laugli of childhood ivas a solace to pain and 
care. Earnest labor liad found its reward, as was 
attested by the comfortable farm house and well- 
filled barns. The busy hands of the house-wife 
plied skillfully and well the wlieel, the loom and 
the needle. Be it i-ememliered that the sewing ma- 
chine was then not in vogue, nor was there 
"In all the land, from zone to zone, 
A telegraph or tele|)hone." 

She wiio spun, wove, cut and made the fabric 
into garments was tiie maid of all work; mother, 
seamstress, cook and chambermaid; she churned 
the milk, made the cheese, and in addition to 
other duties watched and cared for ten cliildren, 
nine of whom still live to call her blessed. 

John Anderson, the father of the gentleman 
whose name heads this sketch (and the father of 
Samuel Stephenson and John N. Anderson, whose 
sketches ajipear elsewhere in these pages), was 
born in Huntington County, N. J., in 1803, and 
was there reared upon the farm beh)nging to his 
father. At the age of about twenty, he married 
and started westward. His first location was in 
Clermont County, Ohio, where he, one evening in 
the springtime, drew up to that which was to be 
for a time their home. Their belongings consisted 
of but one team of horses, a wagon and a few 
household articles. Upon that place they resided 
for seven years. In 1832 they removed to In- 
diana, and in Madison County entered two hun- 
dred and forty acres of Government land, eighty 
acres in Stony Creek Township, and one hundred 
and sixty in Wayne Township, Hamilton County. 
The land was wild and iiiitDuched b\- the furrow, 
and wild animals were plentiful. Our subject saw 
large herds of deer and other wild '^ame in his 



youth, and also saw the stakes upon which were 
hung the whites who murdered the Indians. 

The parental family consisted of nine children 
besides our subject. They are: Ambrose Frederick, 
now a resident of White Uiver Township, Hamil- 
ton County, Ind.; Sarah Ann, who is married and 
resides in Anderson; Mary, who is married and 
makes her home in Johnson County, Kan.; Rachel, 
who resides in Madison Count}'; .'^amuel Stephen- 
son; Nancy Delila, the wife of Andrew McClintoc; 
Lydia E., Mrs. Calvin Nicholson; John N., of 
Stony Creek Township; and James H., who was 
born June 1, 1845, and died in November follow- 
ing. The father of this family died April 8, 
1881, his death resulting from a cancer. He was 
twice married, and died eighteen months after his 
second union. His first wij'e, our subject's mother, 
bore the maiden name of Nancy Stephenson, and 
became his wife on the 10th of July, 1824. Po- 
litically he was an old Jacksonian Democrat and 
a man of prominence in his community. The deed 
for the land which he entered was signed by Presi- 
dent Jackson, and is now in the possession of our 
subject. 

In Clermont County, Ohio, the subject of this 
notice was born May 17, 1825, and there he grew 
to manhood. His education was limited to such 
knowledge as could be acquired by attendance at 
Sunday-school several miles from his home, and 
also by his mother's instruction. She was a 
Quakeress and a woman of sweet and amiable dis- 
position, and trained her son, our subject, for a 
position of honor and usefulness in the world. 
He also for a short time attended a subscription 
school, where he gained a rudimentary knowledge 
of the "three R's." When about twenty years of 
age he attended school during the winter season, 
and learned more of arithmetic and "figuring." 
Much of his time was devoted to clearing and im- 
proving the home farm, and he has assisted in 
clearing farms from the time he was seven until 
quite recently. 

In January, 1849, when twenty-four years of 
age, our subject married Miss Henrietta, daughter 
of Rev. William Aldred, a prominent Methodist 
minister, who w.as born in Delaware in 1796, and 
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Idcated in Hamilton County, and there spent tlie 
remainder of liis life. lie married Eliza F. Denny, 
of Maryland, wliose fatlier was a slave owiior in 
that state. After coming to Hamilton County lie 
entered a section of land from the Govern men i, 
and there remained until his death about 1870. 
A kind man, well educated, possessing a retentive 
nicmory and jjleasing manneis. he won an extended 
reiaitation as a minister. 

The union of Mv. and Mrs. Anderson has re- 
sulted in 1. 1.' Iiiith of ten chilclrtMi, four of whom 
(lied in infancy, and one died altci- attaining 
mature years, the latter being Martha E., wife of 
Ikiiry Dunham. Those living are: John Fletcher, 
residing in Hamilton County, Ind.; George, who 
also makes his home in Hamilton County; .lames 
J., who lives in Fisherburgh and conducts a farm 
there; Nanc}', the wife of Henry Anderson, a resi- 
dent of Madison County; and Emily I., Mrs. 
Franklin Fasswater, who lives near Fishersburgh. 
The landed possessions of Mr. Anderson aggregate 
three hundred and fifty-seven acres, of which two 
hundred and fifty-seven lie in Hamilton County. 
Politically he is a Democrat, but is not active in 
liolitics. In religious convictions, he and his esti- 
mable wife are idenlilied with the Methodist 
Church. 



,«^ ANFORD M. KELTNEK, a member of the 
^^^ firm of Chipman, Keltner it Ilendee, at- 
(11/^) torneys at Anderson, was born in West 
' '' Baltimore, Preble County, Ohio, July 10, 
1856. He spent his childhood years prior to the 
age of nine in his native village, where he gained 
the rudiments of his education in a large frame 
building, originally used as a cooper shop, but 
afterward converted into asehoolhouse. In March, 
ISGf), he accompanied his parents to Darke County, 
Ohio, and settled on a farm two miles east of 
Greenville, where his mother died July 22, 18C7, 
leaving him an orphan at the age of eleven. 

After his mother's death, Mr. Keltner was taken 



into the family of James P. Burgess, one of 
nature's noblemen, who resided two miles south 
of Richmond, Wayne Comity. Ind. With liis kiu<l 
()rotector, our subject found a picn-aiit home until 
he was fifteen years old. and then (■••imc West to 
Pierceton, Ind., where he U^nnicd tin- tiade of a 
carpenter with his fatlier. In that place he also 
attended school, and under the wise tuition of his 
|)receptor, Prof, (iross, he gained much benelicial 
knowledge, and, better lliau that, his latent auibi- 
tion was developeil and lie (h'li'ruiiiieil to .•irroni- 
plish something in the world. So r.apidly did lie 
advance in his studies, that at the age of sixteen 
he secured a certificate to teach school, and for a 
time followed that profession at Mt. I'leasaut, 
Kosciusko Count}'. 

It was Mr. Keltner's custom to work at his trade 
in the summer and teach school in the winter. One 
winter, while attending school, he remained absent 
from his classes a short time and went in the woods. 
In spite of the fact of the ground being covered 
with six inches of snow, he labored industriously 
in cutting wood, for which he received seventy- 
five cents per cord. With the money thus earned 
he purchased a suit of clothes and returned to 
school, where he continued his studies uninter- 
rupted. In 1876 he entered the Indiana State 
Normal at Terre Haute, where he remained for 
two years. Upon leaving school, he accepted the 
Principalship of the Walton school, in Cass County, 
Ind., where he remained for three years, meantime 
teaching in the Cass County Normal in the sum- 
mer, also the Fayette County Normal. 

The autumn of 1880 witnessed the arrival of 
Mr. Keltner in Anderson, where he was appointed 
Principal of the Second Ward School at a salary 
of $50 per month. During the two ensuing years 
he was Principal of the First Ward School, re- 
ceiving $75 a month. At the solicitation of Col. 
Milton S. Robinson, he entered the law office of 
Robinson & Lovett as a student. He was soon 
admitted to the Bar, and three years after associ- 
ating himself with the firm he was admitted into 
partnership, the title being Robinson, Lovett & 
Keltner. This connection continued until Col. 
Robinson was appointed Judge by Gov. Hovey 
and assumed his position on the Bench of the 



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Appellate Court. Lovett <fe Keltner purchased 
his interest in the business and remained in part- 
nership until May. 22, 1893, when our subject pur- 
chased Mr. Lovelt's interest. 

.Tune 1, 1893, Judge Chiptnan, Sanford M. Kelt- 
ner and E. E. Hendee formed a legal partnership. 
The members of the firm are men of eminent abil- 
ity, thorough knowledge of the law, and versed in 
its deepest intricacies, and the firm is the strong- 
est in this part of the state. Mr. Keltner in ad- 
dition to his responsible legal duties is serving 
his second term as President of the School Board, 
to which position he was unanimously elected. 
He was elected a member of the Board of Trustees' 
by the unanimous vote of the City Council. He 
has materially advanced the educational interests 
of the place, and it was largely through his instru- 
mentalit}' that the present commodious and sub- 
stantial school buildings were erected. Socially, 
he is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias and a member of 
the Order of Red Men. For years he has been ac- 
tively identified with the Republican party and 
was the first President of the Young Men's Re- 
publican Club of Anderson. 

The family residence is located on the corner of 
Thirteenth and School Streets, and is presided over 
by Mrs. Keltner, an accomplished lady, formerly- 
known as Alice May Cockefair." She was born 
near Everton, Fa^'ette County, Ind., and her fa- 
ther, Sylvan us Cockefair, first opened his eyes to 
the light in the house where, many j^ears after- 
ward, she was born. Her grandfather, Elisha 
Cockefair, emigrated from New York to Indiana 
and opened a large woolen factory near Everton, 
accumulating a large fortune as the result of his 
industrious labors. Sylvanus Cockefair resides 
on a farm near Everton, where he and his wife, 
whose maiden name was Mary A. Brookbanlt, are 
tranquilly passing their declining years. Two 
children, Ruth and Mary, have blessed the union 
of Mr. and Mrs. Keltner. Upon the death of Col. 
Robinson, .luly 28, 1892, our subject was m.ade the 
guardian of his only son, under S;'){),000 bonds, 
and he is the only man living who understands 
the details of the extensive business conducted by 
the late Judge. 

This sketch would be im-omplcte in the estima- 



tion of its subject were no mention made of his 
honored father, a retired citizen of Anderson. 
Joseph C. Keltner was born near Dayton, Mont- 
gomery County, Ohio, September 11, 1817. He 
is the son of Henry, a native of Huntingdon 
County, Pa., and the grandson of Michael Kelt- 
ner, a native of Germany, who after emigration 
to the United States engaged in farming in Hunt- 
ingdon County, Pa. In very early days, Henry 
Keltner removed to Montgomery County, Ohio, 
whence he went to the northeastern part of Preble 
County, near Lewisburg, Ohio, and there remained 
until his death. His wife, whose maiden name 
was Catherine Wert, was born in Adams County, 
Pa., of German descent, and died in Kosciusko 
County, Ind. 

The third among twelve children, Joseph C. 
Keltner was reared to manhood in Preble County, 
Ohio, whither he had been taken by his parents at 
the age t>f five years. His education was limited 
to six months' attendance in the common schools, 
and his time in youth was mainly devoted to 
farming. At the age of twenty-two he com- 
menced to work at the trade of a carpenter and 
has followed that occupation ever since. In 1865 
he went to Darke County, Ohio, and two years 
later he removed to Kosciusko County, Ind., 
where he engaged in contracting and building 
at Pierceton. On the 20th of February, 1875, he 
arrived in Anderson, where he was occupied as a 
contractor and builder until his retirement. 

The first marriage of Joseph C. Keltner occurred 
in Darke County, Ohio, his bride being Miss Dia- 
dama Eddington, who was born in Pennsylvania 
and died in Preble County, Ohio. There were 
eight children born of this union, three of whom 
are living, namely: Mary A., Mrs. J. W. Rhein- 
bort, of Preble County, Ohio; Levi P., a contrac- 
tor residing in Anderson; and Samuel C, a den- 
tist, of Muncie, Ind. The second marriage of Mr. 
Keltner took place in Preble County, Ohio, and 
united him with Miss Rachel Paulus, a native of 
Ohio, who died in Darke County, that state. She 
left two sons: Francis M., a dentist residing in 
Muncie; and Sanford M., the subject of this 
sketch. The third marriage of Mr. Keltner w.as to 
Miss Hester A. Mosior. Socially, he is identified 



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with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in 
vviiich he has been quite prominent. In his re- 
ligious belief he accepts the doctrines of tiie C'lnis- 
tian Church and is a consistent mcmher of tlie 
cliurch at Anderson. 



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E.SSK L. VERMILLION. One of the sub- 
II stantial and reliable financial institutions 
of Madison County is the Anderson Banking 
Company, of wliich the subject of this sketcii 
is Cashier and one of the stockholders. From 
the inception of the enterprise, in February, 1889, 
until the present time, it has been uniformly suc- 
cessful, and business is now cnnducted with a 
paid-up capital of $125,(Hl(i. Dining the recent 
stringency of the money market, when in eveiy 
city and village banks weie sus|)ending opera- 
tions, this institution retained to the utmost the 
confidence of the depositors, and paid every 
obligation on demand. 

Mr. Vermillion is one of the native-born citizens 
of Madison County, Monroe Township being the 
place of his birth, and August 7, 1864, the date 
thereof. He is one of seven children (three of whom 
are living) born to the union of Uriah C.and Mary 
Vermillion, natives respectively of Madison Coun- 
ty, lud., and Ohio. The maternal grandfather of 
our subject, Samuel Luther Morrow, was a teacher 
by profession, and while engaged in his duties as 
instructor was killed by two of his pupils. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject, Jesse 
^'ermillion, was born in Virginia, whence in early 
life lie removed to Ohio, and from there soon after- 
ward came to Indiana, settling in Madison County 
when it was a wilderness. Purchasing a tract of 
land from the Government, he erected a bark house 
and commenced the labor of clearing and improv- 
ing his property. He reared a large family of 
children, and passed away at the age of eight3'-six. 
A man of positive convictions, he adhered rigidly 
to the principles advocated by the Jacksonian 
Democrats, and was prominent in local affairs. 

la his boyhood Jesse L. Vermillion was a pupil 
in the district school near his home, and at the age 



of seventeen entered the Normal School at Val- 
()araiso, Ind., where he conducted his studies for 
two terms. He then entered Butler Luiversity, 
at irvington. Iiid., and for three years was a 
student in that institution, leaving at the close of 
his sophomore year. Returning iiome, he spent 
two years beneath the parental roof, and then, 
proceeding to Alexandria, this state, he and his 
father founded the Alexandria Bank, the firm name 
being U. C. Vermillion & Co. Of this enter- 
prise, Jesse L. was the active manager and pro- 
moter, and to him its success w.as largely due. 

Mr. Vermillion continued in the banking business 
at Alexandria about three 3ears, when, having an 
excellent opportunity to dispose of the enterprise, 
he sold out. Anderson seeming to offer superior 
advantages for banking, he became one of the pro- 
moters of the AiKleisoii r.aiiking Comijany. with 
the history of which, from its organization until 
the present time, his name is inseparably associated. 
He and his father are both large stockiiolders in 
the concern, and in every way have contributed 
to its success. 

On Twelfth Street stands an elegant residence 
recently erected by Mr. Vermillion, and now 
occupied by himself and family. He was married, 
November 21, 1888, to Miss Carrie Swank, a 
popular and accomplished young lad}- of Ander- 
son. One child, a daughter, (icraldiue, has blessed 
this union. Mr. Vermillion is a Democrat in his 
political affiliations, but entertains no partisan 
preferences, recognizing the good in the op|)osing 
party, though not believing in its polic}'. Sociallj' 
he holds membership in Alexandria Lodge, F. A: 
A. M.; Anderson Chapter; and Anderson Com- 
mauderv, K. T. 



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ANFORD R. MOSS, a representative agri- 
..^ culturist, prosperously handling a fine 
rade of stock upon liis large farm located 
on section 15, Anderson Townshi|), Madi- 
son County, has from his earliest years been identi- 
fied with the history and upward growth of this 




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county, where he was born March 12, 1846. He 
is a son of William J. and Elizabetli (Gordon) 
Moss, early settlers of Indiana, widely known and 
highly respected. The father, a native of the 
sunny south and born in Virginia, removed with 
his parents to Ohio wlien quite young. He was 
only in his youth when he made his permanent 
home in Bladison County, the family settling 
among the Indians when the state was but little 
more tiian a wilderness, and wild beasts and game 
were both abundant. AVilliam J. Moss, sharing 
the privations and hardships incidental to frontier 
Hfe, attained to mature age, married, and reared a 
family, who, trained into liabits of industrious 
thrift, grew to be earnest, intelligent, self-reliant 
men and women. The mother, a woman of cour- 
age and ability, aided her children in their up- 
ward progress in life, and was a devoted wife and 
parent. Slie was the descendant of an old and 
honored family whose Scotch ancestors had, genera- 
tion after generation, lived and died in old Scotia. 
Of the merry group of children who once gath- 
ered about the fireside of the parents, four now 
survive, two sons and two daughters. Margaret 
is tlie widow of Robert Wysong, a'jd makes her 
home in Anderson; Sanford R. is our subject; 
Samuel R. lives in Jefferson County, Neb.; Isabella 
is the wife of Frank M. Wertz, of Anderson Town- 
ship. Tlie father passed away April 15, 1869, and 
by his deatli the county lost a public-spirited man 
and a genuine pioneer, who possessed a valuable 
fund of reminiscence of the days of yore. He was 
politically a strong Democrat and an ardent advo- 
cate of the party. Our subject, the eldest surviving 
son, reared a farmer, lias devoted the labor of his 
life to general agriculture and stock-raising. Dur- 
ing his boyhood he assisted his father in the tilling 
of the soil, and learned the practical lessons which 
insured his future success. He gained his prepar- 
atory education in the public schools of his home 
district, and soon began life for himself. As he 
attained to mature age, Mr. Moss became an adept 
in raising and training fine trotting and pacing 
horses, making a specialty of this business in con- 
nection with farming pursuits. He enjoyed the 
benefit of instruction in the excellent Commercial 
College of Iron City, from which well-known in- 



stitution he graduated after a full course of 
studies adapted to business interests. 

Upon August 14, 1876, Sanford R. Moss and 
Miss Martha Thornburgh were united in marriage. 
The estimable wife of our subject, born and reared 
in Madison County, was the daughter of Thomas 
and Margaret Thornburgh, pioneer settlers of the 
county. Tiie father, now deceased, was a success- 
ful and energetic farmer of upright character and 
industry. Mr. Moss owns two hundred and eighty 
acres of valuable land, much of it brought up to 
a high state of cultivation, and finely improved 
with substantial and modern buildings, a resi- 
dence, barns and sheds. Politically a Democrat, 
and interested in local and national issues, our 
subject is not an office seeker, but, a man of liberal 
S))irit and a true American citizen, he is ever ready 
to aid in all matters of mutual welfare, and is 
known as one of the reliable and practical busi- 
ness men of Madison Countv. 



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1^ ON. ARTHUR E. HARLAN, Vice-President 
Irijy of the Alexandria National Bank, and ex- 
iJ^y^ State Senator, was born near Wilmington, 
(^ Clinton County, Ohio, December 5, 1853. 
His father, whose name was Alexander B., was 
born October 8, 1817, upon the farm where years 
afterward his son opened his eyes upon the scenes 
of earth. Grandfather David Harlan was born in 
Randolph County, N. C, about 1779, and was a 
first cousin of the father of Chief-Justice Harlan. 
In his youth he learned the trade of a cooper, 
which he followed in early life. Later, he removed 
to Ohio, settling upon the farm in Clinton Coun- 
tj', where his son and grandson were born, and 
where his death occurred. He had several broth- 
ers who were somewhat noted as successful busi- 
ness men in the pioneer days of Ohio. 

Regarding the early history of the Harlan fam- 
ily, we have been able to obtain but little reliable 
information, and it is known that the progenitors 
came from England early in the sixteenth centuiy. 
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America, one of wliom settled in New England, 
wiiile tlie otliei- drifted to the south. P'rom the 
last-named the immediate progenitors of our sub- 
ject were descended. Aside from these facts, we 
know but little concerning the genealogical his- 
tory. The father of Senator Harlan was an onl_v 
>()n, and was a man of liberal education, of broad 
views and great force of character. While not at 
any time of his life an aspirant for political honors, 
he was something of a political leader, being first 
a ^^'llig and later a Republican. He was a cham- 
pion of tlie poor and oppressed, and an advocate 
of the abolition of slavery, and is said to have 
been one of the Directors of tlie underground 
railroad in the days of slavery. Alexander 15. 
llailan'was united in marriage September 22, 
IMl, to Miss Eleanor Millikan, and September 22, 
1891, was celebrated their golden wedding. 

Through the exercise of excellent judgment in 
his business transactions, Alexander H. Harlan ac- 
cumulated a fortune and was numbered among 
the |)rosperous farmers in Clinton County, Ohio, 
but later lost the greater portion of his property 
by going security for others. In 1870 lie removed 
with his family to Indiana, settling in New Castle, 
where he prospered to some extent, but never re- 
gained his former possessions. At the time of his 
death, September 22, 1892, he was what would be 
termed a poor man, although he left his widow in 
fair circumstances. The mother of Senator Har- 
lan bore the maiden name of Eleanor Millikan, 
and was born in Clinton County, Ohio, .lanuary 
11), 1820. Her father. William Millikan, w.as a 
faiiiier by occupation, and was a native of New 
England, born November 12, 1789. Mrs. Harlan 
is a lady of fair education, and, like her late hus- 
band, possesses great force of character. She is 
now (1893) living at New Castle, at sevenly-four 
years of age. 

Our subject is tlie fifth of a family of four 
brothers and two sisters, the eldest of whom, 
Charles B., has never married and makes his home 
with the Senator. William Eilmore is the Super- 
intendent of a large commission house at Tacoma, 
Wash. The youngest brother, Calvin W., has for 
the jiast ten years been connected with the Big 
Four Railroad, with headquarters at Cincinnati, 



Ohio. There were two sisters in the family, one 
of whom died in infancy, and the other, Malinda, 
married James A. Berry, of New Castle, but now 
a resident of Chicago. 

It is doubtful if any young man ever started 
in life under more adverse circumstances than did 
Senator Harlan. In his boyhood days, his father 
was a rich man, and a life of ease and prosperity 
was before the lad, with a college course in con- 
templation, but when reverses came and the for- 
tune was swept away, all of the bright prospects 
of life were apparently swept away with it. He 
was compelled to aid in the support of the family, 
which he did with a determination to make his 
own mark in life. His education was completed 
in the High School of New Castle, after which he 
engaged in farming. 

At the age of twenty-three years Mr. Harlan 
commenced the study of dentistry in the office of 
Dr. W. F. Shelley, of New Castle, remaining with 
that gentleman for three years. He then passed 
an examination before the State Board of Dentist- 
ry and started out for him.self. In 1879 he came 
to Alexandria with less than $5 in his possession, 
and with a kit of tools, for wiiich he ran in 
debt. However, he went to work with a will, 
and it w.as not long until prosperit}' came to him. 
He invested his money in real estate, and contin- 
ued to practice dentistry until 1888. 

During that year our subject was brougiit to 
the front by the Republicans of his district as a 
candidate for the State Senate, and received the 
nomination. Although in a strongly Democratic 
district, he was elected by a large majority. He 
was pressed to accept it a second time, but posi- 
tively refused. He is popular with all classes, 
who have the utmost confidence in his honesty, 
integrity and abilit3', and his lecord in the .Sen- 
ate is a most creditable one. 

In 1889, Mr. Harlan became connected with the 
Alexandria Bank, and in January, 1893, when it 
was organized ,as a national bank, he was elected 
Vice-President. It is largely due to him that the 
Alexandria National Bank is one of the most solid 
financial institutions in the state. He is careful, 
conservative and far-seeing, and like all the men 
associated with him in the management of the 



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bank, guards well the interests of the stockholders 
and depositors, and to his and their credit be it 
said that during the great financial depression and 
stringency of the money market during 1893, 
when banks were failing by the hundreds, not a 
whisper of distrust was spoken about this institu- 
tion. There has been hardly an enterprise in Alex- 
andria since the great boom set in that he has 
not been connected witli. He has laid out several 
additions to the city that have made him a for- 
tune. He is one of the Directors in the Alexan- 
dria Mining and Exploring Company, President 
of the Alexandria Electric Light and Power Cora- 
liany, and has many other interests. He and his 
associates have built many of the large and sub- 
stantial business blocks in the city, and it is largely 
due to him that the place has grown from a little 
village to a large and prosperous city. 

Socially, Mr. Harlan is a prominent Knight 
Templar, being a member of the Blue Lodge, and 
Captain of tiie Chapter. In May, 1882, he married 
Miss Laura E. Sherman, sister of the present May- 
or of Alexandria, John E. Sherman. They have 
three children: Mildred G., who was born Febru- 
ary 14, 1883; Sherman B., born October 19, 1884; 
and Hugh, December 20, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Har- 
lan, with their children, reside in their beautiful 
home, which is one of the finest in the city, and 
located in Harlan's Third Addition to Alexandria. 
Starling in life a poor man, Mr. Harlan has by his 
own exertions accumulated a fortune. Not only 
this, but he has also made for himself a good 
name, that will live long after his fortune has 
passed into other hands, and it will be with pride 
that those who will follow him will look back 
upon his record. 



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jiT-^ ARRISON CANADA V. In enumerating the 
\Y'j" t'lilciprises that have contributed to the 
k,y (li \ (N.pinent and progress of Madison 
(^ ( luinty, prominent mention is invariably 
made of tlie Anderson Dressed Beef Company. 
This flourishing industry was organized in 1891 bj' 
Silas R. Mosser, A. B. Rhoades, James Woods and 



Harrison Canaday, who erected a commodious 
packing house and embarked in business as whole- 
sale meat dealers. They now conduct a large 
and remunerative trade, supjjlying the markets at 
Anderson, Alexandria, Elwood, Plankton and 
neighboring towns. 

In addition to his interest in the Anderson 
Dressed Beef Company, Mr. Canaday is an exten- 
sive stock-dealer, and since 1866 has engaged in 
buying and shipping stock. In former years he 
was accustomed to feed from one hundred to 
one hundred and fifty head of cattle in one win- 
ter, and at the present time (1893) he keeps about 
two hundred head. He makes large shipments of 
cattle and hogs to the eastern markets and is rec- 
ognized as one of the most successful stock-raisers 
of the county. His property inteiests are large 
and valuable, including four hundred and four 
acres in Richland Township, adjoining North An- 
derson; four hundred acres in Lafayette Town- 
ship, near Florida, and an elegant brick residence 
in Anderson. 

In Rush County, Ind., on the 2d of May, 1830, 
the subject of this sketch opened his e3'es to the 
light of day. His ancestry is of Scotch-Irish or- 
igin, and his forefatliers for a number of genera- 
tions resided in South Carolina. His grandfather, 
David Canaday, was born in that state, and there 
engaged in buying and selling horses. In an early 
day he removed to Indiana and followed his cho- 
sen occupation in Rush County, removing thence 
to Boone County, where he engaged in farming 
pursuits until his death. He was a Colonel in the 
state militia. The father of our subject, Caleb 
Canaday, was a native of South Carolina, but was 
reared to manhood in Union County, Ind. After 
his marriage he removed to Rush County, whence 
he came to Madison County and settled between 
Fraiikton and P^lwood in 1836. He engaged in 
farming and stock-raising, and through his ener- 
getic efforts accumulated four hundred acres of 
fertile land. His death occurred in 1856, when 
he was about fifty-six years of age. He was a 
prominent Democrat of his community and one 
of the leading agriculturists of the county. 

The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
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Carolina. Her father, John Dwigglns, likewise a 
native of that state, removed to Union Count}-, 
Ind., at .in oaily day. As early as 1834 he came 
to Madison County and settled near the village of 
Franiiton, where lie engaged in farming. He was 
an industrious man, a progressive pioneer and kind 
husband and father, and as an early settler of this 
county his name is iield in grateful remembrance. 
He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His dauglitcr, 
our subject's mother, died on tiie old homestead 
December 22, 1888, at the age of .seventy-eight. 
She was a kind and loving motlicr, and a devoted 
member of the Christian Church. 

In the parental family Iheic were eleven chil- 
dren, of whom ten grew to maturity and nine are 
now living. Harrison, the second in respect to 
age, spent his childiiood years in Rush County 
prior to the age of nine, when he came to Madison 
County, the removal being made with wagons and 
teams. For a time he remained with his Grand- 
father Dwiggins, his father meanwhile erecting a 
log cabin, 18x20 feet in dimensions. The family 
was soon' domiciled in this primitive structure, 
which contained a large fireplace made of mud and 
sticks , with cloth for doors and a hole in the 
wall answering the purpose of a window. The bed- 
stead w.as constructed of poles resting on sticks; 
the tloor was first of dirt, and .afterward of pun- 
cheon. 

While the father was occupied in clearing the 
land, the mother was accustomed to spin and 
weave, making all the garments worn by the fam- 
ily. Though a mere boy at the time, our subject 
was ol)liged to labor from dawn of day until its 
close, and aided his father in grubbing, burning 
trees, etc. After the land was cleared, it was 
ploughed with a wooden mold-board plow and an 
ox-team. As might be imagined, the educational 
advantages enjoyed by this fanner bov were ex- 
ceedingly limited, c<msisting of a few months' at- 
tendance at the log sciioolhouse near his father's 
home. Much of his time was devoted to hunting, 

tiuis of his unerring shot. Indian.s also were (piile 
numerous, but, being friendly to the settlers, the 
lixes of the pioneers were comparatively .safe. 
In Wayne County, Ind., in 1851, occurred tlie 



m.arriage of Harrison Canaday to Miss Elizabeth 
Howard, a native of that county. After his mar- 
riage, he located near Milton, Washington Town- 
ship, Wayne County, where he cleared and im- 
inovcd one hundred and fifty-two acres. In 1863 
he disposed of his i)roperty and located in Rich- 
l.and Township, Jladison County, two and one- 
half miles north of Anderson, on the Alexandria 
pike. His first purchase consisted of one hundred 
an<l seventy-five .acres, to which he has added from 
time to time as opportunity afforded. He engaged 
exclusively in farming until 1866, when he em- 
barked in buying and shipping stock — a business 
in which he has achieved success. Since 1890 he 
has conducted his work in partnership with his 
son, .1. R. 

During the year 1882 .Mr. Canaday located in 
Anderson, where he has a beautiful resideneo sur- 
rounded by a well-kept lawn. In l8iS,S he pur- 
chased a livery and sales stable, 72x144 feet in 
dimensions, from the rental of which he luas since 
derived a good income. He was engaged in the 
grain business in Anderson for two years in part- 
nership with Richani \i. 4'lioniliurg, later with E. 
G. Vernon. In former years he was accustomed 
to deal extensively in sheep, and at one time, in 
connection with Mr. Lewis, purchased three thou- 
sand sheep in Texas, wliicli he afterward sold at a 
handsome profit. In addition to cattle and sheep, 
he has raised hogs, selling them in the eastern mar- 
kets. In 1890 he aided in the organization of the 
Anderson Banking Company, of which he is now a 
stockholder. 

The second marri.age of .Mr. Canaday occinred 
in Anderson, in September, 1867, uniting him with 
Miss Victoria Ten Eyck, who w.as born in Milton, 
Wayne County, and is the daughter of John and 
Louisa Ten Eyck, both of whom are deceased. Of 
the first union of Mr. Canaday there are two liv- 
ing children: J. R., our subject's partner, who 
lives on the farm in Richland Township; and OUie 
B., the wife of R. L. (Juick, Assistant Cashier of 
the Anderson Banking Company. 

Ill his religious connections, Mr. Canaday is a 
consistent member of the Christian Church, which 
he is now serving as Trustee. Politicall^y, he aftili- 
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in local polities, having served as a member of the 
County Central Committee and as a delegate to 
the county and state conventions. For three 
years or more he has been a member of the board 
having in charge the city water works, and he has 
also given his support and assistance to other 
measures having for their object the promotion of 
tlie best interests of Anderson. He has witnessed 
the growth of this place frcra a struggling hamlet 
in the midst of dense hazel buslies, to a city sec- 
ond to none in tliis section of the state, and his 
influence h.as contributed not a little in securing 
these results. 



<S^ DMUN 
lU zens' ( 

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<^f^DMUND JOHNSON, Secretary of the Citi- 
(^as Company and Clerk of the Board 
City Water Works, was born in Pipe 
Creek Townsliip, Madison County, September 18, 
1847, being one in a family of eight children. His 
fatlier was born in North Carolina, in October, 
1812, and was a lad of twelve years when he ac- 
companied the other members of the family to In- 
diana and settled in Henry County, where he 
made his home for fifteen years. The grandfather 
of our subject, Thomas Johnson, also a native of 
North Carolina, migrated to this state in 1824. lo- 
cating in Henry County and becoming one of tlie 
earliest settlers of that section, where he resided 
until his death. 

Edmund Johnson, father of our subject, came 
to Madison County in 1839, and, embarking in 
agricultural pursuits, continued thus occupied un- 
til his death in 1877. His wife bore the maiden 
name of Isabel Chestnut, and was a native of Dela- 
ware, wlience she accompanied her parents to In- 
diana, settling in Henry County. Edmund John- 
son, Jr., passed his boyhood years in Pipe Creek 
Township and engaged in farming pursuits until 
shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War. He 
then enlisted in the defense of the Union, becom- 
ing a member of the One Hundred and Forty-sev- 
enth Indiana Infantry, Comi)any D. 

Returning to his home at the close of the war, 



Mr. Johnson for a short time followed the profes- 
sion of a teacher. Later he was for len years in 
the employ of the firm of C. Quick & Co., at 
Frankton, Ind. Locating in Anderson in Janu- 
ary, 1879, he accepted the position of general 
book-keeper in the Madison County National 
Bank, where he remained for seven years, or until 
1886. He retired from the position on account of 
the consolidation of the National and Citizens' 
Banks, and about the same time was elected City 
Clerk, holding that office for two years, 1886-88. 
In 1889 Mr. Johnson accepted the position of 
Secretary of the Anderson Loan Association, re- 
maining for three 3'ears in that position. Since 
that time he has been Secretary of the Citizens' 
Gas Company and Clerk of the Board of City Wa- 
ter Works. To the discliarge of his duties he has 
given his time and attention, working with a zeal 
and fidelity which will undoubtedly bring to both 
of these enterprises the highest material success. 
An active, earnest and conscientious man, he is cor- 
rect and faithful in the discharge of every duty, 
and his sterling qualities of head and heart have 
won for him the confidence of the people. 

While devoting his attention to his official du- 
ties, Mr. Johnson has not been unmindful of his 
religious privileges, and for many years has been 
identified with the Christian Church, being at the 
present tune an officer in that denomination. He 
is an influential member of the Grand Army of 
the Republic, and has occupied all the positions 
connected with the local post. Socially, he is ac- 
tively connected with Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 17; 
Anderson Chapter No. 52, F. & A. M., and is also 
a member of the Royal Arcanum. In politics a 
Republican, he has alwaj-s been deeply interested 
in the welfare of the party, and is recognized as 
one of the most capable men in his political organ- 
ization. The fact that he was the first City Clerk 
which his party succeeded in electing for a period 
of twenty years speaks well for his popularity, 
and indicates the high esteem in which he is held. 
The marriage of Mr. Johnson occurred Novem- 
ber 2, 1867, at which time he was united with Miss 
Sarah A. Hancock, of Marshall County, this slate. 
Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of Philii)and Maliala 
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ceased. The family of Mi. and Mrs. .Inl 
eludes the followin<,'-iiaine(l cliildreii : .liii 
loff K., Bureliard M. and Lucile. all n( < 
side with their parents. 



PANIEL W. BLACK. The marvelous growth 
of the cities and villages of Madison Coun- 
ty since the discovery of natural gas is 
nowhere better illustrated than by the records 
of real-estate transfers in the office of the County 
Recorder. Before the advent of natural gas there 
was hardly a living for a man in that position, but 
now it is the most profitable office in thecounty, ow- 
ing to the great increase in the number of docu- 
ments filed for record. The fortunate man who has 
held this otHce during four years of the greatest 
prosperity is Daniel W. Black. 

Born on the 18th of .January, 1818, in Monroe 
Township, Madison County, our subject is the son 
of Daniel Black, a native of Davie County, N. 
C, whose father was Frederick Black, also of North 
Carolina. Daniel Bhick was an early settler in 
Madison County, where he improved a farm. 
Removing to Wmterset, Madison County, Iowa, 
he died two years later, at the age of seventy-two. 
Our subject's mother, Eunice James, was born 
in Davie County, N. C. She was the daughter of 
James James, a pioneer farmer of Madison County, 
who died at the age of ninety-six years. She 
died in INIadison County at the age of seven t^'-two 
years. She was the mother of nine children, eight 
of whom reached }'ears of maturity', and tiiree are 
now living: Elmer E., Postmaster at Summitvillc; 
Mrs. Martha Stevens, of Alexandria; and Daniel 
AV., the latter being the youngest. 

The subject of this sketch was reared in Monroe 
Township, where his youth was spent in assisting 
on the farm and attending the district schools. 
At the age of nineteen he engaged in school 
teaching, and subsequently' bought a farm west 
of Alexandria. In the year 1875 the Lake Erie 
4 Western Railroad was built near this place, and 
the village of Orestes was platted; since that time, 
Mr. Black has sold part of his farm, which was 
platted as West Alexandria. He built a house 
9 



and embarked in merchandising, and continued in 
this business until he was elected County Kicorder 
on the Democratic ticket in 1889. During that 
period, he ofliciated as Postmaster under President 
Cleveland, and aLso served as Township Assessor. 
In 1889, as above stated, he was elected Recorder 
of Madison County, and took possession of the 
office in November, 1890. Marion, of which 
Indianapolis is the county seat, is the only county 
in this state where the number of documents filed 
for record exceeds those of Madison. All of the 
following cities and towns are growing iM|iidly 
and the .sales of real estate in each are large: An- 
derson, Elwood, Alexandria, Summitville, Frank- 
ton, Pendleton, Ingalls, Orestes, fiilman, Markle- 
ville, Chesterfield, Fishcrsburgh. Lapel. Columbus, 
Dundee and Florida. 

Politically, Mr. Black is a Democrat, and has fre- 
quently served as delegate to conventions. When 
twent3--two years of age, he united with the Chris- 
tian Church, and has held membership with that 
denomination ever since. In October, 1869, he mar- 
ried Miss Mary E. Moyer, who was born in Cler- 
mont County, Ohio, being the daughter of John 
Moyer, a farmer of Monroe Township. They have 
seven children: Effie L., who was educated in the 
State Normal School at Terre Haute, and is now a 
clerk in the Recorder's office; Elmer E., Deputy 
Recorder; John W,, a clerk in the otHce; Jeffrey ()., 
Laura, Lillie and Zola. Mr. Black and his family 
occupy a commodious residence on West Ninth 
Street. For many years he has been regarded as 
one of the most influential Democrats in this 
county, besides being an energetic and public- 
spirited citizen, and he is numbered among the 
most progressive men of the county. 



ARMFIELD, the popular and en- 
City Clerk of Elwood, had at- 
tained his majority only a short time before 
he was elected Clerk of the town of Elwood for 
one year, and was elected City Clerk when the town 
was organized into a city government in 189 L 
Born in Elwood, February 3, 1868, his interests 
have ever centered in his present home locality, 



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where, growing up from childhood to mature 
years, he is surrounded by the acquaintances of a 
lifetime, who fully appreciate his business ability 
and sterling traits of character, and predict for 
him a brilliant future. Orla A. Armfield is the 
eldest of the three children who with their cheer- 
ful presence blessed the home of the parents. Dr. 
J. D. and Ruth (Harmon) Armfield. The two 
brothers of our suliject are William T., of Marion, 
Ind., and Edward, who died in infancy. The 
father was a native of the sunny south and, born 
in Nortii. Carolina, March 25, 1829, was the eldest 
of the six children of William and Elizabeth 
(Petty) Armfield, natives of North Carolina and 
descendants of upright ancestors, who made 
their home in this county in very early days. In 
1851 the paternal grandparents removed from the 
south to the state of Indiana and settled in 
Henry County, where they continued to reside 
until 1859, then removing to Pipe Creek Town- 
ship, the grandfather spending the remainder of 
his life upon a farm, where he passed away at the 
age of sixty-four. 

Dr. Armfield, the father, was educated princi- 
pally in Madison County. He attended Pendle- 
ton Academy, and later taught school for several 
years, at the same time studying medicine. He 
afterward spent three years reading medicine with 
Dr. N. H. Canaday, and at the expiration of that 
period attended the medical department of the 
University of Michigan. August 6, 1865, he estab- 
lished himself at New Lancaster, Tipton County, 
in the pr.actice of his profession. In 1867 Dr. 
Armfield removed to Elwood, where he has since 
continuously remained, engaged in a round of 
duty, and is the oldest and longest established 
physician now in Elwood. A public-spirited 
citizen, ever ready to lend a helping hand in all 
matters of mutual good, he has been an eye-wit- 
ness of the wonderful growth of the village, which 
from a population of two hundred has increased 
in numbers until now it is one of the most pros- 
perous cities in the state. Occupying with honor 
various official positions of trust, Dr. Armfield has 
with able fidelity served as Town Trustee, and, a 
friend to educational advancement, has as a mem- 
ber of the School Board, and as a School Trustee 



for many terms, materially promoted a higher 
grade of scholarship and instruction in the public 
schools and given an impetus to the upward prog- 
ress of the various vital interests of youth. 

Orla A. Armfield attended the excellent schools 
of Elwood in early boyhood and completed his 
studies, graduating from the High School of 
Elwood in 1886. Mr. Armfield learned the busi- 
ness of druggist in his birthplace and continued 
in this emplo\'mcnt for some length of time. Later 
emigrating to the farther west, our subject re- 
sided in Plattscnouth, Neb., for three years, and 
there engaged in the drug business, being a 
registered pharmaceutist. Returning to Elwood, 
and having read law for several years, he was, 
in the j'ear 1891, admitted to practice at the 
Bar of Madison County. The term of office of 
the City Clerk, now extended to four years, 
insures the continued faithful service of our 
subject for some time to come. Politically a 
stalwart Republican, from his majority identified 
with the interests of the partj-, Mr. Armfield has 
ever been an earnest advocate of reform and prog- 
ress and fraternall3' is an active member of 
Quincy Lodge No. 200, 1. O. O. F. Having already 
made an enviable record as a business man and 
public oflicial, our subject has a future before him 
rich in promise of financial success and useful citi- 
zenship. 

^J^ NDERSON C. SCOTT, the furniture dealer 
^ v/ v ^"*^ undertaker of Sheridan, and ex- 
//' 14 County Treasurer of Hamilton County, 
^ was born near Noblesville, in Delaware 

Township, this county, July 30, 1835. His father, 
John L. Scott, was born in Highland Count}-, Ohio, 
January 1, 1812, and his father, Lemuel Scott, was 
a native of Virginia. Back of this but little is 
known of the early history of the family. 

At the age of sixteen j^ears, in 1828, the father 
of our subject went to live with an uncle, Dicki- 
son Hurst, in Wayne County, Ind., remained for 
five years, until he reached his majority, and in 
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iam Mcdi't'vv, a iiativi' of Wayne Coiinty. AVitli 
his wife and team lie soon after removed, first to 
Hamilton County, where he unloaded all liis 
earthl\' effects beside a log in Delaware Township, 
but shortly took up his permanent residence in 
Noblesville Township, where he lived and pros- 
pered many years. He was first a Whig and later a 
Republican in polities, and diet! in 1864, an exem- 
plary member of the Christian Church. His wife 
survived him for more than twenty years, living 
comfortably upon the income from his estate until 
1885. She was a devout member of the Christian 
C'liurch and a lad\' of many excellent and superior 
virtues. 

Our sul)ject was the eldest of a family of nine 
children, having five brothers and three sisters. 
Oscar died when but three years old. William was 
a soldier, in the Fifty-se«)nd Indiana Infantry, and 
served from the beginning to the close of the war. 
He wasinjured iu a stampede du ling bis service, but 
survived his injuries and became a farmer. He held 
the position of Postmaster for four years under 
President Harrison. Charles N. served three years 
in the Civil War, in Company F, Sixty-third Indi- 
ana Infantry, and came home a Second Lieutenant 
of that regiment. He is now a retired fanner, 
well to do, living in NoblesviUe. Maliza married 
James S. Presmall, who was a soldier in Company 
F, Sixty-third Indiana Infantrj'; he served three 
years as Orderly-Sergeant of his company, and af- 
ter the war settled in Des Moines, Iowa, where for 
three terms he filled the position of Sheriff. He is 
n(^w a wealthy real-estate dealer there. Malinda 
married W. S. Newby, who was also a soldier m the 
Civil War, and is now a farmer in Clay Township. 
Lucy married James Davenport, who served in 
the Civil War, and wasa brother of Dr. Davenport, 
of Sheridan. After his death she was twice mar- 
ried, the last time to Abram Clevenger, a well-to- 
do farmer living in Indiana. Albert died when at 
the age of about fourteen. George W. was Trustee 
of Clay Township for two terms, a man of fine ed- 
ucation and many years a teacher in the public 
schools. 

Anderson C. Scott, the subject of this sketch, spent 
his youth upon the farm, helping with the clearing 
and other labor, and walking two miles to secure 



such education as the primitive school of the pi- 
oneer settlement afforded. At the age of eighteen 
he learned and began to follow the trade of a car- 
penter, and continued to work at this calling until 
1860, when he married Melissa A. Pearce, who was 
born in North Carolina, and came with herfatlier to 
Hamilton County when .she was a mere child. After 
his marriage, he returned with his wife to the old 
homestead and was working his father's farm when 
the Civil War broke out. At President Lincoln's 
first call for troops he enlisted to go out with the 
Twelfth Indiana Infantry, but, finding it full, he 
with others who had been rejected enrolled them- 
selves as privates in the Sixty-third Indiana In- 
fantry, on the 7tli of August, 1862. He did 
scout and guard duty in Indiana. Kentucky, 1 lli- 
nois and Tennessee, and as Sergeant often had 
charge of his battalion. While on duty at Indian- 
apolis his second child was born, and he was no- 
tified that his wife was lying at the point of death. 
His commanding olflcer refused him leave of ab- 
sence and he carried his case to Governor Morton. 
He, in the greatness of his heart, said: "1 haxe no 
power over the government troops, but if you lau 
get outside the lines, go and see your dying wife 
and I will see that no harm comes to you." In 
this way he was enabled to see his wife before she 
died, and not even a reprimand was received from 
the army officers. Governor Morton having been 
as good as his word. Two years of hard service 
almost destroyed his health, and he was lionoralilv 
discharged for disability. 

As soon as his strength was partially restored he 
again took up his trade as a carpenter and followed 
it for some years. In 1867 he married Alvira 
Talbert, daughter of Elijah Talbert, one of the pi- 
oneers of Hamilton County. Two of her brothers, 
William and Nathan, were soldiers in the Civil 
War. He followed farming for a time, was .asses- 
sor of his township, and later assessor of Hamil- 
ton County for two years. In 187!) he eng.aged 
in the pump business in Sheridan; in 1884 he w.as 
nominated and elected County Treasurer, residing- 
during his term of otlice at NoblesviUe. He filled 
this office with great credit to himself and to the 
entire satisfaction of his constituents. After his 
term as Treasurer expired, he returned to Sheri- 



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dan, engaging for a time in the lumber business, 
and later settling upon the business which he now 
follows — furniture and undertaking. William A., 
one of ills two children by his first wife, is in 
Sheridan in the planing mill belonging to G. H. 
Palmer, of Sheridan; the other, Charles E., is ed- 
itor of the Patriot, a weekly paper of Westfield. 
lie has eight children by liis present wife. Edgar 
McGrew is a printer at Muucie; Mary is the 
wife of Arthur Baker, a farmer in Adams Town- 
ship; Ella is at home; George is with his brother 
in the printing business at Muncie; Mattie D., 
Melinda, Walter and Laura are all at home. Mr. 
Scott is a prominent Grand Army man and a mem- 
ber of the Knights of Honor. His wife is identified 
with tlie Woman's Relief Corps and the Knights 
and Ladies of Honor, and they are both members of 
the Christian Church. They have a pleasant and 
happy home of twelve acres near Sheridan. 



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eOL. MILTON S. ROBINSON. A biograph- 
ical history of the prominent men of Mad- 
ison County would be incomplete, not to 
say altogether unsatisfactory to the citizens of 
this count}', without a sketch of the career of the 
late Judge Robinson, Chief .lustice of the Appell- 
ate Court of Indiana, who for forty 3'ears prior to 
his death was perhaps the most conspicuous figure 
in Madison County, not only as the leading prac- 
titioner at the Bar, and as the gallant leader upon 
the battlefield, and as the eminent jurist, but as a 
man. 

Milton Stapp Robinson was born at the little 
town of Versailles, Ind., on the 20th of April, 
1832. He was the son of Col. .Joseph R. Robinson, 
who in his day was widely known for his sterling 
integrity, and celebrated for his eloquence as a 
speaker, and who was a member of the convention 
that formed Indiana's present constitution. 

Judge Robinson received a common-school edu- 
cation, and under the judicious instruction of his 
father prepared iiimself for the practice of his pro- 
fession, which he liegau l)efore he reached his ma- 



jority. He was regularly licensed to practice law 
under the old constitution of the state before he 
attained his twenty-first .year, and was soon 
afterwai-d admitted to practice in the Supreme 
Court of the state and United States Circuit and 
District Courts. 

On November 15, 1851, he came to Anderson 
a beardless boy and began the career of distinction 
and usefulness which was brought to a close onl^' 
by the hand of Death. By his energy, his clear 
intelligence, and force of ability in the discharge 
of his professional duties, he soon obtained a large 
and lucrative practice, which was coutinued until 
the breaking out of the great Rebellion, when he 
entered the array as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 
Forty-seventh Infantry', after having twice de- 
clined a colonel's commission tendered him by 
his life-long friend, the late Oliver P. Morton, 
Indiana's war Governor. He was prominently 
identified witli the fortunes of his regiment un- 
til lie was promoted by Governor Morton to the 
Colonelcy of the Seventy-fifth Indiana Infantry, 
with which regiment he remained until the close 
of the war, and part of tiie time commanding with 
signal abilit}' the brigade to which his regiment 
was attached, though he was but twenty-seven 
years of age when he received his commission as 
Colonel of the Seventy-fifth Indiana. He partici- 
pated in the great battles in Tennessee, Kentucky 
and Georgia, prominent among which were Chick- 
amauga and Missionary Ridge. In March, 1865, 
he was brevetted Brigadier-General for meritorious 
service, and at various times during his service he 
received especial mention in the official reports of 
Generals Thomas, Palmer, Reynolds, and others, 
for gallant and honorable service. 

In 1856 he became an active and prominent 
Republican, serving as a Presidential Elector for 
the Eleventh Congressional District in the conven- 
tion that nominated General Fremont as the first 
Republican candidate for the Presidency. In 1866 
he was nominated by the Republican party as 
Senator from the district composed of Madison 
and Grant Counties, being elected bj^ a hand- 
some majority, and during the sessions of the Leg- 
islature was regarded as one of the leaders of his 
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first brought the name of the late Senator Pratt 
before the eaiieus of Republican Senators for the 
I'nited States Senate. 

In August, 1874, he was again called into public 
life by his fellow-citizens, and received the nomi- 
nation of tiie Reiniblican party for Representative 
of the Sixth Congressional District for the Forty- 
fourth Congress. lie was triuinplinntly elected, 
and served witli such distiin'tion .•lud al)ility that 
lie was re-nominated by acclamation and re-elected 
in 1876, and during the four years that he served 
111 Congress he was always found at his post of 
duly, and (•slMlili>lied a reputation as a conscien- 
tious, careful and intelligent legislator. 

In March, 1891, he was appointed by the late 
Alvin P. Hovey, Governor of Indiana, as one of 
the .ludges of the Appellate Court, which was cre- 
ated by the preceding Legislature, and served as 
Chief Justice of the Court up to the date of his 
death, which occurred at liis home in Anderson 
on the 2sth of .Tuly, 1892. He received the 
nomination for the office of Appellate Judge by 
the Republican State Convention, which was held 
at Ft. Wayne in June, 1892, but a few weeks 
pri(n- to his death. 

On the 1st of January, 1873, he formed a 
law partnership with the Hon. John W. Lovctt. 
The firm of Robinson & Lovett continued as one 
of the strongest firms in northern Indiana until 
the year 1888, when Sanford M. Keltner became 
the junior member of the firm, and from that time 
the firm was known as Robinson, Lovett A Kelt- 
ner, and continued until March, 1891, when 
"Colonel" Robinson, as he was familiarly known to 
his friends in Madison County, wa~ :ippoiiit<il one 
of the Judges of the Appellate Couil of Indiana. 

Colonel Robinson was twice married, (hi the 
8th of July, 18.56, he was united in marriage with 
Alnnra F. Ballard, who died shortly after his return 
from the war. On the 27th of .luiic, 18(;G, he 
was married to Louisa A. P.iaiiliani, who died in 
December, 1890. 

Judge Robinson in the course of his active and 
useful career earned an enviable reputation as a 
safe counselor and careful and painstaking lawyer, 
and a bold and fearless advocate. In politics he 
continued a IJcpublican from the formation of his 



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himself in his honest conxidioiis ;is 
respect of his political .-idvcrsMrics. 

In society he was known and ap 
gentleman of liberal views, gencidus 
social qualities of a high or<h']-, :\ui] 
called into question his high character, sincerity 
and honesty of purpose and his great licnevolencc. 

As a Judge, he was impartial, patient and able 
and the opinions prepared by him are cIcmi-, for- 
cible and logical. From his early iii.'inliood to tlic 
day of his death, lie was a consistent member of 
the Presbyterian Cliuich. contributing liberally of 
his means to its support, and at all times uphold- 
ing its interests. 

As a soldier, .Judge UoliiiisonV career is written 
in the annals of his country. I'.rave, iiatriotic and 
devoted, he discharged in the fullest measure his 
every duty as a loyal citizen. 

As a lawyer, he grappled almost by intuition 
the salient points of his case, and was never taken 
by surprise. No lawyer ever identified himself 
more sincereh' and earnestly with his clients' 
interests, and his loyalty to his clients w.as never 
questioned b}^ any man. 

As a Judge, he was clear, logical and straight- 
forward, and his decisions are able and well di- 
gested. 

As a citizen, he was clean, upright and consist- 
ent, always identifying himself with any |jrogiess- 
ive movement for the furllicrancc of the commu- 
nity's interest. 

Judge Robinson was generous to a fault, giving 
to all charitable and benevolent enteri)rises freely 
and gladly. In dispensing charity lu; w.as without 
ostentation, and his hand was ever ready to assist 
and his purse open to this end. One of the prin- 
cipal objects of his charity and love was the needy 
soldier of the late war. Almost daily some old 
veteran, bending beneath the weiglit of years and 
infirmities, found his w.ay to Judge Robinson's 
office, and always left with some provision made 
for his necessities and creature comforts. 

A marked characteristic in the career of .Judge 
Robinson was his interest and kindness to the 
young men just commencing the practice of the 
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aid them in any way that he could, and when des- 
pondent they might renew their courage by asso- 
cialif>n and conversation with bim. His library 
was ever at their disposal, and he was glad to see 
them gain a foothold and become honorable and 
useful members in his chosen profession. 

Colonel Robinson left but one child, a bright 
little boy, Milton Chester, who was but ten years 
old at the time of his father's death, but he will 
be blessed with a comfortable fortune. He has in- 
herited largely his father's clear and analytical 
mind and his indomitable pluci<. 

The death of Colonel Robinson removed from 
Madison County one of her most honored and 
beloved citizens, and his memory will ever remain 
a rich heirloom in the history of Madison County. 



EWIS S. KERCIIEVAL, one of the wealth- 
(^1 icst farmers in Adams Township, and for- 
merly Commissioner of Hamilton County, 
was born in Butler County, Ohio, August 5, 1842. 
The first record of the family in this country 
shows tliat two brothers, who were of Scottish an- 
cestry, came to this country on a British man-of- 
war, and when they landed on American soil the\' 
deserted and concealed themselves in Virginia. 
Thus was founded the now numerous Kercheval 
family in the United States. 

The grandfather of our subject, Reuben Ker- 
cheval, who was born in Kentucky, early removed 
to Ohio, and became a pioneer of the then almost 
unbroken wilderness. A man of broad and liberal 
views, he was bitterly opposed to slavery. One 
of his brotiiers, Samuel by name, was a large slave 
holder and merchant at Pulaski, Tenn., and when 
Robert O., our subject's father, was nineteen years 
old he entered the employ of his uncle as clerk, 
as did ins brother .lames, his principal business 
being to mark and bill cotton to be shipped south. 
With iiim he remained for six years, and while 
tiicre his father made him and his brother a visit. 
In conversing with liis brother Samuel regarding 



slavery, he voiced his opinions in no mild terms 
and reproved him for engaging in the buying and 
selling of human beings. Noticing that Reuben 
admired a bright little negro boy some two years of 
age, Samuel said: " I will free that boy if you will 
take him home with you and take care of him." This 
he did, and the child remained with him until the 
death of his benefactor, after whicli he lived with 
James Kercheval, our subject's uncle. 

After spending sis years in Tennessee, Robert 
G. Kercheval returned to Ohio, where he married 
Miss Angeline, daugiiter of .John Schooley. The 
grandfather of Mrs. Kercheval was born in New 
.Jersey, of English ancestry, and was an officer in 
the Revolutionary War. It is said that tliere is a 
large estate in England belonging to the Schooley 
family, but they have never been able to get the 
connecting links necessary to secure the property. 
John Schooley was born in what is now Spring- 
dale, Ohio, August 12, 1792, and was an early 
settler of the Bucljeye State. 

Some time after the marriage of Robert G. 
Kercheval, he made his way to the western fron- 
tier and settled in Missouri, but after seven years 
of hardships there he returned to Ohio, in 1849. 
Two years later he brought his family to Union 
County, Ind., where he resided until the winter 
of 18.57-58, removing thence to Hamilton County 
and settling on a farm in Adams Township, ad- 
joining the present home of our subject. Upon 
that place the father prospered in farming pur- 
suits, in which he was engaged until his death, 
August 22, 1881. He left a fortune of $23,000 
to be divided among his children. During his 
residence in Union County he served as Post- 
master; he was also a Notary Public in Hamilton 
County for twenty-one years, and during that en- 
tire period he never charged a soldier a penny for 
making out a paper, and often paid the postage 
himself. While not an Abolitionist, he was a 
strong Union man, a friend to the negro and all 
poor ^nd distressed. July 24, 1876, some five 
years prior to his demise, his wife passed awaj'. 

The senior Reuben Kercheval had several 
brothers, of whom we note the following: Samuel 
has been mentioned above .as a wealthy slave- 
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Indiana and settled on the Wabash River, north 
of Vineennes; John went to the Platte settlement 
in Missoiiii, .■mil lioth brothers, so far as we know, 
[)rospered in worldly matters and accumulated 
wealth. A son of John, Frank by name, was a 
steamboat captain, and became very wealthy, but 
lost his fortune. Subsequentl3- ''^ engaged as a 
wheat speculator on a large scale, and his wealth 
IS now estimated at a half-million. 

The family of which our subject is a member 
consists of eight sons and two daughters, he being 
the eldest. .John E. is a prosperous farmer in 
Adams Township. Reuben P., an attorney by 
profession, enlisted in the Eighteenth Indiana 
Infantry when only fifteen years of age, and 
later joined the First Indiana Cavalry. He was 
twice wounded and later was taken prisoner, spend- 
ing five months or more in a rebel prison. After 
the war he embarked in the legal profession at 
Tipton, Ind., and in 1882 removed to Coffeyville, 
Kan., where he became a prominent politician and 
a popular '•slump" speaker. In 1889 he was the 
Dcmociatic lumiiiiee for Congress, but was de- 
feated. Saiiuiel, the next in the order of birth, is a 
resident of Sheridan. Mary J. married Lewis 
Small, and died leaving three children. James W. 
follows agricultural pursuits in Adams Township. 
Uoliert G., Jr., lives in Sheridan. Sarah F. married 
Thomas Malott, a boot and shoe merchant at Sheri- 
dan. Francis McKinzie, the youngest, is engaged 
in the lumber business at Walla Walla, Wash. In 
his youth our subject had few educational advan- 
tages, and was obliged to walk two or three miles 
in order to secure such schooling as he did obtain. 

Nineteen years old when the war broke out, our 
subject enlisted, October 18, 1861, as a member of 
Company II, Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry', and 
was Color-Sergeant of his regiment. Twice he 
was tendered promotions, but in both cases re- 
fused the honor. His first baptism of fire was at 
Shiloh. He also proudl}' carried the colors at 
Stone River, when he resigned as color-bearer, but 
continued as Sergeant at Mission Ridge, Tallahoma, 
Knoxville, Resaca, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Moun- 
tain, Dallas, New Hope Church, Peach Tree 
Creek, Lovejoy Station, Jonesboro and Franklin. 
The battle last named occurred twelve davs after 



his term of enlistment had expired, but he volun- 
tarily took part in the engagement. Among the 
six sergeants who went into that fight, all were 
killed but him. He was wounded twice, the most 
severe wound being in the right thigh. He also 
received a slight wound in the shoulder. Aside 
from this, his clothes were riddled by seven bullets. 
His wounds were received while rescuing the 
colors, that were about to be wrested from 
the color-bearer, he at that time not being bearer 
of the flag, but carrying a Henry rifle. He lav on 
the battlefield until he was removed in an ambu- 
lance to N.ashviile. 

For some time Mr. Kercheval was conlined in 
the hospital's at Nashville, jNIadison and Indian- 
apolis, and his injuries were so serious as to en- 
danger his life. A less patriotic man than he 
would not have gone into the thickest of a des- 
perate encounter when his period of enlistment 
had expired, and he might have been en route to 
his home, but such was his patriotism th;it he 
threw himself into the very front of the battle. 
For two 3'ears after his return to Indiana he was 
compelled to use crutches, and has never since had 
the full use of his limbs. As soon as he was able 
to work, he embarked in the trade of a cm penter, 
and later, with the money saved while in service, 
purchased forty acres of land, which is now a part 
of his fine farm of two hundred acres. He has 
been one of the most successful farmers and stock- 
raisers of Hamilton County, and has made for 
himself a fair fortune, having one of the finest 
rural homes in the county. 

September 20, 1866, Mr. Kercheval married .Miss 
Nellie Greathouse, who was born in Highland 
County, Ohio, and in 1864 accompanied her father, 
Thomas Greathouse, a Virginian b}- birth, to Indi- 
ana, where Mr. Greathouse engaged in farming 
and also gained a local reputation as a Methodist 
preacher. Mr. and Mrs. Kercheval are the parents 
of five children, namely: Susan M.. who is a 
teacher in the public schools and h.as the reputa- 
tion of being one of the best e<Uicators in Hamil- 
ton County; James, a graduate of Earlliam College, 
at Richmond, Ind., who w.as formerly a teacher, 
but is now a boot and shoe merchant in Sheridan; 
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Lafayette; Carl C. and Mary, who are being edu- 
cated in tbe local schools. 

In no sense of that word is Mr. Kercheval a j 
politician, but lie has been a life-long Republican, 
and in 1889 his party brought him to the front as 
a candidate for County Commissioner. Elected 
to the position, he served with credit to himself 
and to the satisfaction of his constituents. During 
liis term he was instrumental in bringing about 
many reforms in the county, among which may be 
mentioned the purchasing and making free all the 
gravel roads in the county, something greatly 
appreciated. Socially, he is a Mason and a promi- 
nent member of t!ie Grand Army of the Republic. 
Some years ago he started a movement to erect 
monuments at tlie graves of all dead soldiers in 
his townsliip, and through his efforts forty-one 
soldiers' graves are marked by headstones. The 
soldier has in him a true friend, and none that is 
poor and worthy comes to him for aid without 
securing it. 



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o^PMOS T. DAVIS. A flourishing enterprise 
^^1 of Anderson is that which was established 
Irl by Mr. Davis in 1893, and of which he is 
^ the projirietor and manager. Although 

of recent inception, the business has enjoyed a 
steady growth from the start, and the establish- 
ment now ranks among the substantial concerns of 
the cit3'. Within this store may be found a va- 
ried and large assortment of agricultural imple- 
ments, including the most modern and approved 
machinery, and the farmers of the surrounding 
country, appreciating the fact that prices are rea- 
sonable and ([uality superior, have given the en- 
terprise their |)atronage and trade. 

A few words in regard to the ancestors of our 
subject will not be amiss. His Great-grandfather 
Davis was born in Scotland, and emigrated to 
America when a young man, remaining in this 
country until his death. Grandfather Franklin 
Davis was born in Canada and in his early man- 
hood removed to New York State, where he spent 
the greater part of his life. The father of our 



subject, Eli Davis, was born in Tompkins County, 
N. Y.,and in 1844 came west, settling in Alexan- 
dria, Ind., where he conducted a flourishing busi- 
ness as a stock-dealer. He died in that city at the 
age of sixty-two years. 

The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
name of Mary Sutton, and was born in Lycoming 
County, Pa., of Pennsylvania-German ancestry. 
She died in 1865, at the age of thirty-eight. Her 
marriage resulted in the birth of eight children, of 
whom six are now living. Among this number, 
the fourth in order of birth is the subject of this 
sketch, who was born in Connersville, Fayette 
C^ounty, Ind., November 23, 1853. He passed his 
childhood years in Fayette County, meantime at- 
tending the common schools; at the age of twelve 
years he went to Alexandria, and resided m that 
village until 1876. For three years he followed 
the profession of a teacher in Monroe Township, 
after which he came to Anderson, accepting a 
position as clerk in the Sheriff's office. He re- 
mained for four years in the employ of Sheriff 
McMahon, and later was with Sheriff Biddle for 
two years. 

In November, 1882, Mr. Davis was elected 
County Recorder for a term of four years. At 
the expiration of his period of service, he was re- 
elected, and served eight years in all, or until 
1890. Upon retiring from the office of Recorder, 
he entered into business as a contractor of street 
and gravel road construction, continuing thus en- 
gaged until the spring of 1893, since which time 
he has been a dealer in agricultural implements. 
He was married in 1882 to Miss Mary C. Moore, 
a native of Kentucky, who resided in Anderson 
for a time prior to her marriage. She is a daugh- 
ter of George R. Moore, a native of the Blue Grass 
State, who died there in 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Da- 
vis are the parents of three children, Alton M., 
Hermou R. and Nellie E. 

In his social connections, Mr. Davis is identified 
with the Knights of Pythias and the Independent 
Order of Red Men, at Anderson. He is a promi- 
nent worker in the interests of the Democratic 
party and takes an intelligent interest in public 
affairs. To an unusual extent he enjoys the con- 
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him the greatest trust and regard hiin with the 
higliest respect. As a business man, lie is Iceen 
and shrewd, possessing tiiat acumen and tact wliich 
have promoted liis material prosperity'. As a 
friend, lie is kind and obliging; as a neighbor, 
helpful and accommodating; and in his domestic 
relations, he is thoughtful and considerate, a lov- 
ing husband and devoted father. 



ARTLKTT II. CAMIMUCI.L, ProMTUling 
Attorney for Madison County, was born in 
I'nion Township, this county, on the 1 4th 
of April, I8(>2. He traces his ancestry to 
id and England, and in the latter country 
lis paternal grandfather, a siicressful manufact- 
urer, passed his entire life. His faihcr, .John A. 
Campbell, was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, 
England, and in 1842, at the age of eighteen, 
emigrated to America and for a time traveled in 
the "sunny south." Upon coming north, he lo- 
cated in Henry County, Ind.. and began the study 
of medicine in Rlountsville, but the opening of 
the war caused him to abandon his studies. 

At tlie time of the opening of the Civil War, 
Mr. Campbell was a valiant supporter of the I'nion 
cause, and his patriotic spirit was at once aroused 
in the defense of our country, which he loved 
with all the fei vor of a native-born American. 
In 1861 he entered the army as a member of Com- 
pany K, Thirty-sixth Indiana Infantry, and served 
for three years with the rank of Sergeant. At the 
battle of Shiloh he was wounded in the leg, but 
with that exception he fortunately escaped unin- 
jured. At the close of the war, he returned to 
Indiana, and located at Chesterfield, Madison 
County, where his father-in-law resided. At that 
place he operated a sawmill, later a gristmill, and 
followed milling and engineering until his death. 
Locating in Anderson in the spring of 1871, 
John A. Campbell followed his chosen occupation 
here until his deatii, ten years later. Wiiile work- 
ing as engineer for the Paxson Planing Mill, he 
was one any engaged in piling lumber, and some 
of the wood accidentally falling upfiii hiin he was 



at once killed. He was at that time lifty-seven 
years of age. A m:iii of dccisixc (•h.-irai-ter and 
great perseverance, be \v:i~ hrbl in jii^h csli'cm by 
all who knew him. and w.as .'i mciiiliiT of the Chris- 
tian Church. Politically, he adhcri'd U> the prin- 
ciples of the Democratic party. 

The mother of our subject l)orc the maiden 
name of Miriam i'lMwbridgc. and was Imrn m 
Hamilton County. ( )hi(., being the daughter of the 
Rev. Joseph R. Trowbridge, wlio was born in Vir- 
ginia. He was a pioneer member of the Christian 
Church and w.as a friend of the famous Alexander 
Cami)bell, one of the early preachers in tliat 
denomination. He aided in the organization of a 
number of churches and w.-is prdiiiiiuMit among the 
people of that faith in Ohio and Indiana. He 
resided successively at lUountsville, Chesterlield 
and Muncie, Ind., and died at the place last named 
in 1883, aged eighty-four years. The mother of 
our subject is still living, and makes her home in 
Anderson. 

Of a family of three sons and one daughter, the 
subject of this sketch was next to the youngest. 
He was reared in Anderson from the age of nine 
years, and was for some time a student in the 
public and high schools of this city, graduating 
in 1879. Afterward he followed the profession of 
a teacher until 1885, and meantime employed his 
leisure hours in the study of law, reading with 
Schwinn & McMahau. lie hecame First Assistant 
Postmaster under .1. \V. Pence, and held that 
position until November, 1888, when he resigned. 
Later he was appointed Deputy Sheriff under 
James Etchison and served in that capacity until 
the fall of 189-2. 

Meantime, Mr. Camiibell continued his legal 
studies, and in September, 1891, he was .-idmitted 
to })ractice at the Bar of the state of Indiana. In 
.June of 1892, he was nominated on the Demo- 
cratic ticket for the position of Pi-osecuting 
Attorney and was elected in lln' fall of the 
.same year. During the month of November, he 
assumed the duties of the oflice and located on 
tlie corner of Ninth and .Main Streets, Anderson, 
' where he still has his ofliee. As may be inferred 
i from the above, he is a Democrat, and he labors uu- 
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a member of the School Board and served until 
June, 1892, being for two .years President of the 
Hoard. 

In Anderson, .lul}' 7, 1883, Mr. Campbell 
married Miss Luella Wriglit, who was born in 
Brown County, Ind., being a daughter of James 
Wright, a soldier in the late war, who was killed 
during active service. Tlie union of Mr. and Mrs. 
Campbell lias resulted in the birth of four children: 
Dale J., Lena, Edith and Bartlett R. In his social 
connections, Mr. Campbell is identified with Mt. 
ISIoriah Lodge, F. & A. M., the Mingo Tribe of 
Red Men, the Royal Arcanum, and the Order of 
Foresters, of whicli he is Past Chief Ranger. 



'S^ICHARD THORNBURGH, a representative 
Lsif and thoroughly practical agriculturist and 
1E\ a successful stock-raiser desirably located 
^ upon section 10, Anderson Township, Mad- 
ison County, is a native of the state, and, through- 
out iiis entire life intimately associated with the 
growth and upward progress of his county, is 
widely known as a substantial and liberal spirited 
citizen, ever ready to lend a helping hand in all 
matters of mutual welfare. Born in Madison 
County March 18, 1843, he was the son of Thomas 
and Margaret (Munden) Thornburgh, early resi- 
dents and prominent people of the county. The 
father was a native of North Carolina, and leaving 
his birthplace when only a little lad, accompanied 
the paternal grandparents to Ohio, where he was 
reared and educated in the primitive log school- 
houses of the early days. From Ohio some years 
later, Thomas Thornburgh, following the tide of 
emigration, took his way to Indiana and, arriving 
within the borders of the state in 1837, settled in 
Richland Township upon a new farm. Year after 
j-ear patiently cultivating the fertile soil, the 
father brought the acres of the old homestead up 
to a high state of cultivation and annually rea[)ed 
an abundant harvest, but finally, in the spring of 
1889, he removed to Anderson 'i'ownship, where 
he died July 2, 1890, universally mourned as a 



man of sterling integrity of character, a true friend 
and upright citizen. 

The widow survives and now, seventy-three 
years of age, resides in Anderson. A pioneer of 
the state, she has been an e^^e-witness of the re- 
markable development of Madison County and 
possesses many old-time friends and well-wishers. 
Of the six children born unto the parents, five sur- 
vive: Richard; Martha, wife of S. B. Moss; Mary, 
wife of Benjamin Lukens; John; and Jane, widow 
of Oliver Davis, a public-spirited citizen and 
early settler of Madison County, whose death was 
mourned as a public loss. A devout Christian, he 
was a member of the Friends' Society and, thor- 
oughlj' upright, commanded the confidence of all 
who knew him. Politically a Whig in early life, 
Mr. Davis was later a stalwart Republican and was 
deeply interested ifl local and national issues. 

Richard Thornburgh, our subject, reared amid the 
pioneer scenes of his youth, received instruction 
in the district schools of the home neighborhood 
and, trained up to the routine of everyday duties of 
agricultural pursuits, made farming the avocation 
of his life. Mr. Thornburgh has been especially 
successful as a stock-raiser and dealer in cattle and 
horses, and, possessed of excellent judgment and 
fine business ability, has been financially- prospered. 
Supplementing the knowledge he gained at school 
by keen observation and reading, Mr. Thornburgh 
is a man of intelligent culture and hasself-rcliantl y 
gained an enviable position of influence. 

Upon May 28, 1867, Richard Thornburgh and 
Miss Arabella Thomas, a native of Ohio, and the 
daughter of Jacob S. Thomas, of Miami County, 
Ind., were united in marriage. The union of our 
subject and his worthy wife has been blessed by 
the birth of seven children, five of whom are 
yet surviving: Charles A., Raymond D., Bessie, 
Thomas R. and Nellie B. January 12, 1891, the 
belpved wife and mother entered into rest, leav- 
ing to her husband and children blessed memories 
of her love and tender kindness. Our subject is 
a valued member of the United Brethren Church, 
and politically is an ardent Republican. Mr. 
Thornburgh owns eighty acres of excellent land, 
under a highly profitable state of cultivation and 
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buildings. The farm liouses some fine stock of su- 
perior grade, our subject profitabl)- handling the 
best varieties. Mr. Tliornburgh is a progressive 
man of liberal spirit, aii.d enjoys the high esteem of 
a host of life-time friends. 

y~,ILLIAM II. WILKINS. No state in the 
forty-four gives greater encouragement to 
„ ^ a man who desires to devote himself to 
agricultural pursuits than does Indiana. Its re- 
sources are almost inexhaustible, and its climate is 
adapted to the cultivation of varied crops. The 
energy and perseverance of a man's character have 
nowhere a better field for manifestation than in 
agricultural pursuits. This is found to be the case 
in the career of William II. Willcins, who is not 
only a most successful and progressive farmer, but 
a business man of more than ordinary acumen. 
He came originally from Yadkin County, N. C, his 
birth occurring in 1851 to the union of George and 
Elizabeth (Cranflll) Wilkins, both natives of Davie 
County, N. C. Tiie grandfather, George Wilkins, 
Sr., was of Diilcii descent, and tlie maternal grand- 
father, Joshua Cranfill, was boin in Davie County, 
N. C, and followed agrirultural pursuits there for 
a number of years. 

The father of our subject was reared in Yadkin 
County, and made his home there until his death, 
in April. 1893. lie was married in 1842 to Miss 
Cranfill, and started out to combat life with noth- 
ing, not even a few articles of household furniture. 
He followed the occupation of a farmer and black- 
smith, and his first liorse was bought with the 
money earned by splitting rails at fifteen cents i)er 
hundred. He was industrious and persevering, 
and at the time of his death was in very comforta- 
ble circumstances. In politics he was a Republi- 
can, and in religion a l!apti>t. A slrong temper- 
ance man, and an honorable, worthy citizen, lie 
was highly- regarded in the neighborhood. To his 
marriage were born twelve children. Joshua died 
when young; Sarah Ann and Ducky are deceased; 
Charles died when about thirty-three j-ears of age. 
He married Miss Barbara (Jross, who bore him one 



child, George. Lydia E. is the wife of L. C. Cran- 
fill; William II. is our subject; George married 
Miss Nettie Revis and has one child; Matthew died 
when young; John married Miss Bettie Hoots and 
has three children; Nancy Jane is deceased; Sarah 
Jane died when young; and one died in infancy. 

William H. Wilkins remained with his parents 
until 1871, and his time was passed in arduous 
work on the farm, for he had to help su|)port the 
family. lie received no education, and when nine- 
teen years of age was thrown on his own rcsouivrs. 
For nine months he worked as a farm h.aiid and 
then made his way to Hancock County, Ind., land- 
ing there with $2.50 in money and a valise full of 
clothes. Soon after he went to Madison County, 
settling in Pendleton, and later worked for Dauiiil 
Snyder shucking corn. After that he cut and 
handled cordwood until February, 1872, when he 
went to Van Biiren County to visit relatives. 
There he hired to .1. A. Allen and was engaged in 
general farm work for six months, onlj- losing six 
days during that time. After that he began 
work for Dan Webster, continued with him for a 
few months, and then ai)|)cared in Hancock Coun- 
ty, where he husked corn, cut cordwood and 
split rails for two years. Ditching then occupied 
his attention for some time and then he came to 
Madison County, where he was engaged in the 
same business, but only a short time, giving up 
the contract for ditching and engaging in merchan- 
dising. 

Mr. Wilkins was first in business as clerk with 
Roseborn & Howard, but only for a few months, 
after which he branched out for himself with a 
(■ai)ital of *.')00, although he had saved aliout 
^()00. For three montlis he ran an oyster stand 
and for a short time was in partnershi)) with B. 
S. Payne. Later he engaged in business alone, 
buying out his partner, and has been without a part- 
ner ever since. In 1882 he moved to his present 
place of business. On the 9th of January, 1881, 
he was married to Miss Mary E. Spitzmesser, a na- 
tive of Boone Township, Madison County, born 
in 1861, and the daughter of Dennis and Betsey 
(Neltuer) Spitzmesser, natives of Germany and 
Ireland, respectively. Mr. Spitzmesser is now one 
of the foremost farmers of Boone Township. Mrs. 



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Wilkins died on the Uth of December, 1892. 
She was a most worth)' Christian womay and was 
a member of tlie Methodist Episcopal Church, be- 
ing converted under the preaching of Dr. Wood- 
worth in 1885. Slie was quite an active woriter 
in the churcii, and was well thought of by all. 

Two children were born to this union, Maudie 
Blanclie and .Jolinny P'loyd. Mr. Williins is now 
tlie owner of one hundred and thirty-five acres of 
land, a part of which he worked on when lie came 
to Indiana, and he also owns a stock of goods 
valued at §7,000, and a very pleasant home. He is 
interested in the Fairview Addition and is a stock- 
holder and Treasurer of the Johnson Land Com- 
pany. He also owns an interest in tlie brick fac- 
tory. In politics Mr. Wilkins is a Proiiibitionist, 
and in religion a Methodist, lieing Steward and 
Treasurer of that cliuich. 



iN"i^li^#!#^^K 



/^EGRGEW. I5R0WN, a representative ag- 
f|[ (— -^ riculturist and prosperous stock-raiser suc- 
^^(Jl cessfully conducting a fine farm desirably 
located upon section 19, Lafayette Townsliip, 
Madison Count}-, is a native of the state, and from 
liis earliest 3'outh has been identified with tiie 
progressive interests of Indiana. He was born in 
Rush County, .luly 6, 1843, and is tlie son of Hon. 
George W. and Elizabeth (Trees) Brown, both of 
the parents being natives of Oliio. Tlie paternal 
grandparents were numbered among the early 
pioneers of Indiana, removing hitlier from Ohio 
with their family in the early '20s. Grandmotlier 
Hannah Brown, a true pioneer of the west, named 
Richland Townsliip in Rush County, and was 
widely known for her courage and energetic en- 
terprise. The father of our subject, the Hon. 
George W. Brown, possessed executive ability of 
a high order, and, appreciated by his fellow-cit- 
izens, for two terms efticientiy represented Rush 
County in the State Legislature. Discharging the 
duties intrusted to his care to the great satisfac- 
tion of ills constituents, he achieved an enviable 
reputation as a public otlicial, and subsequently 
represented Shelby County twice in the State Leg- 



islature. Finally elected State Senator from the 
latter county, he was giving faithful and earnest 
consideration to state affairs when he was stricken 
with mortal illness and upon May 17, 1858, passed 
away, mourned as a public loss. He was politically 
a Democrat, and, an earnest advocate of the Party 
of tlie People, was eloquent in argument and log- 
ical in discussions. 

When a young man the father entered the min- 
istry of the Christian Church and although he 
afterward practically abandoned the pulpit, was 
ever a devout Christian and a man of sterling in- 
tegrity. He and liis excellent wife welcomed to 
their hearts and home a family of bright and in- 
telligent children, most of whom survived to use- 
ful manhood and womanhood. The living sons 
and daughters are: Mary A., wife of William 
Crail, of .Jasper County, 111.; Hannah E., wife of 
Gerard Burton, of Cherokee County, Kan.; John 
O., of Jasper County, 111.; Adam T., residing in 
Hancock County Ind.; Emiline, wife of J. J. 
Burton, of Jasper County, 111.; and George W. 
Our subject in 1847, then four years of age, re- 
moved from his birthplace with his father and 
mother, who then located in Shelby County. In 
this part of the state Mr. Brown was mainly I'eared 
and educated. His father died when he was only 
a bo)-, and shortly after that bereavement the 
eldest brother entered the Union army, and, en- 
gaging in ttie perils of the Civil War. left the care 
of the home farm and the widowed mother to our 
subject. That patriotic son and brother, constantly 
subject to the exposure and suffering of a soldier, 
was taken ill with typhoid fever at Pilot Knob, 
Mo., and died far from home and friends. Two of 
the other brothers who had likewise enlisted re- 
turned in safety at the close of the war. 

The first sciiool Mr. Brown ever attended was 
held in a little log cabin and w.as paid for by sub- 
scription. Later he enj03-ed the advantages of 
instruction in a more advanced district school and 
he well improved the golden opportunities for 
study which presented themselves in Shelby 
County. Arrived at manhood, energetic, ambi- 
tious and self reliant, our subject took unto him- 
self a wife. It was upon August 1, 1865, that 
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were united in nianiage. Tlie estimable wife of our 
subject was a native of Jefferson County, Ind., and 
tlie daugbter of Samuel and Nanc_y McKa.y. Mrs. 
I'.iown removed witli ber parents to Slielby County 
wbeu a young girl, and tbere received her educa- 
tion in the district schools. Kigbt sons and 
daughters blessed the union of our subject and his 
worthy wife. .lane C, the eldest born, is now the 
wife of .John .1. Closser; Eliza .1. is the widow of 
Francis Ashton; the others are, SamucHl.. Will- 
iam II., George W., :\Iinerva H.. Klmer K. and 
Catherine A. From Shelby County Mr. Ur.iwM 
removed in the fall of 1HH4 to his present fine farm 
in .Madison County, which has since been his,[)erma- 
neiit home. He owns two hundred acres of choice 
land, now brought up to a high state of cultivation 
and well improved with modern and substantial 
buildings. Fraternally, in early years connected 
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, our 
subject has not been an active member of the order 
for some time. Politieallj' a Democrat, Mr. IJrown 
is intelligently posted in both local and national 
affairs. He is a valued member of the Christian 
Church and a ready aid in all matters of benevo- 
lent enterprise. Financially prospered, and with 
unvarying industry making his upward way in 
life, our subject has likewise gained a position 
where, respected and'esteemed, his useful influence 
is a power for good. He and his devoted wife 
enjoy the confidence of all who know them, and 
ill the evening of their lives may rest content that 
in the battle of life they have fought a good fight. 



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ANIEL M. SCOTT is one of the pioneers 
of Alexandria, and one of its wealthiest 
and most esteemed citizens. He was born 
near Morgantown, Monongalia County, 
\V. Va., June 17, 1828, a son of William T. and 
.luliet (Marchand) Scott, the former of whom was 
liorn in West Virginia in December, 1795, and the 
l.'itter in Westmoreland County, Pa., September 5, 
18(11. The paternal grandfather, James Scott, was 
a Virginian, and at one time while helping to de- 
fend his father's home against an attack from the 



Indians be was woumlrd Miidonrof lii> >M,'is was 
killed. He was a phuilor, and at one time owned 
a large number of slaves, and belonged to oiu' of 
the most prominent of the old Colonial families of 
Virginia. He died m his native stale. 

William T. ScotI, .•lUbouob but a boy of seven- 
teen years at the time of the War of 1812, did 
good service as a recruit iiig ollicer, and became a 
man of more than ordinary intelligence in after 
yeais. lie followed the occupation of {eachiiig 
tor s.uiic lime, and alioi.t, I,s:;i started down the 
Ohio Kiver for 1 mliaiia, and lirst resided for some 
time in .leffersonville, where he supported himself 
for some time by teaching, as he had come to the 
slate a very poor man. From Jeffersonvillo he 
went to Henry Count.y, where for a time he was 
engaged in farming in a small way, then went to 
Delaware County and look up forty acres of land 
four miles west of Muncie, where he lived until 
1847. He later bought property near Alexandria, 
his homestead being the place now owned by Rob- 
ert II. Hannah, who married his daughter and lo- 
cated on South Harrison Street, now in the heart 
of a bustling city. On this place he died in 
March, 1862. He had one brother, Dorsey, who 
was a Baptist preacher. Rolla, another brother, 
became a lawyer, was Clerk of the Circuit Court 
in Brown County, and was a man of some politi- 
cal note. Another brother, Sanford, was a farmer 
near Anderson, Ind., and died in that city about 
1873. A sister was married to Alexander Men- 
efee, of Anderson, and died in the winter of 
1893, at the age of seventy-five years. The ma- 
ternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch. 
Dr. James Marchand, was a prominent phj-sician 
of his day, and died in what is now Irvin Station, 
being a descendant of the French Huguenots. He 
was married twice, and by both wives became the 
father of sons who followed in his footsteps and 
became physicians. Tlie3- were members of the 
Presbyterian Church and devout Christians. 

Daniel M. Scott was the eldest of three brothers, 
and he had seven sisters, four of whom were older 
than himself. Eliza A. married Amos Collins, is a 
widow and resides in Anderson, Ind., with a 
daughter; Amelia married William Crim, and 
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ried Dr. John Home, of Yorktown, Ind.; Marie 
A. married Dr. Joseph Pugh, who was many years 
Treasurer of Madison County; Caroline married 
R. n. Hannah, who is one of the wealthiest men 
of Alexandria, and has been one of the principal 
promoters of the growth of the place; Matilda J. 
died at about the age of thirty years, unmarried; 
James is in the grocery business in Alexandria; 
and Rolla was for many years in the County 
Clerk's office in Anderson, and died when about 
forty years old, his wife also being dead. 

The early advantages of Daniel M. Scott were 
of a limited nature, from the fact that the country 
was new at the time his parents located here, and 
his services were required in assisting his father to 
gain the necessaries of life rather than in acquir- 
ing an education, although he did attend school 
for some time at the regulation log schoolhouse, 
being compelled to walk from two to three miles 
to do so. In the fall of 1846 he entered a 
store as a clerk at Yorktown, and in 1858 en- 
gaged in the mercantile business on his own ac- 
count at Independence, where he made consider- 
able money. In 1864 he came back to Alexan- 
dria, where he continued merchandising until 
1883, then bought grain and dealt in stock, in all 
of which enterprises he showed good judgment 
and made money. 

In 1864 our subject bought forty-six acres of 
land adjoining the little village of Alexandria, to 
which he added from time to time until he had a 
large and valuable farm. This valuable property 
was greatly increased in value by the boom the 
place took about this time, and he, in company 
with Ijis brother-in-law, J. W. Parsons, and Dr. J. 
W. Pugh laid out the Riverside Addition to Alex- 
andria, which is a beautiful residence district. (A 
more complete notice of this place is given in the 
sketch of J. W. Parsons.) Mr. Scott also owns 
property in the main part of the city, and has one 
lot on Harrison Street for which he has refused 
$4,000, and which was bought by his father about 
forty years ago for an old shot-gun. Mr. Scott 
has done a great deal to make Alexandria the stir- 
ring and bustling cit}' that it is, and was instru- 
mental in securing the two railroads of the place, 
and helped to build the gravel roads. He has 



served as Township Trustee for six or eight years, 
but outside of that Jias never held any political 
office, nor has he desired to do so. All the mem- 
bers of his family have been Democrats from the 
cradle, and this party receives his support also. 

Mr. Scott was married July 6, 1859, to Miss 
Jennie E. Banks, who was born in Wayne County, 
Ind., February 28, 1839, a daughter of Adam 
Banks, a prominent farmer, and to them but one 
child was born, William T., who died at the age 
of two and a-half years. However, they have 
reared and educated three children: Flora B., the 
daughter of his brother-in-law, Jonathan W. Par- 
sons, and now the wife of Dr. J. W. Pugh; and her 
brother, Adolph N., who died at his home when 
twenty-six years of age. Mr. Parsons has been a 
Mason for forty years, and is a liberal supporter 
of the Christian Church, to which his wife belongs. 
His business career has been a most remarkable one, 
for he started in life with but little education, and 
is now one of the wealthiest self-made men of 
Madison County. At the present time he is liv- 
ing a quiet life in his beautiful home, surrounded 
by an abundance of this world's goods and a host 
of warm friends, wiiose respect, conBdence and 
affection he highly prizes. 



SYDNEY CROPPER is engaged extensively 
in general agricultural pursuits and is the 
! owner of a fine farm located in Delaware 
Township, Hamilton County, in addition 
to which he owns one hundred and sixty .acres in 
Tipton County. His biography, which we will 
now briefly review, affords a good illustration of 
the fact that industry and good judgment will al- 
most invariably bring their possessor abundant 
material success, although at the beginning of his 
career he may have neither capital nor friends. 

In this connection a brief mention of the par- 
ents of our subject will not be amiss. His father, 
Leavin Cropper, was born in Hackensack County, 
Md., in 1781, and was reared upon a farm, receiv- 
ing but a limited education. His first marriage 
united _him with Miss Polly Selby, and they be- 
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Nancy and Nathaniel, C)f whom Nancy is tlie sole 
survivor. In an early day Mr. Cropper removed 
to Kentucky, and there, after the death of bis first 
wife, he married Sopliia, daughter of Granville 
Reed, a native of "\'iruinia. Their union resulted 
in the birth of the following children: "William, 
deceased; Polly, wife of Robert Stoop; Edmund; 
Sydney; JMadisoii; Saumel; I.iutilia; Leavin, de- 
ceased; Solomon ; l).-i\iil, dc(ea>c(l; and .Joseph, de- 
ceased. 

Toward the latter pait of his life Leavin Croi)- 
per removed to Decatur County, Ind., and re- 
mained ujwn a farm live years, when he moved to 
Marion County, where he remained until his death, 
which occurred at the age of seventy-four. His 
wife had passed away many years prior to his de- 
mise, her death occurring when our subject was 
fourteen. The father, politically, was identified 
with the Whigs; in his religious convictions he 
was an earnest and faithful member of the Primi- 
tive liaptist Cluncli, in nhicli faith he died. A 
man of broad and generous .sympathies, fine 
sense of justice, one felt instinctively that he was 
a good man, lliat his judgiiient w.-is sound and 
liis motives exalted. 

From Bourbon County, Ky., where he was born 
in 1823, Sydney Cropper was taken by his parents 
to Scott County, the same state, and thence, at 
the age of eight years, went to Decatur, Ind., 
where he remained for live years. Later, he re- 
moved to Marion County, this state. At the age 
of nineteen, he left the parental home, and, pro- 
ceeding to Paris, III., started to learn the trade of 
a saddler. As that was not exactly suited to his 
tastes, he abandoned tiie trade in a few months, 
and going to Greensburg, Ind., learned the ti'ade 
of a blacksmith and manufacturer of plows. Me 
has followed his trade to some extent throughout 
his entire life, but for many years has given his 
attention principally to farming, and is now the 
owner of one hundred and sixteen acres in Ham- 
ilton County and one hundred and si.Kty acres in 
Tipton Count}', in addition to which he has given 
his two children forty acres each. 

In Valparaiso, Ind., on the 27thof May, 1857, Mr. 
Cropper married Miss Sarah A., daughter of Will- 
iam and Catherine (Van Dalsen) Mowery. Two 



children were born of this union: Catherine, wife 
of Clark Wall; and (leiieva, who married (ieorge 
A. Leatherman. Both .Mr. and Mrs. Cropper are 
active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
in which he has served .as Class-leader for more 
than twenty years. Socially, he is a demitted 
memlier of the Masonic fraternity. While not ac- 
tive in politics, he is a stanch Kepublican, and has 
officiated as Justice of the Peace for eight years, 
in which position he has displ.ayed the possession 
of sound common sense, line judicial aliility and 
accurate judgment. 

The paternal grand|)arents of Mrs. Crojjper 
were Valentine and Susan Mowery, natives of \'ir- 
ginia, and the parents of eleven children, of whom 
the eldest and youngest were sons, the youngest 
being the father of Mrs. Cropiier. The maternal 
grandparents of Mrs. Cropper were Henry and 
Eunice (Zobeiska) Van Dalsen, natives of New 
York and New .Jersey, respectively, but of Holland 
and Polish descent. 

There were but two children m the family of 
William Mowery, Mrs. Cropper and a sister, Eu- 
nice, who married E. L. Whitcomb, by whom 
she had five children, but one now livinsj. 



W;i W. READ, a prominent business man and 
senior partner of the prosperous firm of 
W. W. Read & Co., wholesale grocers of 
Anderson, discovered some time since that his 
present localit}- offered great opportunities to men 
of enterprise, and with excellent judgment decided 
to establish himself here, and in the month of 
.September, 1889, opened his present commodious 
store. He was guided in his choice of business by 
the fact that Anderson pos.se.ssed no wholesale 
grocery house, and, observing the rapid growth of 
the town and the constantly- increasing need of 
such an establishment, at once resolved to become 
the pioneer in his especial line of trade. The ven- 
ture w.as from the first a pronounced success, the 
sales far exceeding the brightest anticipations of 
our subject. As yet the only house of its kind in 
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firm of W. W. Read & Co. commands an exten- 
sive trade, covering a large territory, and reach- 
ing far out into tlie surrounding country. 

Mr. Read liad for many years been engaged as a 
trusted employe in responsible positions in the 
dry-goods business, but, a man of executive ability, 
was not satisfied to longer remain in tlie service 
of others.and finally resolved to start out for him- 
self. His long experience of twenty-five years 
with the well known dry-goods firm of H. S. 
Pogue & Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, was an invalu- 
able apprenticeship, thoroughly training him in 
tlie manner and method of conducting an immense 
business. The firm, appreciating his unquestion- 
able judgment and efficiency, placed Mr. Read in 
charge of the wholesale department of the busi- 
ness, which he successfully conducted for fifteen 
years, and during this entire length of time also 
held with ability tlie responsil)le position of buyer 
of goods. A man of close observation, our sub- 
ject in handling the interests of others acquired 
a knowledge and confidence which peculiarly 
adapted him to prosperously manage an extensive 
business of his own. 

During his long residence in the city of Cincin- 
nati, Mr. Read enjo.yed the pleasure of a wide ac- 
quaintance and possessed the confidence of many 
friends, who regretted his departure from the firm 
with whom he had so long sustained the most sat- 
isfactory business relations. In beginning busi- 
ness upon his own account, he saw that every de- 
partment of his store was furnished with a com- 
plete line of goods, and no wholesale grocery 
house in Madison County offers to its customers a 
finer stock or choicer variety of goods than W. W. 
Read &. Co., who are now numbered among the 
substantial business men of this locality. Mr. 
Read, devoting himself untiringly to the demands 
of commercial life, has no desire for political pre- 
ferment, but is nevertheless deeply interested' in 
both local and national issues, and, a public-spir- 
ited citizen, ardently advocates the development 
of local improvements and enterprise. 

In 1873, in Brookville, Ind., W. W. Read and 
Miss Carrie S. Speer were united in marriage. The 
estimable and accomplished wife of our subject 
was the daughter of Henry Speer, a manufacturer 



of paper in the town of Brookville for many 
years. He was a man of fine business attainments 
and was well known and highly regarded in Cin- 
cinnati, where he long conducted a salesroom. 
Mr. and Mrs. Read have been blessed b^^ the 
birth of three children: a daughter. Miss Carrie E. 
Read, a social favorite among her large circle of 
friends; and a boy and girl who died in infancy. 

..^w^^^^-.-^ ^ 

<^ IJKilLLIAM E. JOHN, a successful fanner re- 
\rj/i siding upon section 4, Union Township^ 
^^ is numbered among the representative 
residents of Madison County, wheie he was born 
on the 17th of January, 1844. He is the sou of 
William and Catherine (Glodfeit}-) John, natives 
respectively of Ohio and Pennsylvania. His pa- 
ternal ancestors were presumably of Welsh origin, 
while on his mother's side he is of Pennsylvania- 
Dutch descent. The father of our subject accom- 
panied his parents to Indiana during the early 
part of the present centuiy and, settling in the 
woods of Madison County on the White River, 
commenced the arduous task of clearing the land 
and improving a farm. 

By trade a blacksmith, AVilliam John followed 
that occupation throughout his entire active life, 
and in connection therewith engaged extensively 
in agricultural pursuits. During the early period 
of his residence in this county, he experienced all 
the hardships incident to existence on the fron- 
tier, but with undaunted courage and persever- 
ance he achieved success in spite of every obsta- 
cle. He made his home in this count}^ until called 
lience by death in 1889. Of the children born to 
his marriage, four survive, namely: Margaret J., 
the wife of Lewis Dilts; William E., of this sketch; 
Thomas A., a resident of Anderson; and Charlotte, 
who is the wife of John M. McGriff. In his polit- 
ical belief, Mr. John, Sr., was a Democrat, and was 
often elected upon the ticket of that party as the 
incumbent of local offices of trust. A stanch ad- 
vocate of the public schools, he frequently served 
as School Director, and was instrumental in pro- 
moting educational affairs. 

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hood in the county of his birth, receiving in the 
district schools such educational artviintages as 
were then offered to the young. Mucli of iiis' time 
was devoted to the task of removing tlie dense 
forest growth, and in other pioneer work. He was 
married in 18C6 to Miss Nancy E. Dunhani, a na- 
tive of Madison County, Ind., her fatlier. We-ley 
Dunham, liaving lieen an early settler of Inlon 
Township, and now a resident of Anderson. Six 
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. John, of whom 
the five following survive: William W., Thomas 
II., Ada T., Charles H. and Gideon E. Theodore K. 
is deceased. 

After his marriage, Mr. John located upon the 
farm wliere he has since resided. He is now the 
owner of one hundred and eighty acres, upon 
which he has placed all the improvements charac- 
teristic of a model estate. Here he conducts a 
general farming business, devoting his attention 
to planting and ploughing, and to other labors in- 
cident to rural life. In all his work he uses ex- 
cellent judgment, displaying the possession of 
abilities of a high order. Politically he is prom- 
inent in the councils of the Democratic party in 
this section, and gives his support to all me.asures 
of a public-spirited character. Socially, he and 
his family are iiighly regarded by all who enjoy 
the pleasure of their acquaintance. . 

J] AMES W. Mc;MAIIAN, who is engaged in 
general farming and stock-raising on section 
I 6, White River Township, Hamilton Coun- 
_ ' ty, was born in Marion County, Ind., De- 
cember 1, 1837. He traces his ancestry to James 
McMahan, a native of Scotland, who came to 
America in 1714, and died in 1797. His son John 
was born May 23, 1741. The grandparents of our 
subject, James and Letitia (Asbury) McJIahan, 
were natives of North Carolina, and in an early 
day removed to Kentucky. The}" were married 
December 3, 1797, and had a family of six sons 
and five daughters. The gieat-great-grandmother 
was a niece of Daniel Boone. 
The father of our subject at the age of eleven 
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3'ears began life for himself. About 1837, he 
married Priscilla Morrow. In 1833, lie came to 
Indiana, locating in Indianapolis and working at 
his trade of a plasterer until 1844, when lie re- 
moved to a farm twenty-nine miles west, where he 
kept a tavern for four years. Returning to the 
city, he engaged in dealing in stock, and bought 
hundreds of horses for the United States Govern- 
ment during the war. He was an old-time stage 
agent, and also collected the postage. After his 
return to Indianapolis, he bought a grist and saw 
mill at Plainfleld, and subsequently carried on a 
general store until 1801, when he sold out and 
removed to a farm in White County. Three 
years later he went to Noblesville, where for a 
time he conducted a mercantile business, and later 
engaged in farming and trading until his death. 
He was a prominent and successful business man 
and accumulated quite a fortune. He died Aug- 
ust 19, 1884; his widow is still living in Nobles- 
ville. The}' were the parents of ten children, four 
sons and six daughters. 

Under the parental roof, James W. McMahan 
was reared to manhood, no event of special im- 
portance occurring during his youth save his serv- 
ice in the late war. Prompted by patriotic 
impulses, he enlisted August 9, 1862, as a member 
of Company A, Fourth Indiana Cavalry. He 
went immediately to the front, and in Tennessee 
was taken prisoner, being paroled and kept in 
parol camp from February until June, 1863. He 
served as Quartermaster-Sergeant during the lat- 
ter part of the war, and after the cessation of 
hostilities was honorably discharged, June 28, 
1865. For three years he faithfully defended the 
Old P'lag, which now floats so pndidly over the 
united nation. 

In 1869, Mr. McMahan was united in marriage 
with Susan F. Flanders, who was born September 
11, 1848, and died September 18, 189U. Eight 
children were born of that union, of whom four 
aie still living: Sara M., John D., James A. and 
Susan J. All have been provided with good ed- 
ucational advantages. 

For three years, Mr. McMahan engaged in farm- 
ing in connection with his father-in-law and after- 
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lie purchased one hundred and sixty acres, to 
which he has since added, until the farm now com- 
prises four hundred and fifty acres of valuable 
land, under a high state of cultivation and well 
improved. He successfully carries on general 
farming and stock-raising, and has become one of 
the substantial citizens of the community. In pol- 
itics, he was formerly a Republican, then became 
a Democrat, but now is independent, voting 
for the man whom he thinks best qualified for the 
oflice. Favoring a revision of the tariff, and op- 
posed to protection, as we are not infants in any 
sense of the word at this day and time in the way 
of manufacturing, he voted for Cleveland. Mr. 
McMahan is a self-educated and self-made man, 
and his example may well serve to encourage oth- 
ers who, like himself, have to begin life's battles 
empty-handed. His career demonstrates the fact 
that success is the reward of earnest effort. 



J JOSEPH SHAFER, a progressive and pros- 
perous general farmer and stock-raiser of 
I Indiana, and a long time and highly re- 
' spected resident of Duck Creek Township, 
Madison County, has from his earliest youth been 
associated with the leading interests of the state, 
and, born within the boundaries October 6, 1855, 
is a native of Franklin County. His father, James 
Shafer, was likewise a native of the same county, 
and was there reared. He was the son of early 
pioneers, who energetically aided in reclaiming the 
land from its unproductive condition and lived 
and died amid the changing scenes and growth of 
enterprise which transformed the wild prairies and 
timber land of the state into highly cultivated 
farms waving with grain. He received his edu- 
cation in the primitive log schoolhouse of the 
neighborhood, but early began the battle of life, 
assisting his parents in the agricultural duties 
of the old homestead, and self-reliantly winning 
his upward way to a position of comfortable inde- 
pendence. Attaining to mature age lie married, 
and, soon after the birth of our subject removed. 



in 1855, with his wife and family to Madison 
County. He settled upon another farm and for 
more 'than two-score years tilled the fertile soil of 
hi 5 broad acres, passing away upon his homestead 
April 23, 1889. 

The mother, Frances (Ward well) Shafer, was the 
daughter of Isaac Ward well and the descendant of a 
long line of intelligent and liighly respected Eng- 
lish ancestry. The Shafers were of German descent 
and possessed the thrifty industry and upright 
character bequeathed to them by their sturdy fore- 
fathers. Joseph Shafer was the j'oungest of the 
five children who blessed the home of the parents. 
Nancy, the eldest daughter, is the wife of a suc- 
cessful physician. Dr. J. D. Armfleld, who with his 
family makes his home in Elwood, where he enjoys 
a large practice; Abbie married James Hinds, now 
deceased, and is residing in Elwood; William E., 
a successful fanner, cultivates a fine homestead iu 
Duck Creek Township; Joseph attended the dis- 
trict schools of his home township and, reared in 
his present locality, is identified with the growth 
and progress of Duck Creek Township, which 
forty-five years ago was in a comparatively primi- 
tive condition, neighbors being few and far between. 
Removing hither when an infant, Mr. Shafer has, 
with the exception of a brief period, made this 
part of Indiana his lifetime home. He remained 
with his father, working industriously upon the 
old farm, until twenty-one years of age and then 
began life for himself. After fanning one year at 
New Lancaster, our subject returned again to the 
old farm, and prosperously continues in the till- 
ing of the soil of Duck Creek Township, where he 
raises fine crops of hay and grain and also profit- 
ably handles a high grade of cattle and horses. 

Upon December 22, 1878, were united in mar- 
riage Joseph Shafer and Miss AUie Stretchei, 
daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Mack) Stretcher. 
The pleasant home of our subject and his estima- 
ble wife has been brightened by the birth of three 
children, two daughters and one son, Chloe, Ettie 
and James Arthur. They are all at home and are in- 
telligent young people, social favorites witli many 
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Shafer are valued members 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Shafer is 
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and is a liberal giver in belialf of its support. He 
is politically a Republican, hut lias no aspirations 
for office, and is content to do his duty as a kind 
neighbor, true friend and private citizen, ever 
ready to lend a helping iiand in all matters of 
local welfare and improvement. 



AMUEL EDCxAR BUSBY. In glancing 
over the biographies presenlcd upon llioc 
pages, the reader Las doulitlcs^ been im- 
pressed by the fact that by far the largest 
[)roportion of the representative men of this sec- 
tion of Indiana have commenced their business 
life without moneyed capital or influential friends, 
and have steadily worked their way upward un- 
til success has crowned their efforts. Such, in 
brief, is the record of the life of Samuel E. Busby, 
a prosperous agriculturist of Stony Creek Town- 
ship, Madison Country, and the owner of four 
hundred and forty-three acres of valuable land. 
Of this property one hundred acres are situated 
near Noblesville and are uuder excellent cultiva- 
tion. The successful career of Mr. Busl)y is es- 
pecially notovvorthy when we consider that at the 
time of his arrival in this county he was a poor 
man, witli only a small amount of money to in- 
vest in land. 

Before giving in detail the imi)ortant events in 
the life of our subject, some mention of his ances- 
tors will be appropriate. His grandfather, Isaac 
Busby, was of English descent, and was a mill- 
wright by trade. From North Carolina he re- 
moved to West Virginia, and thence came to In- 
diana, settling first in Wayne County, and remov- 
ing from there to Madison County, where he 
entered one hundred and sixty acres of Govern- 
ment land. A man of powerful physique, muscu- 
lar and well built, he was fitted for the pioneer 
task of developing a farm from the wilderness. 
In i)olitics he was a Whig, and in religious mat- 
ters affiliated with the Universalists. His death 
occurred in Madison County at the ripe old age of 
more than ninety years. He was the father of 



four sons and three daughters, all of whom are 
deceased. 

The father of our suhjpft. Thomas lUisbv. was 
born in North Carolina in ITSH.and came to In- 
diana about 1H.S2, locating on Kail Creek, whore 
he rented one hundred acres of .lonalhan Justis, a 
Quaker. He also entered oiu; half-section of land 
in Stony Creek Township, upon whicli he settled, 
spending the remaining years of his life at this 
pl.ace. His entire family aided him in the work of 
clearing .and improving the property, which be- 
came a valuable farm. Politically he was a Dem- 
ocrat until the Kansas War. after which he allili- 
ated with the Hepiiblieans. For many years he 
served as Justice of the Peace and occupied other 
positions of prominence. A man of excellent 
judgment, he was one of tiie first to take stock in 
the Big Four Railroad, and the events of i.ater 
years displayed his sound common sense in that 
regard. Careful in the investment of nu)ney, he 
was equally careful, though by no rne.ans frugal, 
in its expenditure. He inlierited one slave, liut 
gave him his liberty upon becoming of age. Fond 
of reading, he had an excellent memory and could 
relate in a most entertaining manner incidents in 
his career or events of which he had read. Prior 
to migrating to this state he resided in West Vir- 
ginia. 

The marri.age of Mr. I.usby, Sr., unite<l him 
with Mis» Isabella, daughter of Samuel and Eliza- 
beth Gwinn, of Greenbrier County, W. Va. To 
them were born fourteen children, of whom eleven 
attained mature years, and six are now living. 
Those who attained maturity were: .lane; ^Miriam, 
a resident of Hamilton County; Jlary; Francis; 
Andrew, who lives in Stony Creek Township, 
Madison County; Elizabeth; Isa.ac II.; Samuel E., 
of this sketch; Margaret, a widow; Sarah, the wife 
of .Tames Ford, and a resident of Hamilton County; 
and John, who also makes his home in Hamilton 
County. 

The subject of this notice was born in \irginia 
on the 16th of .lanuary. 1.S2H, and accompanied 
his parents to Indiana at the age of six years. In 
boyhood he attended a subscription school two 
miles from his home, and acquired a pnictical edu- 
I cation, whicli was afterward supplemented by read- 



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ing and self-culture. He remained with his father 
until twenty-eight years of age, when, having ac- 
cumulated a small amount of money, lie invested 
in some property, buying fiftj'-nine acres, for 
which he paid |:600. Some improvements had 
been made on the place, and four acres were under 
the plow. Through industry and good manage- 
ment he accumulated a valuable property, adding 
to his possessions until he was the owner of four 
hundred and forty-three acres. 

The marriage of Mr. Busby united him to Miss 
Clarissa, daughter of Elisha and Mary Willets, of 
AVayne County, Ind. The only sorrow that has 
come to Mr. Busby's married life is the loss of his 
two children, both of whom died in infancy. He 
and his wife are highly esteemed throughout the 
township, and occupy a higii place in the regard 
of their many friends. They are active mem- 
bers of tlie Metiiodist Episcopal Church, in the 
support of which the}- take a prominent part. A 
Republican in politics, Mr. Busby is not an aspir- 
ant for otlice, although he has, at the request of his 
fellow-citizens, accepted numerous local positions 
of trust. During the war he was a strong anti- 
slavery man, and after the trouble in Kansas he 
changed his allegiance from the Democratic to the 
Republican party, with wliicli he has since been 
identified. 




perseverance and strict integrity, than the sub- 
ject of this sketch. He is now one of the promi- 
nent young attorneys of Alexandria, Ind., and, 
being possessed of fine natural powers of oratory, 
he is regarded as one of the most pleasing, forci- 
ble and effective speakers in the county. He was 
born four miles south of Richmond, Wayne Coun- 
ty, Ind., February 3, 1861, and is the only son of 
Milton H. and Martha (Sherry) Beeson. 

The father was born in Wayne County, Ind., 
about one mile from where our subject was 



born, in the year 1826, and was the son of Isaac 
Beeson, whose birth occurred in North Carolina 
at about the time of the breaking out of the 
Revolutionary War. He descended from an old 
Quaker family of prominence and of English 
origin. Very little is known of the early liis- 
tory of tiie family, but it lias always been said 
that three brothers of that name came to America 
at an early date, one settling in Pennsylvania, 
©ne in Virginia and one in North Carolina. They 
were Quakers, and were among the most aristo- 
cratic and wealthy families in the south. Some 
of them severed their connection with the Quaker 
Church, and, engaging in the slave trade, became 
very wealthy as planters and slave-owners. 

The grandfather of our subject was greatly op- 
posed to the institution of human slavery, and, dis- 
gusted with his surroundings, sold out everything 
he had at a great sacrifice, and while he was yet 
a young man and single, started for a state where 
the institution was not lawful. He settled at 
Richmond, Ind., where in 1804 he married Miss 
Rambo. He married outside of the Society of 
Friends, and from that day he was not identified 
with the church of his forefathers. He became a 
farmer and also owned and operated three distill- 
eries on his farm, making a fortune in that way. 
During the War of 1812 he served as Captain. 
He was a man of liberal education and great exec- 
utive ability, and was a lifelong Whig in politics. 
He was three times married, and died in Wayne 
County, Ind., in 1845. He was the father of three 
sons, the second in order of birth being the father 
of our subject. The eldest son went to Michi- 
gan and became one of the most influential men 
of Cass County. He was the late Hon. Jesse G. 
Beeson, and twice served his disti-ict as State Sen- 
ator, besides holding many offices of less impor- 
tance. By occupation he was a farmer, and a ver}' 
substantial and wealthy one. He ever considered 
it his duty to care for the needy and oppressed, 
and in his religious views held strictly to the 
views of his forefathers and was a Quaker. Dur- 
ing the Civil War he took an active part in the 
underground railroad, and he has ever been an 
active politician. His death occurred in 1888. 
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and liis son Frank, who inberitcd many of the es- 
timable qiialities of his worthy father, is a wealthy- 
f;irnier, and has held many of the local oflices 
tliere. The latter's son,Ottis, is a graduate of the 
Ypsilanti Normal School, and is one of the most 
poi)iilar young teachers in the covmty. Anotlier 
son IS a leading druggist at Three Oaks, Mich. 
Augusta, the other hrother of our subject's fatluM-, 
resides on the old homestead in AV^ayne County, 
where his father settled in 1805. He is the father 
of fourteen children, ten of whom are living. 

Milton H. Beeson, the father of our subject, mar- 
ried Miss Martha Slierry, who is the mother of our 
suliject. She is the daughter of John Slierry, who 
was also a native of Indiana, and who was a prom- 
inent and wealthy farmer and distiller in Tippeca- 
noe County, Ind. Mrs. Beeson had one brf)tiur 
and one si.Ntcr. Hit Innther, Montgomer\' Sherry, 
was a well-to-do farnu-r. He was a very popular 
man and served his c(junty as Trustee, being 
elected to that position on the Democratic ticket 
in a strong Republican township. 

Our subject was the onh'son born to his parents, 
but he had five sisters, one of whom died ^oung. 
Viola .1. was educated in the college at Rich- 
mond, Intl.; she taught school for some time, and 
is now the wife of Isiiam Sedgwick, who is a man- 
ufacturer in Richniond, hid. Corine mairied 
Russell 15. Hunt, a farmer of Randolph County, 
hid. Ina A. is the wife of William W. Miller, a 
real-estate and insurance man residing in Alexan- 
dria; and Mary J., who is single, resides at home. 

.Jesse E. Beeson remained on his father's farm 
until eighteen years of age, and received his early 
education in the public schools. At that age 
he entered DePauw University, at Clreencastle, 
where he graduated in both the law and scientific 
courses in 1888. During this time he taught 
school and was Principal of the Lynn (Ind.) High 
School in 1891. From there he came to Alexiin- 
dria, and was Principal of the High School at this 
place. At the same time he practiced his profes- 
sion, having been admitted to the Bar in 1888, in 
both the Circuit and the Supreme Courts. He gave 
111) tlie school some time ago, and has since given 
Ills whole attention to the practice of law. He 
has already attained a standing in the legal frater- 



nity, having drawn to him a good practice. He has 
appeared in several important suits, winning vic- 
tories over which older advocates (■\eii would 
exult, and which are, doubtless, only fore-run- 
ners of the accomplishments of the future. In 
politics he is a Republican, and socially he is a 
member of the Knights of Pythias and the hide- 
lieiident Order of Odd Fellow^. 



jIL^ENRY A. KEPNF.R.a proiiiiucnt citi/.en, a 
Wji generous giver in behalf of church work 
/IW^ and religious enterprise, has for over two 
(l^S^ score years been numbered with the lead- 
ing agriculturists of Noblcsville Township, Ham- 
ilton County. He is a man of sterling integrity 
and business ability and justly commands univer- 
sal confidence. A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Kepner was born in Schuylkill County, October 7, 
1831, and was the son of -Jacob and Hannah 
nVill) Kepner, both natives of the (Quaker State. 
The Kepners were descendants of a long line of 
sturdy English ancestry, a branch of the family 
crossing the Atlantic and locating i)ermanenlly in 
the state of Pennsylvania in a very early day. 

The father, Jacob Kepner, likewise born in 
Schuylkill County, June i:i, 1800, was the son of 
Jacob Kepner, Sr., a man well known in his native 
state, Pennsylvania, as a citizen of energetic in- 
dustry. Reared a farmer, he engaged in agricul- 
tural pursuits, ran a hotel and teamed in Schuyl- 
kill County, and was financially prosperous in 
his various undertakings. He was thrice married, 
and became the father of twenty-five children. 
When long past middle age, the paternal grand- 
father, with his wife and younger sons and daugh- 
ters, emigrated by wagon to the far-off state of 
Indiana, and in 18.36, locating in Waj'ne County, 
bought land parti}- improved. In 1850, he with 
his family removed to Hamilton County, where 
he purchased another partly improved farm, upon 
which he passed away eight^'-two years and two 
months old. 

The father of our subject was the twenty-first 
child of the grandfather and was also reared up- 



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on a farm. Before reacLiing his twentieth year 
he married Miss Hannah Will, born in Pennsyl- 
vania, June IJ), 1801, but of German parentage. 
The mother after a life of patient usefulness en- 
tered into rest upon tlie old Kepner farm, aged 
seventy-five years. Fourteen children blesse'd the 
home of the parents, of whom seven survived to 
adult age and lived to marry and rear families; 
four yet represent the circle which clustered about 
the fireside so many years ago. Henry A. Kep- 
ner spent tiie days of his boyhood upon the old 
Indiana homestead and attended the district and 
Sabbath schools, both held in the little rude log 
house, with its benches and desks fashioned from 
slabs and boards. 

Our subject was first married October 19, 1856, 
then being united witli Miss Sarah Stephens, who 
was born January 17, 1831. Mrs. Sarah Kepner 
became the mother of eight children, five of whom 
are now living. Isabelle married John Zelt, and 
had one child, now deceased; Louisa, the wife of 
E. Roberts, is the mother of four children; Ed- 
ward is in Kansas; Mahala is next in order; Adam 
married Magdalene Overdorf, and has one child. 
The worthy mother of these sons and daughters 
died upon the family homestead December 24, 
1875. A second time entering matrimonial bonds, 
Henry Kepner married Mrs. Susan Gerweig, who 
was born in Wayne County, Ind., December 10, 
1849. 

Mrs. Kepner was the widow of Frederick Ger- 
weig, a native of Germany, but who was only one 
year old when with his parents he came to the 
United States. Mr. Gerweig spent the early part 
of his life in New York, but later made his home 
in Missouri, where he died aged twentj'-seven. 
He was a carpenter by trade, and was energetic 
and enterpi'ising. Mrs. Kepner bore her first 
husband two children, both of whom are deceased; 
one passed away at seven years, and the other sur- 
vived to reach five years. 

By his second marriage Mr. Kepner became the 
father of two more children, one now surviving, 
Elmer E., at home with his parents. Mrs. Kepner 
is a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Miller) 
Shafer, highly respected residents of Jackf.on 
Township, Hamilton County. Immediately after 



his first marriage, our subject located ujion the 
homestead where he has resided ever since. Tlie 
forty original acres were then wild land, improved 
with a little log cabin. To the forty acres one 
hundred and twenty have been added, and the 
fertile soil, well tilled, has been brought up to a 
high state of cultivation, annually yielding an 
abundant harvest. 

Mr. Kepner for eighteen years burnt lime in 
connection with his occupation as a farmer and 
was financially prospered. Politically a Demo- 
crat, he cast his first Presidential vote for James 
Buchanan. He has taken an active part in local 
politics and held with ability various offices of 
trust. As a Supervisor he gave great satisfaction 
to his fellow-townsmen for many terms. Especi- 
ally prominent in church and Sunday-school 
work, he has long been a leading member of the 
Lutheran Church, to which his wife and children 
also belong. He has given liberally toward the 
buil^ng of both churches and schoolhouses, 
burning lime and forwarding the work in everj' 
possible manner. He is widely known thi-oughout 
Hamilton County as a sincere Christian man and 
devoted friend to educational and religious ad- 
vancement. Mr. and Mrs. Kepner occupy a posi- 
tion of useful influence and are highlj' esteemed 
by a wide circle of old-time friends and acquaint- 



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ellARLES A. M( LEAD. Xo matter how dis- 
agreeable the outlook in life, or how little 
encouragement is received, there are some 
who will succeed in whatever they undertake, 
while others, placed in the same position, will 
give up in despair. Among those who have won 
universal respect by push and energy, and who are 
classed among the first in whatever they under- 
take, is the above-named gentleman. Possessed 
of all the pluck and perseverance of the native 
Pennsylvanian, he has appeared boldly at the 
front and surmounted all difficulties. His birth 
occurred in the Keystone State, February 19, 1820, 
to the union of Lewis P. and Mary (Brown) 
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of Scotch, and the latter of English origin. There 
is comparatively little known about the grandpar- 
ents on either side. 

'J'lie paternal grandf.itlier, Kornian Mcl.e:id,was 
a native of New Jersey and a fanner by occupa- 
ticiii. Late in life he moved to Wisconsin from 
Ohio, wliere he had made iiis liome many years 
Mild (lii'd ill tlie former state. The great grand- 
fatlici- on l.he paternal side was l)(irn in Scolhind, 
and came to America before the Revolutionary 
War. Later, he started to return to his native 
country to transact some business, but tiie vessel 
he sailed in was never afterward heard fioni. Tiie 
McLead family is a long-lived one, each member 
living to be nearly a century old. In tlie year 1830 
the parents of our subject removed to Alliens 
County, Ohio, and there the father died in 1H39. 
Eleven of their thirteen children are now living, 
and Charles A., our suliject, was the seventh in or- 
der of l.irtii. 

Our suliject was sixteen years of age when lie 
started out to light his own way in life, and when 
eighteen years of age he began learning the car- 
penter's trade, following the same for about thirty 
years and erecting many buildings. Up to the 
age of twenty-six years he had traveled over 
nearly all the populated parts of the United Stales 
east of the Alleghany Mountains, and had spent 
four winters in the south, principally^ in New Or- 
leans. He could always find employment at his 
trade, no matter where he went, and having a de- 
sire for study, he thought he could gam as much 
knowledge by traveling as any other way. The 
knowledge thus gained proved of iiiueli value to 
him and fitted him for the success whi<'h has since 
crowned his efforts. In the fall of 1848 he settled 
in Marion Township, Madison County, Ind., on a 
portion of the farm he now owns. This tract now 
em braces three hundred acres, partly in Boone 
Township, and he has cleared from timberabout two 
liiiudred acres. For sixteen years he has been an 
extensive slock dealer, buying and shipping to 
eastern markets. 

On the 19th of December, 1844, he was married 
to Miss PhtBbe Carver, daughter of John and 
Polly (Wilson) Carver, natives of the Empire 
State. The Carvers arc descendants of Gov. Car- 



ver, of New York, and the father of Mrs. McLead 
was an early settler of Fayette County, Ind. To 
Mr. and Mrs. McLead were born ten children, as 
follows: Emily, now Mrs. Thomas lioyd. of Monroe 
Township, this county; Amanda, at home; Francis, 
who resides in Boone Township: Mary, widow of 
W.H.Russell, residing in Anderson; Ellen, now 
Mrs. Nathan Malian, who makes her home in Mon- 
roe Township; Newton, deceased; .and Miner, Olive, 
Martin Luther and Lucy, at home. Mr. McLead 
votes the Democratic ticket. He is a very success- 
ful farmer and a promiiient and representative 
citizen of Madison County. 

^I^ENNIS SPITZMESSER, an extensive and 
I Jjj thoroughly practical agriculturist and pros- 
jy^ perous stock-raiser of Boone Township, Jlad- 
ison County, has been identified with the growth 
and progressive interests of his iiresent locality for 
nearly two score of years and, widely known, 
is highly respected for his l)usiiie.-.s aliility and 
sterling integrity of character. Essentially a self- 
made man, winning his way upward by earnest 
and self-reliant effort, our subject is a native of 
Germany, and was born in Baden in the month of 
October, 1827. His parents, I'.eiiihard and Eliza- 
beth (Ehlinger) Spitzmesser, worthy and hard- 
working people, upright and intelligent, p.assed 
their entire lives in the Fatherland. Having faith- 
fully complied with the demands of the Govern- 
ment and attended for nine years the free schools 
of his native land, our subject, although only yet 
a child, entered at once upon his career as a bread- 
winner. His father and mother were in humble 
circumstances, and the assistance of this son was 
invaluable upon the home farm. In Germany Mr. 
Spitzmesser was trained into habits of industrious 
thrift and gained an extended knowledge of ag- 
ricultural pursuits, which well lilted him for his 
I present occupation. When his f;itlier could sjiare 
him he worked out, and thus added to the income. 
He remembers receiving employment on a railway 
in 1846, the first railw.ay he had ever seen. 

Ambitious and enterprising, our subject early 



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determined to make his future residence in Amer- 
ica, but lie had arrived at twenty-five years of 
age before finally bidding adieu to home, parents, 
friends and scenes of childhood, and embarli- 
ing for the' United States. Making a safe voy- 
age across the broad Atlantic, he landed in New 
Orleans in 1852, and taking a boat at the south- 
ern metropolis, proceeded directly to St. Louis, 
Mo., from which city he soon departed to Illinois. 
For a twelvemonth he hired out as a farm laborer 
in the fields of Illinois, and then located in Indi- 
ana, settling in Madison, where he worked a sea- 
son, and then came to Boone Township, Madison 
County, and here began his career modestly as 
a laborei-. Working with unflagging industry 
at whatever he could (ind to do, he engaged in 
ditching, making rails, clearing the land, and gave 
satisfaction to all his employers. Carefully laying 
aside a portion of Ins small earnings, Mr. Spitz- 
messer at last amassed a capital, which he wisely in- 
vested in land, and in 1857, the year of purchase, 
began the cultivation of the fertile soil of Indiana 
upon his own account. Diligent, energetic, and 
possessed of keen judgment, our subject was pros- 
perous from the first, and, constantly improving 
and adding to his property, now owns three hun- 
dred and twenty acres of some of the best land 
in the state of Indiana, which annually yields an 
abundant harvest. Aside from his goodly crops 
Mr. Spitzmesser houses upon his farm some of the 
finest horses and cattle of his locality, and the 
substantial and commodious buildings, dwelling, 
barns, sheds and granary are all in fine order and 
of modern architecture. 

In the year 1858 Dennis Spitzmesser and Miss 
Elizabeth Eaker, daughter of Jacob and Mary 
Eaker, of Ohio, were united in marriage. The es- 
timable wife of our subject is of German descent, 
and is a lady of intelligent ability. The union was 
been blessed by the birth of five children, three 
sons and two daughters. Jacob E. married Henri- 
etta Fennimore and lives in Summitville; Mary 
died in December, 1892; Ida married Arthur Cart- 
wright and resides in Summitville; Adolphus and 
Carl are at home. Mr. Spitzmesser is a stanch 
Democrat and a firm believer in the party of the 
people. A i(^tiring man, he has no desire for pub- 



lic office, but well posted in local and national 
isuses, and ever ready to assist in all matters 
pertaining to the mutual welfare of the community, 
is a true and liberal-spirited citizen universally 
esteemed. 



/^\ ISS OLIVIA C. MANLOVE is the edi- 
tor of all the papers of the "Air Line," 
including the Sheridan Enterprise, the 
Air Line News, (of Kirklin), Weatlield 
Gazette, Carmei Citizen and Broad Ripple Bea- 
con, all the outgrowth of the Kirklin News, es- 
tablished by her father, J. Manlove, in 1882, all 
of which papers she managed for her father for 
two years prior to his death in 1891. Miss JNIan- 
love received a liberal education and for sonie 
years followed the vocation for which she had 
fitted herself, namely, teaching, until upon the 
failure of her father's health she saw that both 
duty and inclination called her to a wider field of 
responsibility and usfulness. In this line of work 
she seemed to have found her natural place, and, 
manifesting a peculiar aptitude for journalism, 
she was placed by her father inlhe editorial chair. 
From that day onward, the papers under her 
guiding hand have not only prospered financially, 
but her tact and ability as a newspaper editor 
have brought them to an unprecedented degree of 
popularity. In this extensive newspaper work 
she has associated with her mother, whose maiden 
name was Alinnie Weinman, a lady of superior 
education and unusual business ability, and who 
was a native of Rhenish Bavaria. 

Her sisters, Cliffle B. and Jessie M., are both 
practical newspaper women, but upon Miss Olivia 
devolves the management of the extensive busi- 
ness of the several papers, and from her able 
pen come the stirring articles that weekly ajipear 
and to which the popularity' of the papers is so 
largely due. 

F'ormerly all the papers were edited and pub- 
lished at the Kirklin office, but of late years Sher- 
idan has been the fountain head. The marked 
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Olivia assumed the management, when taken with 
the fact that several other ne\vspa|)er enterprises 
have lifon started and closed in Sheridan, not hc- 
inj; able to compete, singh' \\<'v out a- oni' of tlu; 
few women capable of editini:- and nianaying this 
line of work successfully. 

Many ladies have held the editoiial chair in 
both city and country papers with great credit to 
themselves but tlujse of either sex who have suc- 
cessfully tilled the positions of editor-in-chief, 
financial and business manager for five papers are 
raie. Her l)rother, Elton Worth iManlove, was for- 
merly associated with her, but is now foreman for 
the Indianapolis Sciitiiiel. 



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(I?SAAC V. r.rsi'.Y, who IS County Superin- 
II tendent of Schools, is (Uie of the represcuta- 
iii live citizens of Anderson, in whose success 
his fellow-townsmen take just pride. He is a 
native of Madison County, having been born 
here on the .')th of February, 180(1. He traces 
his ancestry to England, whence his great-grand- 
father, Isaac Busby, emigrated to America in an 
early day and settled in Virginia, remaining there 
until his death. Grandfather Isaac Busby was a 
native of the Old Dominion, and during the early 
days of the settlement of Indiana came hither and 
located in Madison County, becoming a pioneer of 
Fall Creek Township. There he continued to 
make his home until his death, winch occurred at 
the age of seventy-four. 

The father of our subject, Silas Busby, is a Vir- 
ginian by birth, and has resided in ISIadison Coun- 
ty since his boyhood. He married Miss Elizabeth 
McAllister, who was born near Charleston, in what 
is now West Virginia. She traces her lineage to 
England, her grandfather having been born in that 
country. The subject of this sketch is the young- 
est in a family of five children. His primary edu- 
cation was obtained in the common schools, and at 
the age of seventeen he entered the academy at 
Spiceland, Henry County, from which institution 
he was graduated in IS.Sd. after an attendance of 
three years. 

After completing the academical course, Mr. 



Busby engaged in teaching school in Madison 
County until 1887, when he entered llu' StaK; 
University at lUoomington. He was a student in 
that institution for a period of nearly four years, 
and was graduated therefrom in the Class of 'IM, 
receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. During 
the summer of 1890 he travelcrl through Con- 
tinental Europe, making careful study of the 
school system of Norway, Germany and l'"rance. 
He became a charter student in a post-graduate 
course in the Leland Stanford, Jr., University, and 
spent a half-year there. The remainder of I8'.i2 
was devoted to travel through the western states. 

In .lanuary, 1893, Mr. Busby was elected Coun- 
ty Su|)erintendent of Schools to fill the vacancy 
caused by the resignation of W. S. Ellis, now 
Deputy Secretary of State. On the 5111 of .lune, 
1893, he was re-elected for the ensuing regu- 
lar term. Politically he is a Deuioeiat, and has al- 
ways taken an active interest in local political af- 
fairs. He is deeply interested in educational mat- 
ters, and looks to that line of work for his future 
field of labor. 

On the 13th of October, I89:i, Mr. lUisby .-md 
Miss Florence Kemp, of Madison County, were 
united in marriage. Mrs. Busby is the daughter 
of D. W. and Leannah Kemp, residents of this 
county. As the incumbent of one of the most im- 
portant oflices in the county. .Mi-. I'.usby has ac- 
quitted himself with his usual ability and good 
judgment, and has won golden opinions for him- 
self as a painstaking official. His personal charac- 
ter is as high as his otHcial repute, and his honor- 
able deportment in all the relations of life com- 
mands the confidence of his fellow-citizens. 



ILLIAM 



l)|\'EN, one of the leadini: 



lawyers of Anderson, i> a native of An- 
derson and was born on the 8tli of Sep- 
ember, 1855, the son of (k-orge K. Diven, who 
was born in the state of Ohio and came to In- 
diana when a boy of fifteen. At the age of 
twenty-two he located at Muiicie, where he re- 
mained until 1850, when he removed to Anderson 
and resided until 1857. The same year he moved to 



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Pendleton and engaged in the hardware business. 
In 1874 he retired from business and removed to 
a farm near Pendleton, where he died in 1878, at 
the age of fift3--one years. He was of Scotch-Irish 
ancestry. During his residence in Madison County 
he was one of the most enterprising Ijusiness men. 
Mr. Diven's mother was Araminta W. Silver, 
daughter of William Silver, an early settler of 
Madison County. He died in 1888, at the age of 
eighty-flve, and Mr. Diven's mother died in 1879. 
She had seven children, of whom William S. was 
the third. The others are: Dr. Charles E., of Per- 
kinsville; Mrs. Mary Campbell, widow of the late 
D. W. Campbell; James R., in the drj'-goods busi- 
ness; Anderson; Martha L., wife of H. J. Thomp- 
son, of Ogden, Utah; and Alice B., wife of David 
K. Ooss, of Heidelberg, Germany. George R. is 
deceased. 

William S. Diven spent his boyhood in Pendle- 
ton and received his early education in the com- 
mon schools of that place and Anderson. He 
began the study of law in 1876 and toolc a course 
of stud\' in the Albany Law School, and was grad- 
uated from Union University in 1879. He then re- 
turned to Anderson and began the practice of law 
in partnership with Hon. Charles L. Henry. This 
arrangement continued until 1881, when he went 
west. Returning to Anderson, he resumed his 
practice until 1883, when he became editor and 
proprietor of the Anderson lieview. Devoting a 
year to the newspaper business, he relinquished it 
for the law, practicing alone until January 1, 
1892, then becoming the senior partner in the firm 
of Diven <fe McMahan, which Brm still continues. 
Mr. Diven is a Democrat and renders his party 
much valuable service on the stump during the 
campaigns. 

Upon the discovery of natural gas in Anderson, 
Mr. Diven became associated with other citizens 
in the organization of a Board of Trade for the 
promotion of the material interests of the city, and 
became a Director. The efforts of the Board were 
successful in locating many factories. Together 
with Charles L. Henry and Thomas J. McMahan, 
Mr. Diven platted Oak Grove, one of the first new 
additions to Anderson. He afterward platted 
Walnut Hill and Arlington Additions, both of 



which have been built over. He owns two mag- 
nificent farms in the county. Mr. Diven is a mem- 
ber of Mt. Moriah Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Ander- 
son Lodge, K. of P., and is also an Odd Fellow. 
On the 18th of December, 1882, Mr. Diven was 
married to Miss Laura M. McConnell, of Ander- 
son, _j;he daughter of James H. McConnell, who 
died in 1882. They have four children: John, 
Edith, Albert and Mary E. As a lawj'er, he is 

I thorouglily grounded in the philosophy of the 
law, being both an able pleader and advocate, and 

I may be termed one of the ablest all-round law- 
yers in this part the state of Indiana. 



,fL ARVEY BENTON SMITH, M. D., Medical 
ijr^ji Examiner of the Noblesville Pension Board 
'J^)^ and a prominent practitioner of Olio, Ham- 
l^ ilton County, was born in Jackson Town- 
ship, Hancock County, February 4, 1848. He is 
one of a family of seven children, all now living, 
the others being: Ellison W., a resident of Judge- 
sonia. Ark.; Talitha, the widow of William Cald- 
well, late of Missouri; Isaac B., of Greenfield, Ind.; 
Riley P., who makes his home in Blackford County, 
this state; Vinton A., of Greenfield; and Jennie, 
wife of George W. Crider, and a resident of Green- 
field. 

The father of our subject, Andrew Smith, was a 
Virginian by birth, having been born in the Old 
Dominion in 1818. At the age of about ten years 
he accompanied the other members of the family 
to Ohio, and six years afterward moved to Indiana, 
settling in Hancock Country. There, in 1840, he 
was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Fitzpatrick, 
a native of Virginia and a daughter of Isaac Fitz- 
patrick, who was born and reared in the Old Do- 
minion, engaging in farming pursuits there until 
his death, at the advanced age of ninetj'-two. 

After his marriage Andrew Smith settled upon 
a farm in Jackson Township, Hancock County, 
where he spent his remaining years upon a farm. 
An earnest Christian, he was deeply interested in 
church work, and was for many years an active 
and iiiHuential member of the Methodist Ciiurch, 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



dying in tliat faith at the age of seventy-five. 
His widow is still living, and lesidos upon the old 
honu'stead in .Tackson Township. The gtandfather 
iif our subject, Benjamin Smith, was lioiii in ^'i^- 
liiiiia and migrated to Ohio at an early day. spend- 
ing the later years of his life in this stale. 

In Hancock County the subject of this sketch 
resided until he was twenty-five, meantime attend- 
ing the common schools of that county and the 
graded schools of Greenfield. He began the study 
of medicine and surgery at Fortville, under Dr. J. 
G. Stewart, of that place, remaining there for two 
years. He then entered the Medical College of 
Indiana, at Indianapolis, graduating from that in- 
stitution in 1881. He commenced the practice of 
his profession in Marion County, where he re- 
mained for nearly five 3-ears. removing thence to 
Olio. Hamilton County, and otaMi-liiiig himself 
ill jiractice at this place, where he has since con- 
ducted a successful practice. 

As a result of his devotion to the demands of 
his profession, as well as Ins interest in all that 
makes for the advancement of the community and 
county in which he lives, the l^oetor has gained 
the confidence of the people to an uncommon de- 
gree. His practice extends to the four counties of 
Marion, Hancock, Madison and Hamilton, and 
throughout tliis entire district he is regarded as a 
physician unsurpassed in the diagnosis of cases, 
and knowledge of specific remedies to be applied 
in the treatment of disease. In .September, 1893, 
lie was appointed by President Cleveland Medical 
Kxaminer to the Noblesville Pension Board. 

Socially, Dr. Smith is a member of the Hamilton 
County Medical Society, the State Medical Society 
and the American Medical Association, and in 
1893 attended the meeting of the last-named or- 
ganization at Milwaukee, Wis. In early life he 
W.1S identified with .Sardis Lodge No. 2a3, F. &. A. 
M., and is now a member of Hamilton Lodge, at 
Fisher's Switch. In politics he has always been a 
stanch Deiiiocral. honest and fearless in his defense 
of the principles of his party, but not a i)olitician 
ill any sense. He is a consistent and active mem- 
ber of the I'nited Brethren Cliuich of Fall Creek 
Township. 

In 1870 the Doctor married Miss Sarah Allen. 



of Hancock County, who died in tlie spri 
1881, leaving four children: Ona M.. Art .1.. 
^L and Mabel. In the fall of 1883 Dr. Smit 
united in marriage with Miss Lizzie S., dan 
of Solomon and Rachel (McKenzie) Cn 
prominent residents of Fall Creek Towi 
Mrs. Smith was born in Marion County, tliis 
but has spent the greater part of her life in 
ilton County, where she enjoys the esteem ( 
large circle of acriuaintances. 



m>^r~<m^- 



AMP:S havens DEIIORITY, the efficient 
President of the First National Bank of El- 
wood, is a i)rosperoiis and public-spirited 



citizen. 



the best interests of his liome city and togeth- 
er with his son erected the large and handsome 
business block now beautifying the corner of 
Main and Anderson Streets and testifying to the 
upward progress of a self-made man, who by his 
energy has self-reliantly won his iii)ward way to a 
position of assured success and useful influence. 
He has been identified from his birth with the his- 
tory of the state and county, and was born near 
Perkinsville, November 10, 18 11, and w.as the 
third in the family of four children who blessed 
the union of .James Madison and Susanna (Hoff- 
man) Dehority. The brothers are in order of 
their birth: William B., who died in infancy; 
.lohn Weslej', who died in is.si; .lames Havens, 
our subject; and Joseph, who died in childhood. 

.lames Madison, the father, was born in Delaware 
in 1818, and in 1836. journeying by stage, came to 
Indiana, and settled in Waterloo, where he began 
working at the trade of a blacksmith, and spent ten 
busy years at this occupation. At the expiration of a 
half score of years the father removed to Madison 
County, and locating near Perkinsville, remained 
there for the five succeeding years, during which 
time he commenced the study of medicine. 

The father, who was strong in the Methodist 
faith, also preached the Gospel and was foremost 
in good works. In December, 1856, he removed 
with his wife and family to Elwood, tlien (Jiiincy. 



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The place at that time was only a cross-road 
hamlet and gave but little promise of its future 
prosperity. On arriving in Quincy, the father en- 
g.-iged in business first as a druggist, and later 
branched out into general trade. In 1858 he also 
went into the grain business, in which he was soon 
after joined by his two sons, the firm being J. M. 
Dehority & Sons. John Wesley, a young man 
of great promise, was one of the members of the 
firm and died in the month of August, 1881. In 
January, 1882, tlie previous business was discon- 
tinued and J. M. and J. H. Dehority organized the 
Farmers' Bank. James Madison Dehority entered 
into rest July 18, 1890, aged seventy-two years, 
and was universally mourned as a public loss. 
From the year 1847, although always variously oc- 
cupied, lie practiced medicine more or less, and be- 
ing a man of genuine talent and superior business 
attainments, commanded the esteem and confidence 
of all who knew him. A pioneer citizen, a noble 
Christian man, and a sincere friend and kind 
neighbor, the memory of James M. Dclionty will 
long endure in the hearts of all his fellow-towns- 
men and old acquaintances. 

Our subject continued in the banking business 
until January 1, 1892, when the bank was merged 
into the First National Bank of Elwood, of which 
John R. Page was the first President and Mr. De- 
hority Vice-President. At the expiration of a 
twelvemonth our subject became President and 
has with executive ability held the office ever 
since. The Dehority family have materially aided 
in the rapid development of Elwood and when the 
Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company pro- 
posed connecting with the cit\- he did more toward 
effecting the favorable termination of the enterprise 
than any other of the residents of the town. The 
magnificent building of J. II. Dehority & Son, at 
the corner of Main arnd Anderson Streets, is a bus- 
iness centre, the ground floor of the immense block 
accommodating the First National Bank, the City 
Treasurer's Office, the Western Union Telegraph 
OtficG, a large store and the Elwood Postolfice*. 
Upon the second floor there are a number of well 
lighted and conveniently arranged offices. Mr. 
Dehority has erected for himself two separate res- 
idences and other dwellings. His beautiful Main 



Street residence is most attractive in finish and 
design and is an ornament to the city. 

April 16. 1871, were united in marriage James 
Havens Dehority and Miss Jane Hannah, a native 
of Butler County, Ohio, and an accomplished and 
most estimable lady. F'our surviving children 
now brighten the beautiful home. Joseph A. is 
a Director and Cashier of the First National Bank. 
Edward C. is also connected with the bank. Tillie 
M. and Edith lone are receiving their education 
and are at home with their parents. The sons and 
daughters intelligent and cultured, are favorites 
with a large circle of life-time friends, and 
have enjoyed every opportunity to worthily fit 
themselves for any position of reponsibility to 
which they may be called. 

Mr. Dehority was long a valued member of the 
School Board, from 1876 to 1888 giving valuable 
service in the promotion of the educational in- 
terests of Elwood and vicinity. He virtually 
built the first school building in the city and gave 
an impetus to the rapid advancement in scholar- 
ship and instruction. Since 1860 our subject has 
been an influential member of tiie Methodist 
Episcopal Church, and for a number of years a 
Superintendent of the Sunday-school assisted in 
building up a large attendance. He materially 
aided in the erection of the church and parsonage 
and from the first of his identification with the 
denomination has been a liberal giver and fore- 
most in good work. Mr. Dehority, financially 
prospered, is likewise President of the Street Rail- 
way Company, and as a citizen and man of busi- 
ness is the embodiment of ambitious enterprise and 
energetic efficiency. 



\|^OBERT IL HANNAH, capitalist and fiiian- 
Inl pier, a man of broad intelligence and execu- 
^ '|l five ability, widely known as a leading fac- 
tor in the rapid development of the city of 
Alexandria, is a public spirited citizen, and having 
prosperously won his upward way to a position of 
honored influence, and possessing an abundant 
competence, liberally aids in all matters of mutual 
welfare. Mr. Hannah is a native of the st.ite and 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



was born near Milton, SoiUember 1, 1830. Ilis 
father, Abram G. Hannah, born in 17'.t.j, was a na- 
tive of Pennsylvania and the son of James Han- 
nah, an Irishman by birth. The paternal grand- 
father emigrated to the I'nited States with his 
parents when a child, and with his family located 
in the ()uaker State. Ipon the death of the 
paternal great-grandfather and great-grandmother, 
the grandfather in an early day made his home in 
the farthei vtest, becf)niing one of the pioneers of 
Ohio. He later moved to AVayne County, Ind., 
where he died more than half a century ago, at 
eighty years of age. In middle life uniting with 
the (Quaker Church, he became a leader in the 
faith and remained true to its principles up to the 
day of his death. The father of our subject had 
three brothers and three sisters, and was the third 
in the family of seven ehildren. William was a 
prominent attorney of La Porte, Ind.; iVIargaret 
married a Mr. Dyer, but soon after passed away; 
Samuel wa> a leading merchant of Centreville; 
Hugh L. was a successful general agriculturist; 
Mary became the wife of Elisha Willets, a i)ros- 
perous farmei-, and had a large family who are now 
scattered, residing in various locations of the coun- 
try; Anna married in middle life, but had nochil- 

Tlie father of our subject was a man of liberal 
education, and taught school in his early life dur- 
ing the winter and fanned in summer. In 1837, 
he engaged in mercantile business at Milton, Ind., 
and later had branch stores in other places. In 
ISH), with the tide of westward emigration, the 
father crossed the plain.s, and for some time pros- 
pected and mined in California, but not meeting 
with great success, returned to Indiana. The 
growing gold excitement, however, tempted him 
again to the Pacific Coast, but finally he came back 
to Indiana, and in 1867 passed away at tlie home 
of our subject. The mother, Mary (Hayes) Han- 
nah, born in Wayne County, Ind., April 18, 1808, 
was the daughter of Robert Hayes, an Indiana 
pioneer, born March 20, 1776. She was united in 
marriage with the father March 6, 1828. January 
2'.i, 1829, a son, James, was born, but died when 
aliout fifteen years old. Mrs. Mary (Hayes) Han- 
nah had but one other child, our subject, Robert, 



whose birth she s 
father married tw 
ond wife had twi 
daiiiihter and on 



vived only oi 
• after her dea 
ions and one 
son died vol 



aughtei 
a. Th 



brother, Josephus, attained to manhood, but en 
listing during the Civil War in the Nineteenth In- 
diana Regiment, died during the service. By the 
third marriage there were two half-sisters. (Jiie of 
whom died at twelve years of age. Sarah inanicii 
Mr. Willetts, and is now a resident (»f St. Louis. 
Mr. Hannah and this half-sister are the sole repre- 
sentatives of the father now living. After the 
death of the mother, our subject liv<'d with an 
uiu-le until his father manic! a.y.Min. 

.Ml. Hannah, remaining in boyliood on a farm, 
was educated in Milton and Dublin, Ind., and 
when he was fifteen years old began to learn the 
saddler's trade. In 18411, nineteen years of age, 
he located in Alexandria, and in company with 
another young man started a harness slio|). He 
remained in this business until lM.").s. In ij-ifjo 
were united in marriage Robert 11. Hannah and 
Miss Caroline Scott, daughter of \\'illiaiii T. Scott 
and sister of Daniel M. Scott, now (jnc of Ihc 
wealthiest men in Alexandria. Our sal)ject and 
his estimable wife were v^'eddcd on the same lot 
where they now live, and where the father of Mrs. 
Hannah had resided so many years before. After 
his marriage removing with his wife to Independ- 
ence, Mr. Hannah clerked in a store three years, 
and in 1863 again made his home in Alexandria, 
from that time until 1871 devoting himself to the 
mercantile business in the latter city. He was 
later, for a year and a-half, engaged in the mercan- 
tile business in ElwootL In 1874 elected Clerk of 
Madison County, our subject with aliilit\ dis- 
charged the duties of the office four years, and 
then, although urged to accept the position again, 
refused to do so, and for three years resided in 
Anderson to give his children the advantages of 
an education there attainable. He w.as the owner 
of a valuable farm near Alexandria, and profitably 
eng.aged in the stock business. Returning to .\lex- 
andria and the mercantile trade, Mr. Hannah was 
instrumental in putting down the first gas well in 
the county, and through his earnest efforts in 
securing the establishment of the first factory lo 



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cated in Alexandria, the earlj' boom of the city 
was in a great measure due. Our subject built the 
first brick block in the town after the discovery of 
gas, and lias been one of the prominent promoters 
of the vital interests of the city. All of the build- 
ings he has erected in Alexandria would do credit 
to a much larger place, and one block has seven 
capacious store rooms. 

Mr. Hannah is one of the owners of tlie Alex- 
andria National Bank Building, and is also one of 
the owners of the "3 H" Block, built by our sub- 
ject, Senator Harlan and C. F. Heratage, Cashier 
of tlie Alexandria National Bank. Mr. Hannah 
was one of four who erected the magnificent 
opera house, at a cost of §25,000, and was one 
of the parties who organized the Alexandria 
National Bank, of which he remains a valued Di- 
rector. He is one of the proprietors of the gas 
well which furnishes Alexandria with itslightand 
fuel, and there are few if any of the large enter- 
prises of the city with which our able subject has 
not been connected. Mr. Hannah, who is literally 
a self-made man, winning his own way upward to 
a high position of useful influence, is a financier of 
executive ability, and undoubtedly the wealth- 
iest capitalist now interested in the upward 
growth and extended progress of Alexandria. 
Possessing unlimited faith in the town, he has 
with judgment invested his money here, sure of an 
abundant return in the near future. Mr. Hannah 
is fraternally one of the prominent Masons of the 
state, and joined the order when twenty-two years 
of age. He assisted in organizing the lodge at 
Alexandria in 1856, and was its first, and is now 
its present. Master, and is also High Priest of the 
Chapter. He is a Knight Templar and a Scottish 
Bite M.ason, and is an enthusiastic and valued 
member of the honored order. Politically, early a 
Whig, he later voted for Douglas, and has ever 
since voted the Democratic state and national 
ticket, but IS independent in local politics. 

Mr. and Mrs. Hannah are the parents of six 
children. The eldest son, William S., a live-stock 
dealer of Kansas City, Kan., is married and has 
two children, Catherine and Robert. The eldest 
daughter, Minnie, married J. W. Malone, a con- 
tractor in Alexandria, and has two children, Rob- 



ert and Caroline. Vivia, married to J. B. Clark 
and residing in Anderson, has two children, Victor 
and Ruth. Etta, wife of S. G. Phillips. Assistant 
Cashier of the Alexandria National Bank and a 
large property owner, has one son, Robert. The 
other two children of our subject and his excel- 
lent wife died in childhood. Mr. Hannah with 
his wife resides in an elegant home on Harrison 
Street, where their many friends meet a cordial wel- 
come. Making excellent use of tlie fortune which 
he has gained, and ever ready to lend a helping 
hand in good work and matters of mutual wel- 
fare, our subject commands the esteem of all who 
know him, and in every duty of lifeas a neigiibor, 
citizen and man of wealth, has made an enviable 
record, of which his family aiul friends may well 
be proud. 



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y^, RS. REBECCA JOHNSTON, an honored 
pioneer settler of Indiana and a lady of 
high ability and worth, long a resident of 
section 9, Anderson Township, Madison 
County, -is the widow of Robert J. Johnston, a 
native of Indiana, widely known and highly 
esteemed, and from the early daj'S numbered 
among tlie successful agriculturists of the state. 
Mrs. Johnston, a native of Preble County, Ohio, 
was born December 31, 1832. Her parents, Ja- 
cob and Mary E. (Ilgen) Bower, were natives of 
tlie fartiier e.ast, Jacob Bower having been born 
in tlie state of Pennsylvania while tiie birthplace 
of tlie mother was in New Jersey. The maternal 
ancestors were of German origin an<| bequeathed to 
their various descendants the virtues of energy, 
thrift and industry which materially aided them 
up the pathway of life to assured success. When 
our subject was about nine months old, her father 
and mother with their family removed to Indiana, 
and located in Randolph County, their home for 
a number of years. They later came to Madison 
County and settled in Anderson Township, when 
Mrs. Johnston was a little girl ten years old. The 
father surviving his change of residence but a 
twelvemonth, the bereaved mother reiurned with 
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wliere tl)e widow made her lionie and tenderly 
reared her daughter Rebecca. 

Our subject received lier education in tlie little 
lojj schoolhouse of those primitive days, and al- 
though she had only limited opportunities for 
gaining book knowledge, through her keen habits 
of observation and reading, materially added to 
her fund of valuable information. Trained by 
hi'r careful and prudent mother into the ways of 
the household, Mrs. .Toimston reached adult age 
capable, earnest and self-reliant and w:is well 
Htted to care for a home wlicu she (inally em- 
barked in matrimony. 

I'pon January 21, 1853, were united in mar- 
riage, Robert J. Johnston and Miss Rebecca Uower, 
the newly made husband and wife receiVing the 
hearty best wishes of many friends. Mr. John- 
ston, a native of Indiana and the .son of Isaac and 
Mary Johnston, located with his parents in Ander- 
son Township, Madison County, when only a small 
lad, his father and mother being numbered among 
the pioneers of the county. Unto our subject 
and her worthy husband were born two children: 
Mary E., wife of M. Iluntzinger; and Henjamin F. 
iMr. Johnston continued a resident of Madison 
County until his death, upon September 12, 
I8r)i». A liberal-spirited citizen and a Christian 
man of sterling integrity, he was deeply mourned 
by all who knew him. For many years a faithful 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
an earnest and conscientious Class-leader, he 
ever strove to do his duty as a loving husliand 
and father, a kind neighbor, sincere friend and 
upright citizen, and when he entered into rest was 
regretted as a public loss. 

Mrs. Johnston is a valued member of the Meth- 
odist Protestant Church, and during her entire 
life, since arriving at adult age, has been known 
as a Christian worker, active in benevolent enter- 
prises and deeds of charity. Leading a life of 
busy usefulness from her early years, and doing 
unto others as she would lie done by, our subject 
has niiiny sincere friends, and in the evening of 
her da^'s enjoys a well earned rest. She is the 
owner of seventy-six and two-thirds acres of 
highly cultivated land and continues her residence 
upon the old homestead endeared to her li\- manv 



memories of the past. A son, lienjainlii F., and a 
daughter, Mary E., make their home with their 
motlier and actively engage in the duties of the 
farm. .Mr. Johnston, a sturdy Democrat, together 
with his wife took a vital interest in both local 
and national issues, and few men are better posted 
in the current affairs of the day than our subject, 
who has endeavored all her life to keep fully 
abreast of the times in so far as was consistent 
with her home life and duties. 



;ADE P. BUSBY. This descendant of one 
of the oldest as well as most proniiiient of 
Madison County's families, is an cnter- 
l)rising business man of Lapel, aiui the pro[jrietor 
of as complete a general store as has ever been the 
pleasure of the writer to inspect. The stock car- 
ried, the artistic display of the goods and the gen- 
eral air of thrift which surround.s it, and its genial 
proprietor, make clear the cause of the vast amount 
of business which is transacted within its walls. 
Through courtesy in dealings and reliability' in 
every transaction, Mr. Busby has gained the name 
of being an honorable and capable business man, 
and justly possesses the confidence of all with 
whom he is brought in contact. 

The father of our subject, Isaac A. Busby, was 
born and reariMl in \irginia, 1826 being the year 
of his birth. Ivirly in manhood he emigrated to 
Indiana and settled in Madison County, of which 
he remained a citizen during the balance of his 
life. As a 3'oung man he was in rather poor cir- 
cumstances financially, and entirely (h'pcndcnt 
upon his own resources. He was a f'Minier by oc- 
cupation, and during his brief career accumulated 
some property, although his liberality was so 
great that he never became wealthy, notwithstand- 
ing the fact that Dame Fortune was his friend. 
Politically he IS a Republican, faithful in his de- 
votion to his chosen parl\-. lie was an earnest 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at 
T>apel. His death occurred in 1878, when he was 
in life's prime, being fifty-two years of age. 

Sarah Conrad, as the mother of our subject was 



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known in maidenhood, is a sister of the well- 
known David Conrad, and a daughter of Charles 
Conrad, a sketch of whom appears within these 
pages. She still survives (1893), and is a resident 
of Lapel. In her home she was devoted to the 
welfare of her husband and children, there l)eing 
si.x of the latter, as follows: Missouria, the wife of 
Frank Woodward, a prominent resident of Lapel; 
JMary .1., who makes her home in Lapel; Ida, who 
is married and resides in Greenfield, Ind.; Milton, 
a druggist of Lapel; James A., a farmer residing 
in Stony Creek Township; and our subject. 

In .Stony Creek Township, Madison County, 
tlie subject of this notice was born on the 27th of 
January, 1861. He was reared on a farm, and 
was the recipient of such educational advantages 
as the really excellent schools of his community 
afforded. His boyhood was passed in a manner 
similar to that of farmer lads in comfortable 
homes, and included the superior physical and 
mental development so necessary in the successful 
pursuits of mankind. Having saved a small 
amount of money, lie embarked in the mercantile 
business in 1886. Beginning with a small capital, 
by careful management, honesty and energy, he 
soon enlarged his business, until to-day he con- 
ducts a large and successful establishment, as stated 
in the commencement of this sketch. He not only 
enjoys the confidence of his business and social ac- 
quaintances, but their respect and esteem as well. 
In politics he is a Republican. 



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iLMON (1. VERNON, a prominent business 
low extensively handling grain and 
the City Elevator at Anderson, 
Madison County, is financiall3' interested in va- 
rious enterprises, and for two years has been oper- 
ating the stone quarry at Alexandria, the output 
averaging over one hundred yards, or about one 
hundred and fifty tons of stone per day. Mr. 
Vernon has spent his entire life in his present lo- 
cality, and was born in Anderson, October 24, 
184 6. His father, Lewis R. Vernon, was a native 
of the old (Quaker State, but early in life emigrated 



from PennS3'lvania to Indiana, and settled in 
Anderson village. He engaged in mercantile pur- 
suits and, a man of upright character and enter- 
prise, for a number of terms ably discharged the 
duties of Deputy Sheriff. He died in Anderson, 
at about fifty years of age, regretted by all who 
knew him. His good wife, and mother i.f our sub- 
ject, Margaret (Parsons) Vernon, was a native of 
Pennsylvania and a woman of ability and worth. 

Elmon G. Vernon, the youngest of the six chil- 
dren who blessed the home of the parents, is the 
only one of the family now living. He received 
the advantages of a common-school education and 
attained to mature age manly and self-reliant. 
He first started in business for himself as a truck- 
man and continued in this occupation for two 
years. He then went into the lime business, which 
he has conducted prosperously for twenty-six 
3'ears in connection with other lines of work. 
He has been interested in the purchase and sale of 
grain for seven years, and aside from the demands 
made upon his time b}^ the stone quarry and ele- 
vator, he gives his personal attention to the real- 
estate business. He owns a fine addition in 
Florida, where he is locating factories and has 
about five hundred lots, two and a-half miles from 
the city, the prospect of future development and 
advanced values now being excellent. 

In the month of November, 1870, Elmon G. 
Vernon and Miss Katie Clark, of Anderson, were 
united in marriage. Mrs. Katie Vernon was the 
adopted daughter of B. A. Clark, a grain merchant 
and later a railroad man. This excellent lady 
died in 1885, leaving to the care of her husband 
four young children: Charles W., Margaret May, 
Loretta R., Ethel Gale. A second time entering 
the bonds of wedlock, our subject in 1886 married 
Anna Sloan, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, an accom- 
plished lady and the youngest child of Dr. A. Sloan. 
Two children have been born unto this union; 
Ella Belle and Earle Lewis. Mr. Vernon is a life 
long Republican and an ardent advocate of his 
party principles. He has likewise been fraternally 
associated with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows of Anderson for the past quarter of a 
century and was also one of the charter members 
in the organization of the Independent Order of 



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Red Men, the Anderson Lodge being one of the 
strongest and most prosperous in tiie state. 

For many 3'ears a valued member of these so- 
cieties, our subject has gained numerous friends 
among tlie two orders and is universally recog- 
nized as a representative citizen and a man uf .su- 
perior ability. Mr. Vernon has unaided won ins 
way to an assured position of inHuence and pros- 
perity and ranks to-day as one the most successful 
and tiiorouglily practical business men of Ander- 
son. 

J'OIIN HINSHAW. Since 1851 this gentle- 
man has been numbered among the leading 
farmers and representative men of Hamil- 
ton County, where he owns one of the 
finest farms in Washington Townshi|). Beginning 
his career in this locality with but very little capi- 
tal, he lias with ability and energetic enterprise 
worked his way to assured success. IIo is a 
nutivo of the "sunny south," and was Ixirn in 
Kandolpli County, N. C, May 2, \»2A. His par- 
ents, Tristrum and Martha (Hinshaw) Hinsliaw, 
were natives of the Old Tar State and descend- 
ants of industrious and highly respected ancestors, 
wild earl}' made their home in North Carolina. 
'I'lic paternal grandfather, Thomas Hinshaw, was 
born in Ireland, and in his youth learned tiie 
trade of a weaver. Wiien a young man lie crossed 
the ocean and established his home in the south, 
(nandfatlier .John Hinshaw was born and reared 
uiion the old Stokes County homestead, and in 
early life engaged in farming in North Carolina. 
Later he removed to Indiana, journeying by team 
to INIorgan County, of which lie was a jiioneer 
farmer. He entered with zeal upon the work df 
reclaiming the land from its wild comlitioii, and 
cleared, cultivated and improved his broad acreage. 
Surviving to an advanced age, he witnessed the 
wonderful development of the state from a com- 
parative wilderness to the abode of a contented 
and prosperous people. The father, also a life- 
long farmer, lived and died in Randolph County, 
N. C. He enjoyed few educational advantages, 
and was a diligent, industrious man, who left be- 
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hind him the record of an earnest and ui)riglit 
life. 

When about twenty-one years of age, Tristrum 
Hinshaw married RLartha, daughter of Thomas and 
Rebecca Hinshaw, natives respectively of Ireland 
and North Carolina, the latter having been about 
ten years old at the time the Revohitionar\- War 
was raging most lierceiy. I'nli) the miioii of the 
parents there were horn eleven children, all of 
whom survived to adult age. tlolin, our subject, 
was the eldest of the family. Then followed in 
order of birth, Mahala, Thomas, Isaac N., Stephen, 
Lydia, Rebecca, Jessie, Hannah, Martha ,1. and 
Nathan. John and Lydia are the only iiicinbers 
of the family who make their home in IndiaiiM, 
the other brothers and sisters having rciiKiincd in 
North Carolina. 

The father at one time owned over three hun- 
dred acres in Randolph County, N. ('., and was 
esteemed a man of substance. He was a devout 
member of the Friends' Church. He attained 
three-score years and ten, and then passed peace- 
fully away. The mother was fairly well educated, 
and was a woman of high principle and steadfast 
purpose, a devoted wife and mother, uniformly 
kind to neighbors and acquaintances, and univer- 
sally beloved. .She was almost seventy years old 
when she entered into rest. iJke her husband, 
she was a member of the Friends' Church, and was 
known for her good works and deeds of charity. 

Our subject remained with his parents until 
twenty-one, and in the meantime assisted his 
father in the conduct of the farm, and attended 
the little subscription school of the neighborhood. 
Soon after beginning life for himself he was 
united in marriage with Miss Sal lie. daughter of 
Isaac and Rebecca (Robbins) Commons, all natives 
of North Carolina. The home of our subject and 
his wife has been brightened by the birth of nine 
children, one of whom died in infancy. The eight 
surviving are, Isaac N., Thomas N., Martha J., 
Andrew T., Dougan C, Asenath, Lydia A. and 
William E., all of whom are married and have 
homes of their own. After his marriage our sub- 
ject spent about six years in North Carolina en- 
gaged in the pursuit of agriculture, and then 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



in 1851. At first he cultivated rented land, buT; 
four years later bought eighty acres in AVashing- 
ton Township, where he now resides. 

To the original eighty, Mr. Hinshaw h.as since 
added, as his finances permitted, and finally accu- 
mulated one hundred and sevent}'-one acres of 
valuable land. He owns at present one hundred 
and twelve acres of as fertile land as can be found 
in Wasliington Township, his homestead being 
finely cultivated and well improved with sub- 
stantial and attractive buildings. The land is 
worth at least -$7.5 per acre. Like his forefathers, he 
is a valued member of the Society of Friends, and 
is known as a man of sterling integrity. Politic- 
ally, he is a Republican and a true American citi- 
zen. He is liberal spirited, yet earnest in the per- 
formance of every duty of life as a parent, hus- 
band, friend and neighbor. He and his excellent 
wife are highly esteemed and possess the confi- 
dence of all who know them. 

felLLIAM H. BARNES. The flourishing 
village of Florida contains among its rep- 
resentative business establishments the 
general store conducted by Mr. Barnes, which is 
stocked with a full and complete assortment of 
dry goods, notions, boots and shoes, hats and 
caps, groceries and hardware. As a business man, 
the proprietor has gained the confidence of the 
entire community, and occupies a prominent posi- 
tion among the successful merchants of Madison 
County. He carries a stock of general merchan- 
dise, valued at about 11700, and his sales aggre- 
gate about $6,000 annually. 

In addition to his mercantile interest, Mr. 
Barnes is serving as Postmaster at Florida, and is 
agent for the Pan Handle Railroad Company and 
the Adams Express Comjjany. He is a native of 
Madison County, and was born on the 13th of 
September, 1860. His parents, John and Ursilla 
Barnes, were natives of England, the former of 
■whom emigrated to America about 1859, locating 
in New York State, and after a short sojourn there 
removed to Indiana. After a short residence in 



Fayette County, he came to Madison County, 
where for a number Of years he engaged in farm- 
ing and contracting. Through energy and indus- 
try, he was enabled to acquire a competency, and 
became recognized as one the public-spirited and 
progressive men of this county. 

Retiring from agricultural pursuits, Mr. Barnes 
embarked in the manufacture of tile, and con- 
ducted a large and profitable business in that line, 
his factory being located one .and one-half miles 
east of the village of Florida. He remained thus 
engaged for several years, gaining an enviable rep- 
utation as a successful and enterprising manu- 
facturer. When he departed this life, December 
14, 1891, he was mourned by a large circle of ac- 
quaintances, to whom his manly qualities had en- 
deared him. Especially was his loss felt in the 
home circle and by his intimate friends and asso- 
ciates, to whom his deatli was a personal bereave- 
ment. 

In the public schools of Madison County, Will- 
iam H. Barnes received a practical education, which 
prepared him for an active business life. t)n at- 
taining manhood, he entered upon a mercantile 
career, and has since carried on an ever-increasing 
trade with the residents of Florida, as well as the 
farmers of the surrounding country. Under the 
administration of President Cleveland, he was ap- 
pointed Postmaster in 1893 and is at present the 
incumbent of that office. He is a stanch Demo- 
crat, and prominent in the political affairs of the 
village, being at present a member of the Demo- 
cratic Township Committee. In his social allilia- 
tions, he is identified with the Improved Order of 
Red Men. 

Upon embarking in business for himself in 1890, 
Mr. Barnes was for a time associated with S. G. 
Bevelhimer, with whom he was in partnership for 
two months. Mr. Bevelhimer disposing of his in- 
terest in the business, William Rank entered the 
firm, and for nine months the enterprise was con- 
ducted under the firm title of Barnes & Rank, 
since which time our subject has been the sole 
owner of the establishment. He is meeting with 
deserved success, and ranks among the most pro- 
gressive and popular .young men of the county. 
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sided over by the lady with whom lie was united 
in marriage April 26, 1883, and who was formerly 
f>mnia Lawrence, of El Dorado, Oliio. 



ILLIAM C. MORRIS, a native of Indiana, 
I a son and urandson of picneer settlers of 



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widely known and highly respected. He now con- 
ducts a well improved farm of two hundred and 
forty acres in Washington Township, Hamilton 
County. His parents, .lohn and Mary (Miller) 
Morris, were both natives of Kentucky, and the 
paternal grandfather was born in Virginia. Great- 
grandfather Morris, an energetic and enterprising 
Irishman, emigrated when a young man to 
Americva, and located in the Old Dominion in a 
very early da3'. The grandfather, William Morris, 
married Miss Pollie Beecham, who became the 
mother of seven children, all of whom lived to old 
age. John, the father of our subject, was the 
eldest; then followed, William, Jessie, Jackson, 
Mary, Nancy, Hattie. 

The grandfather, removing from the south to 
Indiana, entered two hundred and forty acres in 
Kusli County, wliere part of the town of Rush- 
viUe now stands. He was an extensive proi)erty 
owner, holding over three thousand acres of 
land in Indiana and Illinois. Two years after 
the grandfather settled permanently in Rush 
County, the father also came to Indiana, and 
bought two hundred and forty acres near Rush- 
ville. After a time the grandfather moved with- 
in easy distance of Terre Haute, and passed away 
near Paris, 111., aged about seventy-five years. A 
man ol business sagacity and executive ability, he 
had acquired great wealth and was respected for 
his qualities of head and heart. The grand motiier, 
a genuine pioneer woman, lived to reach eighty- 
two years, and died near Rusliville, beloved by all 
wlu. knew her. 

The fallier c<mtiiiued to make liis residence in 
Rush County until his death. He Iia.l only very 
limited book knowledge, but. a self-ina<ie man of 
excellent iudginent and a keen calculator, accu- 



mulated a large fortune and owned more than five 
hundred valuable acres of land near Rusliville. He 
was a promiiftnt member of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church and was numbered among the influen- 
tial men of the county. The father lived to par- 
ticipate in the progressive interests of the state 
and witnessed the remarkable changes wrought by 
a half century of upward growth, entering into 
rest in 1881, at the advanced age of eighty-four. 
The mother, well educated, and a devout member 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, ever since its 
establishment in Rush County, died, strong in the 
faith of happiness beyond, in the year 1 ><();"), aged 
sixty-two. 

Mrs. Pollie (Miller) Morris was the devoted 
mother of nine children. The sons and daugh- 
ters who clustered about the family hearth were, 
Henry M., Mary A., Alfred T., Ellen E.. Malissa 
J., William C. (our subject), James 11., .lohn F. 
and Olivers. Mr. Morris was born June 21, 1831, 
in Rush County, and worked for his father until 
he reached his majority. He then married and be- 
gan life for himself. His excellent wife, Rebecca 
E. McMillen, was the daughter of John and Mary 
A. (Jennings) McMillen, both natives of Kentucky. 
The McMillens were of Irish ancestry, the Jen- 
nings of English descent. The pleasant home of 
Mr. and Mrs. Morris was blessed by the birth of 
seven children, one of whom died in infancy. The 
six surviving are, Claudius E., John C, Florence 
A., May B., Oscarand Ida. These sons and daugh- 
ters are all married and prosi)ering, occupying 
positions of usefulness, and respected l)y all who 
know them. 

Our subject immediately after his marriage 
bought one hundred and sixty acres of good land 
near Rusliville and farmed thereon for a number of 
years, but in 1883 sold out his interests in that 
localitj- and removed to Washington Township, 
and purchased the two hundred and forty well im- 
proved acres of valuble land where he now re- 
sides, beyond all doubt one of the best grain and 
stock farms in the county. Mr. Morris received 
onlv limited advantages for an educiition, but 
pos.sesses the family inheritance of excellent judg- 
I ment and business ability and is successful in his 
various undertakings, making money ra[iidly. He 



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and his wife are members of tlie Metliodist Episco- 
pal Church and liberal givers towards its support. 
In political affiliation a Democrat, life is in every 
respect a public spirited citizen and fully com- 
mands the esteem of the entire community among 
whom he lives and transacts business in a straight- 
forward and upright manner. j 

The family to which Mrs. Morris belongs is a no- 
ted one, from the fact of tlie immense inheritance 
awaiting the heirs in England. Her great-grand- 
father, Robert Jennings, was a native of London 
and a close connection of the Jenningses from 
whom the large estate was received in trust. Kane 
Jennings, the grandfather of Mrs. IMorris, was a 
native of Virginia and a man of worth and ability. 



AHLOM C. HA WORTH, M. D., an able 
practitioner and sliillful surgeon engaged 
in an extended round of professional du- 
ties in Noblesville, Ind., is a native of 
Hamilton County, and, born June 27, 1851, has 
from his early youth been associated with the pro- 
gressive interests of this part of the state. The 
father of our subject, George L. Haworth, was a 
native of Ohio, but early locating in the state of 
Indiana, became one of the pioneers of Hamilton 
County, settling within its borders in 1834, when 
the country round about was a comparative wil- 
derness. Wild game was abundant, and neighbors 
were few and far between. He entered with cour- 
age and enterprise into the development of a farm 
and reclaimed from its wild condition a valuable 
homestead. 

In 1892, after a life of usefulness, the father, 
respected b^' all who knew him, entered into rest. 
He was a man of more than ordin.ary ability and 
strength of character and was well fitted to endure 
the privations and sacrifices of pioneer life. His 
father, Jonathan Haworth, born in Virginia, was 
numbered among tlie very early settlers of Ohio, 
where he occupied a leading position and was 
known as a man of l)road intelligence. The an- 
cestors of the Haworth family were of English na- 



tivit}', the founder of the American branch emi- 
grating to America with William Penn, with 
whom he was associated in religious interests, 
both being Quakers. The mother of our subject. 
Ann Haworth, was born in Ohio. Sharing with 
her husband and children the pioneer experiences 
of Indiana, she passed away in Hamilton County 
universally mourned. 

Our subject was the youngest of the five chil- 
dren who blessed the home of the parents, and 
spending the days of boyhood upon the old farm, 
received the benefit of instruction in the district 
schools^, Assisting his father during the summer 
months, he at seventeen years of age liegan teach- 
ing school, and, self-rrliaiitly wiiiiiiiig his upward 
way, attained his majority, then enteiing Earlham 
College, at Richmond, Ind., where he pursued his 
studies for three succeeding years. At the expi- 
ration of this length of time, he decided to enter 
the medical profession, and in the winter of 1876 
took a course of lectures at the Medical College 
of Indiana, located at Indianapolis, and the fol- 
lowing year, graduating with honor, received his 
diploma and degree of M. D. 

Dr. Haworth, at once establishing himself in Ko- 
blesville, and from the first meeting with encourag- 
ing success, has for sixteen years been identified 
with the social and business interests of the city 
and has but little time for rest or recreation, be- 
ing constantly occupied with the demands of a 
large and lucrative practice extending out into 
the surrounding country. Our subject, taking a 
leading position in the professional ranks, is a 
valued member of the County Medical Society, 
and is also connected with the State Medical 
Society and the American Medical Association. 
He is identified with Bern ice Lodge No. 120, 
K. of P. and has many warm friends in the order. 
Dr. Haworth is politically a stalwart Republican 
and takes an active interest in both local and na- 
tional issues, being a public-spirited citizen and a 
liberal aid in matters of local enterprise and im- 
provements. 

May 15, 1878, Dr. Mahlon C. Haworth and 
Miss Celestia Dewey, were united in marriage, re- 
ceiving the lieart.y best wishes and congratu- 
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wife of our subject was the daughter of Dr. 
Dewey, a pioneer piiysician of Cicero, Hamilton 
Count}'. One son and two daughters liave bright- 
ened the pleasant home with their merry presence, 
lone, Elma and George D. Ilaworth, bright and 
intelligent young people, give promise of future 
usefulness. The attractive family residence, on 
South Anderson Street, the abode of hospitality, is 
woU known to tlie general public of Noblesville, 
Dr. and Mrs. Ilaworth enjoying the high regard 
and confidence of a host of old-time acquaintances. 






EDWARD B. CHAMxVESS, a prominent and 
influential citizen and leading attorney of 
; Alexandria, Ind., has been identified from 
his earliest youth with tlie development and pro- 
gressive interests of his present locality, and was 
born within the limits of tlie county, in Monroe 
Townsliip, .Inly 22, IH.'SG. His father, AVilliam 
Chamness, a native of Nortli Carolina, was born 
m 1804, and the paternal grandfather, Mic.ajah 
Chamness, was likewise a native North Carolinian 
and the descendant of a family which, from the 
very earliest days of our country'* history, (Uvelt 
in the old Tar State. A tradition relates that 
many years ago a lad, stolen from the London 
Bridge, was taken on an English vessel on the 
North Coast and, sailing across the Atlantic, upon 
reaching the shores of North Carolina, made his 
escape from the boat. He being young (about 
four years old), it is supposed he could not spell 
the name correctly, and used the name Chamness, 
for upon inquiry no such name was found in Eng- 
land. Be this vei-sion correct or not, the family 
founded in North Carolina have, generation after 
generation, won their upward way to positions of 
influence, and many of the men and women have 
attained wealth and social distinction. The early 
members of the Chamness family were attendants 
of the Friends' Church. They were mainly small 
farmers, with energetic industiy cultivating the 
fertile soil of the sunny south, and were known as 



useful, law-abiding citizens of sterling integrity 
of character and native ability and intelligence. 

In 1816, Micajah Chamness, with his family and 
accompanied by other families of the same name, 
his relatives and connections, emigrated to Indi- 
ana from North Carolina, and settled in Wayne 
County. Micajah Chamness was the father of 
three sons and eight daughters, all f>f whom at- 
tained to mature age and married and liad homes 
and families of their own. The sons were .loiin, 
William and Micajah, .Jr. Tiie eldest, John, w.as a 
prosperous farmer, and late in life retiring from 
his farm, resided in Jonesboro, Grant County, 
wliere he died at a good old age in 187(J. Mica- 
jah, Jr., was a noted agriculturist and owned a 
valuable farm in West Alexandria, a part, of 
which is in the city limits, his farm being valued 
at $1,000 per acre. Micajah, Sr., gave his 
family a liberal education. In 1830 he located 
in Madison County, building the first house 
in Monroe Townshii). Having considerable means, 
he then entered several sections of Govern- 
ment land, on a part of which the city was 
later built. He afterward sold out in tliis imme- 
diate locality and moved three and a-half miles 
northwest of Alexandria, there improviflg a farm 
on Lilly Creek. He resided on this homestead at 
the lime of his deatii. His wife, in maidenhood 
Miss White, survived iiim more than thirty years, 
and passed away in 187(5, at the age of ninety-six 
years. Other members of the Chamness family 
came to Indiana in 181(1 and they and their de- 
scendants now residing in Wayne County are 
numbered among the respected i)ioneers of the 
state. 

William Chamness, the father of our subject, 
was in the early part of the present century 
united in marriage with Miss Mary Bray, known 
in later years to her many loving kins-people as 
"Aunt Polly." Born in Kentucky in 1808 she was 
of German and Scotch ancestry, and her father, 
Henry Bray, at one time oi)erated a saltiietre 
manufactory, the first established at :Mammoth 
Cave, Ky. Henry Bray finally removed to Hen- 
dricks County, Ind., his sons, John and Edward S., 
becoming well-to-do farmers. The former, remov- 
ing to Arkansas, died there. The latter passed 



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away in Morgan County, Ind. In 1833, William 
Chamness, his wife and four ebildien, settled in 
Madison County, where the father entered a quar- 
ter section of land directly east of the present 
city of Alexandria, and proceeded to clear, culti- 
vate and improve a homestead in the wilderness. 
He often killed deer within sight of his cabin, and 
in time owned one of the best stock farms in the 
county. In 1852, the father, selling this valu- 
able property, removed to Grant County and, pur- 
chasing four hundred acres of land southeast of 
Jonesboro, resided there until his death in 1858. 
He had occupied with fidelity various positious of 
trust and served efflcientl}' as Township Trustee. 
After his demise the mother made her home in 
Jonesboro, where she entered into rest in 1869. be- 
loved by all who knew her. The parents were 
blessed by the birth of five children: .Jemima, 
Martha. Eunice, Eli and Edward B., all born in 
Wayne or Henry County, with the exception of 
our subject, who now enjoys the distinction of 
being the oldest living native-born citizen of 
JFonroe Township. His sisters all married and 
reared families of their own. Eli is a bachelor 
fifty-two years of age, a long-time resident of In- 
dianapolis, but the last two years of his life were 
spent in Chicago, where he died in 1891. The 
father and mother reared their family up to 
habits of industrious thrift and inculcated them 
with sterling integrity, bringing them up in the 
fear and admonition of the Lord. The parents 
also gave their children the advantage of a good 
education. Our subject, Edward B., attended col- 
lege at New Castle in 1849 and 1850, and in the 
spring of 1853 went to Marion, Grant County, 
to learn the tr.ade of a printer in the Marion 
Journal office. Mr. Chamness later removed to 
Hartford City, where he entered into the publica- 
tion of the Hartford City Register, being the first 
paper published in that locality. 

Upon October 21, 1856, Edward B. Chamness 
and Miss Clara K. Craw were united in marriage. 
In 1857 our subject made his home in Pana, 111., 
and later removed to Jefferson City. Mo. In 1859 
he returned to Grant County, and in 1860 en- 
gaged in the slove and tui business at Jonesboro 
with his lirother, and learned the tinsmith trade. 



When the Civil War disturbed the land, Edward 
B. Chamness, leaving his business, home and 
family. enlisted in September, 1862, in Company I, 
One Hundred and First Indiana Infantry, and 
was Orderly-Sergeant of his company. He act- 
ivel}' engaged in important battles: Chickamau- 
ga, Chattanooga, Jonesboro (Ga.), Lookout Moun- 
tain, Mission Ridge, the siege and fall of At- 
lanta, and many others, and at the end of three 
years' faithful and courageous service, was dis- 
charged from the army at the close of the war. 
In 1883 he was granted a j)ension for disabilitj' 
brought on while in the service, and it was in- 
creased in 1885. Mr. Chamness conducted the 
stove and tin business in Alexandria for several 
years, and, l)eing a man of studious habits and 
ambition, read law, not at first with the intention 
of adopting the legal profession. People, how- 
ever, began to consult him on various matters 
connected with the practice of law, and, con- 
stantly asking his advice, finally induced him to 
try cases in the justice courts. This he did. and 
his marked success decided him to resign business 
and enter the professional ranks which he now so 
ably adorns. He was admitted to the Bar, after 
due preparation, in 1886, and, since then, prosper- 
ing as a lawyer, has served with ability as Assist- 
ant Cpunty Prosecutor. Politically, a lifetime 
Republican, and interested in local and national 
issues, our subject has, however, not aspired 
to political honors. 

An important factor in the building up of the 
City of Alexandria, Mr. Chamness has been 
financially prospered, and, a public-spirited citi- 
zen, was one of the first to encourage the 
sinking of a gas well, and his name was one of the 
first on the subscription list, giving 1100 for that 
purpose. He is a stockholder in the Alexandria 
National Bank, and has been connected with the 
Alexandria Mining and Exploring Company, the 
Alexandria Improvement Company and various 
building and loan associations, and, in fact, has 
been identified with the vital interests of Alexan- 
dria from its inception as a city. Our subject is 
fraternally associated with the Grand Arm\- of 
the Republic, and was the first Commander of the 
post of Alexandria. lie is also a leading member 



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of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and 
has passed through the chairs, being District 
Deputy Grand Master of the state, and is likewise 
a member of the Rebeccas, as is his wife. 

The forefathers of tlie family were Friends 
in religious belief, but Mr. and Mrs. Chamness are 
ardent Spiritualists and intelligent observers of 
religious development. Unto the union of our 
suliject and his estimable wife were horn four 
children. The eldest, Arthur M., is a successful 
hardware merchant at Greenstown, Howard Coun- 
ty. Ind. He married Miss Retta Kerr and is the 
father of two children. Laura M. Chamness, the 
eldest daugliler of our subject, a charming and 
accomplished young lady, passed away deeply 
mourned at the age of twenty years. Alice C. 
married Eugene O. Clinton, and died in 1892, 
leaving two cliildren. Annetta M. married Charles 
W. Clnuvliill and lives in Alexandria, whei-e Mr. 
Churchill is engaged in the tin business. Mr. 
Cliamness, although but fifty-seven years old, and 
mentally and i)liysically vigorous, has hair and 
beard white and glossy, inheriting from his moth- 
er's side a tendency to become gray in very early 
youth. A courteous gentleman, of kindly man- 
ners, and recognized as a leading legal luminary of 
Madison County, he is widely respected, and he 
and his excellent wife, occupying a high position 
of social influence to Alexandria, together enjoy 
the fruition of lives of earnest purpose crowned 
with prosperous content. 



^l^ AKVEY .1. BLACKLIDGE, a representative 
ifjl citizen and for many years a leading busi- 
/^^ ness man of Anderson, devotes himself 
^; entirely to the care of his large landed 
interests, and has recently platted more than one 
hundred and twenty-four lots on thirty acres, 
called Blacklidge Park, adjoining the city of 
Anderson on the north. Born December 8, 1835, 
in Marion County, Ind., our subject was only two 
years of age when with his parents he made his home 
in Anderson. It has been his constant residence 
for liftv-f-ix changing years, during which period 



his present locality has developed from a small 
village of a few inhabitants into a thriving town 
in which every branch of commerce is worthily 
represented. The paternal grandfather, Jacob Black- 
lidge, removed from his native state. Virginia, with 
his family in a very early day, and located in In- 
diana, then literally a howling wilderness and the 
abode of an abundance of wild game. The grand- 
father, sharing the privations and sacrifices of 
pioneer days, survived to an advanced age 'and 
died in Indiana at about four-score years. 

The father, Joel Blacklidge, was born in N'irginia, 
but attained to mature age upon the old Indiana 
homestead. Arriving at manhood, he married, and 
in 18;57, with his wife and family, settled in Ander- 
son. He had from his earliest youth engaged in 
agricultural pursuits, but located in town with the 
intention of entering mercantile business, and from 
1837 until April, 1847, when he passed away, pros- 
perously conducted a store on the corner now 
known as ISIcGraws' Corner. The mother, Mrs. 
Christiann (Newhouse)Blacklidge,was the daughter 
of John Newiiou>c. a native Xiiginian, and a 
pioneer of Indiana, removing hithei- from tiie 
Old Dominion with liis family in a very early 
day. Harvey J. Blacklidge was one of eleven 
children who clustered about the family hearth of 
the i)arenls. Of the large circle of sons and 
daughters, five have passed away, the six surviving 
vvortiiily occupying positions of useful influence. 
Our subject attended the schools of Anderson when 
a little boy, but his father dying when he was 
twelve years of age, he then began llie battle of 
life and for the succeeding five years worked ujion 
a farm. 

In 1852, Mr. Bl.acklidge entircd the employ of 
William Crim as clerk, and remained in this posi- 
tion for about one year and a-(iuarter, transacting 
business in a little frame building, where the 
When store now stands. Our subject next en- 
gaged in selling fruit-trees for S. S. Pierce <i' Co. 
and journeyed through Indiana, Tennessee and 
Mississippi for two years. At the exi)iration of 
this time, Mr. Blacklidge entered into partnership 
with J. W. Thornton, the firm conducting a groteiy 
business in Anderson. The partnership continued 
for about one year. Our subject soon after married 



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and located upon a farm, there engaging in agri- 
cultural pursuits for a number of j'ears. In 1871 
the faniil_y returned to the city, and in 1874 Mr. 
Blacklidge went into the farming implement busi- 
ness, in parlnersliip with Elias Falknor, tlie firm 
lasting until 1879. In the spring of 1880, our 
subject embarked in the carriage business at Nos. 105 
and 107 North Main Street. Tliis last venture 
proving a great success, he devoted liimself to the 
sale of carriages and buggies until May, 1892, then 
selling out to J. M. Gray. 

In the fall of 1855, Harvey ,1. Blacklidge and 
Miss Delilah Young, daughter of Col. Williman 
Young, of Madison County ,were united in marriage. 
Mr. Y^oung was one of tlie pioneer settlers of 1823, 
who located on White River to the east of Ander- 
son. A man of courage and ability, he was Colonel 
of militia in an early da}', and later was elected 
Sheriff of Madison County and successfully ran liis 
farm and managed the affairs of the Sheriff's office 
at the same time. The tliree children of our subject 
and his worthy wife are: William J., born in 1856; 
Hattie Alice, now Mrs. George B. Wheelock, of An- 
derson; and John M., residing at, home and in the 
employ of J. M. Gray, a carriage dealer. Mr. Black- 
lidge has been a consistent member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church since 1854, and, a valued official, 
discharged tlie duties of Trustee and Steward for 
twenty-live years, and has also served as an usher 
of tlie church for a score of years. He is not a 
politici:iii, but, politically a stalwart Eepublican, is 
an earnest advocate of the principles of the party 
and is deeply- interested in local and national affairs 
of government. 

In 1S57 our subject became fraternally asso- 
ciated with Ml. Moriah Lodge No. 77, A. F. it A. 
M. He was Miister of the same nine years, and 
represented the lodge in the Grand Lodge for 
fourteen years, and acted as Master at the time his 
son took the degree of that lodge. A leading light- 
in Masonry, Mr. Blacklidge was for thirteen years 
a member of Anderson Chapter No. 52, and was 
for seven years a valued member of Anderson Com- 
mandery No. 32. lie attended the conclaves at St. 
Louis, Washington and Denver and much enjoyed 
those great reunions of tlie lioiiored order. Our 
subject is likewise connected with tlie Knights of 



Honor and has numerous warm friends in the 
Masonic fraternity and in this latter society. Mr. 
Blacklidge, a long time and intelligent observer of 
the growth and progress of the past half-century, 
recalls many interesting reminiscences of the times 
when the inhabitants of Anderson procured all the 
water used for household purposes at a spring on 
Ninth Street, his father being among the first to 
dig wells in the village. 

LBERT B. BUCK, one of the successful 
young business men of Anderson, was 
born on the lOtii of December, 1859, and 
is the only child of William E. and So- 
phronia (Finch) Buck, of Alexandria, Madison 
County. The father during his brief life was m 
the lumber business. He died at the age of twenty- 
six, and his wife at twenty-three, leaving the boy 
to carve out his own future. Henry Buck, tlie 
grandfatlier, was a Pennsylvanian, and emigrated 
to Indiana, where he settled early in life. He re- 
mained in the state until his death. Israel Finch, 
the grandfather on the maternal side, was a native 
of New York, and was a pioneer settler in Madi- 
son County. 

At the age of thirteen, Albert B. Buck began to 
learn tiie drug business in the store of Dr. E. II. 
Meuefer, at Alexandria, and with liim remained 
six years. He then spent a year in the Ilolbrook 
Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. Having a pref- 
erence for the drug business, at the age of twenty 
he went to Anderson and became a clerk. Garret 
Brown was then the leading druggist of Anderson, 
and the founder of the store over which Mr. Buck 
now presides. At the age of twenty-one he asso- 
ciated himself in the business with Mr. Brown, the 
firm name being Brown & Buck. The business 
was conducted by the firm until 1887, when Mr. 
Brown died. The firm was then re-organized un- 
der the name of Buck, Forkner & Co., and 
remained so for two 3'ears, when Eugene T. 
Brick ley bought out the otlier interests, and the 
linii became Buck, Brickley k Co. (W. T. Durbin) 
which title and peisonalily it has since retained. 




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In 1893 the firm established another store at the 
oonier of Truth and Meridian Streets, known as 
the I'ahicc I'h.'iriiiafy, over wliich Mr. iirickley 
presides. At l.oth slnres l.-ir-e slocks ,,f drui-s, 
druggists' sundries, \v;ili |i:i|ici's and nii~cellanc<)us 
goods are kei)t. 

On tiie ttli of ()ct..l)er, IssT, .Mr. ISiick and 
Miss Mattio r.liven weic iii:uiicd. She is llie 
dauglilcr (if K. C. and Caroline (.lacks,, n) I'.jiven, 
of .\ii<U'rson. Her fatlier has lieen a niercliant 
many years, .-iiid the family were early comers 
fi'oni Morrislowii. The .laek.sons were among tlie 
earliest settlers. Mr. and Mrs. liuck have two in- 
teresing children: Ruth P.liveii and Felix Albert. 



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IB, 



K\"l KINZIOU. While the cultivation of 
sni.ull fi-uits is not .:i r the most impor- 
tant industries of Hamilton County, those 
who have devoted their energies to this depart- 
ment of agriculture have met with (latlering suc- 
cess. Kspeci.ally has this proved \<> be the ease in 
the life of Mr. Kinzer, who has made a specialty 
of fiuit-raising, and, as he is a man of fair judg- 
ment and good common sense, his undertakings 
have been more than ordinarily successful. lie 
has eight acres planted to apples and pears, and 
tinds a ready sale for his fruit at g 1 prices. 

The family of which Levi Kin/.er is a member is 
(uie of the best known in the county, and several 
of his brothers are represented elsewhere in this 
volume. His father, John Kinzer. was a native of 
either Pennsylvania or Ohio, and was b(.rn in 
l.sdl.- lie was reared to manhood in Highland 
County, Ohio, and received a limited education in 
the di.strict schools. In 1828 he came to 1 ndiana, 
and cntcicd one hundicd and sixt}' acres in Ham- 
ilton County, t(i which he added from time to 
time until he acijuired the ownership of eight 
hundred and eightyacres. 

The marriage of John Kinzer to .Miss Ruth, 
daughter of William and Mary (.Mollilt) Wilkin- 
son, occurred in 1830, and resulted in the birth of 
seven children, namely: William; .Mary, the wife 
of Sylvaniis Carey; David; Jacob; Levi, the sub- 
ject of this sketch; Sarah, who married Louis Met- 



sker; and Ira J., whose death occurr 
The mother of these children was reared in the 
Society of Friends, but after her marriage with a 
gentleman who was not a member, she w;is not 
identified with that religious organization. In 
politics the .senior Mr. Kinzer was a Whig. Hi- 
death occurred De('ember 31, 1850, and his widow 
afterward remained on the home f;irm with her 
children until_ M:ircli 12, l.S(;o, when slu> passed 
away. 

A native of the township where he now resides 
(Delaware Township), <uir subject was born .Inly 
29, 1839. He was a young man of twenty-four 
when, in 18(i3, he married .Miss Samantha .1., 
daughter of Hinchman and Rebecca (Mendenhall) 
Haines. They are the parents of three living 
children: Olive /the wife of Dr. K. C. Hershey), 
Clara ( Uen and Kdna. I'.oth Mr. and Mrs. Kinzer 

Politically, he is a Republican, and u|)on the ticket 
of his party has been chosen to serve in numerous 
important positions. He served as Township Trus- 
tee for twoyears, and had the distinction of being 
the first Republican electt;d to that olIic(^ in his 
township for a number of years. 

After his marriage Mr. Kinzer coinmenc(!d farm- 
ing upon one hundred and sixty acres left him by 
his father, and here he has since resided, devoting 
his time and energies especially to the raising of 
fruit. He is justly recognized as one of the leading 
.agriculturists and fruit-raisers of Delaware Town- 
ship, and as a man, no less than as a farmer and 
citizen, he is highly esteemed. Throughout his en- 
tire life he has been identified with the best inter- 
ests of Hamilton County, and his intelligence, 
enterprise and many other estimable (pialities have 
acquired for him a popularity not derived from 
any factitious circumstances, and arc a permanent 
tribute to his merit. 



JHACOB KIN'ZKR w.as born in 1.S37 within 
I one mile of the place where he now lives, 
in Delaware Township, Hamilton County. 
_ ' He is the son of John and Ruth (Wilkin- 
son) Kinzer, of whom further mention is made in 



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the sketch of -William Kinzer, upon another page 
of this volume. John Kinzer, was born in Ohio 
about 1804, and remained with his parents until 
he attained his majority, meantime spending his 
time principally in farm work and enjoying but 
limited educational opportunities. In early man- 
iiood he came to Indiana, where he worked lor a 
time by the month in the employ of others, and 
also entered one hundred and sixty acres of land 
from the Government. 

After his marriage, Jolin Kinzer located upon 
the land which he entered, and to the clearing of 
wliich he gave his attentioii for many years there- 
after. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and 
acquired the ownership of between six and seven 
hundred acres, the larger part of which he suc- 
ceeded m clearing and placing under excellent 
cultivation. In his community he was a man of 
prominence, being intelligent and well read, and 
possessed the confidence of his neighbors and ac- 
quaintances. In politics he was a Whig, but 
never displayed any partisanship in local or na- 
tional affairs. 

In the parental family there were seven chil- 
dren, as follows: William; Mary, who married 
Sylvanus Carey; David; Jacob, of this sketch; 
Levi; Sarah, who is the wife of Louis Metsker; and 
Ira, who died in 1892. Jacob remained with his 
mother for ten years after his father's death, and 
in the district schools gained a practical education. 
Upon the settlement of the estate, he received 
eighty acres and sufficient money to enable him to 
purchase another eighty-acre tract. The property 
was for the most part in its primeval condition 
when he located thereon, and it required consider- 
able hard work to enable him to bring it to a high 
state of cultivation. 

At the age of almost forty years, Mr. Kinzer 
married Louisa, daughter of James Harvey and 
Luzena (Stanley) Piallard, and a native of North 
Carolina, who accom pained her parents to this 
state when she was only five years old. Their 
union resulted in the birth of five children, of 
whom one died in childhood. The others are, 
1 rvin, Everett, Alma and Curtis. Mr. and Mrs. 
Kinzer are prominent members of the social circles 
of the communitv, and are identified with the 



Society of Friends, being active workers in behalf 
of all its enterprises and benevolent projects. 
While not an active worker in political ranks, our 
subject is firm in his advocacy of Republican 
principles, and invariably casts his ballot in sup- 
port of its men and measures. 



OBERT S. EDWARDS, a retired farmer re- 
siding in Ingalls, was born May 31, 1827, 
in Franklin County, Pa. His grandfather, 
William Edwards, was a native of Eng- 
land, and emigrated to Pennsylvania. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth Simpson, a native of Ireland, and 
they had two sons, William and John. The father 
was a tailor by trade. In religious belief he was a 
Presbyterian, and his death occurred in Franklin 
County. 

William Edwards, father of our subject, was 
born in that county in 1793, and was a soldier of 
the War of 1812. He engaged in teaching and 
farming. In the fall of 1836, he went by wagon 
to Union County, Ind., and ten years later lo- 
cated in Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County, 
where he purchased one hundred and twenty-six 
acres of land, from which he developed a good 
farm. He was a Whig in politics. After his mar- 
riage he became an active member of the Metho- 
dist Church, and contributed liberally to its suii- 
port. On the 24th of April, 1858, he departed 
this life. His widow, whose maiden name was 
Sarah Bolton, was born in Franklin County, Pa., 
November 19, 1805, and her father, William Bol- 
ton, was a farmer of the Keystone State. He died 
in Union County, Ind., whither he removed about 
1831. By his marriage to Elizabeth Smith, he 
had three sons and four daughters. His wife was 
a native of Scotland. In the Edwards family were 
ten children: John S., deceased, who served as 
Major in the Second Indiana Cavalry; William 
B., twin brother of John, who served as Sergeant 
in the Second Indiana; Robert S.; Mary E.; Jo- 
seph, deceased; Charles W.; Anna C; Susan C; 
Caroline; and Sarah J. On the maternal side our 
subject traces his ancestry back to the early Col- 



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oiiial historj' of New Jersey, to the well-known 
Apgar, Flonierfelt and Schuyler families, some 
of whom were judges in the early days and sol- 
diers in the Revolution and War of 1812. 

We now take up the personal history of our 
subject, who in early life engaged in teaching 
scliool. while at the age of twenty lie began farm- 
ing for iiimself, following that pursuit for six 
years. He then carried on a general store for two 
years, after which he bought ninety acres of land, 
wliich he operated seven years. The succeeding 
ten years of his life were spent in the liardware 
business in Fortviile, Hancock County, Ind., and 
in the spring of 1893 he located on one hundred 
and fifl\--three acres of land which is still his 
home, in Greene Township, Madison County. He 
has since sold thirty acres to the land company 
which founded the town. 

Mr. Kdwards ijiarried Elizalieth Lackey in Jan- 
uary, 1847. and they became the [)arents of three 
cliiidren: William F., who died at the age of 
four years; Joseph A., who died in Minnesota, De- 
cember 31, 1880; and Thomas 0., of Montana. 
The mother died in Juh", 185.5, in the faitii of the 
Mctliodist Church. Mr. Edwards was afterward 
joined in wedlock with Mary R. Gibson, daughter 
of S;unuel and Olive (Terrence) Gib.son. Her 
father whs liorii in Tennessee in 1804, studied law 
in Nasliville, and went to Wayne County, Ind., 
about 1822. His last days were spent on the farm 
wliere Mrs. Edwards now resides, and his death 
occurred in Ma}', 1873. He served as Justice of 
the Peace many years and was a Whig and Re- 
pul)lican. The Methodist Church found in him a 
faithful and prominent mend)er, and he was an in- 
lluential citizen throughout the community. He 
married Anna Pollard, and they had three chil- 
dren: John, Samuel P. and Martha Shaul. By his 
second union there were three children: Eliza, 
deceased; Mary R., and Olive L. Mrs. Gibson was 
also twice married, her first husband being Joseph 
Kirkendall. Her father, Samuel Terrence, a 
Scotchman, was a Revolutionary soldier for six 
years, and in 1822 located in Noblesville, Ind., 
becoming one of its first settlers. 

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have l)een born 
three children: Minnie, wife of .John W. Huston; 



Sarah 0., wife of W. ('. Pelligrew; and Dr. Sam- 
uel G.. of Indianapolis. All have been provided 
with good educational advantsiges and thus liucd 
for the practical duties of life. The parents hold 
membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
Mr. Edwards has served for six years as Justice 
of the Peace, for two terms as Trustee, and has 
held other oflices. He has been a delegate to 
county and state conventions, and is a promi- 
nent member of the Republican party in this vi- 
cinity. Socially-, he is connected with the Mason- 
ic fraternity. A life well and worthily spent has 
gained hini the confidence and good-will of all 
willi whom he has been brought in contact. 



LIJAII WILLIAMS. 



ho for lnan^■ years 



has been connected with the agricultural 
interests of JIadison County and resides on 
section 20, Fall Creek Township, was born in 
Pikeland Township, Chester ('ounty, Pa., October 
a, 1821. The paternal great-grandfather emigrated 
from his native land, Wales, to America, settling 
in the Keystone State. The grandfather, James 
Williams, was born in Pennsylvania, was a stone 
mason by trade, and died in Chester County about 
1834, at an advanced age. He married Margaret 
Carter and they became the parents of the following 
children: Samuel, Martin, James, Jesse, William, 
Joseph, Benjamin, George, Elizabeth and Margaret. 
All married except Joseph and William. Samuel 
and JIarLin served in the War of 1812. 

The father of our subject, Jesse Williams, was 
born in Chester County, Pa., in 1795. He was 
drafted for the War of 1812, but after reaching 
camp was sent back. By trade he was a shoemaker. 
In the spring of 1839 he removed by wagon to 
Indiana, locating on two hundred and ten acres 
of land on section 20, Fall Creek Townshi|), where 
he improved a good farm. His death there oc- 
curred in February, 1858. In early life he was a 
Democrat, but after the repeal of the Missouri 
compromise, became a Republican. In 1825 Mr. 
Williams married Fllizabcth Heck, daughter of 
Christian Heck, a carpenter of German flescent. 



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They had two chihh-en: Davis, who died in 1848, 
and Elijali. After the deatli of liis first wife, Mr. 
AVilliaiiis wedded Sarah Rees, and tlie_y had three 
cluldrcn, Oliver, James and Amos. The mother 
died in 1874, aged eighty-three years. 

Our subject has been a resident of Indiana since 
1840. lie was educated in the district schools, and 
at the age of sixteen began life for himself as a 
farm band. For three years prior to coming west 
he clerked, and for eight years after his arrival 
here he lived with his father, assisting him in 
clearing and developing the farm which is now 
his home. In June, 1843, he was joined in wed- 
lock witii Juliet Fleming, who was born in 1822, 
and is a daughter of David and Nancy (Brown) 
Fleming, natives of Bourbon County, Ky. They 
removed to Preble County, Ohio, prior to the War 
of 1812, and lived on the boundary line between 
tiiat state and Indiana. His death occurred in 
1827, and in the fall of 1838 his widow came 
with the family to Pendleton, where she died in 
1842. She was a member of the New Light Church. 
The grandfather, Peter Fleming, was born in 
North Carolina, removed to Tennessee, tiience to 
Kentucky, and his last days were spent in Preble 
County, Oiiio. He served in the War of 1812. By 
his union with Martha Ireland he had a family of 
eigiit sons and two daugiiters. Unto Mr. and Mrs. 
Williams have been born four children: Martha 
E., Sarah J., (who died at the age of seventeen), 
Cliauncy F. and David J. 

In 1848 Mr. Williams purchased sixty-four 
acres of land north of Pendleton, which he sold 
after ten years, buying one hundred and forty-five 
acres, which he operated for eight years. In 1866 
he disposed of that property and bought two hun- 
dred and twenty-six acres of the old homestead, 
upon which he has since resided. His farm labors 
were interrupted by his service in the late war. 
In .luly, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Eightj-- 
ninth Indiana Infantry, and was elected Second 
Lieutenant. At Munfordville, Ky., he was taken 
prisoner, but the following December he was 
paroled and exchanged. He participated in the 
raid from Vicksburg to Meridan, the Red River 
expedition, the raids after Forest and Price, the 
battle of Nashville, then went to New Orleans, 



and his last battle was at Mobile, where he was 
mustered out July 19, 1865. At the organization 
of the regiment he was made First Lieutenant, and 
in July, 1863, became Captain. 

Mr. Williams has served as Township Trustee 
at various times for twelve years, and has been 
Ditch Commissioner. In 18.54 he made the race on 
the anti-Nebraska ticket for the Legislature. He 
is a practical and progressive farmer, a valued and 
faitBful citizen, and is numbered among the early 
settlers of the county. During the late war he 
proved a valiant and fearless soldier, faithfully 
defending the Old F^lag that now triumphantly 
waves over the united nation. 



<j¥^ LLIS C. CARPENTER, Manager of the An- 
fe] derson Land & Gas Company, and Secre- 
/i' — ^ tary of the North Anderson Gas Company, 
was born in the city where he now makes his home, 
September 19, 1866. He is the son of James and 
Athenisa (Hartley) Carpenter, natives respectively 
of Ohio and West Virginia. The father, who was 
born near Morgan town, was the son of respected 
and honored parents, who removed in an early day 
from West Virginia to Ohio. In his youth lie 
learned the trade of a stone-cutter and had a large 
stoneyard in Virginia. About 1863 he came to 
Anderson, where he engaged in the stone business, 
and handled every variety of building stone. He 
also for a time resided in New Castle, Henry 
County, this state. 

Subsequently, in connection with his son Charles 
A., James Carpenter embarked in the marble and 
tombstone business at Anderson, and continued 
thus engaged for about twenty years, meanwhile 
also conducting a branch business at Elwood. 
The business was the most extensive of its kind in 
the state, outside of Indianapolis, and the firm 
continued in business until the death of our sub- 
ject's father, which occurred May 8, 1892. The 
mother of our subject still survives, making her 
home in Anderson. Politically the father was a 
firm adherent of Democratic principles and was 
one of tlie local leaders of the party. In his re- 



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ligious belief he was identified witli tiie Methodist 
Protestant Church. 

KIlis C. Carpenter was tiie sixtii of a family of 
nine children, six of whom are now living. Ili^ 
was reared in Anderson, where he received the ad- 
vantages of a liigh school education. From boy- 
hood it was his custom to spend the winter sea- 
sons in the schoolroom and the suinmors in his 
father's establishment, where in liis yduth he 
gained a thorough knowledge of the niarl)le busi- 
ness. Upon completing his schooling, he entered 
the employ of his fatiier and brother, and later 
for a time had cliarge of stone bridge work for 
other parties. In 1887 he accepted the position of 
stenographer and salesman for C. L. Henry, in 
whose emplo3' he had been during the winters of 
1885-86 and 1886-87. Later he assumed the man- 
agement of Mr. Henry's real-estate business, be- 
coming his first a.ssistant. While thus employed 
he disposed of valuable lots in Hillside, Hazel- 
wood, Oak Grovi? and Hill Top. 

In .luly, 1891, tiie Anderson Land (.t Gas Coin- 
puiiy was organized, with Mr. Henry as manager, 
and our subject as his first assistant. The com- 
l)aiiy platted North Anderson and the Meridian 
Avenue Addition to the same, and disposed of 
lots in these sub-divisions at reasonable prices to 
respectable people. Upon the resignation of Mr. 
Henry, on the 'iOth of February, 1893, as manager 
of the company, Mr. Carpenter was chosen for tiie 
position, and immediately entered upon the duties 
of tlie place. He enjoys the distinction of having 
made more real-estate sales than any other indi- 
vidual in the city. He is also connected with the 
Noitli Anderson fias Company as its Secretary, and 
Ihrougii his iiilluence the welfare of that sulmrb 
has lieen materially promoted. 

Tiie firm of Carpenter Bros., dealers in bicycles 
at Anderson, was organized in 1890, the members 
of the firm being Ellis C. and J. P. Carpenter. 
They now conduct a nourishing business at No. 3 
Xorth Meridian Street, and such has been tlieir 
enterprise and energy that they have doubled 
tlu'ir business every season, and now sell a very 
large number of wheels each year. Our subject is 
a member of the League of American Wheelmen 
and IS himself an expert rider. His office is lo- 



cated in Room 5, Poslollice Liock. He is a mem- 
ber of the local council, and tiie Hoard of Direc- 
tors, and, politieall}', is a strong supporter of Dem- 
ocratic principles. In his religious belief, lie sup- 
ports the doctrines of the Christian Cluirch, of 
which he is a prominent member. He is also an 
active worker in tlie Young Men's Christian .\sso- 
ciatioii, and through tliis organization, as well as 
ill other vva3's, has been lielpful to the young men 
of tlie cit.y. His success, considering the fact that 
he is still quite young, is phenomenal, and affords 
a striking illustration of the fact that energy, wise 
judgment and industry bring to tlieir foitiiiiate 
possessor a large measure of success. Of the suc- 
cesses which await him, we cannot now speak; that 
will be left to the biographer in ^ears to come. 
However, the prediction may with safety be made 
that the future will bring added honors to liim in 
the business and social world, crowning his tire- 
less labors with well merited success. 



h^+^i 



^, )»,1LLIAM HKNHY HAURISOX (iUICK was 
\/\lr ''"''" ^'«^'"'"!i''.V 18, 1811, ill Henry Coun- 



W^ ty, Ind., and as a business man enjoys the 
highest of reputations for honorable methods and 
sterling integrity. He is a son of .lolui and Nancy 
(Clary) Quick, natives of Ohio and Kentucky, re- 
spectively, and the grandson of Cornelius and 
Ilanna (Cox) (^uick, natives of Pennsylvania and 
New York, respectively. (For further particulars 
of parents and grandparents, see sketch of Corne- 
lius (iu.ck). 

Until twenty years of age our subject remained 
under the home tree, assisting liis father on the 
farm and attending school. Filled with a patriotic 
desire to fight for the Old Flag, he enlisted in 
Company E, Thirty-fourth Indiana Infantry. Cur- 
tis' Division, in 1861 as a private, and was pro- 
moted to be Sergeant, and for some time was 
camped at Anderson, Ind. From there he went to 
New Haven, Kj'., and remained tliere two months. 
Later he was at the siege of Island No. 10. and in 
the battle of New Madrid. At the latter place his 
regiment was on garrison duty for some time, but 
was subsequently sent to Ft. Pillow, then to Mem- 



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phis, where it was among the first troops to enter 
the place. Following this the regiment made a 
raid up the White River, and met the rebel forces 
at Duv-all's Bluff. 

After this engagement the regiment marched 
through the country to Helena, Ark., where they | 
remained during most of the winter of 1862. 
Then an expedition was made up the White River 
through Arkansas, but before comj^leting the ex- 
pedition, Mr. Quick was taken sick and was sent 
up to .Jefferson barracks. On account of disabil- 
ity he was discharged in .January, 1863, and for 
about a year afterward was scarcely able to do 
anything. After recovering he engaged in mer- 
chandising with C. Quick & Co., and continued in 
this business until 1869, when he sold out and re- 
moved to Nevada City, Mo. There he embarked 
in merchandising again, but only for a short time, 
when he returned to Frankton, where he became 
associated with his brother Cornelius in the same 
business, the firm name being changed to Quick 
Brothers. 

Our subject was a member of this firm until 
188:5, but in the meantime he luid become deeply 
interested in the grain business, which he contin- 
ued until 1891. In 1890 he was one of the prin- 
cipal organizers of the Anderson Banking Com- 
panj-, at Anderson, and was made Vice-President 
of that institution, a position he still holds. In 
1893 he helped organize tiie Frankton Land and 
Improvement Company, of which lie has been 
Treasurer since its formation. Mr. Quick is tiie 
owner of considerable farming land, and has been" 
more or less interested in agricultural pursuits all 
his life. His principal interests now are in bank- 
ing and real estate. 

Mr. Quick has been twice married, his first wife 
being Miss Clarissa Douglass, daughter of Dr. R. 
R.and Elenor (.Shrively) Douglass, natives of Ohio. 
This marriage occurred .January 6, 1870, and re- 
sulted in the birth of one child, Nellie, who was 
born July 23, 1873. After the death of Mrs. 
(Juick, our subject was married, December 15, 
1881, to Miss Rosa B.Grass, daughter of Dr. Daniel 
Cirass, of Hancock County, Ind. Mr. Quick votes 
the Republican ticket, takes a deep interest in po- 
litical affairs, and has been School Trustee of 



Frankton for twenty-one years. He is public- 
spirited and progressive, and is one of the solid, 
substantial business men of the county. He is a 
man of broad and liberal principles, whose genial, 
whole-souled disposition and beaming good nature 
make him very popular with all acquainted with 
him. 

~AMES FISHER, a pioneer settler of Indi- 
ana, and for nearly three-score years a con- 
stant resident of Wayne Townsliiii. Ilamil- 
^^^^ ton Countj-, where he arrived with his 
parents when a lad of fifteen, is one of the most 
genial and popular men in his locality, and is be- 
loved by young and old, po^-c■»illg a lidsi of sin- 
cere friends. Reared from hi- w.uth I., u practi- 
cal knowledge of the duties df .•lyricultuie, iie has 
devoted his life to farming and has iH-osperously 
conducted the tilling of the soil of one of the most 
highly cultivated homesteads in Wayne Town- 
ship. Our subject is a native of Ohio, and, Jjorn in 
Clermont County, September 11, 1819. w.as the 
son of Sanjuel and Rebecca (AVilson) Fi.-her. 

Samuel Fisher was born in Pennsylvania, and 
emigrated to Ohio when eighteen or nineteen 
years of age, in company with his parents. The 
paternal grandparents of our subject settled on 
Government land, and died in Ohio at a very old 
age. Samuel, the father, grew to manhood on the 
Ohio homestead and was married when about 
twenty-four years old, and continued to live at 
home until the death of his father. September 
20, 1834, he sold out his Ohio interests and re- 
moved with his wife and children to Indiana, set- 
tling in Wa3'ne Township, Hamilton County, 
where he entered two hundred and forty acres of 
Government land and fli'st built a log cabin, 18,x20 
feet, in which the family lived for the succeeding 
ten or- twelve years. 

The next habitation of the parents and their 
children was a house of hewed logs, which was a 
great improvement upon the first cabin, and much 
larger, being 22x36 feet. In this latter structure 
the parents continued to reside until the father 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



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Noblesville, where he died at about seventy-six 
years of age. Samuel Fisher, one of the eight 
children of tiie grand parents, wasa man well fitted 
to endure and overcome the many peculiar expe- 
riences incidental to pioneer life. Ho was a man 
of integrity, and was highly respected by the gen- 
eral public. The mother of our subject was born 
in Clermont County. Oliin. .-ind ciiU'red into rest [ 
after a long life of UM'fuhicss, dying upon tlie ! 
old Wayne To\vnshi|) farm aged sixty-eight years. 
She was a devoted wife and mother and w;is es- 
teemed b^' all who knew her. 

The maternal grandparents were originally 
from Pennsylvania, in early life emigrating from 
the (Juaker State to Ohio, where Grandfather Wil- 
son ran salt works and was a leading business 
niMii of the localit}' in Clermont Count}-. He and 
his worthy wife died, universally esteemed by all 
who knew then>, in their old home in Ohio. Of 
the twelve children who blessed the union of the 
parents, eleven grew up to maturity and four are 
yet living, two sons and two daughters. 

Our subject, James Fisher, early began the bat- 
tle of life working upon his 'father's farm in 
boyhood. He attended the little subscription 
school of the home neighborhood and well im- 
proved every opportunity for study, being 
both ambitious and enterprising. When twenty- 
one years of age, he married Miss Susan McDole, 
born near Steubenville, Ohio. By this first wife 
.hunes Fisher became the father of live childien, 
two of whom survive. Addison married Miss 
l.ydia Stfni>. and i> the father of four children. 
W;uren tir.st iiuuried Sarah DeWitt, by whom 
he had two children; he married for a second wife 
Mrs. Chambers. The first wife of our subject was 
a daughter of .lolin and Susan McDole, well known 
residents in llie early days in Ohio. The}' came 
to Indiana about l.sKl.aiid here later Mr. McDole 
died at the age of seventy-four. His worthy wife 
survived to reach four-score years. They were the 
parents of eight children, most of whom lived to 
occupy positions of intluonce and usefulness. 

Wedded a second time, James Fisher was united 
in marriage with Miss Nancy Sterns, a native of 
Ohio, born on the -iOth of March, 183;5. The es- 
timable wife of our subject is the mother of six 



children, all living. Mary .1. married S. McDole, 
and has five children; Margaret married .lacob Mc- 
Donald and has two childreii: Saiah A. married 
Thomas McDon.ald an<l has three children. .\sa 
and Alva are twins; .Vsa married Oma Castor and 
has three children; Alva married Miss Martha 
Kesslet . Immediately succeeding his first mar- 
riage Mr. Fisher settled on wild l.-uid .'ind built a 
log house, in which he resided with his family 
until 1868, when he erected his present dwelling, 
since then his permanent home. Our subject has 
been financiaHy prospered and is numbered amcmg 
the influential citizens of llainilton County. 

Mr. Fisher was an old Andicw .hukson Demo- 
ciat and cast his first Presidential vote for .1. K. 
Polk. He has throughout these man_y changing 
years adhered to the party of the [leople and 
votes the straight ticket. A reader and a man of 
broad intelligence, he keeps himself well posted in 
the affairs of the hour and is a most interesting 
conveisationalist, po.ssessing a large fund of remi- 
niscences of other days, when wild game roamed 
through the woods and across the prairies of In- 
diana. Our subject has devoted himself to mixed 
farming and is authority upon agri<-ultural sub- 
jeets. His life has been one of unvarying toil, 
until now, in the evening of his well spent career, 
he enjoys a little more rest and reca-eation, and, 
surrounded by his children and his grandchildren, 
receives the confidence and respect of the entire 
communitj-, among whom he has advanced from 
boyhood to old age. 



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rDMOND F. DAILY. Of the young gener- 
^ ation who are taking the le:id in the places 
il^ Of the old members of the Madison County 
Bar made vacant by death and retircineut is Ivl- 
mond F. Daily. He is a native Indianian, and was 
born in Bartholomew County on the 27th of 
April, 1856. He comes from Kentucky stock, his 
father, David Daily. iKiving been a native of that, 
state, but in early youth came to Indiana, locating 
about five miles west of (ireenslnirg, Decatur 
County, where he engaged in farming and stock- 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Clifty Township, Bartholomew Count^-^, on a farm, 
wliere he continued to reside until his death, 
wiiich occuired at the age of sixty-one years, 
on the 29t,h of February, 1872. It was at this 
country home where Ed F. Daily was born and 
spent liis early life. His mother, Susan Roher, 
was born in Oiiio, some twenty miles above Cincin- 
nati, on the Ohio River. She too lived sixty-one 
years, and died on the 26th of July, 1882, at 
Hartsville, Ind. 

The grandfather, William Daily, was born in the 
state of Virginia, and there spent his early life. 
Upon coming west he first settled near Lexington, 
Ky., and then in Decatui' County, Ind., where he 
remained until his death. Grandfather Roher 
was a native of Pennsylvania, but in boyhood 
moved with his parents to Hamilton County, Ohio, 
where he grew to manhood, then coming farther 
west settled in Decatur County, Ind., where he 
spent the remainder of his life, dj'ing at the ripe 
old age of eighty-four years. 

As before stated, Mr. Daily spent his early days 
at his country home in Bartholomew County, lit- 
tle dreaming, no doubt, of the professional life 
that lay before him, and upon which lie afterward 
entered with that indomitable and characteristic 
courage and determination in which he is in no 
way lacking and which is so necessary to one in 
his profession. At the age of sixteen he moved 
with his mother to the village of Hartsville and 
took a three anda-half years' course in the Harts- 
ville College. After leaving college he engaged 
in school teaching in Shelby County for five years, 
the last two years of which he was Principal of the 
high schools at Sulphur Hill and Fountaintown. 
During the summers of those years he read law at 
Shelby ville in the oflices of James B. McFadden and 
.ludge Glessner, and was admitted to practice at 
the Shelby County Bar in April, 1883, and has 
ever since been engaged in the practice of his pro- 
fession. 

In the spring of 188.5 Mr. Daily moved to An- 
derson and opened an ofliee. During the first two 
years of his residence in this place he was in part- 
nerssip with the Hon. D. W. Wood, who at that 
time was Prosecuting Attorne}'. During the ex- 
istence of this |)artnership Mr. Daily acted as As- 



(if liuller 
and Mar- 
The fruits 



sistant Prosecutor, and his acquaintance was ex- 
tended over the entire county, and thus was the 
beginning of, and the foundation laid for, the prac- 
tice which he now enjoys. While he is strong in 
political connections, being of the Democratic 
faith, he is not a politician, and gives but little 
time and attention to politics, preferring the hon- 
ors of his profession rather than the excitement 
and disappointments of political life. 

On the 12th of June, 1882, Mr. Daily w:is unit- 
ed in marriage with Miss Eliie Cisli', 
County, Ohio, whose parents were John 
tha A. Cisle, of that county and state. 
of this union are five children, named respectively : 
Casleton, Jessie, Susan Gail, Edward Glenn and 
Daniel Lee. They are the idols of his life, and 
to them he is most passionately devoted. 



y^ILLIAM HUSSEY, who devoted his time 
'I and attention to general farming, his 
home being on section 9, Clay Township, 
Hamilton County, is numbered among Indiana's 
native sons. His birth occurred in Fayette County 
in 1842, and his parents were Joseph and Sarah 
(Frazier) Hussey. In 1853, when a lad of eleven 
summers, he accompanied his father on his re- 
moval to Hamilton County, the famil}^ locating in 
Clay Township, and in the common schools of his 
neighborhood he acquired his education. He was 
reared in the usual manner of farmer lads, and 
throughout his entire life has followed the pursuit 
with which he became familiar in his youth. He 
gave his father the benefit of his services until 
twenty-two years of age, when he received forty 
acres of land, where he now lives, and began fann- 
ing for himself. 

Mr. Hussey was united in marriage with Han- 
nah A. Jessup, daughter of John C. and Maria 
Jessup. She was born in Clay Township, and the 
district schools afforded her her educational advan- 
tages. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hussey have been born 
seven children: Nancy E., John S., Fannie M. (who 
became the wife of B. E. l^llis), Melinda, Oliver, 
Jesse and Frank. The children have been pro- 
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the high scliool of Carmel, and John S. 
has been a student in Bullur Univeisit3- and the 
^^•dl)a^ai,•^(l Ndiiiinl. For several years he lias fol- 
lowed teacliiiiii, and Fannie was also a teacher. 

Mr. Ilusscy has added to his possessions from 
time to time, until he now owns two hundred and 
thirl}' acres of valuable land, supplied with all 
modern improvements and (■(invcnicnciv-,, and cnn- 
stituting one of the finest farms of the eouiitv. It 
is neat and thrifty in appearance, and at a glance 
the passer-by can tell of the careful supervision of 
the owner. He and his wife are faithful mem- 
bers of the Christian Church, and in politics 
he is a supporter of Republican principles. At 
the early age of twenty-three he was elected 
.lustite of the Peace. In 1870, he served as Trus- 
tee, and in 1878 was elected County Commis- 
sioner, serving two terms. The prompt and able 
manner in which he has always discharged his 
public duties has won him high commendation. 



WjILLIAM T. WRIGHT, who is now prac- 
tically living a retired life, save for his 
^ ^ duties as Postmaster at Frankton, was 
born in Union County, Ind., December 4, 1831, 
and is a son of Henry and Mary (Ryburn) 
Wright, nalives of Tennessee and Virginia, re- 
spectively. The grandfather, Thom.as Wright, 
was one of the earliest settlers of this state. He 
aided in the organization of Union County, and 
was prominently identified with its early growth 
and development. In 1838 he was murdered by 
Jesse Wolf, who was attempting to gain posses- 
sion of some horses which were in litigation and 
had been placed in the keeping of Mr. Wright, by 
order of the court, until the case should be de- 
cided. Wolf became infuriated because Mr. 
Wright refused to give up the horses and struck 
hull on the head with a heavy club, causing 
almost instant death. The culprit wa? sent to the 
penitentiary for twenty -one years. 
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In 1810, when a boy, Henry Wright went 
with his parents to Union County, where he 
spent his entire lif<'. lie was a s^l<■(•<.^^flll fanner. 
a prominent citizen and took an active purl in 
political affairs. In religious belief he held mem- 
bership with the United Presbyterian Church. He 
was a cousin of .loaquin Miller, the poet. William 
T. Wright was the s.voiul in <,nlcr of birth in a 
family of nine children. Tlic comnioii schools 
afforded him his educational privileges and he 
aided in the labors of the farm until lie had at- 
tained his majority, when he went to Iowa and 
eiig.aged in the sale of tlu^ osage (iraiige hedge. 
His father-in-law was the fir>t <ine to inlr,Kluce 
that hedge into the northern country. William 
remained in Iowa for two years, during which 
time he taught one term of school, and had con- 
siderable experience in adventure and tr.avel over 
that part of the country, which was Ihen very 
wild and unsettled. 

After returning home, Mr. Wright was married, 
on January 17, 1856, to Ellen Suiiiptcr, daughter 
of James and Rachel (Hymlic) Sumpter, natives 
of Tennessee and Virginia, respectiveh', and early 
settlers of Union County, Ind., where they still 
reside. Three children have been born unto Mr. 
and Mrs. Wright: Mary Florence, wife of George 
Beebe, of Anderson; Cyprian R., a practicing phy- 
sician of Frankton; and James H., who is attend- 
ing Purdue University. 

After his marriage, iMr. Wright beg.au farining, 
which he has very successfully folh 
*the greater part of his life, Imi has 
cally retired from agricult-nial |)ursiuts, although 
he still retains possession of the old homestead in 
Jackson Township, comprising one hundred and 
five acres. He has been honored with several lo- 
cal offices, and has served .as Township Assessor 
for several terms, and Drainage Commissioner 
for a number of years. In 1893 he was appointed 
Postniaster at Frankton, and is n()w filling that 
position with credit to himself and to the satis- 
faction of his constituents. In whatever position 
he has been called upon to Mil. he has discharged 
his duties with promptness and (idelity, and every 
trust reposed in him, whether public or private. 
I has been faithfully performed. 



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PR. H. E. DAVENPORT, one of the promi- 
nent physicians of Hamilton County-, and 
the principal promoter of the town of Sher- 
idan, was born in the village of Eagleville, in 
Boone County, Ind., P^ebruary 24, 1846. His father, 
Isaac L., was born in Owen County, lud., February 
5, 1816; his grandfather, .Jesse, was born in North 
Carolina in 1793. The family is of Scotch-Irish 
origin, three brothers having come to this country 
early in the seventeenth century from the North 
of Ireland. One of them settled in New England, 
one in New .Jersey, and one, from whom the Doc- 
tor is descended, in North Carolina. Jesse Daven- 
port, the Doctor's grandfather, was a soldier in 
the War of 1812, and was one of the early settlers 
in Kentucky, but removed to Indiana before this 
state was admitted to the Union. He was a man 
of liberal education, a teacher in early life, and 
one of the finest mathematicians of his day. He 
died in 1846, at the age of fifty-three years. 

The Doctor's father was the eldest of five broth- 
ers. His education was mainly acquired through 
the teaching of his motlier, whose maiden name 
was Elizabeth Fenton, and who was a lady of great 
refinement and culture, and a descendant of an 
old North Carolina Quaker fauiily. 

When the Doctor's father was a hoy, he was 
bound out by his father for a term of years 
in payment for an eighty-acre tract of land 
then worth about $200. After working out his 
bond, he taught school for a time, then engaged in 
mercantile pursuits, at which he accumulated a con- 
siderable fortune, only to lose it again through 
tlie endorsement of paper for friends. He died in 
1871. 

Of the Doctor's uncles on Ins father's side but 
little is recorded. Edward was a dissipated man. 
Sliuble was a stage driver in the pioneer days in In- 
diana. William also drove a stage on the Michigan 
road; he afterward became a merchant and amassed 
a fortune. Jesse and Joseph went to Oregon and 
are there at the present time. The Doctor's 
mother was born near Connersville, Ind., in Fa^'- 
ette County, July 2.5, 182.i. She was a daughter of 
Henderson Bragg, a member of one of the pioneer 
families of Indiana, and a second cousin to the 
rebel general of that naiic. She is a lady of more 



than ordinary education and still resides in Sher- 
idan in very comfortable circumstances. 

The Doctor is second in age in a family of five 
brothers and two sisters. James, the eldest brother, 
was born February 2, 1844, and served as a soldier 
in the War of the Rebellion, in the Seventy-fifth 
Indiana Infantry. After two years of hard service 
his health failed and he died from the effects of 
exposure and fatigue. Rosa J. was born January 
20, 1848, and is now the wife of a well-to-do 
farmer, Isaac Chance, and resides near Westfield; 
she was for several years a leading teacher in the 
schools. Curtis and Sarah died in cluldhood. 
George M. removed to Oregon and died there of 
consumption at the age of twenty-one. Tlie 
youngest brother, I. W. Davenport, is a prominent 
physician in Sheridan. 

Our subject received his early education in the 
common schools. He was but a lad of fifteen when 
ihe war broke out, and he promptly left school to 
go to the front in defense of his country, and 
on November 15, 1861, we find his name on the 
rollsof Company F, Fortieth Indiana Infantry. In 
this regiment he served a little more than a year, 
when he was discharged, and on Septemlier 30, 
1864, re-enlisted in Company I, First Heavy Ar- 
tillery, and served until Jul^^ 27, 1865. He was in 
the thickest of all the engagements in which his 
regiment participated, in and about Mobile. After 
leaving t!ie army he worked on a farm for a year, 
then at the trade of a carpenter for about four 
years, and in 1869 he began the study of medicine 
with Dr. Graham, of Noblesville. 

He was graduated from the Indiana Medical 
College in the spring of 1872, and in September 
of the same year, commenced the practice of his 
profession in Sheridan, where he has since re- 
mained among the leading practitioners of his 
section. In 1884, he took a post-graduate course 
at the Consolidated Medical College of Indiana 
and received his second diploma. Through his 
instrumentality the town of Sheridan, which con- 
tained but one hundred and flft3' inhabitants 
when he settled there, has grown into a bustling 
and thriving little city. 

He took an active part in bringing the first 
railroad to the town, was a Director in the Logans- 



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port, Indianapolis and Chicago Railroad, helped 
to build all the gravel roads in tlie town, organ- 
ized the company that put down tlie first gas well 
and was its first president, and has made his influ- 
ence felt for the good of every worthy enterprise 
in the community. He was a candidate for Clerk 
of the Court at tiie last election, missing by a l)are 
irajority, and again is at tlie urgent request of 
friends a candidate for the same ollice. He is one 
of the most prominent Grand Army of the Repiili- 
lic men in the county. Me organized the postal 
Sheridan and has been one of its officers from tlie 
beginning. At the National Encampment at In- 
dianapolis in 1893, he was the Colonel command- 
ing the Hamilton County Battalion. ac<)mj)limcnt 
from the soldiers of liis county. 

March -27. 1^72, lie married Miss Martha Cook, 
wlio was l)(>rn in tlie county and is the daughter 
of Levi Cook, a i)rosperous fanner near Nobles- 
ville. Tliey have had four children. Luhi Lee, 
born .July 8, 1874,,jig,the wife of Lowell W. Cox, 
a rising young dry-goods merchant and son of 
,1. H. Cox, President of the Sheridan State Bank. 
Freddie G., born December 12, 187G, died at the 
age of seven years. He was one of the most re- 
markable boys ever known. While but a child in 
years, he was a man, and far in advance of the 
average man, in intellect. When but six years of 
age, he gained great local celebrity by spelling 
down, on three successive occasions, a whole school 
of boys and girls much older tlian himself, many 
of them three times his age, and the teacher find- 
ing no words in the spelling book that would con- 
found him, finally was obliged to resort to the dic- 
tionary. A preacher wascalled to see him when it 
was known that the boy was on his death bed, and 
in talking of the future state, the boy delivered 
such a sermon on life and the hereafter as never 
came from the lips of child before, which brought 
tears to every eye and caused the preacher in his 
prayer by the bedside to pray (iod to give him the 
wisdom of the dying boy. Such was tlie bright 
light that was so early extinguished and gave to 
the Doctor the severest blow he was ever called 
upon to bear. Mary and Celia, the two remaining 
chikiren, are bright and attractive liulle girls. 

The Doctor is a IMasoii, an Odd Fellow, a 



member of the Kniglits of I'vlhias. a lied M:iii an.l 
a Chosen Friend; he is also a meuiber of the Stale 
Examining Board, is Surgeon for the L. A. A C. 
R. R., and is a member of the National Association 
of Railroad Surgeons. 

The Doctor finds recreation froui hi?- heavy 
labors in raising and driving fast lioi>e»; he keeps 
several blooded trotters in his stables, and is fine 
of the chief factors in the Hamilton Couiily Fair 
and Trotting Association, of Sheridan and has 
done much to make it a success. 



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ACOB KFFFKR, 
|| and pioneer cii 
f^l Union County, \o\cinlicr 7. is I 7. Ii:i> for 
^/' more than a half-century liecn a coiitinuous 
resident of his present locality in Wayne Town- 
ship, Hamilton County. His parents, George and 
Eva (Short) Keffer, by birth Virginians, were 
reared and educated in their native state. The 
father, born in Woodstock, when twenty-four 
years of age left the Old Dominion and set- 
tled upon a farm in Tennessee, but about 1807 
came to Indiana, and located in Union County on 
wild land. Marrying, he remained there with his 
famil\' until 1828, then making his home in Mad- 
ison County for the five succeeding years. At 
the expiration of this time he lived with bis chil- 
dren and died at the residence of our subject, 
aged seventy-five years. 

George Kefifer was a succe.ssfiil farmer, devoting 
his entire life to the pursuit of agriculture. He 
was politically an Andrew Jackson Democrat 
and a strong believer in the principles of the 
party. The mother of our subject, a native of 
Roanoke County, Va., was a devoted Christian 
woman and entered into rest, beloved by all who 
knew her, upon the Madison County farm. Jacob 
Keffer was one of seven children w^ho gathered in 
the home of the parents. Of the four sons and 
three daughters, our subject and his brother Eli 
O. are now the only survivors. The Keffers and 
Shorts were both of German ancestry and the fam- 
ilies inherited the sturdv virtues of energetic thrift 



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nini ii;UiiMil iiulustiy, and have ever been true and 
loyal cilizcus. The father of our subject served 
with courage in the War of If^lSami was stationed 
as a soldier at Connorsvillo. 

Jacob KcfTer, reared upon the old home farm, re- 
mained witii liis parents until sixteen years old. 
His advantages for an education were limited, but 
he well profited by every opportunity to gain in- 
struction, and arrived at mature age well able to 
care for himself. liciorc lie was seventeen he 
worked oul by the moiitli, and at twenty-two 
years entered the bonds of wedlock. 

September 12, 1839, Jacob Kefler and Miss 
Nancy Lennen were united in marriage. This 
estimable lad.t, born in Ohio. .laiiuary 11,1.^12, 
died in 1865, in the presciil liomc of our subject. 
She was the mother of two children, one of whom 
is yet living. Caroline C, born August 3, 1840, 
married .lames Nicholson and has two children. 
Mr. Keffer. marrying a second time, then wedded 
uptm September 2, 1865., Miss Annetta Stichter, 
boni ill Schuylkill County, I'a., in September. 1826, 
and a dauiililcr of Samuel and Magdalene (Medler) 
Stichter. 

]\lr. Stichter spent his entire life in the Quaker 
State, but the widowed mother of Mrs. KelTer later 
journeyed to Indiana, and died in Hamilton 
County, aged seventy-seven years. She was the 
devoted mother of eight children, three of whom 
are vet living. The (irst wife of our subject, Mrs. 
Nancy (Lennen) KefTer, was one of a family of ten 
brothers and sisters. Mrs. Annetta Keffer h.as 
borne six children, five of whom are now surviving. 
Catherine, the eldest born, married Samuel Ileiney; 
she has eiglit children, two of wlunn are married, 
and one daughter has three children; Mary is the 
wife of II. Nicholson, and h.<is six children and 
four grandchildren; George married Miss Lucinda 
Uowden and li.as six children; Alvin married Ann 
Heiny and is the father of live children; Frank 
married Sarah ,1. Neftand has no children. 

Immediately after his first marriage, our subject 
settled on wild land in Fall Creek Township, and 
built a log cabin. He cleared, cultivated and ira- 
(iroved the farm, but in 1811 or '42, sold this 
property and bought more wild land, where he now 
lives. Here he has well improved a line farm of 



ninety acres and is numbered among the substan- 
tial and progressive agriculturists of the township. 
He cast his first Presidential vote for William 
Henry Harrison, but is now a strong Democrat and 
an ardent believer in the principles of the party. 
Mr. Keffer is widely known as a man of steiling 
integrity, his entire course in life being distin- 
guished by upright conduct. Identified with the 
upward growth and progressive history of Indiana, 
he has ably aided in the proinotioii of the best in- 
terests of his native .state, and, an lK)nored pioneer, 
holds a high place in the regard of all of his fellow- 
cili/.cns. 



Hi I. IP HIK).\l)I-:s, the ellicient Sheriff of 
Hamilton (■ouiity, and a life-time resident 
yr- of the state, is widely known as a man 
k of executive ability and energetic enter- 
prise, well fitted by his personal characteristics 
and broad experience to occu|)y with honor and 
fidelity his present respon.sible official position. 
Our subject, a native of Hamilton County, and 
born January 10, 1846, is the son of William 
Rhoades, a native of Pennsylvania, who, reared 
and educated in the Keystone State, early made 
his home in the farther west. Settling in Hamil- 
ton County, the father became a leading citizen 
of this locality, ably aiding in all matters of mu- 
tual welfare, and, a public-spirited man, com- 
manded universal esteem. 

The mother, Drusilla (Robinson) Khoades, wjis 
born in Kentucky, but in youth accompanied her 
father, David Robinson, to Hamilton County, Ind., 
from that time her permanent home. The Robin- 
sons, well and favorably known in the early days 
of Kentucky, were of respected English ancestors, 
who by intelligent industry made for themselves 
homes and positions of usefulness and inlluence. 
Our subject, the second son in the familv of five 
children who clustered about the family hearth, 
was in childhood trained in the round of agri- 
cultural duties upon his father's farm and attained 
to mature age manly, resolute and enterprising. 
He had well improved his opportunities of instruc- 
tion ill the nearest district school, and to the 



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knowledge gained in 3'outh has added a valuable j 
store of information, obtained by reading and ob- I 
servation. I 

Soon after, or about tlie time he readied liis ma- 
jority, Jlr. Rlioades began life for liimself as a 
general farmer. A thorouglily practical agricul- 
turist, he prosperously conducted the sowing and 
reaping of a bounteous harvest for a number of 
years, but in 1885 he removed U) Noblesville, 
and for some time was variously engaged. Dur- 
ing the Civil War, our subject also for a period 
forsook the peaceful avocation of a tiller of the : 
soil, and in the year 1862 enli.sted in Company 
E. Eleventh Indiana Regiment, commanded by 
Gen. Lew Wallace, and was assigned U) the 
Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Rhoades, gallant- 
ly engaging in behalf of national existence, par- 
tici[)ated in the Shenandoah campaign, took an 
active part in the close fight at Cedar Creek, and, 
cxjnstantly on duty, was in the thick of many a ' 
skirmish and decisive battle. Tlie principal battles I 
in which he bore a part were the siege of Vicks- ■ 
burg and the battle of Champion Hills. lie took 
part in the Red River e.xpeditif)n, and did guard 
duty three months at Tepado, La., and was then 
transferred to the Army of the Potomac. At the 
front for a period of nearly three years, and 
constantly exposed to the perils of capture, im- 
prisonnJent and death, our subject escaped with- 
out even a serious wound, and, mustered out of the 
army in 1865, at Baltimore, Md., and diseiiarged 
at Indianapolis, he returned at once to Hamilton 
County, and resuming his former occupation, was 
numljeied among the leading farmers of his lo- 
cality until his permanent removal to Noblesville. 

Politically a stanch Republican, he was elected 
as a candidateof that party in 1892 to the office of 
Sheriff, and is now engaged in the discharge of the 
duties pertaining to this important position. Fra- 
ternal I}- associated with Noblesville Lodge No. 125, 
I. O. O. F., and a valued member of Lookout Post 
No. 133, G. A. R., he has in each society a host of 
friends, and no man in Hamilton County* to-daj- 
more firmly holds the confidence of the general pub- 
lic than Sheriff Rhoades. 

In the month of September, 1869, were united in j 
marriage Philip Rlioades and Miss Mary E. Ringer, I 



a native of Marion County, Ind.. and a daughter of 
Peter Ringer, a Marylander by birth. The union 
of our subject and his accolnpli■^lled wife ha- liccn 
blessed by the birth of seven children, livf sons 
and two daughters, four of whom are yet surviv- 
ing. Frank is the eide-t; then follow, William P., 
.Minnie May and Katie. .Mr. and Mrs. Rhoades 
are prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and are liberal givers in behalf of religious 
work and benevolent enterprises. Thev occupy a 
high position in the sfx.-ial world of Noblesville, 
and in their pleasant home receive a wide circle of 
friends and acquaintances. 



•i? ORENZO N. GRANGER, wh^ 
11 (?§) occupies a valuable farm of < 
jl—^'-. and thirty-five acres near No 



GRANGER, who owns and 
one hundred 
Noblesville. is 
one of the worth}' citizens thatOhio has furnished 
Uj this community. He wa.s born in Hamilton 
County in the Buckc.ye State, .\ugust 25, 1822, 
and is one of nine children who were born unto 
Chester C. and Miranda (Everett) Granger. The 
Granger family is of English origin. The father 
was a native of Connecticut, and by profession 
was a physician. With his wife and eight children 
he came to this county in October, 1828, settling 
in Wayne Township, where he died two years later, 
at the age of forty-four. From the (ioveruinenl 
he entered land and began the development of a 
farm. During the War of 1812, he was one of the 
minute men of the state militia of Massachusetts. 

Mrs. Granger was of Scotch descent. She was 
born and reared near Brattleboro, Vt., and was a 
daughter of a Mr. Everett, a wheelwright, who re- 
moved with his family to western New York, where 
he followed his trade. One child was born unto 
Mr. and Mi-s. Granger after coming to this state. 

At the age of twelve years, our subject was left 
homeless, and began working for farmers at iS 
per month. When he was a lad of thirteen, he 
was considered the equal of any man in the com- 
munity at pioneer work. At sixteen years he re- 
ceived * 11 per month, which was greater wages 
than any man iu the neighborhood obtained. 



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During all this time his school privileges were 
quite meagre. At the age of eighteen, he began 
serving au apprenticeship to E. Ridgeway, a boot 
and shoe maker of Noblesville, and worked for 
two years for his board and clothes. After three I 
years, he opened a shop of his own. 

On the 2d of June, 1844, Mr. Granger wedded 
Miss Nancy E. Harrison, who was born in Nobles- 
ville Township, June 6, 1826, and is a daughter 
of Carey W. and Matilda (Scarce) Harrison. Her 
parents were among the early pioneers of this 
county, whither they came from Kentucky in 1826. 
They settled on Government laud, and took up 
eighty acres. Mr. Harrison built a log cabin, and 
about ten years later a hewed log house, in which 
they lived for thirty years. His death occurred 
in Cicero, at the age of sixty-five, and his wife 
passed away at the age of sixtj'. Mr. Granger 
says of his father-in-law: "Mr. Harrison was one of 
the best and most loved pioneers in this section." 
He certainly was highly respected by all, and his 
friends throughout the community were many. In 
politics he was an active Democrat and served for 
two terms as Sheriff of the county. 

For two years after his marriage, Mr. Granger 
carried on his farm is Noblesville, and then spent 
two years upon a farm where his father first settled. 
The succeeding two years were passed on the farm 
of Mr. Harrison, and he again purchased eighty 
acres of land, on which he lived for ten years. In 
order to provide his children with better school 
facilities, he removed to Noblesville. Later he re- 
moved to the farm, but again, after five years, 
went to Noblesville, where he lived for three 
years, giving hischildren the benefit of its schools. 
About 1872, he came to his present farm, which now 
comprises one hundred and thirty-five acres of 
rich and arable land. Ilis property has all been 
acquired through his own industry, perseverance 
and enterprise and the assistance of his estimable 
wife. Her death occurred April 3, 1893, and her 
loss was mourned throughout the entire com- 
iiHiiiitv. 

Unto this worthy couple wore born ten children: 
Edwin H., a real-estate and loan dealer of Boston, 
who married Abigail Perkins, by whom helms two 
daughlcrs; Calvin W., who married A^alinda Gra- 



ham, and is. a minister of the Disciple Church; 
Jasper L., who is engaged in business in Atchison, 
Kan., and who married Clara Jennings, by whom 
he has three children; Carey W., a traveling man of 
Omaha, who married Jennie Frickes; Lew W., a 
railroad man of Mt. Pleasant, Tex., who married 
Sophia Ruble; Matilda, wife of Horace Hill, a 
machinist of Andersonville, by whom she has 
three children; Hattie M., at home; and Dick, who 
is clerking in Johnston's dry-goods store. They 
also lost a daughter at the age of fourteen years, 
and a son, at the age of four years. 

The parents and family all attend the Disciple 
Church, and the members of the Granger household 
are prominent in social and business circles. Our 
subject cast his first Presidential vote for Henry 
Clay, and wasa Whig until 1856, since which time 
he has been a stalwart Republican. He has been 
honored with a number of local offices. He, too, 
is numbered among the pioneers, for many years 
have passed since his arrival, during which time 
he has witnessed the growth and u[)building of 
the county and aided largely in its development. 



l^OBERT C. HOWARD. A noble class of 
|L^ men has built up the agricultural interests 
iii^ of Madison County, Ind., and made it a 
garden spot in the great commonwealth of 
the state. Among those who have been active and 
efficient in the work is he whose name stands at 
the head of this sketch. He has been identified 
with the farming interests of the county for many 
years, and in every walk of life has conducted 
himself in an honorable, upright manner. His fine 
farm of two hundred and eighty acres is one of 
the most attractive agricultural spots of the dis- 
trict, being conspicuous for the management that, 
while making it neat and attractive, still >li()ws 
prudence and economy. He no doubt inherits 
much of his thrift and energy from his Teutonic 
ancestors, for the Howards came originally from 
Germany, and settled in the Old Doniiuion, where 
they became prominent people. 

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



1850, and is the son of John and Margaret E. 
(Jones) Howard, and the grandson of Adam How- 
arii,all natives of that grand old state, Virginia. 
(For furtlier particulars of parents, see sketch of 
William A. Howard.) The original of this notice 
received a limited education in his native county, 
and continued to make his home there until 1872, 
when ho wont tii Clark Cdutity, this stale, and pur- 
chased a farm. Later h(> sold out and moved to 
Hartford City, but after a short residence there, 
settled in Delaware County, where he conducted a 
general store for three years. From there lie moved 
•to Summitvillo, and has since made liis linme in 
this village. 

On August 2, 1871, Mr. Howard was married to 
Miss Earncstine Thomas, a native of the Buckeye 
State, and the daughter of Asa Thomas, of Frank- 
fort, Ohio. Mrs. Howard was a consistent and most 
worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
Her deatii occurred July 2, 1875, and twociiildren, 
Ernest Homer and Edward R., were left without a 
mother's tender care. On August HI, 1880, Jlr. 
Howard was married to Miss Pandora Padon, a 
native of Illinois and the daughter of Elijah 
Padon, a native of North Carolina, and a farmer 
by occupation. Our subject's second marriage re- 
sulted in the birth of three children: Emniett, 
Hall)h and Charley. 

When our subject was twenty-one years of age, 
he rented his father's farm and started out to figlit 
life's battles with limited means. Being indus- 
trious and thoroughgoing, he managed toaccumu- 
lat<' considerable means, and when he came to In- 
diana from his native state, he had about *;i,()()() 
cash. This he invested judiciously, and aside from 
his fine farm of two hundred and eighty acres, he 
owns a good residence in the town, besides other 
property. At present he is Director of tlie biiek 
works, also a Director in tiie Johnson Land Com- 
pany, and President of Suminitville Land and Im- 
provement Company. In the fall of 1881 he was 
elected Treasurer of the School Board, which i)Osi- 
tion he still holds to the satisfaction of all. He is 
also a Trustee. In 1892 he was elected County 
Commissioner on the Democratic ticket. The po- 
litieal views of Mr. Howard are embodied in the 
platform of the Democratic party. He is a inera- 



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ber of the Masonic fraternity, Lodge No. 175, 
at Suinmitville. The social circles of \'an Iluren 
Township are fortunate in having such worthy 
people as Mr. and Mrs. Howard, who are helpers in 
the promotion of intelligence and sociability. 

\l AMES T. LARMORE, senior member of the 
firm of Larmore Brothers, of Anderson, w.as 
born near Harrison County, Ohio, April 21, 
1855. lie is the third in a family of nine 
children (all living) born to the union of Jauu-s 
and Catiiarine (Cann) Larmore. His father was 
born in Indiana in 1822, and in his childhood he 
accompanied the other members of the family to 
Ohio, where he made lii> homef..r a period of f.,rty- 

in the Buckeye .Slate he engaged in agricultural 
pursuits, meeting with fair success in his chosen oc- 
cupation. 

About twent,\-tive years ago James Larmore lo- 
cated in Rush County, hid., where he sojourned 
for four j-ears. From there he came to Anderson 
Township, Madison County, where he engaged in 
fanning for a number of years. At the urgent re- 
quest of his son, our subject, he linally entered the 
dairy business, forming a part iiei shi|i with .lames 
T., and meeting with unvarying success in that en- 
terprise. After seven years thus spent the senior 
member of the firm retired from active business, 
and has since lived upcm his homestead, wliere, 
at the age of seventy -one years, he is enjoying the 
fruits of former industry and energy. His wife, 
who is a native of Ohio, also survives, being now 
(1893) sixly-flve years of age. 

When the family came to Indiana, .lames T. ac- 
companied them liilher.aiid for a number of years 
thereafter was actively engaged in the cultivation 
of the farm. At the age of twenty-three he formed 
a partnership with his father in the dairy business, 
and seven years afterward, upon dissolving the 
connection, he removed to what is now known as 
Shadeland Addition to the city of Anderson. Here 
he established a dairy enterprise in company with 
his younger brother, Walter II., who had purchased 



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the inteiest of liis father. The brothers bought a 
|)ortion of wliat is known as the Cumbaek prop- 
erty, on which they erected a dairy barn, 56x122 
feet in dimensions, with fine accommodations for 
sixty head of stock, and containing all the modern 
improvements. 

The firm condncts a large and satisfactory dairy 
Imsiness. Within the past two years they have 
made a specialty of the manufacture of ice-cream, 
bringin.g to the development of that branch of 
their business all the modern appliances for 
making a superior article of cream in great 
variety. The}' have secured the services of 
one of the most skillful ice-cream experts in the 
state a^ manufacturer, the work being done b}' 
iiiaihiMciy. 'I'his development has been fully ap- 
l>reciate(l by the citizens, and. as a result, their ca- 
p.acit}' is tested to the utmost during the season. 
The firm is one of the foremost in the develop- 
ment of their liraneh of business in this part of 
the state. 

JNIarch, i>, 1884, JIi-. Larmore married Miss 
Maude, daughter of John McKahan. of Anderson. 
They are the parents of two children: Fred G. and 
Kenneth. Socially, Mr. Larmore is a member of 
Anderson Lodge, K. of P., being a prominent 
worker in that fraternal organization. In his 
political belief, he advocates the men and meas- 
ures of the Republican party, but while defending 
its principles he is by no means a politician and 
has never sought political preferment. 



ETER P. ILLYES, one of the extensive 
land owners of Hamilton County, who has 
^ six hundred acres of fine land, is now living 
\ on section 20, Noblesville Township. Ham- 
ilton County numbers him among her native sons, 
for he was here born August 13, 1842, his par- 
ents being George and Anna (Deal) lUyes. The 
former was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and at 
tlie age of ten years went to live with an uncle. 
When a youth of fourteen he returned home, 
where he remained until attaining his majority. 



His father then gave him $1,000, and walking! 
to Indiana, he entered land in Jackson Township, 
Hamilton County. He then left home, but in 
1837 again came to the Hoosier State, living on 
his first farm until 1872, when he removed to Ar- 
cadia, and lived retired until his death at the age 
of s ixty-three. His wife was born in Ohio, and 
died on the old homestead at the age of fifty. Of 
their lour children two are yet living: Peter, and 
Elizabeth, wife of Marion A. Lynch. After the 
death of his first wife, Mr. lUyes was again mar- 
ried. The paternal grandparents of our subject 
were natives of Lancaster County, Pa., and there 
spent their entire lives. The maternal grandpar- 
ents were farming people of Ohio. 

Amid tiie wild scenes of frontier life our sub- 
ject was reared and early became inured to hard 
labor. He attended the district schools and gave 
his father the benefit of his services until twenty- 
three years of age, when he went to Tipton 
County and learned the trade of manufacturing 
grain cradles, at which he worked for five j^ears. 
He then returned home, and with the profits of his 
business during that period purchased a fine farm. 

Oa the 12th of January, 1871, Mr. Ill3'es married 
Emma Miesse, who was born October 24, 1847, 
in Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a daughter of 
Samuel K. and Phoebe (Bohner) Miesse. They 
were natives of Pennsylvania, in an early day 
went to Ohio, and later came to Indiana, where 
the father died at the age of sixty-five. His widow 
is still living on the old homestead. Unto Mr. and 
Mrs. Illyes have been born six children: Ada B., 
who was educated in the Greencastle Musical In- 
stitute, and IS also a graduate of the Noblesville 
high schools; George S. A., who was educated in 
the high school of Noblesville; Vesta Bertha, 
Samuel J., Theresa P. and Harrison H. 

Mr. Illyes lived upon the old homestead from 
his marriage until 1881, when he removed to his 
present fine farm. He now owns nearly six hun- 
dred acres of valuable land in this county. His 
commodious and elegant residence was erected in 
1886, at a cost Qf more than $5,000. Mr. Illyes 
carries on genei'Sl farming and stock-raising and 
ships his own stock. He is also interested in other 
business. He is a stockholder in the water com- 



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piuiy ill Noblesville, and owns a private gas well. 
Since casting his first Presidential vote for Abra- 
Ikimi Lincoln, he has been a stalwart supporter of 
tlic Republican party. Himself and wife and two 
cliildren are members of the Evangelical Church, 
and he belongs to the Odd Fellows' society of Xo- 
lik'sviilc. Mr. lUyes is recognized as one of Uie 
licst citizens of tliis community. He is pleasant 
and genial in manner, a true gentleman, and in his 
business dealings lias always been honorable and 
upright. 

S^^ B. DAVIS owns and operates a large tile 
II Jlj factory and sawmill, and also a valuable 
y^ farm, consisting of one hundred and sixt}'- 
three .Teres in Stony Creek Townshii), Madison 
Count V. The Imsiness in which he engages 
is one of the most extensive in the county, 
and steady employment is given to a force of 
lifteen men, the products of tiie factory being sold 
in the various markets at fair prices. Our subject 
is the son of Thomas .J. Davis, a native of North 
Carolina, who migrated to Indiana in 1815, ar- 
riving in Fayette County on the 1st of November 
of that year. He came to Madison County De- 
cember 8, 18,04, and purchased three hundred and 
twenty acres of land, where he remained until his 
career was terminated by death, m November, 
IHo.'-). 

Unto Thomas .T. Davis and liis wife, who was a 
native of Georgia, and bore the maiden name of 
Maria Ball, there were born nine children, namely: 
William, a resident of Fayette County, Ind.; 
.Ias|)er N., also residing in Fayette County; Eliza, 
whose home is in Nebraska; .lames H., of Madison 
County; I). B., of this sketch; Elizabeth M., a res- 
ident of Anderson, Ind.; Rachel Ann, who makes 
her home in Tipton County, Ind.; .lohn E., of 
Andeisou; and Sanih .1.. wlio lives in Jasper 
County, Ind. Tlic mother still survives and re- 
sides in Anderson. Politically-, the father was a 
Whig, and contributed not a little to the success 
of his chosen party in his community. 

In Fayette County, Ind., the eyes of our sub- 
ject opened to the world in 1840. He was reared 



on a farm in his native county, where he attended 
school for a sliortliine. His father'.s ilealh occur- 
ring when he was a youth of foui'teen, he was 
thrown upon his own resources early in life, and 
became self-supporting at a time when the major- 
ity of boys are devoting their energies to their 
studies or their boyish sports. Enlisting in 1861, 
he served with valor throughout the entire pe- 
riod of the Civil War as a member of Company 
G, Forty-seventh Indiana Infantry, Capt. .lack 
Robinson commanding. lie was engaged in many 
of the most fiercely contested and bloody bat- 
tles of the war, and suffered greatly from ex- 
posure, but fortunately escaped without injury, 
being the onlj- man in his company who was not 
wounded during the entire peiiod of seivice. lie 
is now identified with the (liand Aniiy of the 
Republic, being a member of the post at Anderson. 
In 1867 Mr. Davis and Miss Matilda E. Ends, 
daughter of Oscar Eads, were united in marriage, 
and they are the parents of six children: Brittle 
M., Arthur C, Jocelyn H, Bessie L., Roscoe C. and 
Weaver B. For some years after his marriage, 
Mr. Davis continued to give his attention exclu- 
sively to fanning, but in 1884 he embarked in the 
tile and sawmill business, which he still manages 
with success. He is not active in political affairs, 
and in voting his support is given to the best 
men and the best measures, irrespective of i)arty 
affiliations. 



(Tpy, EV. EBER TETER, President of the Indi- 
%iv ana Wesleyan Methodist Conference and 
iili \vi Vice-President of the General Conference, 
^1^ was born in Adams Township, Hamilton 
County, Ind., January 28, 1846. His father, 
whose name was also Fiber, w.as born in Pendleton 
County, Va., April 13, 1806. The paternal 
grandfather, George Teter, was born in the same 
county in Virginia, September 9, 1784, and was a 
sou of George Teter, Sr., who removed to Virginia 
from North Carolina. The father of the last- 
named, also George, was a (ierman by birth, and 
upon emigration to the United States, first settled 
in North Carolina. 

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family genealogy, they were Methodists in religi- 
ous belief and were opposed to slavery. The 
father of our subject and his father's family left 
the south on account of slaver^', and settled in 
Tipton County, Ind., where Grandfather Teter 
died many years ago. In October, 1834, Eber 
Teter, Sr., settled in Adams Township, east ol the 
present town of Sheridan. He was intensely op- 
posed to slavery, and when, in 1843, the Metho- 
dist Church was divided on the slavery question, 
he went witii the Wesleyan branch of the church. 
A iran of libeial education, he taught school for 
many years and was a local preacher in the Metho- 
dist Church, and later in the Wesleyan Methodist 
Churcli. During the days of slavery he was one 
of the most prominent men in Hamilton County, 
and was OJie of the proprietors of the under- 
ground railroad, one of the largest stations on 
the line being at his place. Many a poor runaway 
negro found a safe haven in his home. 

Coming to this country poor in purse, Mr. Teter 
accumulated one thousand acres of land, which he 
divided among his children prior to his death. 
He was quite prominent in local politics, and 
served in a number of official capacities, including 
that of Township Trustee. His death, August 20, 
1878, was widely mourned as a public loss. His 
brothers were, Eli, George, Jacob, Ebal, Asa and 
Mahlon. Eli, a farmer by occupation, died in 
Tiplon County; George and .Jacob owned a tan- 
iier}' at Boxley, Hamilton County, where both 
died; Ebal, Asa and Mahlon are now living in 
Tipton County; the first-named is a miller, and 
the others are engaged in farming. 

The mother of our subject, whose maiden name 
was Margaret Phares, was born in Pendleton 
County, Va., September 18, 1813. Her father, 
Johnson Phares, was an Irishman by birth and came 
to this country when a boy. A farmer by occupa- 
tion, he engaged in liis chosen occupation in Vir- 
ginia, where he died at ninety years of age. His 
wife, Catherine (Wymer) Phares, was born in 
Pendleton County, Va., of German parentage. 
Mrs. Margaret Teter was quite active in religious 
work and, having lived a faithful Christian life, 
died in the hope of immortality, December 22, 1889. 

The gentleman whose name appears at the head 



of this sketch is the eighth of a family of twelve 
children. Mahala, the eldest, was born April 20, 
1832, married John Higbey and removed to 
Nebraska, where she died in 1889. Boyd, whose 
birth occurred December 1, 1834, removed to Kan- 
sas, and from there to Bridgeport, W.ish., where he 
is Postmaster and also engages in mercantile pur- 
suits. George, who was born August 25, 1836, 
served as Captain of a militia company and en- 
tered the army as Fourth Sergeant of Company H, 
Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry. He was slightly 
wounded at the battle of Shiloh and was dis- 
charged for disability. Again chosen Captain of 
the militia, he served in that capacity until the 
close of the Civil War. While at San Antonio. 
Tex., Februaiy 8, 1891, he was .accidentally killed. 
Ambrose, of whom mention is made elsewhere in 
this volume, served in Company A, One Hundred 
and Ninth Indiana Infantry, and participated in 
the Morgan raid during the Civil War. He is now 
a tile manufacturer and farmer on a part of the 
old homestead. Catherine was three times mar- 
ried, her second husband having been Dr. A. S. 
Hetherington, a Captain in the Civil War. After 
his death she married D. L. Overholser, and at 
present resides in Logansport, Ind. Isaac and 
Sarah died, in infancy. Margaret, who was born 
April 2, 1848, married .lusepli Harman and lives in 
Noblesville. Solinda, who was born December 7, 
1851, married AVesley Isgrig and removed to Mis- 
souri, where she died. Jacob P., was born March 
10, 1854, and died January 16, 1861. Edith, who 
was born Januaiy 8, 1856, is the wife of 1). ^I. 
Hare, the stockman of Sheridan. 

Upon his father's farm our subject grew to man- 
hood. July 1, 1863, he entered Company A, One 
Hundred and Seventeenth Indiana Infantry, in 
which he served until February 24, 1864, being on 
guard duty most of the time. He participated in 
several minor engagements, but was in no large 
battle. He prosecuted his studies in Wlieaton, 
111., in 1864-65, and later, from the year 1866 
to 1867, he attended a Wesleyan College in 
Adrian, Mich. During a portion of this time he 
taught school. After his education was com- 
pleted he taught for several years. He had ever 
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was ordained ;i iiiiiiistcr in tlie Wesleyan Metlio- 
disl Churcli. In 1«72 he went to Tennessee as a 
missionary, remaining lliere for two years. In 
addition to his duties as u minister of tiie Gosjjel, 
l\e tauglif school there for one ycai-. 

Returning to Sheridan in ISTI. l!e\-. :\Ii-. 'I'cter 
has since been a resident of this plnce. In recog- 
nition of his ability and iiis devotion to the cause 
of Christianity, he was, in 188(>, elected President 
of tlic Indiana Wesleyan Conference, and in 18i>l 
was eliosen \ice-I're,Mdent (if the (Jenernl Con- 
ference, l)Otli of wliich l)o>itloiis lie holds at the 
present time, 1893. As an orator, he has few 
equals in his locality; and as a i)reacher, he is car- 
nest, fearless and untiring. Ciitil 1884 he was a 
Kepulilican, since wliicli lime he has been identified 
with the Prohiliilion pMrty. lie has twice been a 
candidate for the Leiii>latui-e on this ticket, but 
it beiiiu' in the iiiiiiurity lie was defeated. 

In addition to his work in the Christian field, 
Mr. Teter has been eng.iged in business pursuits, 
lie aided in organizing the Sheridan Building & 
Loan Association, of which he was President for 
eight years, and is now one of the largest stock- 
holders. He is also a stockholde'- in the Sheridan 
Building, Investment A Savings Company, and 
h.as been interested in other enterprises. His 
home is on a fort3-acre farm just outside the cor- 
porate limits of Sheridan. He has been twice 
married. December 24, 1867, he was united with 
Miss Susan Hetherington, who was born in High- 
land County, Ohio, October KS, 1843, and died 
February 9, 1872. I'lie father of Mrs. Teler, 
Christopher Hetherington, was born in Ireland in 
1794 and emigrated lo the I'liitcd Stales, settling 
in Ohio. 

The first marriage of Mr. Teter resulted in the 
birth of two daughters: \iigliiia Mary, who was 
born October 20, ISOS. and is now the wife of 
Euos Pickett, of Adams Townshii); and Mary 
Margaret, whose birth occurred March 13, 1871. 
She married Wiiliam Rawlings. a fanner of Adams 
Township. On the :U\ of November, 1872. Mr. 
Teter and .Mi» l-;ii/,alietli llow.ard were united in 
marriage. Mrs. Teter w.as born in Pulaski, Tenn., 
and is the daughter of William Howard, a native 
of Kentucky, and a cabinetmaker by trade. The 



Howard family is of Knglish ancotry. iVIrs. 
Teter was one of seven children, the iithers be- 
ing John, William, David, Mary, .Sarah, Annah, 
and two half-brothers, George and I.eander. She 
is the mother of live children, namely: .lohn iv 
W., who was born September 12, 1873; An vie I*",., 
Decembers, 1874; Matlie Annah. April 2, 187<;: 
Grace E.. January 1, 1883; and (ieorge, born 
October 20, 1878. The children have been the 
recipients of excellent educational arlvantages in 
the .schools of Sheridan, and John and Auvie arc 
now teachers in the public schools. 



^'OHN N. ANDERSON. Closely connected 
with the growth of Madison County along 
^^l|. the lines of material and moral progress 
^5^^' stands the name of .Mr. Anderson, who is a 
resident of Stony Creek Townsliiii. He is especi- 
ally prominent in agricultural circles and is the 
owner of one hundred and sixty .acres, u|iini 
which he has placed improvements of a most sub- 
stantial character. Both as a farmer and as a 
citizen, he has become well and favoi.ably known, 
and his undertakings have been so wisely planned 
and executed that he has attained success. His 
dealings witli men have been of a most varied 
char.acter, but, notwitlistandinghis diverse business 
relations, his name has remained untouched by 
the slightest reproach. 

Born in Hamilton County., hid.. .lune 10. 1846. 
the subject of this biographical notice spent his 
boyhood upon the farm belonging to his father, 
.John Anderson. For a time in his boyhood years 
he attended school, but his attendance was ab- 
ruptly terminated by illnes.s. The other sons and 
daughters in the family left the old homestead, 
establishing domestic ties of their own, but he re- 
mained with his father until after his marriage. 
He was then given an eighty-acre tract of land by 
his father, and, settling upon that pl.ace, he at once 
commenced its improvement. Much of his suc- 
cess he owes to the counsel and assistance of his 
father, of whom further mention is made in the 



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biographical sketch of Ed I. Anderson, presented 
elsewliere in this volume. 

When prepared to establish a home of liis own, 
the subject of this sketch was united in man iage, 
July 23, 1880, with Miss Lyda F., daughter of 
James Dewitt and a native of Madison County. 
Five children blessed the union, two of whom are 
deceased, the survivors being Vesta Pearl, Cela 
and Virgil, bright and intelligent children, who are 
receiving the best educational advantages afforded 
by the schools of the neighborhood. While he is 
not a politician in the usual acceptation of that 
term, Mr. Anderson takes an interest in political 
matters and casts his ballot for the candidates and 
measures advocated by the Democratic party. 
With his wife, he holds membership in the Metho- 
dist Church and contributes generously to relig- 
ious and charitable projects. 



EVI A. HAINES, one of the self-made men 
of Hamilton County, now living in Nobles- 
ville Township, was born in Columbiana 
County, Ohio, January 16, 1826, and is a son of 
Levi and Sarah (Hatchee) Haines. The father 
was a native of New Jersey, and when a young 
man went to Ohio, where he cleared and improved 
a farm. He first settled in Columbiana County, 
and in 1830 went to Stark County. Six years 
later he came to Indiana, looating in Washington 
Township, Hamilton County," where he bought 
eighty acres of partially improved land. In 1858 
he went to northern Iowa, where he lived upon a 
farm until his death, at the age of seventy-five 
years. His wife died when our subject was a lad 
of only seven summers. There were eleven chil- 
dren, all of whom reached adult age, while seven 
are yet living. Both the paternal and maternal 
grandparents were New Jersey people and died in 
Ohio. 

No event of special importance occurred during 
the childhood and youth of our subject, which 
were quietly passed upon the home farm. The 
only educational privileges he received were those 
afforded by the district schools, but he possesses an 
observing eye and retentive memory, and through 



m 



observation and experience he has become a well 
informed man. At the age of seventeen he 
learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed as 
a means of livelihood for ten years. 

In 1848 Mr. Haines was united in mariiage with 
Miss Rebecca Puckett, who was born near Teire 
Haute, Ind., and is a daughter of Daniel and Re- 
becca (Cook) Puckett. By their union have 
been born seven children, five of whom are yet 
living. Sarah H. is the wife of William Starn, by 
whom she has had three children, two yet living. 
Oliver M., who is a groceryman of Noblesville, is 
married and has two children. John F. is Superin- 
tendent of the public schools of Noblesville. Edwin 
A. is also married. Frank A. is married and car- 
ries on a drug store in Noblesville. 

For some years Mr. Haines worked at his trade 
of carpentering in Carmel and then removed to his 
present home, in 1858. He has followed farming 
for many years, placed his land in a high state of 
cultivation and made many improvements thereon. 
He also worked at his trade, and in 1882 opened a 
general store. He has led a busy and useful life 
and by his well directed efforts, enterprise and 
perseverance he has accumulated a handsome com- 
petence. 

During President Harrison's administration, Mr. 
Haines was appointed Postmaster of Gray's post- 
offlce and still holds the position. He has held 
other local oflices and in all has promptly and 
faithfully performed eveiy duty. He cast his 
first Presidential vote for Scott in 1856, supported 
Fremont, and has since been a Republican. He 
and his wife are members of the Friends' Church 
and lake an active part in religious work. He is 
truly a self-made man and has led an exemplary 
life. 



PIRANK K. PEIRCE, prominently con- 
J nected with the Alexandiia Land and Gas 
Companj', and a leading citizen, thorough- 
ly devoted to the development of the interests of 
Alexandria, Madison County, is favorably known 
throughout the state of which he has been a life- 
time resident, and was born in Hagerstown, Wayne 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RF.CORD. 



Peirce, a native of Tennessee, and the youngest 
of a family of seven children, was the son of An- 
drew Peirce. Tlie paternal grandfather was a 
Aiiginian by birth and of remote Irish descent, 
but tlie Peirce family was numbered among the 
F. F. V's long before the Revolutionary War, in 
which many of tlie forefathers took an active 
part. They were all bitterly opposed to slavery, 
and as they occupied positions of influence in the 
soutli, it was undoubtedly owing to their abolition 
sentiments that tl)ey finally located in Indiana. 
Andrew Peirce was among the very early pioneers 
of VV^ayne County, settling on a tract of wild land 
near llagerstown, where many years after he died. 
He bequeatlied to his youngest son, Isaac A., the 
old homestead and deeded him the property, liav- 
ing himself received the original deed from the 
Government of the United States. The eldest sou 
of the grandfather, named in his honor Andrew, 
is now a wealthy land owner at Blountsville, 
Henr.y Countj', andlias held a high official posi- 
tion in his home locality. The other sous, with 
tlie exception of Isnac A., went to the farther west 
and but liltle is known of their late history. 
Thomas located in Mu.xico, Mo., and was account- 
ed a shrewd, far-seeing man. A politician of 
note, he was at one time connected with theUni- 
te<l States ( loverninoit Land Otlice at Mexico, 
Mo., where he latrr died. P:zra, settling in Des 
Moines, Iowa, ina<lc a fortune in the stock busi- 
ness. 

Isaac A., the father, coming into possession of 
the homestead, lias continuously' remained upon 
the old farm, an<i has served with abdity as 
County Commissioner of Wayne Count}'. Dur- 
ing the Civil War he contributed liberally from 
his ample fortune to the cause of the Union and 
gave generously to the support of families be- 
reaved by the terrilde carnage of the battle-field. 
Many a widow and orph.an had cause to bless the 
name of Isaac Peirce, and man}' an unfortunate 
to whom he extended a helping hand is now 
numbered among the prosperous citizens of the 
west. He was one of the heaviest dealers in live- 
stock in the state and was one of the first Indi- 
anians to import blooded stock from Kentucky. 
He was for many years the President of the Citi- 



zens' Bank of llagerstown, and is to-day one of 
the largest laud owners and most highly esteemed 
citizens of Wayne County. Now seventy-six 
years of age, he is living a retired life upon the 
old homestead, where in the evening of his days 
he may with pleasure review his well spent life. 
The ihother of our subject, Fanny (Pollard) 
Peirce, the daughter of a very early pioneer from 
Maryland, was born in Wayne County, and liic 
family, energetic and useful citizens, were un- 
doubtedly of French descent. Mrs. Fanny Peirce, 
yet surviving, and almost three-score _years and 
ten, is a woman of fine character, beloved by all 
who know her. Her brother, Stephen Pollard, an 
early settler of California, liecamo a leading citi- 
zen and was at one time connected in San Fran- 
cisco with the United States Mint. 

Frank K. Peirce, our subject, was the youngest 
of the five sons who blessed the home of the par- 
ents. George M., a man of unusual promise, and 
the eldest brother, were graduates of Asbury Uni- 
versity, now Du Pauw. He lost his health while 
in the service of his country, and never rallied 
from tlic effects of the privations he iiassed 
through as a soldier of the Civil War. He pos- 
sessed literary abilitj' of a liigh order and, a foici- 
ble writer even in boyhood, furnished articles for 
Harper's and other leading periodicals, lie died 
in 1875. Allen, the second brother, is unm.-irried 
and living at llagerstown, where he is known as a 
man of independent fortune and one of the most 
extensive money loaners in that locality. 'I'imo- 
thy partially lost liis eye-sight at twenty years of 
age and since has been almost totally blind. 
Stephen is a successful dry-goods merchant of 
(iarnett, Kan. Our subject, reared near Hagers- 
town, completed his studies at Du Pauw Univer- 
sity, but on account of failing health was unable 
to graduate and went to Kansas in about is?:!, 
hoping to recover his strength there. He was for 
a time with a cousin at Ft. Scott, and having 
spent about eighteen months in Kansas, the In- 
dian Nation and the southwest, returned to his 
birthplace. 

July 4, 1876, were united in marriage Frank K. 
Peirce and Miss Mary Josephine Cheesman, then 
a school girl of sixteen and the daughter of Rich- 



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ard C. Cheesman, the wealthy pork-packer, land- 
owner and capitalist of Hagerstown, one of the 
prominent men of the county. For two years suc- 
ceeding his marriage Mr. Peirce engaged in the 
drug business in Hagerstown, and the following 
three years had charge of some of his father's 
landed interests. Our subject later journeyed 
again to Kansas and bought a half-section of im- 
proved land for $8,200, afterward belling this pur- 
chase for $11,000. The land was located in or 
near Parsons, where Mr. Peirce dealt extensively 
in real estate and enjoyed exceptional financial 
prosperity. 

Finally returning to his Indiana home, our sub- 
ject became connected with Major Doxey in the 
gas bell, and superintended the construction of 
the pipe line at Rushville and Connersville. At 
the last-named place Mr. Peirce put a twenty-four 
mile main line and sixteen miles city line, and in 
Lebanon placed a thirteen mile main line and a 
sixteen mile city line, also doing similar work in 
other towns and villages. In 1891, our subject 
located in Alexandria, then a village of a few 
hundred people, and in company with Major 
Doxey and prominent residents of the place in- 
corporated the Alexandria Land and Gas Com- 
pany and soon the town began to boom. Mr. 
Peirce proved a most important factor in the de- 
velopment of the gas interests and was unremit- 
ting in his efforts to forward the establishment of 
various manufacturing enterprises within the am- 
bitious j'oung town. He was one of the incorpo- 
rators of the Indiana Brick Company of Alexan- 
dria, now doing the largest busifiess in the state 
in its line. Our subject also became a principal 
stock-holder of the Connersville, Richmond and 
Lebanon Gas Company, as well as managing other 
extensive interests, and is widely known as an en- 
ergetic and successful business man. A liberal- 
minded citizen, progressive in his ideas, Mr. Peirce 
is exceedingly' poi)ular with all classes. Politi- 
cally a Republican, he was a member of the 
AVayne County Central Committee for four years 
and made himself known as a power during the 
campaign which elected Harrison. He was a dele- 
gale to the cm vention which nominated George 
Hovey, and is a far-seeing politician, intelligently 



posted in local and national Issues. Fraternally 
connected with the Masonic order, the Knights of 
Pythias and the Elks, our subject has occupied a 
high place in these various orders. A life-long 
temperance man, he is an ardent advocale of total 
abstinence and gives his influence in behalf of the 
reformation of fallen humanity. As a member of 
the Law and Order Society of Alexandria he has 
been a true guardian of the best interests of the 
city, which he has helped to rear. Unto our sub- 
ject and his estimable wife have been born four 
children: Edna Frances, Charley, Lula and Fanny; 
the eldest is sixteen years of age, and the young- 
est eight. Mr. and Mrs. Peirce occupy a po- 
sition of useful influence, and in their beautiful 
home receive many sincere friends and well-wish- 
ers. Our subject as a neighbor, citizen and busi- 
ness man has through his sagacity and intelligent 
judgment, justified the confidence reposed in him 
by a host of acquaintances. 



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OBERT STOOT, who owns four liinidred 
and forty valuable acres of land in ll.aiiiiUon 
County, and has one of the best gas wells 
of Washington Township on his farm, is 
widely known as a prosperous agriculturist, a 
thoroughly practical business man, possessing 
energetic enterprise and being uniformly success- 
ful in his undertakings of life. ]Mr. Stoul is a native 
of Indiana, and was born in Randolph County 
February 7, 1820. His parents, Ephraim and Ruth 
(Howell) Stout, were 'early residents of the 
Hoosier State, but the father was born in North 
Carolina. Grandfather Stout, of direct English 
descent, w.as also born in North Carolina and was 
a farmer and millwright of the old Tar State. He 
emigrated to Indiana when young and finally 
located in Howard Count}', where he died at the 
age of four-score and five years. He was a member 
of the Friends' Church, holding a birthright in that 
church. 

Politically a Whig, the paternal grandfather 
was ardently interested in the issues of the da^' 
and kept himself intelligently posted in public 
affairs, beinsr in fact a leader in local matters. The 



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father of our subject, Epliraini Stout, self-reliantly 
began earning liis living at eighteen years of age, 
and one year after entered into marriage, tlien 
wedding tiie motlier of our subject. Immediately 
succeeding his marriage, he began farming in 
Randolph County, Ind., but finally located in 
Hamilton County, Washington Township, and 
entered one hundred and sixty acres of Govern- 
ment land, where Kagletown now stands. For 
some six or seven years before his death he lived 
n retired life in Wcstlield. He had enjoyed only 
limited educational advantages, but had improved 
himself by reading and observation. In early life 
a Whig, he was later a Republican and was in 
religions affiliation a Fiiend, standing liigli in 
that church. He survived to tlie good old age of 
eighty-three years. 

Our subject, reared in the pioneer times of his 
miti ve state,walked four miles to the little primitive 
scIhkiI where he laid the broad foundations of 
fut\ire usefulness. His father was a successful 
hunter and in one day killed three bears and two 
deer. Our subject was early inured to hard toil and 
grew up manly and self-reliant. At nineteen ,years 
of age he began working by the month for 110 
and when he arrived at twenty-one, commenced 
to learn the trade of a shoemaker, continuing to 
work at the Iiumucss until 18(50, on part of the 
farm which he now owns. Clearing and cultivat- 
ing his land in the day-time, at night working 
upon his shoes, and frequently making a pair, Mr. 
Siout found all his waking hours filled with steady 
toil. He rose at four oV-lock in the morning and 
iMlioi'cd with cheerful indu>lry. and in time thus 
p;ii<l for the first eighty acres he ever owned, 
haidly won and doubly precious in possession. 

Our sul)ject with enterprise continued to add to 
his projierty until at one time he owned about five 
liiuidied and forty acres, and yet has, as before 
slated, four hundred and forty. When about 
twenty-four years of age, Robert Stout was united 
ill marriage with Miss .lemima Patten, the wedding 
taking place upon New Year's Day. 1S13. I\Irs. 
Stout was the daughter of William and Rebecca 
(Kssley) Patten, a prominent Indiana family. 
Tiie estimable wife of our subject received her 
edncutiou in the small and rudely furnished log 



house of the early days and was well trained in 
the ways of a household, 'i'lic pleasant home of 
Mr. and Mrs. Stout was blessed by the birth of 
six children, three of whom died in infancy. Mary 
Ann married Clarkson Allen and is the mother of 
five children. She resides near her parents on a 
home farm. L. R. married to Delanie C. Bennett, 
has two children. Andrew P. is next in order of 
birth, lie remained with his father until eighteen 
years of age and meantime attended college at 
Westficld. Three yivirs prior to attaining his 
majority he married Miss Eliza Ann Bowman 
and began life for himself. Seven children have 
lieen born unto the union. These grandchildren 
of oursiilijectare: Ida and Emma, whoare married; 
Raymond, deceased; Stella; Johnnie; Rannie and 
iNIaniie, twins. Andrew 1*. Stout has prosperously 
taught school, but is best known as a preacher 
and lecturer and spends a large portion of his 
time traveling. He is a member of the Christian 
Ciiureh and is esteemed as a man of intelligence 
and worth. Robert Stout and his son are both 
strong Republicans and loyal citizens, ever ready 
to assist in matters of national or local welfare. 
Our subject is undoubtedly one of tlie most suc- 
cessful and highly esteemed farmers of Hamilton 
County and, winning an independence, has liberally 
aided his children to homes and a fair start in life. 



^^^EORGE DUNHAM. Wli 
(•ar hovered over our 



Iff C-! of Wf 

'^^jJlj of the Hoosier State were no less gallant 
than the true patriots of other commonwealths. 
Among those who responded to the Nation's ap- 
peal for aid was a youth of about twenty winters, 
who, with the liery enthusiasm of the young, 
combined the wise judgment of the more mature. 
His military career and his subsequent civic life 
have afforded such abundant examples of his ex- 
ercise of the qualities of energy, firmness and in- 
domitable perserverance as to render them fa- 
miliar to his fellow-citizens. Such is the high re- 
gard in which he is held that his friends pursue 
with confidence his advice in any matter of pri- 



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vate interest or any scheme where capital is to be 
embarked. 

Now a resident of Lapel, our subject traces his 
ancestry to \'ermout, where his grandfather, 
Eleazar Dunham, opened his eyes upon tlie 
scenes of eartli. There lie was reared and tiienee 
he went to sea in his youth, remaining a sailor for 
a number of years. Seafaring life, however, was 
not exactly suited te his tastes, and he returned to 
land, where lie embarked in farming pursuits, 
lieing an industrious, diligent man, he accumu- 
lated wealth and became the possessor of valuable 
landed possessions. Going to Ohio, he located 
near Oxford, in Butler County, where he bought 
and cleared a tract of land, having the assistance 
of his sons in the work. He was about ninety 
years old at the time of his demise. 

The father of our subject, Franklin Dunham, 
was born in Butler County, Ohio, November 26, 
1815, and was reared upon his father's farm, 
meantime enjoying such educational advantages 
as the schools of the neighborhood afforded. When 
a young man, about 1840, he removed to Hancock 
County, Ind., where he bought forty acres of land, 
incurring some indebtedness in order to make the 
purchase. In 1841 he married Miss Dorcas, 
daughter of Francis P^llingwood and a native of 
New York. Her father came to Indiana at an early 
day and settled in Hamilton County, where he ac- 
cumulated valuable possessions. He was a strict 
Presbyterian in his religious belief, and politically 
was an old-lino Whig. 

In 1844 Mr. Dunham, Sr., returned to Ohio, 
and, after sojourning there for four years, once 
again came to Indiana, settling upou the farm 
which had before been his home. He and his 
wife became the parents of the following chil- 
dren: George, of this sketch; James, Henry, 
Hiram and John, wlio reside in Hancock County; 
I^lizabeth, the wife of William Detrick and a resi- 
dent of Indiana; Olive, deceased; Emma, who re- 
sides in Hamilton County, and is the wife of O. M. 
Anderson; and Martha, Mrs. Jasper McConnell, of 
Marion County, Ind. The mother of these chil- 
dren died in 1871. The father has been three 
times iiianic^d. Politically, he was formerly a 
AVhig and is now a Republican. In his religious 



convictions he is identified with the Methodist 
Church. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Hancock 
Country, Ind., November 25, 1842, and was reared 
upon a farm, receiving his education in the public 
schools. At the opening of the Civil War he en- 
listed as a member of the Twelfth Indiana 
Infantry, and was mustered into active service 
at Indianapolis. He participated in many ac- 
tive engagements, and near Atlanta, in June, 

1864, he was wounded on the right side of the 
face. On the 22d of July, 1864, he narrowly es- 
caped being captured by the rebel forces. He 
marched with Gen. Sherman to the sea, and pro- 
ceeded thence to North Carolina, and at Raleigh 
witnessed the surrender of Gen. Johnston to 
Sherman. From Raleigh he proceeded to Rich- 
mond and Petersburg, and from there to Wash- 
ington, D. C, where he participated in the Grand 
Review. 

After his discharge from the army, .July 22, 

1865, Mr. Dunham returned to Indiana, where he 
has since resided, in Madison Count}'. In SepT 
tember, 1866, he located in Fishersburgh, wliere he 
became identified with the mercantile interests of 
the place, conducting a general store. In 1885 
he formed a partnership with Christian Boden- 
horn, at Fishersburgh, and this connection (ou- 
tinued until the 17th of August, 1889, when our 
subject disposed of his interest in the business to 
Mr. Bodenhorn's son, Alfred. In 1869 Mr. Dun- 
ham was elected Justice of the Peace and served 
in that capacity for eight years. He is a Republi- 
can in politics, and has held numerous positions 
of trust within the gift of his fellow-citizens. 

The marriage of Mr. Dunham united him with 
Miss Virginia, daughter of Dr. Daniel Cook, of 
whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. 
Four children have been born to this union, two 
of whom died in infancy. The others are, Ida 
C. and Hazel E., who are at home with their par- 
ents. The family is one of the most prominent 
in the social circles of their community, and its 
members occupy' a high place in the regard of all 
who know them. They are prominently con- 
nected with the Methodist Episcopal Church at 
Lapel, to the support of which they are generous 



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contributors. Mr. Dunham holds fratcrjial rt'lalioiis 
with the Masons, the Odd Fellows, llio liinl Men 
and the Grand Army of the Republic, being a 
member of Hirman G. Fisher Post No. 366, at 
Lapel. 



jr^AiMIKL SPERRY, one of tiie honurcd 
^^ veterans of the late war, now follows farm- 
'H/^J '"» ^'^ section 3, White River Township, 
Hamilton Count}-. Indiana numbers him 
among her native sons, for he was born in Ran- 
dolph County, .lanuary 25, 1831. His father, 
George Sperrj', wa.s a native of France, and tiiere 
married Catherine Din no. When twenty-seven 
years of age, he came with his wife and one child 
to Anu'iica, locating near Dayton, Ohio, where he 
worked at his trade of cabinet-making. Two years 
later he went to Winchester, Ind., where he carried 
on the same business for four years. His next 
place of residence was in Cambridge, where he fol- 
lowed his trade for fourteen years. On selling out, 
he came to this county, and in White River Town- 
ship purchased eighty acres of land, upon which 
he spent his remaining days, dying at the age of 
liflv-seven. He was a stalwart supporter of the 
Republican party. His wife died at the home of 
her son .lohn, in Kansas, where she was then visit- 
ing, at the age of seventy-four years. Her father 
was a wine merchant, and served as a music'ian 
in the war under Napoleon Bonaparte. 

The .Sperry famil}' numbered ten children, eight 
of whom grew to mature years, while three sons 
an<1 two daughters are yet living. One brother, 
David, was killed in battle during the late war. 
(leorge, who served in the army, died in Nobles- 
ville Township in 1S7S. John, who was also one 
of the boys in blue, is now living in Kansas. 
Samuel Si)crry, whose name heads this record, 
a(tcompanied his parents on their various removals 
until eighteen years of age. When a youth of 
fifteen he learned the trade of a maiiiifacturer of 
woolen goods, which he followed until after the 
breaking out of the late war. On attaining his ma- 
jority, he enlisted, in M.arch, 1865, as a member of 
Company E, One Hundred and Fifty -iifth Indiana 
13 



Infantry, under ('apt. ( ). P. Urandon, and served 
until after the return of peace, wlieii he was dis- 
charged at Dover, Del., August 1, 186."). He now 
receives a pension of ^12 per month. 

Since the war, Mr. Sperry has resided at his 
present home. On the 23d of December, 1869, 
was celebrated his marriage to Barbara Tischer, 
who was born in Switzerland September 28, 1848, 
and is a daughter of Samuel and Barbara Tischer. 
They became tiie parents of five children, of whom 
two are living: John R., who was born February 
13, 1872; and Carrie A., born Jlay 24, 1879. The 
mother died September 16, 1886. Mr. Sperry was 
again married, February 22, 1888, his wife being 
Mrs. Cordelia Murray, who was born near Cicero, 
September 30, 1855, and is a daughter of Norris 
AVoods and Sarah Cnizan. Her first husband, 
James Murray, died March 31,1885. They were 
the parents of three children, two of whom are yet 
living: Daisy D., born November 22, 1876; and 
Rose A., born March 24, 1880. By the second 
union of Mr. Sperry there is a daughter, Bessie E., 
who was born December 19, 1889. 

In political affiliations, Mr. Sperry is a Republi- 
can. He belongs to Cicero Post, G. A. R., and his 
wife belongs to the Woman 's Relief Cor[)s. She also 
holds membership with the Methodist Ei)iscopal 
Church and is a refined and most estimable ladj'. 
Both Mr. and Mrs. Sperry are held in the highest 
regard by all who know them, and their many ex- 
cellencies of character have gained them many 
warm friends. 



AVID W. PATTY. As a representative 
JJI of the legal fraternity of Hamilton Coun- 
m^f^ ty. this successful attorney has become 
widely and favorably known, and his 
abilities are of an order so high as to secure for 
him the confidence of his clients and the regard of 
the people. He has been clidseii {<> serve in a 
number of positions of a rcsponsiljle and honorable 
character, in all of which his discharge of duties 
and obligations has proved his tact, accurate judg- 



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ment and high talents. He has conducted several 
prominent law suits in the county, and has been 
successful in ever}- case under his charge. 

Born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1834, our sub- 
ject is tiie son of .John and Eliza (Wilson) 
Patty. He traces his ancestry to Thomas Patty, 
a native of London, P^ngland, whose parents had 
removed to that city from France. The family is 
of Irish origin, being refugees from that country 
to France. Prior to tlie War of the Revolution, 
Thomas Patty emigrated to America in company 
with a brother and settled in Virginia, where his son 
.lames was born about 1776. The latter removed 
to South Carolina, where he married Mary Cook. 
He followed the trade of a gunsmith in both the 
Carolinas and in Preble County, Ohio, removing 
from the latter place to Carroll County, Ind., in 
1830. At the age of about seventy he died in 
Carroll County. 

During the War of 1812 Grandfather Wilson 
enlisted in the United States arm}'. In political 
matters he affiliated with the Whigs. Grandfather 
Patty and his wife reared a family consisting of 
the following children: Jesse, Eli, John, Isaac, 
Charles, James, Nathan, Robert, Mary, Delilah and 
Pha3be. 

The father of our subject, John Patty, was born 
in South Carolina in 1805, and spent his boyhood 
years in the parental home. In Preble County, 
Oliio, at the age of about twenty-one, he married 
VAiza, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Pierce) Wil- 
son, natives respectively of Ireland and Pennsyl- 
vania, the latter being of German descent. Grand- 
father Wilson was a soldier in the War of 1812 
and the Black Hawk War. John Patty learned 
the trade of a gunsmith and also that of a black- 
smith, and after coming to Marion County, Ind., 
in 1834. he conducted a sliop for eighteen years. 
In 1852 he moved to Hamilton County, and at 
Carmel became the owner of a blacksmith shop and 
carriage shop. He was one of the prominent men 
of this flourishing village, and his death in 1883 
was regarded as a public loss. His wife departed 
this life in 1875. He was a generous man, kind 
and thoughtful in his intercourse with others, and 
especially active in the work of the United Breth- 
ren Church, of which he was a member. Politi- 



callj', he was first a Democrat, but after 1856 affili- 
ated with the Republicans. 

When about seventeen years of age our subject 
began as a clerk in a general store in Hendricks 
County, after which he was employed on the rail- 
road for one summer. Lat.er he was employed on 
a farm, and then coming to Carmel, he learned 
the trade of a wagonmaker, which he followed at 
various places for about twenty years. In July, 
1862, he enlisted in the service of the Union army, 
becoming a member of Company A, Fifth Indiana 
Cavalry, Twenty-third Corps. He participated in 
a number of engagements with his regiment, and 
was a member of the company' that captured the 
command of Gen. Morgan. Among the engage- 
ments in which he took a prominent part may be 
mentioned the battles of Brownsville, Walker's 
Fort, Bear Station, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Dalton, 
Adairsville, Cassville, Jlarietta, Kenesaw Moun- 
tain, Cross Roads, Peach Tree Creek, Bacon, (Ga.) 
and Sunshine Church. 

During the last-named engagement Mr. Patty 
was taken prisoner and removed to Andersonville, 
where he remained one month and four days. 
Thence he was taken to Savannah, later to Charles- 
ton, and from there to Florence,, where he was 
paroled in December, 1864. At the time he was 
in Andersonville there were about thirty-flve 
thousand prisoners. He was paroled and sent to 
Camp Chase, Ohio, and on the 17th of January, 
1865, received his discharge, after which he re- 
turned home and resumed work at his trade. He 
receives a pension of $17 per month. 

In 1868 Mr. Patty married Margaret J., daugh- 
ter of Daniel and Sarah (Haworth) Fisher. Seven 
children were born to this union, two of whom 
died in infancy. The others were, Vern, a print- 
er residing at Westfleld; Hubert, Thomas, Daniel 
and Roscoe. After the marriage of our subject, he 
continued to work at his trade until 1870, when 
he was elected Sheriff of the county by the unani- 
mous choice of the people, without opposition. 
He served in that office for two years, and then, 
returning to Carmel, soon commenced to study 
law. He was admitted to the Bar in 1879 and has 
engaged in practice ever since. He has occupied 
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tioned that of Justice of the Peace in 1875 in Del- 
aware Township, and was elected Prosecuting At- 
torney for the Twenty-fourtii Judicial Circuit in 
1888. Socially he is identified with Carinel Lodge 
No. 121, F. (t A. M. and the William Smith Post, 
G. A. R., at Slieridan. 



<fl l^i;SLP2Y HAKE, the well known senior 
\rjf partner of the prosperous firm of Hare 

^y^ & Sons, manufacturers of buggies and 
carriages at Noblesville, Ind.. established his pres- 
ent extensive business forty-four long years ago 
and, beginning with a modest capital, has steadily 
won his upward way to a leading position among 
ihe business men and prominent manufacturers of 
Hamilton CounU'. The excellent material and 
workmanship of the "'Hare" buggies and carriages 
have gained them an enviable and widespread repu- 
tation as "second to none," and the large factory, 
86x132 feet, regularly employs about forty men 
and annually turns outseven hundred fine vehicles 
per year. 

Our subject is a native of Ohio, and was i)orn 
ill Ross County, September 4, 182.5. His father, 
J:u(ib Hare, a Pennsjdvanian by birth, and a man 
of ambitious enterprise, early emigrated from the 
(Quaker State to the wilds of Ohio, and, settling in 
Ross County, became a pioneer citizen of the 
Buckeye State. He afterward made his iiome in 
Greene County, and later removed with his wife 
and children to Indiana, and. locating in Hamilton 
County, entered with enthusiasm into the pro- 
gressive interests and agricultural pursuits of liis 
new surroundings. The mother, Elizabeth Fresh- 
our, was born in Virginia, but with liei- [larents 
early journeyed from the Old Dominion to Ohio, 
and there, educated and trained in housewifely 
arts, became a wife and mother, with devotion 
sharing the sacrifices and privations incidental to 
life in a comparative wilderness. 

Of the nine children who blessed the home of 

the parents, Wesley Hare is to-day tiie third eldest 
survivor. In his earlv childhood he attended the 



primitive schools of Greene County, Ohio, and in 
1836, at eleven years of age, accompanying his 
father and mother to Indiana, enjoyeii fiiilher in- 
struction in the schools of Hamilton Cuunty. 
When nineteen years of age our subject was 
apprenticed for two years to learn tiie trade of a 
wagon and carriage maker, and for some time 
after attaining his majority worked as a journey- 
man. In 1849, he opened a shop in Noblesville, 
and from a small beginning has steadily extended 
his business, now commanding a large and con- 
stantly increasing trade, and frequently taxing 
the limits of the works, commodious as the fac- 
tory is. 

Tiie plant is fitted up with the latest and best 
machinery demanded by the business, and the 
carriages are especially noted for their superior 
st3'le and finish. The successful lirm of Hare A- 
Sons sells mainly to the jobbers, through whom the 
vehicles rapidly find their way to Ohio, Illinois, 
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Kentucky, Indiana 
monopolizing a large amount of sales. The firm 
never relax their efforts to make each individual 
buggy and wagon meet the required standard 
which they long ago established, and Noblesville 
may be congratulated upon having in its midst 
manufacturers, not only energetic and enterpris- 
ing, but thoroughly upright in the conduct of an 
immense volume of business. 

In the year 1852, AVesley Hare and .Miss M. T. 
Harrison, a most estimable lady and native of 
Indiana, were united in marriage. Mrs. Hare was 
the daughter of a pioneer settler of Hamilton 
County, and had attained to adult age amid the 
associations of youth, a favorite with a large 
circle of old-time .acquaintances. Our subject and 
his worth}' wife were blessed by the birth of 
four children, two sons and two daughters. Elbert 
M. is a member of the firm of Hare & Sons. Silas 
W. is also engaged with the firm. Stella is the 
wife of George Shirts; Emma is the wife of Will- 
iam Craig, of Noblesville, Ind. The pleasant 
family residence is desirably located at the corner 
of Conner and Anderson Streets, and is one of 
the attractive homes of Noblesville. Our subject 
is politically a Democr.at. and deeply interested in 
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the demands of a large business, has never sought 
nor desired public offlct.-. He is a generous aid in 
matters of local welfare, and is widely known as 
a progressive man and public-spirited citizen. 



^^If-^tl^l 



iHOMAS DAWSON.' Nowhere within the 



t^ limits of Hamilton County can there be 
J^ found a man who takes greater interest in 
agricultural affairs, or strives continually to pro- 
mote and advance these interests to a higher plane, 
than the prosperous farmer who resides upon sec- 
tion .5, Delaware Township. Our subject was born 
in Clark County, Ky., in 1832, and is a son of 
David and Elizabeth (Burrows) Dawson. His 
father was born and reared u))on a Kentucky farm, 
and in his youth served an apprenticeship at the 
trade of a blacksmith, which he afterward followed 
in Kentucky until coming to Indiana, in 1838. 

Wlien about twenty-five years of age, David 
Dawson married Elizabeth Burrows, a native of 
Virginia, and the daughter of Mr. Burrows, who 
died of cholera when she was a child. In an early 
day. Grandfather Dawson came to Indiana, and 
purchased several hundred acres at a land sale, 
after which he returned to Kentucky, and there 
died. The fatlicr of our subject came into posses- 
sion of this land, which he cultivated in connec- 
tion with work at his trade for some years, but 
afterward gave his attention exclusively to farm- 
ing. He became the owner of more than five 
hundred acres, the larger portion of which he 
placed under fine cultivation. Politically, he was 
a Whig; in religious connections, he was a mem- 
ber of the Primitive Baptist Church. His death 
occurred in 1860, his wife surviving him for ;i 
number of years. 

There were ten children in the Dawson family, 
namely: James, who died at the age of twenty- 
two; John, a resident of Delaware Township; 
Thomas, our subject; Mary A., the deceased wife 
of William Kimberlin; Abigail, formerly the wife 
of Carey Mendenhall, and now married toJames 
Stanley; Eliza J., formerly the wife of D. Apple- 
gate, but now deceased; Susan, Mrs. James Bur- 



rows, who is now deceased; Clementine, Mrs. F. 
Farley; Loretta, the wife of F. Terry; and Emily, 
who died in childhood. 

At the age of twentj'-one, our subject purchased 
one hundred and sixty acres of laud, and incurred 
an indebtedness of * 1,200 in making the purchase. 
About the same time he was united in marriage 
with Miss Mary J., daughter of Eben and Rachel 
(Richardson) Applegate, and a native of Cham- 
paign County, Ohio, who, at the age of twelve 
years, accompanied her parents to Hamilton Coun- 
ty, Ind. Less than two years after his marriage, 
our subject was bereaved by the death of his wife, 
who left one son, now deceased. 

The second marriage of Mr. Dawson united him 
with Miss Emily, daughter of Joseph and Eliza- 
beth (Hatten) Dodd, and three children were born 
to this marriage, one of whom died young. The 
others are: John W., and Cora, wife of Addison 
Gray. The present wife of our subject was Miss 
Mary, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Rector) 
Smith, and three sons have been born to this 
union: Dar, James and Claude. After residing 
for five years in Noblesville Township, Mr. Daw- 
son removed to Delaware Township, and purchased 
the place where he now lives. He also spent 
about four years upon a farm in Marion County. 
He and his wife are the owners of eighty acres, 
upon which he has placed a set of substantial im- 
provements, including the commodious residence 
now adorning the place. In politics, he advocates 
the principles of the Democratic party. 



glKiMAS McDONALD,*a prominent general 
agriculturist and stock-raiser of Hamilton 
' Count}' and an influential citizen of Wayne 
Township, is numbered among the pioneer settlers 
of Indiana, and for over a half-century a continu- 
ous resident of the state, has liberally aided in the 
promotion of local interests and improvements. 
Widely and favorably known as a self-made and 
self-reliant man of business ability and enterprise, 
our subject has occupied with fidelity various im- 
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capital save his stout liands and heart, has won 
his upward way to a comfortable competence and 
the hii;;li rcutud of tlie general public. It is a well 
Known fact that to the personal efforts and ready 
assistance of our subject the existence of the first 
schoolhouscs and churches of his neighborhood 
was mainl}' due. 

Tpoii the l.-t ,if October, 1817, Tliomas Mc- 
Donald was licini in Beaver County, I'a. His par- 
ents, Jacol) and Sarah (Shearrer) McDonald, were 
likewise natives of the old Quaker State and de- 
scendants of an intelligent and industrious ances- 
try. The fatlier, !iy occupation a farnier, removed 
with his wife and family to Indiana in 18;i8, and. 
journeying slowly hither by wagon, located upon 
land near where our subject now resides. He 
bought a one hundred and twenty acre tract, the 
secon<l purchase made in W.ayne Township. With- 
out loss of time the father and sons erected a 
iiumble log cabin, beneath whose roof the family 
dwelt the succeeding fifteen years. At the expi- 
ration of this time the father built a frame house, 
in which he later died, at seventy-two years of 
age. 

The paternal grandfather, Thomas McDonald, 
in whose honor our subject was named, emigrated 
from Scotland to America when a young man and 
settled in I'ennsylvania, but later, removing to 
Holmes County, Ohio, passed away in the Buckeye 
State, resi)ected by all who knew him. The pater- 
nal grandmother, Susan (Piersall) McDonald, was 
a Pennsylvanian by birth, and. settling with her 
husband m Ohio, there spent the remainder of her 
days. .lacob McDonald was one of a family of 
eleven children who clustered in the home of the 
grandparents, all of the sons and daughters sur- 
viving to adult age and many of them living to 
reach four-score, and others four-score years and 
ten. The McDonalds were from time immemorial 
farming people, energetic, hard-working and law- 
abiding. 

in Pennsylvania, daughter of 
Shearrer, likewise natives of 
lere they both died at a good 
o reach fort^'-five ^ears, and 
entered into rest upon the old Indiana homestead. 
The father with his own hands helped to build 



The mother, hon 
I\Ir. and Mrs. .loin 
the (Quaker Stale, v 
old age, survived 



some of the pioneer schools and churches, and 
both he and the good mother were especially ac- 
tive in the religious and benevolent work of the 
Baptist denomination and the Missionar\ ISaplist 
Church. The home of the parents was blessed by 
the birth of six children, five of whom grew to 
maturity, but our subject and a brother, (Jeorge, 
are now the only survivors of the family. 'I'liomas 
McDonald in childhood attended a little subscrip- 
tion school held in a rude log cabin, but, to the 
instruction there gained has added a large store of 
information, and through reading and observation 
is mainly self educated. 

Reared upon the old home farm, our subject 
was in childhood trained into the round of agri- 
cultural duties and continued to assist his parents 
until, at twenty-three years of age, he entered into 
the bonds of matrimony. It was upon the 1st of 
April, 1 841, that Thom.as McDonald and .Miss Ann 
Hamilton, born in Holmes County, Ohio, were 
married. The estimable wife of our subject, who 
died upon the home farm aged si.xty-eight years, 
was one of eight children of .lohn and INIargaret 
(Lester) Hamilton, natives of Pennsylvania, Init 
early settlers of Ohio, where they spent the latter 
years of their lives. Unto the union of Mr. and 
Mrs. Thomas McDonald were born eleven sons and 
daughters, six of the children yet surviving. 
Thomas J. married Miss S:uMh Sylvestei-. and has 
four children; Sarah, wife of Marion Castor, has 
six children and six grandchildren; Calvin mar- 
ried Rebecca Bratton and has four children; 
Amanda, Mrs. Harvey Castor, has had eleven 
children; Martha, wife of Henjaniin I'iiilcw has 
two children. 

Immediately following his marriage our subject 
located with his wife on his father's farm and 
cleared and cultivated a part of the old homestead 
for the three succeding years. He then bought his 
present farm, and, financially prospered, owns four 
hundred and four acres, some of the best land in 
the state of Indiana. The first residence of Mr. 
and Mrs. McDonald upon this land was a log 
cabin, 16x18 feet. In this modest habitation they 
lived a short time, then moved into a larger and 
more comfortable log house, which they occupied 
for thirty years, and in 1880 our subject erected 



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the attractive and commodious dwelling since 
their permanent home. Devoting himself entirely 
to the pursuit of general agriculture, he has been 
financially prospered, and his finely cultivated 
acreage, improved with excellent buildings, ina^' 
well be called a model farm. 

Politically a Democrat, Mr. McDonald cast his 
first Presidential vote for Martin Van Buren, and 
since, ever faithful to the part}' of the people, 
lias held with efficient service for many terms the 
responsible position of Township Trustee. He 
also gave great satisfaction to the communities of 
his locality as Assessor, occupying the latter office 
two terms. The worthy wife of our subject was 
a prominent worker in the Methodist Episcopal 
Ciiurcli and a devoted Christian woman, and she 
passed to her reward September 24, 1883. Mr. 
McDonald has been a valued member of the Mis- 
sion Baptist Church since 1884, to which he ac- 
companied his parents in b03'hood. Our subject, 
oneof tlie most popular men in Hamilton County, 
knows and is known to all the local population in 
the various townships, and, esteemed by both 
young and old, commands the confidence of a host 
of friends. 



(^^IIOMAS N. INGLIS. The members of tliis 
ljf(^^, well known and prominent family in Madi- 
^^^' son County have become noted as practi- 
cal, honorable, shrewd and successf uj men in what- 
ever the}' undertake, who have made the most of 
their advantages, and have alwaj'S grasped at op- 
portunities for bettering their financial, moral 
and social conditions. They come of good old 
Revolutionary stock, and the progenitor of this 
family in America came originally from the Emer- 
ald Isle. The paternal great-grandparents of our 
subject were the first to settle in this country, and 
they located in North Carolina, where the remain- 
der of their days was spent. Their son, Josiah 
Inglis, grandfather of our subject, was also born 
in the Old North State, where he was married, 
and there he received his final summons. 

Alexander Inglis, father of our subject, also a 
native of North Carolina, was born in wliat is 



now Davie County in 1818, and there he remained 
until 1845, securing a fair education in the com- 
mon schools. Later lie took a course in a select 
school, and became quite proficient in the common 
branches, especially mathematics. About tiie year 
1836, he began teaching and continued this until 
1860, teaching in the winter and farming during 
the summer months. About 1851 he emigrated to 
Indiana and settled in Bartholomew County, wiiere 
he remained one summer. He then went to Mis- 
souri, but not liking the outlook in that state, he 
returned without unloading his furniture, and 
settled in the southern part of Van BurenTownship, 
Madison County. Later he moved to where his 
son-in-law, William W. Webster, now lives. 

Mr. Inglis was married about 1843 to Miss Mary 
C. Baker, a native of North Carolina, and the 
daughter of Phillip and Mary Baker, also natives 
of that state. Mr. Baker was a wagon-maker by 
trade, and died in Indiana. His wife died in her 
native state. Mr. Inglis served as Lieutenant in 
the state mihtia in North Carolina during the 
Civil War. He was a quiet, unassuming man, but 
gave freely of his means to all worthy objects 
without making any display of it. For about 
twenty years he served as a Trustee. In poli- 
tics he was a stanch Republican. He lost the com- 
panion of his joys and sorrows August 7, 1889, 
and after her death he found a comfortable home 
with his son, the subject of this sketch, until his 
death, September 20, 1891. No man was more 
highly esteemed in the county that this worthy 
representative of one of INIadison County's best 
families. 

Our subject was third in order of birth of eight 
children born to his parents. Hannah E. is now the 
wife of F. H. Vinson (see sketch); Monroe died in 
1853, aged five years; Mary J. died in 1853, when 
about two years of age; Samantha C. is now the wife 
of William W. Webster (see sketch); John A. re- 
sides in Van Buren Township, this county, wliere 
his fatjier first settled; Ellen, deceased, was the 
wife of George Allen, and her husband and one 
child survive her; and William J. is on the old 
home farm in Van Buren Township. Thomas N. 
Inglis was born in Davie County March 24, 1849, 
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to Indiana. Until twenty-one years of age he as- 
sisted his father on the lioine place, and then be- 
<^an for himself. He first worked by the day or 
inoiith, principally clearing, and after getting some 
means ahead he attended school. 

lie then taught school three terms, and in 1874 
was married to Miss Susan Bowers, a native of 
Aladison County, Ind., born in 1854, and the 
daughter of David and Ellen (Reel) Bowers, also 
natives of the Hoosier State. Mr. Bovvers is a 
jirosperous farmer of this county. After his mar- 
riage our subject taught another term of school, 
and then began farming on rented land, continu- 
ing this for four or five years, when he bought a 
farm of forty acres. Since then farming has been 
his |)rincipal occu|)ation, and the thorough man- 
ner in vviiich he has grasped all ideas tending to 
enliance the value of his property has had much 
to do with his success in life. He is now the owner 
of one hundred and twenty acres, one hundred 
acres of which are under a good state of cultiva- 
tion, anil has the satisfaction of knowing tliat his 
own industry and good management have placed 
him in his present independent position. For 
many years he has been a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, and his wife is a life member of 
the Methodist Episcoiial Missionary Society. In 
polities our subject is a Hepublican, and socially 
he is an (_)dd Fellow, a member of Summitville 
Lodge, No. 475. Three children have been born 
to Mr. and Mrs. Inglis, Ada C. Oilaii li. and Ora 
T., all at home. 



f* RS. HARRIET HARTZELL, a representa- 
\V five pioneer woman of worth, intelligence 
Hi and superior business abilitj', and the 
widow of Joseph Ilartzell, for years an 
honored resident of Anderson Township, Madison 
C'lninty, yet remains upon the old homestead en- 
deared to her by many precious memories of the 
past, and which is pleasantly located, adjoining 
the nourishing city of Anderson. She was born 
ill Montgomery County, Ohio, October 8, 1824, 
and was the daughter of Daniel and Sarah Wertz, 
natives of Pennsylvania, and the descendants of 



upright and energetic (Jerman ancestors, from 
whom they inherited the sturdy virtues of [latient 
industry' and thrifty prudence. Kducated in the 
primitive schools of the Buckeye State, and 
trained in the ways of the orderly household, Mrs. 
Ilartzell grew up to a self-reliant and capable 
womanhood and was well fitted to assume the 
cares and reponsibilities of life while compara- 
tively a young girl. Intelligent and enterprising, 
she added to her limited stock of book knowledge 
by observation and reading, and kept herself intel- 
ligently posted in the current affairs of the day.- 
Upon December 1, 1845, Joseph Ilartzell and 
Miss Harriet Wertz were united in marriage and 
for several years continued to make theii- home in 
Ohio. Joseph Hartzell. born in the Buckeye 
State November 5, 1821, was the son of .lolin and 
Susan (Heck) Hartzell, who, native \ir.,nnians, 
were both of German descent. 

Our subject was blessed by the birth of eleven 
children, the following of whom survive: George, 
Jacob W., James, John, Jerome, Daniel W., Clin- 
ton, and Susanna, wife of James Learned. In 1851 
Mr. and Mrs. Hartzell decided to remove to the 
adjoining state of Indiana, and with their family 
traveled to ]\Jadison County, making the journej- 
with two teams, and were several days on the way. 
After residing for a time in Anderson, then a 
small village, they settled on the homestead where 
our subject now lives. Mr. Ilartzell first ])ur- 
chased eighty acres, three of which had been 
cleared. There was also a large log cabin on the 
land, in which the family found comfortable quar- 
ters for six jears and then moved into a well built 
log house, which at the expiration of some time 
gave place to the present modern residence. The 
husband of our subject was a representative hard- 
working pioneer, energetic .and enterprising, and, 
politically a strong Democrat, took an active in- 
terest in both local and national issues. Progress- 
ive in his ideas and methods, he entered with 
spirit into the march of improvement, and ever 
ready to do his share in all matters of mutual 
welfare, was mourned as a public loss when, upon 
September 15, 1870, he entered into rest. A de- 
voted husband, loving father, sincere friend and 
loyal citizen, his memory will long be green in the 



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hearts of all who knew and loved him. He was 
a man of trutli, and his word was as good as his 
bond. 

Tlie Hartzell estate comprises one hundred and 
sixty acres of valuable and highly cultivated land. 
"Grandma" Hartzell, as she is familiarly called, is 
a devout member of the Lutheran Church, and 
from lier early years foremost in good work, may 
now with pleasure recall the many kindly acts of 
lier well spent life. Surrounded by her numerous 
friends, and within easy distance of her children, 
our subject in tlie evening of her age enjo3's the 
consciousness that her life has not been in vani, 
and tranquilly waits the bidding of the Master. 



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^l^UDORUS.J. WllET.SEL. Reference to the 
1^] agricultural affairs of Hamilton County 
ji' — ^ would be incomplete were no mention made 
of Mr. Wiietsel, among others engaged in tilling 
the soil. The farm of which he is the owner and 
proprietor consists of seventy-nine acres, and is 
pleasantly located upon section 30, Fall Creek 
Township, in the midst of a fine farming region. 
So successful has he been in his chosen occupation, 
that his opinions upon all matters pertaining to 
agriculture carry with them great weight in the 
community in which he lives. 

Born in Union County, Ind., January 18, 1837, 
our subject is the second among eight children 
included in the family of William Wallace and 
Irene (Hourn) Whetsel. Of this family the fol- 
lowing survive: E. J.; Elizabeth E., wife of Jesse 
Stevens, of White River Township; Isaac N., 
whose liorae is in Boone County; and Rachel J., 
who married Thomas J. Souders, of Eureka, Kan. 
Four are deceased, namely: Mary, who died at the 
age of seventeen; Amanda, who passed away in 
young womanhood; Elmer W., whose death oc- 
curred at the age of fifty; and Daniel, who died 
at the age of eighteen. 

In Union County, Ind., where he was born, 
William Wallace Whetsel grew to manhood, and 
thence, about the year 1846, he removed to Hamil- 
ton Count}', where he has since resided. During 
his active life he was a farmer bj' occupation, but 
being now advanced in years (eighty-one) he lives 



retired. His wife, whose maiden name was Irene 
Hourn, was born in LTnion County, Ind., being a 
daughter of William Hourn, a prominent resident 
of that count}'. At the age of nine years the sub- 
ject of this sketch, accompanied the family to Fall 
Creek Township, Hamilton County, and from that 
time, 1846, until the present he has continued to 
reside here. 

When eleven years old, Mr. Whetsel commenced 
to work by the mouth in the employ of others, 
and continued thus engaged until his marriage. 
That important event occurred January 15, 1857, 
and united him with Mary J. Souders, who was 
born in Fall Creek Township February 28, 1839. 
She was one of seven children in the family of 
Michael and Margaret (Kinnaman) Souders, both 
of whom died in this township, the father at the 
age of seventy-nine, and the mother in 1846. ISIr. 
and Mrs. Whetsel are the parents of two living 
children: Floyd P. and Frederick Sanders, both 
of whom reside at home. Those deceased are Will- 
iam M., Louisa Margaret, Albert Burton and Min- 
nie Ellen. 

In 1857, immediately after his marriage, Mr. 
Whetsel located upon a farm in F'all Creek Town- 
ship, near the Wayne Township line, and continued 
there until 1875, when he sold the property and 
purchased the farm on which he has since made 
his home. In politics he has always been a Demo- 
crat from principle, and advocates the measures of 
that part}' with fidelity. Though not a church 
member, he is a firm believer in the beneficial in- 
fluence of the church upon the community, and 
with the late Calvin R. Cannaday, was instrumen- 
tal in the erection of the church edifice situated 
upon land taken from his farm, and known as the 
Christian Church. The building was completed 
in 1893, and is a work creditable to its projectors 
and doubtless fully appreciated by all who enjoy 
the results of their efforts. 

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~ LIVER C. LINDLEY, of Adams Township, 

01 Hamilton County, was born in Randolph 
County, N.C., August 31, 1831. His father, 
Aaron, was born in Chatham County, the same state. 



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RESIDENCE OF E. -J. WHETS EL, SEC. 30. , FALL CREEK TP, HAM I ETON CO , IND. 




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April "iH. IT'J'.I. The pntci-iial uramlfatlier, whose 

and was tlio son of a I'oiinsN Ivaniaii. In tracing 
tlic genealogy of the Lindley family, we find that 
lliicc hrolliors, William, Thomas and .lames, emi- 
grated from Kngland to tliis i-ountry in an early 
(lay an<l settled in Pennsylvania. Tliey were 
(^lakers, and .so far we have I.een al.le to learn, 
engaged principally in farming and also followed 
various trades. 

The father (if (iiir suliject w.as.,ne of thirteen 
children, nine s.ni> and fonr daughters. His sister 
.Mary w.-iji for twenty years a paralytic and died in 
.Morgan County, Ind. William and Thomas died 
in North Carolina. Plnehe, Mary and Edward 
passed away in Morgan County, .lohn died in 
Howard County, 1 nd. David, our Mihject 's twin 
hroMier, went to Jowa in 1><70 and died in that 
state. In 1838 Aaron Lindley caine to Hamilton 
County and settled in Washington Township, 
wliere he remained until his death. May 18. 18.ifi. 
In early life he learned the trade of a gnnsmith, 
which he followed the greater jiart of his life, 
even after he located upon a farm in this county, 
lieing a man of some means when he came to 
Indiana, Aaron I.iiidley inncliaMMl thre(M|narter- 

large tracts in Washington Township, and at the 
lime of his death owned about one thousand acres. 
Some years jjrioi' to his demise he withdrew from 
the Society of I-'riends and joined the Wesleyan 
Methodist Church. A strong Abolitionist, he was 
prominent in the construction of the underground 
railroad and had a station on his farm. His place 
being in the midst of a large marsh it was called the 
"Dismal Swamp," and could be ti-avcrsed on foot, 
but not by horses. When the negroes th.at made 
his station were overtaken, all he had to do was to 
start them into that swamp, and in that way he 
helped many a jjoor negro to escape. 

The mother of our subject, whose maiden name 
was Ann Justice, was born in North Carolina 
.Tanuary 17, 1797. Her father, Henry .lustice, pre- 
sumably a native of that state, was born Septem- 
ber 20, 1708, and was iJiominenl among the 
I Quakers of his comnuiuity. lie died in 1812, 
when his daughter Ann was lifieeii. The grand- 



mother of our subject, Hannah, daughter of Na- 
thaniel and Ann Carter, was born in I'ennsylvania 
September 12, 1757, and was within hearing of 
the guns at the battle of Brandy wine. She and a 
sister were compelled by some British soldiers to 
guide them to the home of a certain man, which 
they did, and the soldiers calling him out of the 
house, shot him dead before their eyes. She at- 
tained a good old age and died M.iy 2, 18 1. '5. 

Our subject is one of si.x children, concerning 
whom we note the following: William, who was 
bom March C 182;t, is a well-to-do fanner in 
Adams Township; Henry .lustice, whose birth oc- 
curred March 18, 182r), has been a book-keeper in 
Indianapolis, St. Louis .and Chicago, and now 
makes his home in the city last named. David 
was born October :!(i. 1827, and is a successful 
agriculturist of Adams Townshii), residing upon 
one of the quarter-sections of land purchased by 
his father in 1838. Rebecca Carter was born May 
12, 1835, and died at the age of four years. Aaron 
was born March 17, 1839, and died April 17, 181(1. 
The mother died at the birth of the last-named 
child. 

The second marriage of our subject's f.athor 
united him with Elizabeth li. Carey, and six 
children were born of this union, vi/..: Whoda 
Ann, wife of George Stalker; Thomas .1., who re- 
sides upon the old homestead in Washington 
Township; Phd-be L., wife of Able Doan, Presi- 
dent of the Westtield Bank; .lohii P.. who w.as 
drowned in the AVhite River several years ago; 
Emily and Gula Elma (Mrs. Thomas), both of whom 
are deceased. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindley isstill living 
and makes her home in Washington Township, 
Hamilton County. 

.\t the time of the removal to Indiana, the sub- 
ject of this sketch was seven years old. He grew 
to manhood on his father's farm and received or- 
dinary educational advantages in the district 
schools. At the age of tw(^nty he entered the 
Michigan Union College, of Leoni, Mich., from 
which he was graduated ,Iune 15, 1858. In the 
meantime he taught school in Michigan, and after 
returning to Indiana, followed that profession in 
Belleville, Hendricks County, and in Monrovia, 
Morgan County, for a number of years. His 



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health failing him, he retired from the schoolroom 
to his farm, where he has since resided. 

In 1867-68 Mr. Lindley served as Township 
Trustee. Aside from this he has held no impor- 
tant ofHce, nor h.-is he aspired to political honors. 
P'ormcrl.y he was a Rejjublican, but now is identi- 
fied witli the Prohibition party, and is a worker 
in the temperance cause. In 1860 he married 
Miss Charlotte M. Morton, who was born in Onon- 
daga County, N. Y., July 6, 1834. Her father, 
AVilliam E. Morton, was born in Quincy, Mass., 
April 25, 1804, and was a cousin of J. Sterling 
Morion, Secretary of Agriculture in President 
Cleveland's cabinet. Her motlier, C.vnthia(Dodge) 
Morton, was born March 6, 1809, being a daughter 
of Thomas and Experience (Crosby) Dodge, one 
of the foremost families of New York State. Mr. 
and Mrs. Morton upon removing west located in 
Toledo, Ohio, and removed thence to Adrian, 
Mich., going from there to Washtenaw County, 
Mich. Mr. Morton died in 1887, in Jackson 
County, and Mrs. Morton in February, 1877, in 
Jackson. 

Mrs. Lindley was one of a faniil\- of two sons 
and four daughters. David N., w.as born April 
24, 1830, and died October 29, 1854. Harriett S., 
who was born May 23, 1832, married Samuel S. 
Chappell and lives near Jackson, Mich. Jeannotte, 
who wfis born June 23, 1838, is the wife of Chap- 
man Jewell, of Flint, Ala. Barry O., born Janu,ary 
19. 1843, was a soldier in the Ninth Michigan 
Infantry, enlisting at the opening of the war in 
1861; he was wounded, though not seriouslj', at 
the battle of Murfreesboro, and served until the 
close of the war. His death occurred in Jackson 
County, Mich., in 1884. Addie was born No- 
vember 22, 1848, and married Ames AVorcester, 
of .lackson County, Mich. A lady of fine educa- 
tion, Mrs. Lindley was for several years a teacher 
in the college at Adrian, Mich., and afterward 
.assisted her husband in that profession until they 
retired to the farm. 

The only son born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. 
Lindley was Oliver Morton, whose birth occurred 
October 19, 1861. PMucated in the Westfield 
High School, he was only thirteen years old when 
he began reading books and jjapers that boys do 



not generally comprehend. He mastered works 
far in advance of his years, in fact he always had 
a good book before him. It was not permitted, 
however, that he should be spared to his parents, 
and lie was called from earth October 19, 1891. 
This bereavement has been almost the only sorrow 
in the otherwise unclouded married life of Mr. and 
Mrs. Lindley. They are both identified with the 
Wesleyan Methodist Church and are popular in 
the social circles of the community. 



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"^T? LBERT C. CARVER, who is well known 
(@/l-1 | tliroughout Madison County, makes his 

/// Ia home in Alexandria, where he occupies a 
(^ prominent place in business and social 

circles. He w.as born in Henry County, Ind., 
March 27, 1848. His grandfather, Eliazer Carver, 
was born in Putnam County, N. Y., about 1788, 
and was a soldier in the War of 1812. The Car- 
vers trace their ancestry back to the landing of 
the Pilgrim Fathers. John Carver, the explorer, 
belonged to a branch of this family. The grand- 
father was one of six brothers: John, Jonathan, 
Lewis, Henry, Eliazer and Barnabus. The Last- 
named remained in New York, but the other five 
came to Indiana in 1830. all settling in Fayette 
County except John, who became one of the 
pioneers of Madison County, locating in the un- 
broken wilderness. All were farmers except Henry, 
who practiced medicine. About 1855, Eliazer 
Carver and his immediate family came to Madisfm 
County, locating on land which is now a part of 
Alexandria. He died in 1873. 

Ira K. Carver, father of our subject, was born 
in New York, and was one of six brothers: Levi, 
John, Ira, Bloomer, David K. and William. Levi 
is a carpenter of Grant County, Ind.; John died 
in 1840; Bloomer is a farmer near Alexandria; 
David K., who was Sheriff of Madison County, re- 
sides in Irvingtou, a suburb of Indianapolis, and 
owns several farms and other valuable property; 
and William is living near Alexandria. Ira Carver 
w.as an attorney and farmer, and died in 1875. 
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elto County, liul. IIpi- l;itlicr, .Maiilovo Caldwell, 
was horn in Norlli Ciuolina. Iicranu; one of llie 
pioneers of Fa3ette County, and died in Clinton 
(,'ounty, Ind., iiaving held many public olliees. lie 
was a man of prominence iind was a cousin of John 
Cnlhoun. the great southern statesman, with wlnjni 
ho corresponded up to the time of liis death. Mrs. 
Carver is now living with her daughter in ("hicago. 
She had four children: Mary, wife of A. Perry, a 
telegraph operator on the Board f>f Trade in 
Chicago; Emma, the wife of l)i-. .leflCrson R. Ilill- 
demp, of Windfall, Jnd.; Olive, the w.fe of Amos 
Ilallard, a Baptist preacher of Windfall; and Albert. 

Ouv subject spent Ins early life on his father's 
farm, and was educated in the Normal School of 
Lebanon, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 
1871. He then studied law with his fatiier, and 
was admitted to the Bar at .Vnderson in 1877. 
After the deatli of his father, in l.s7i), it was 
found that there w.as a flaw in the lilli^ to the old 
liomestead, and that the widowed mother and 
children were without a home, so he took upon 
himself their support and at the same time com- 
menced a fight to recover the farm from those 
who unjustly claimed it. He pressed liis claims 
year after year against great ditJiculties, and at 
the same time struggled to maintain the family. 
After eighteen years of contest in all the courts. 
Mr. Carver won his suit, and his mother was re- 
instated in her old home, which is now almost in 
the heart of Alexandria. 

Ill 18!)0, our sulijcct was elected rroseciiling 
Attorney- for Madison County on the promise th:it 
he would do all in his power to break up tlie 
saloon and gambling dens wiiich were then a 
blight on the otherwise fair county. After liis 
election, he was informed that a fight on three dis- 
reputable places could not be successfully made 
and that he had better not undertake it, in fact 
he was offered bribes, but this only enraged him 
and made him more determined to prosecute to 
the full extent of the law. Accordingly, he com- 
menced to issue warrants for their arrest, and this 
created such an excitement that the Sheriff and 
Constables refused to run the risk of losing their 
lives in serving the papers, so Mr. Carver took the 
papers himself, and with a shotgun on his shoulder 



went into the most desperate dons in the county. 
This work he fearlessly carried out, until one dark 
night, when he was set upon by a band of ruffians, 
who intended to take his life, and not until one of 
the villians lay dead on the ground did the other 
take to his hoels. Mr. Cacvor cuiiUnued to keep 



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community. 

Mr. Carver is now engaged in the prosecution 
of his profession, with an oflicc^ in Anderson. In 
1878, he married Marguerite li. Metcalf, a native 
of Ohio, and a daughter of David Metcalf. With 
their seven children, Kippie Leone, (Henna ])., 
Doxie, Ruth, Thcric, Albert and Alfred, they 
occu|jy a pleasant home in the addition which Mr. 
Carver has laid out to Alexandria. The adversity 
which overtook him in his early years developed 
aself-reliance and strength of character which have 
made of our subject one of the best and most 
prominent of Alexandria's citizens. Unfaltering 
in support of what he believes to be right, he will 
stand in defense of his position and convictions 
while life lasts. 



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yplLLlAM A. HOWARD. Rrominont in ag- 
ricultural circles is the gontlomaii of 
whom we write, who was born in Ross 
County, Ohio, February 22, 18-12, and who is the 
son of .John and Margaret E. (Jones) Howard, 
tho fornior born in Rockingham County, \'a.. in 
18f)2, and the latter in the same state in 1814. 
When about ten or twelve years of age, the father 
of our subject came with his parents to Ohio and 
settled in Ross County. He was a farmer by oc- 
cupation, and was unusually successful. In poli- 
tics he was a Democrat, and in religious views a 
Dunkard. He was highly resjiected for his many 
estimable qualities, and died in Ro.ss County in 
1870, honored and esteemed by all. His father, 
Adam Howard, was a native of the Old Dominion, 
and, in connection with farming, was a .saddler by 
i trade. He was quite ingenious and was handy at 
I almost anything he undertook. The Howard 



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family came originally from Germany, and settled 
in Virginia, where they were prominent people. 
The raotiier of our subject is still living, and 
resides in Summitville, Ind. Althougli well 
along in years, she enjoys comparatively good 
health, and is a good and noble woman. She was 
the daughter of Isaiah and P^lizabeth (Hatton) 
Jones, natives of Virginia, wiio moved to Oliio 
and settled in Koss County near the Howards. 
The Jones family is of Scotch descent. 

Tiie parents of our subject were married about 
1830, and thirteen children were the fruits of this 
union. Isaiah J., a farmer residing in Delaware 
County, Ind., is also a preacher in the Dunkard 
Church; Mary married James L. Farrell, but is 
now a widow, and resides in Sumraitville; John re- 
sides in Summitville; James S. resides in Summit- 
ville, and is a veterinary surgeon; Catherine is the 
wife of Samuel P. Kerr, a farmer of Illinois; 
Martlia A. is the wife of Thomas J. Gerrard, who is 
a broker of Indianapolis; William A. is our subject; 
Charles B. is deceased; Margaret, deceased, was the 
wife of Absalom Ilyer, of Springfield, Ohio; 
Sarah J. is the widow of Alexander Kerr, who was 
formerly of Summitville; Robert C. is next; Joseph 
F. is deceased; and Dora E. is the wife of J. F. 
Fulton, of Summitville. 

Our subject, who is sixth in order of birtii of the 
above mentioned children, remained in his native 
county nntil the breaking out of war, and in Au- 
gust, 1862, enlisted in Company G, Seventy- 
nintii Ohio Infantry, and served most of the time 
in the culinary department. He served one year 
and was then discharged for disability. Return- 
ing to Ross Count3', Ohio, he remained on the 
farm until 1870, and with his parents until 1868, 
the parents moving to town at that date. 

Previous to eutering the army, young Howard 
started to study medicine, but subsequently gave 
that up. In 1870 he married Miss Susan Hyer, a 
native of Ross County, Ohio, born in 184'2, and a 
schoolmate of her liusbaud. Her parents, John 
and Elizabeth (Straley) Hyer, were natives of the 
Keystone State. After his marriage Mr. Howard 
resided in Ross County for two years and then 
moved to Delaware County', Ind., where he made 
his home for three years. Later he came to Madison 



County, and has been engaged in various enter- 
prises — lumber, gristmill, hotel, dry-goods and 
livery business, and he built all the roads from 
Summitville. Since 1890 he has given all his at- 
tention to farming and trading in lands. When 
Mr. Howard began for himself he had about 121, 
and he has' since paid about $20,000 security 
money. At the present time he is the owner of 
two hundred and forty acres, all under a good 
state of cultivation, except eight acres, which are 
in timber. He is interested in town property, 
Fairview Addition, and is President of the brick 
company, and holds that position in the Fairview 
Land Company. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Howard were born five chil- 
dren: Blanche, now the wife of Richard Fau- 
cett; Frank, who died when sixteen years of 
age; Bertha and Grace, at home; and Floyd, wlio 
died when sixteen months old. In politics Mr. 
Howard supports the principles of the Prohibition 
party, although at one time he was a Republican, 
but was born a Democrat. Socially, he is a mem- 
ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
being Chaplain in the same, and a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, which he joined in 
1867. When he first came to Summitville there 
was no Sunday-school, and our subject, with two 
other men, organized one, which has continued 
ever since. He has been Class-leader, Steward, 
Superintendent of Sunda.y-school, and exhorter 
for years. His entire family are church members. 



ON. DEWITT C. CHIPMAN is a pioneer 
lawyer of central Indiana, where he has 
practiced his profession since 1849, with 
^) the exception of a few years when he was 
Collector of Internal Revenue for the Government 
under Lincoln's administration. Mr. Chipman is 
a native of New York, having been born at Mid- 
dlebury, in what was Genesee, but now AVyoming 
County, September 21, 1824. He was the son of 
Horace D. Chipman, who was born at Rutland, 
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was a native of Vermont, being born at Tin- 
mouth, where he entered the practice of law and 
became State's Attorney, and for twentj'-four con- 
secutive years served in the Legislature. After- 
ward he became a resident of Middlebury, N. Y. 
His Ijrother, Nathaniel, was Judge of the Supreme 
Court of Vermont, United States Circuit .Judge 
and a Senator of the United States. There were 
live l)rothers. Nathaniel was a Captain at Valley 
Forge. The grandfather was at Ticonderoga and 
at the battle of Henniiiglon, and at that time was 
only sixteen 3'ears of age. The father of these bo3's 
was Samuel Cliipman, who was born at Salisbury, 
Conn., and removed to Vermoat, where tiiis family 
was born. John Chipman, the founder of the 
family, came from England and settled at Barnsta- 
ble, Mass. He married Hope Howland, daughter 
of the commander of the " Mayflower." 

The father of Mr. Chipman was a merchant at 
Middlebury, N. Y., but in 1832 located at Brock. 
port. In 1842 lie located permanently at Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, and engaged in merchandising until he 
wliolly retired from active business. lie died in 
(hat city in 1886, at the age of eighty years. He 
was a Whig in i)olitics and a Presbyterian in faith. 
Mr. Cliipman's mother was Catharine E. Gregory, 
born in Franklin, Ohio. She was a first cousin of 
Hon. Robert C.JSchenck, of Ohio. Horace D. Chip- 
man married in Oliio in 1812, traversing the river 
from Pittsburg, in a canoe. He bought a tract of 
land at Oxford, but did not permanently locate at 
Cincinnati until 1842. The parents of Mr. Chip- 
man had nine children, only two of wliom are 
living, although five grew to their majority. Two 
of tliem tcidk up arms in the service of their 
oonntry: W. I), was in an Ohio regiment in the 
war for the I nion, and Horace was through the 
Mexican War as a private. He was in a body of 
men who had to cut Uieir way out from an attack, 
and was wounded with swords and lances. The 
sul)ject of tills sketcii was reared in New York, Illi- 
nois, Indiana and Ohio, and attended the common 
schools and Betliany and Wyoming Academies in 
New York. In 1840 he went with his father to 
Tazewell Countv, 111., where the family located. 
Here he helped on tlie farm and enjoyed great ex- 
perience in hunting, for the country abounded in 



all kinds of game. In 1842 he went to Cincinnati 
and began to study law witli Judge Storer. He 
graduated from the National Law School at Bal- 
ston Spa, N. Y., witii tlic degree of LL.D., and 
was admitted to the B;ir at Albany, N. Y. In 
1848 he came to Noblesvillc, Ind., and entered 
into a law partnership witli Judge Stone and after- 
ward witli Hon. Will Evans. For two years he 
was Prosecuting Attorney for the counties of Ham- 
ilton, Tipton, Howard, Madison, Hancock, Marion, 
Joluison find Hendricks, and for twelve years 
thereafter was deputy prosecutor. Soon after the 
internal revenue law was enacted, Mr. Cliipman 
was appointed collector of the Eleventh Indiana 
District by President Lincoln, which was the only 
thing that prevented him from entering the army. 
He was elected to the Legislature, soon after the 
war, was Mayor of Noblesvillc one term, and a 
School Commissioner. He laid out Chipman 's Ad- 
dition of one hundred and forty lots, which is now 
the best part of the city. In 1870 Mr. Chipman 
located in Anderson when it had about three thou- 
sand population. Anderson was enjoying an 
incipient boom caused by the contemplated 
construction of the iiydraulie canal, which was 
never accomplished. He remained there in prac- 
tice until 1875 and then went to Richmond, where 
he remained until 1879, returning to Anderson 
and locating permanently in the latter place. For 
the past several years he has made a specialty of 
practice in the patent laws, and has been eminently 
successful. Mr. Chipman 's first political affiliation 
w.as as a Whig, and was sulisequently with the Peo- 
ple's party, which was merged into the Republican 
party, and he went with it. His father's house in 
Illinois was a station on the underground rail- 
road for negroes who were escaping from slavery. 
He was a charter member of the Republican party, 
to which he has given much labor. 

Mr. Chipman was married to Miss Cassandra 
Clark in Noblesvillc in 1851. She was born in 
Noblesvillc, and was the daughter of Judge II. W. 
Clark, M. D., a native of Virginia, and an early 
settler in Hamilton County. He was n member of 
the Constitutional Convention of 1851, and served 
in both houses of the Legislature. Mrs. Chipman 
died in 1888. Their three children are Judge M. 



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A.; Catliarine A., at home; and Julia A., wife of 
S. P. Moore, an attorney of the firm of Chip- 
man & Moore. Mr. Chipman is a member of the 
Methodist Church. 

J.TjONATriAN R. LONGFELLOW, now re- 
I tired from the active duties of daily busi- 
|! ness, and enjoying the fruits of a successful 
.^_Jj career as an agriculturist and stock-raiser, 
has long been associated with the progressive in- 
terests of Indiana, and resides on section 9, An- 
derson Township, Madison County. Our subject, 
a native of tiie state of Delaware and born Sep- 
tember 30, 1811, was the son of William and Mary 
A. (Swift) Longfellow. His parents, both natives 
of Delaware,were the decendants of a worthy, intel- 
ligent ancestr}^, upright and law-abiding. The 
Longfellows are undoubtedly of sturdy Welsh 
descent, but various branches of the family have 
for generations been numbered among the best 
citizens of tlie United States. When Jonathan 
R. was a lad of about eleven years of age he accom- 
panied his parents to their new home in the state 
of Indiana, the father, mother, sons and daughters 
settling in the dense woods near Brookville. Gen- 
uine pioneers, the}- endured with courage the pri- 
vations and sacrifices incidental to frontier life, 
and, all lalioring in a common cause, aided with 
energetic enterprise in the development of the 
wild land into a productive and valuable farm, 
annual!}' returning a bounteous harvest. Later, 
the famil}' removed to Henry County, where the 
parents, after lives of cheerful care and usefulness, 
passed awaj', mourned l)y all who knew them. 

Nine children had gathered in the pioneer home, 
of whom tlie followingare surviving: Jonathan R.; 
Eliza A., making her home in Henry County; 
Mary A., a resident of Henry County; Thomas; and 
\'inccnt, in Missouri. Our subject, reared amid 
pioneer scenes, spent the days of bo3'hood in a 
comparative wilderness, in which deer and wild 
game were abundant. Roaming about the hum- 
ble cabin in the very early times, the wolves fre- 
quently made night hideous with their howling. 

Jonathan H. studied in the primitive log school- 



house, with clapboard roof, and rude benches and 
seats fashioned from logs and with greased paper 
for windows. Early beginning the battle of life, 
he reached adult age manlj', energetic and en- 
terprising, and while young taught school for a 
number of terms during the winter time, but has 
devoted the greater jjortion of his life to farming, 
and throughout his long career of busy usefulness 
has, until a comparatively recent period, been an 
active hard-working man. He now resides with 
his son, Joseph E., wlio now owns the old home. 

Many years ago were united in marriage Jona- 
than R. Longfellow and Miss Jemima E. Barn- 
ard. Unto our subject and his excellent wife were 
born eight sons and daughters, five of whom are 
yet living. James W. is a citizen of Nebraska; 
Joseph E. is on the home farm ; John M. lives in 
Iowa; Melissa is the wife of Monroe Ritchey 
and makes her home in Anderson Township; 
Marcus lives in Anderson. Mary A., Annie R. 
and Elizabeth E. are the three deceased. 

The beloved wife, who was a true helfimate, a de- 
voted friend and counselor for nearly half a cen- 
tury, departed this life, mourned by all who knew 
her, June 10, 1887. She was a woman of superior 
ability, a devout Christian and an active member 
of the Baptist Church. For a number of years Mr. 
Longfellow resided continuously in Henry County, 
but in the spring of 1883 removed to his present 
valuable homestead, on section 9, Anderson Town- 
siiip. Here our subject enjoys the prosperity 
which has crowned his later efforts and is taking 
a well earned rest after a career of toil. For over 
lift}' years a member of the Baptist Church, he has 
been a liberal supporter of the denominational 
work and benevolent enterprises. A strong Dem- 
ocrat and a local leader in his younger days, Mr. 
Longfellow occupied with ability official positions 
of trust, and while a resident of Henry County 
served with efficiency as Justice of the Peace, his 
decisions being in full accord with law and ev- 
idence and fully sustained by the upper courts. 

Joseph E. Longfellow is the owner of one hun- 
dred and twenty acres of land, a portion of which 
is devoted to fruit and ranked among the best 
fruit farms of the county. A practical horticul- 
turist, this son of our subject is especially success- 



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ful in the culture of small fruits, strawberries, 
raspberries and blackberries; and also markets 
(luantilics nf lino jieacbes. Joseph E. Longfellow 
was luiitcd in marriage with Miss Mary E. Hell, a 
native of Decatur County, Ind.,aiul a daughter of 
Iliram and Mary J. (Clark) Bell. Mrs. Longfellow 
was reared in her native county and there re- 
ceived her education. She is the mother of four 
children: Bertha, the wife of Porter Pennisten; 
Lee, Marcus and Frank. Chester A., the intelligent 
grandchild of Joseph E., and the great-grand- 
child of our subject, is a promising lad and a great 
pel of the family at home. Joseph E., like his 
fallier, is a Democrat, and both he and his estimable 
wife are valued members of the United Brethren 
Church. Our subjciit has now reached the advanced 
age of more than four-score years, and in his long 
career has ever been known as a public-spirited 
citizen and a man of sterling integrity, deserving 
the high regard universally accorded him l»y a 
host of old-time friends and acquaintances. 



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<| WILLIAM T. JOHNS, the able Secretary and 
\r\J// Superintendent of the Noblesville Electric 
\^ Light and Ice Company, and also the 
elHcient Treasurer of the Noblesville Water Works 
Company, has long been identified with the promi- 
nent interests of his present localitj' and, a native 
of Hamilton County, was born July 3, 1847. His 
father, Henry Johns, was born in Hardin County, 
Ky., but in early life became a pioneer of 
Boone County, Ind., settling in that part of the 
stale in 1821, when the country was an unbroken 
wilderness traversed mainly by the bear, deer, 
wdlvcs and wild game with which the woods 
alioiuulcd. In 1 83.3 the father made his home in 
Ilniiiilldii Cduniy, where he entered land and 
with anil)iti(>n cleared, cultivated and improved 
llie broad acres. 

Henry Johns was a man of courage and enter- 
prise, well tilted to endure and overcome the pri- 
vations and experiences of pioneer life. He sur- 
vived to reach seventy-four years of age, and 
[lassed away in 1871, mourned as a public loss. 



He was politically in early youth a Whig, and 
later became a stalwart Kepniilican. The pater- 
nal grandfather, (;eorm' .lolms. likewise a native 
Kentuckian, was a pronounced Whig and actively 
participated in the public affairs of the day. A 
man of resolute will and eanuest purpose, he was 
adapted to cope with the dangers and emergencies 
which constantly uienaeed the different sections of 
our country in its early history. 

The Johns are of English ancestry, a forefather 
of this branch of the family settling in Tennessee 
during the Colonial rlays. The mother of our 
subject, Mrs. .Alary (Jolin>) .lohns, was born in 
Jennings County. Ind., and was the daiightei- of 
John Johns, a pioneer of that part of the state, 
and a man who fully commanded the high regard 
of all with whom he came in contact. He was a 
brave soldier of the War of 1812. Our subject, 
William T., was the sixtli of the nine children 
who gathered in the home of the parents. At- 
tending the district school throughout his boy- 
hood, he well improved every opportunity to gain 
an education, and later taught school for five 
terms in the winter months, assisting upon the 
home farm during the summer months. 

Mr. Johns finally began the pursuit of agiicult- 
ure upon his own account, and latei-, a popular 
man, genial and courteous, was, in 1888, elected 
upon the Republican ticket Auditor of Hamilton 
Count3% serving with fidelitj' to the interests of 
the general public four years. Previous to this 
time our subject had conducted for four years a 
merchandising business in Jolietville. Ind. Since 
making his residence in Noblesville, Mr. .lolnis has 
aided in the promotion of various local enter- 
prises and been an important factor in developing 
the leading interests of the city. Upon December 
16, 1891, he assisted in the organization of the 
Noblesville Electric Light and Ice Company, and 
was made Secretary, an ofliice which he yet holds. 
The electric light and ice plant is a neat brick 
structure, equipped with the latest machinery, and 
the ice plant is one of the most simple and eco- 
nomical in the state and has a capacity of nine 
tons per day. The light plant is equipped with 
three dynamos and has a capacit\- of one hundred 
arc lights. Seven men are constantly employed in 



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the power building, a good brick structure, 
(56x132 feet. In 1891 Mr. Johns became one of 
the promotei's of the Noblesville Water Works, of 
which enterprise he is a stockholder, also faithfully 
discharging the duties of Treasurer. Our subject 
is likewise a stockholder of the First National 
Bank of Noblesville, and, financially prospered, is 
numbered among the substantial citizens and 
prominent financiers of Hamilton County. Mr. 
Johns is fraternally associated with Westfield 
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., is connected with Ber- 
n ice Lodge No. 120, K. of P., and likewise affili- 
ates with Jolietville Lodge, K. of H. 

In 1874 William T. Johns and Miss Phwbe 
Paddack were united in marriage. The cultured 
and estimable wife of our subject is a native of 
Indiana and, born in Johnson County, was the 
daughter of William Paddack, a pioneer of John- 
son Count}'. One daughter, Bessie E., an attrac- 
tive young girl, makes glad the pleasant home of 
Mr. and Mrs. Johns, who are identified with the 
social life and charitable work of Noblesville, and 
are ever ready to do their part in the duties of 
the hour. 



EDGAR E. HENDEE, of the law firm of Chip- 
man, Keltner & Heudee, is the youngest of 
five children, and was born at Warsaw, Ind., 
March 6, 1861, just when the country was verging 
on the Civil War, which soon burst in all its fury. 
Ilis father was Caleb Hendee, who was born at 
W.ayland, Steuben County, N. Y., in 1827. 
He came west when the country was comparatively 
new and settled with his family in Indiana. He 
died at Warsaw in September, 1892. In politics 
he was a Republican. By trade he was a boot and 
slioe m.aker, and opened the first shop in Warsaw. 
Mr. Hendee's mother was Abagail Bush, a native 
of Canada, and of French and German ancestry. 
She still resides at the old homestead in Warsaw. 
The grandfather, George Hendee, was of Scotch- 
Iiish descent and was an early settler of Steuben 
Count}', N. y. 

Edgar E. Ileudce spent his boyhood days in 



Warsaw, where he obtained a rudimentary educa- 
tion in the common schools, and where he gradu- 
ated from the high schools in 1879. In the same 
year he entered the freshman class in Asbuiy 
(now DuPauw) University, at Greencastle, going 
through the full four-year course and graduating 
in June, 1883. Following this he was Superintend- 
ent for one year of tiie schools of Winamac, Pu- 
laski County. In 1878 he began the study of law 
in the office of Robert B. Encell, and later in the 
office of Frazer & Frazer, at Warsaw. The senior 
member of the firm had been one of the Judges of 
the Suj)reme Court of Indiana, and was selected 
by President Grant to arbitrate on tlie Alabama 
claims. He was one of Indiana's best jurists, and 
his opinions were considei-ed among the clearest 
and purest ever handed down. Mr. Hendee is 
pardoned for the pride he manifests for having 
such a preceptor. In January, 1886, Mr. Hendee 
located in Anderson to engage in the practice of 
his profession, entering into partnership, which 
lasted one year, with Albert A. Small. He then 
continued the practice independently until 1890, 
when he formed a partnership with the Hon. 
Charles L. Henry. At tlie end of a year Mr. 
Hendee bought the Inisiness of tlie firm, and Mr. 
Henry retired in order to devote his attention to the 
various properties which he controlled, including 
the Anderson I]lectric Street Railway. Mr. Hendee 
"went it alone" again until June 1, 1893, when 
the law firm of Chipman, Keltner & Hendee was 
organized, forming an exceptionally strong com- 
bination, particularl}' so far as corporation and 
commercial business is concerned. One of tlie 
tilings Mr. Hendee remembers pleasantly is secur- 
ing the Kinnear-Monett prize as the best debater 
in college. 

In April, 1886, Mr. Hendee and Miss Mattie O. 
Thayer, of Wai'saw, were married. Mrs. Hendee is 
the daugliter of Hon. J. D. Thayer, State Senator 
for Kosciusko and Wabash Counties. Her grand- 
father, George H. Thayer, of Plymouth, Ind., a 
clergyman for many years, is still living, at the 
age of eightj'-six. Mr. and Mrs. Hendee have two 
cliildren, named June Marie and John C. 

In politics Mr. Hendee has always been identi- 
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in campaign years advocated the principles of tliat 
l):irty from the stump. Ilis counsels are sought by 
the leading men of this section of tiie state in 
shaping its policy. As a law3er, Mr. Ilendee is 
thoroughly read in the law. He is an able coun- 
selor and advocate, especialh' strong before a jury 
and in the examination of witnesses, and is pains- 
taking and careful in the preparation of his cases. 
He and his wife are both members of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Cliurch. 



^^iJf' counties 



>IUS QUICK. Probably there is not 
resident of Madison or the adjoining 
ities better known than this gentle- 
man. He is a Hoosier by birth, having been born 
in Henry County, September II, 1831, and is a 
descendant of sturdy German stock. His parents, 
John and Nancy (Clary) Quick, were natives re- 
spectively of Ohio and Kentucky, and his grand- 
jiarents, Cornelius and Hannah (Cox) Quick, were 
natives of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, respect- 
ively. The Quick family is noted for its longevity, 
and Grandfather Quick attained to the age of 
ninety years. The maternal grandfather qf our 
subject was Vachel Clary, a native of Kentucky. 

.lohn Quick, the father of our subject, moved to 
Henry County, Ind., in 1826, and entered land 
two miles east of Middleton, becoming one of tiie 
pioneers of that section. After remaining there 
until about ISOii, he sold liis farm and moved to 
Pipe Creek Township, where he purchased five 
hundred acres, on a part of which is now lo- 
cated the town of Frankton. He was a prosper- 
ous and enterprising citizen and was successful in 
all his undertakings. For many years he was 
identified with the growth and prosperity of the 
Christian Church; his heart and purse were always 
oiicii to its interests, and in his will he bequeathed 
* 1,(100 to that denomination. His death occurred 
in 1881, at the age of nearly eighty years. No 
man in the county was more highly esteemed than 
Mr. Quick, and in his death the community lost 
one of its best citizens. 

Of the six children born to his parents, our sub- 
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ject was the eldest. Four of these arc now living. 
By the second marriage of Mr. (^uick live chil- 
dren were born, three of whom survive. At tiie 
age of eighteen years, Cornelius (Juick commenced 
to teach school and continued thus engaged every 
winter until twenty-seven years old, the time be- 
tween the different school terms being given to 
farming. During this interval lie bouulit, eighty 
acres of land in Delaware Count), and resided 
thereon for five years, meantime adding to his 
possessions until he was the owner of two hun- 
dred acres. In 1859 he came to Frankton, Madi- 
son County, Ind., and engaged in merchandis- 
ing. He retained his farm in Delaware County for 
five years, when he traded it for property near 
Frankton, aud this he still owns. In connection 
with his mercantile interests, he engaged in the 
grain and stock business, in which he met with 
success. He continued in business for several 
3'ears with a few changes in the (irni name, but 
through all these changes he had the controlling 
interest. 

Throughout his entire life, Mr. Quick has main- 
tained a deep interest in religious and scientific 
research, and has given much of his time aside 
from business to the study of these subjects. 
Since 1868 he has devoted almost his entire time 
to the study of the Scriptures and in preaching 
the doctrines of the Christian Church. He is a 
careful student, a keen observer, and a gifted aud 
powerful debater. In 1870 he had a discussion 
with William Anderson which lasted two days 
and attracted much attention. In 1888 he held a 
discussion with Dr. Puckett in the town of El- 
wood, which continued for four days and was 
largel}- attended. In both of these debates it was 
generally conceded that i\Ir. tjuick won the su- 
premacy, always proving his position by clear and 
forcible argument. He has lectured and preached 
in many different places in Indiana and through 
Illinois and Nebraska, and has sustained the rep- 
utation of being thoroughly competent at all times 
and in all places to defend the iniuciples he 
maintains. 

Mr. (Juick is the author of ".Mysticism I'n- 
masked, or Ministration of the Holy Spirit," a 
book of two hundred and eighty -six pages, pub- 



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lisbed by the Standard Publishing Company, of 
Cincinnati, Ohio. In this work he discusses the 
many mystical theories taught as to the immediate 
work of the Holy Spirit on the heart of man in 
order to prove his salvation and the claim by many 
Christian people as to what is the actual work of 
the Spirit in man's redemption and final salvation. 
He has devoted much earnest thought to this sub- 
ject, questioning many teachers of theologj^ as to 
what they understood to be the teaching of the 
Scriptures on tiiis important matter. Failing to 
get a satisfactory explanation, he determined to 
go directly to the inspired teachers themselves. 
When he had gathered all the facts on the subject 
he divined that there were many promises made 
by Jesus Christ and the prophets in reference to 
the Holy Spirit that were special and belonged 
exclusively to the apostles and the apostolic age; 
also that the apostles in addressing the Christians 
of the primitive church often used language in- 
tended especially for them, and not for univer- 
sal ai)plication. 

For the ]jast ten years Mr. Quick has been con- 
nected with the banking business which is now 
conducted under the name of C. Quick <fe Co., and 
is recognized as one of the solid and substantial 
banking institutions of the state. The offices are 
inviting in appearance and elaborately furnished. 
The Cashier, D. O. French, has been connected 
with the firm for three years, and is a very popu- 
lar and refined gentleman. The vast undertaking 
of building the new city which bears his name, 
and of locating manufacturing plants, is due to 
Mr. Quick's untiring efforts. The site of Quick City 
is beautifully located, and the place has pure 
water, perfect drainage, an abundant gas supply 
and has superior advantages for manufactories. 

In addition to his other interests, Mr. Quick is 
the owner of four hundred acres of valuable farm- 
ing land, the Altoona Hotel and business block, 
over three hundred town lots, and other valuable 
propert3\ On the 25th of December, 1851, Mr. 
Quick married Miss Amanda, daughter of Edward 
and Anna (Thompson) Siiarp, natives of the Blue 
Grass State, who came to Indiana about 1830. 
(See sketch of John Sharp.) Three children have 
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Quick: Anna, now Mrs. 



L. M. Chambers, residing in Frankton; George 
F., Assistant Cashier of the Anderson Banking 
Company, of Anderson; and Laura, a graduate of 
Harrodsburg (Ky.) College, and now at home. Mr. 
Quick ascribes his success in all his undertakings 
to the co-operation, united and untiring efforts of 
his wife, who by her energy, industry and economy 
has been a true partner and helpmate in life's 
struggle. There is no one more kind to tlie sick 
or those in adversity than Mrs. Amanda Quick. 
Mr. Quick is very rapid in all his business transac- 
tions, yet carefully weighs and considers ever}' 
movement, but, having decided upon any work 
or enterprise, throws the entire force of his energy 
towards its success. 



AVID D. MIESSE, M. D., now retired from 
the active duties of the medical profes- 
sion, was for many years a successful phy- 
sician and skillful surgeon of Noblesville, 
and ably compounded the potent medicines which 
he mainly used. Dr. Miesse was born in Berks 
County, Pa., August 30, 1814. His father, John 
Miesse, likewise a native of the Quaker State, 
later became a pioneer settler of Fairfield 
County, Ohio, and, an energetic and hard-work- 
ing man, survived to the age of eighty-four years. 
The paternal grandfather, Samuel Miesse, was born 
in Germany, emigrating from the Old Country to 
Pennsylvania in an early day in the histoiy of 
the state. The father, a strong Democrat and deeply 
interested in governmental affairs, fought Ijravely 
in the War of 1812. 

The mother, Anna (Klein) Miesse, was also a 
Pennsylvanian and the parents settled down in 
their native state to married life. Our subject 
spent his boyhood in his birthplace, and first at- 
tending the nearest district school, later enjoyed 
the benefit of instruction in an academy of Berks 
County. Having decided to gain a profession he 
next read medicine with Dr. Troehm, a native of 
Germany, but an early settler of Pennsylvania 
and a skillful physician. At the expiration of 
three vears of faithful study, Dr. Miesse entered 







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upon the practice of his profession, and in 1833 
located in Indiana, and, the pioneer physician and 
surgeon of iiis neigliborhood, enjoyed a large and 
prosperous practice for sf)mc time near Lancaster. 

was neccs>ary u>u.-illy fur the llhy^it■i:l^ to furni>h 
the needed drugs and physic, and in tlie preparing 
of the mixtures and medicines administered by 
our subject, lie was more tlian ordinarily skillful 
and won an enviable reputation as a doctor, his 
services being in constant demand. His daily 
round was wearing, but he had been in early life 
inured to hardships and sacrifice, being only fifteen 
years of age when he was obliged to take tlie en- 
tire management of his father's farm. From his 
boyhood animated with a spirit of i<'S(>lutf self- 
reliance, he won his upward way iinaidnl to a po- 
sition of useful influence, commanding both re- 
spect and honor. 

In 184;(, Dr. Miesse removed to Marion, Grant 
County, Ind., wliere he continued the practice of 
medicine until 1860, then settling permanently in 
Noblesville, and, here acquiring an extensive i)rac- 
tice, took a high place among the medical frater- 
nity of the city. In the year 1848, Dr. D. D. 
Miesse and Miss Margaret Bretz, were united in 
marriage. Mrs. Miesse, a native of Ohio, was the 
daughter of Henry Bretz, a Penusylvanian liy 
birth. Our subject and his excellent wife are tiie 
liarents of nine children, five of whom are now 
living. Jonathan resides in 'Noblesville; Amanda 
is the wife of Augustus Jump; Adam is a pros- 
perous physician of Noblesville; Cornelius also 
makes his home in Noblesville; Mary is the wife 
of Mack Hines, of Noblesville. 

The beloved wife and mother, Margaret (Bretz) 
Miesse, entered into rest, mourned by all who 
knew her, July 30, 1893. She was a devout Chris- 
tian woman and a valued member of the Metho- 
dist F^piscopal Church. Dr. Miesse has alwaj-s 
been known as an active churchman and liberal 
giver in behalf of religious work. He contributed 
handsomely to the building of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church and assisted in the erection of 
the German Church. He likewise built a small 
church out of his own funds for the Germans, and 
for many years was both a .Steward and Trustee 



of tlie Methodist Episcopal Church. lie is frater- 
nally associated with Lodge No. 56, -V. V. A- A. 
M., and, politically a Democrat, is intelligently 
posted in local and national issues, and especially 
interested in school affairs aud matters of oduca- 

nounccd abolitionist and an ardent advocalf of 
the freedom of the slaves. 

The medical profession has been sut'ci',--sfully 
adopted by the Miesse family generation after 
generation, no less tlian eight pniminent ph3-si- 
cians of that name having acquired a large prac- 
tice within tiie memory of our subject. A sincere 
friend, kind neighbor and devoted family |jhysi- 
cian, Dr. Miesse has likewisr been tliidughout his 
long career a thoroughly loyal and public-spirited 
citizen, worthy of the universal respect and confi- 
dence he has received during his three-score years 
of residence in the state of Indiana. Dr. Aliesse 
was one of the liist men to ori^auize a coinpany at 
Noblesville to bore for natural gas. lie has always 
been liberal and |)ublic-spirite(l in promoting en- 
terprises for the benefit of tlie surrouning country. 
His pleasant home on Conner Street, attractively 
located, is well known to the general pulilic, aud 
there in the evening of his days our subject now 
enjoys a rest earned by years <.)f unvarying de- 
votion to the duties of his profession. 



iiaiiie IS more 
lison County 



^^NTIIOXV MINXICK. No 

mp l familiarly known in M; 

ini tlian tiiat of Minnick, and it is so thor- 
l^ oughly interwoven with the history of 

this community that a work of this character 
would be incomplete without frequent reference 
to some member of the family. The Virginian 
has always been a potential element in the civili- 
zation and development of Indiana. No better 
blood ever infused pioneer life; no sturdier arm 
ever set about the task of subduing the wilderness 
and no less vigorous mental activity could have 
raised a great commonwealth. 

Mr. Minnick \vas born in Rockingham County, 
Va.. December 12, 1827, and is the son of 'Williara 



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and Nancj- (Good) Minnick, natives of the Old 
Dominion. The parents removed to Wayne 
County, Ind., in 1830, and settled on eighty acres 
of land which they purchased near what was 
known as Greens Fork. This was then an unbroken | 
wilderness, and the work of clearing the land and 
developing a farm from the forest was an under- 
taking that can be but little understood or ap- 
preciated by the present generation. 

For twent3--three years this worthy couple re- 
sided on their farm, and they were years not only 
of labor, but of prosperity, that added to their 
material wealth. During that time they witnessed 
many changes in the country around them and 
contributed their share towards its improvement 
and development. In 1853 Mr. Minnick disposed 
of his farm in Wayne County and removed to Wa- 
bash County, where he purchased a large farm and 
made a permanent settlement. He was a success- 
ful farmer and a public-spirited citizen. He took 
a deep interest in ail religious matters and finall}^ 
became a minister in the Dunkard Church, having 
ciiarge of two churches, both of large congrega- 
tions. Politically, he voted the Republican ticket 
from Lincoln's time, and was alwa3's interested in 
and identified with any enterprise of political or 
jMiblic good. Possessing a sound judgment, a 
(juick insigiit into any business or social affair, he 
was often consulted both in regard to public and 
private concerns. His advice was ever acted upon, 
and his children always souglit and relied on his 
judgment in matters of importance. A man of 
very fixed principles, but broad and lilieral in his 
views and dealings with liumanity, lie was one of 
tlie most influential citizens of every community 
in which he made his lionie. After a long and use- 
ful career, his death occurred when he was seven- 
ty-two years of age. Of tlic seven children born 
to his marriage, five are now living, tliree in Wa- 
bash County, one in Missouri, and our subject, in 
Madison County. 

Tlie latter was the eldest of the above mentioned 
cliil(ben. He secured fair educational advantages 
for Ills day, and when twenty-three years of age, 
in 1853, he started out to find a location suitable 
for a home. Finally he selected land in what is 
now Duck Creek Township, Madison County, near 



Elwood, and purchased one hundred and sixty 
acres from the Government at $2.00 per acre. The 
land was covered with heavy forest, and having 
erected a log house, the work of clearing commen- 
ced. Tlie first year saw ten acres ready for corn 
planting between the stumps, and a few years later 
this narrow space bad widened into broad and 
fertile fields. In 1882, Mr. Minuick purchased a 
residence in Frankton, and there he now resides, 
practically retired from the active pursuits and 
duties of farm life. 

February 3, 1850, Mr. Minnick married Miss 
Phoebe, daughter of Joel and Susan (Weaver) 
Richwine, natives of the Shenandoah Valley, Rock- 
ingham County, Va., whocame tolndianain 1829 
and located near Wasliington, in Wayne County, 
on the celebrated AValnut Level. There, in con- 
nection with farming, Mr. Richwine engaged in 
teaming, hauling flour and other commodities to 
Cincinnati, which was the nearest market. Not 
having real estate enough to meet his wants, he 
moved two and a-half miles southwest of Frank- 
ton, Ind., in 1848 and, engaged in farming until 
his death, in May, 1870. He was a local New 
Light preacher, and was esteemed b}' all acquainted 
with him. His wife is now living, and, although 
eighty-five years of age, is hale and hearty for her 
years. She is a most agreeable and cheerful old 
lady, and for many years was a consistent member 
of the New Light Church. At present, she is 
identified with the Christian Church at Frankton, 
as there is no church of her denomination near. 
She is in good financial circumstances, and entire- 
ly independent if she wishes to be so, but slie pre- 
fers to make her home with her daughters. 

To our subject and wife four children were 
born, three of whom are living: James Alonzo, 
who resides in Anderson; Joel Monroe, who makes 
his home in Elwood; and William Rathburn, who 
resides in Sterling, Rice County, Kan. Mr. Min- 
nick was one of the first organizers of Duck Creek 
Township, and has been Supervisor and Assessor. 
He has given each of his children eighty acres of 
land, but still owns one hundred and sixty acres 
of the old homestead. He is very fond of fishing 
and passes many pleasant hours along the banks 
of streams, and is very successful in capturing the 



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finny tribe. He and his estimable wife reside in 
their cozy home, surrounded by ever3' comfort, 
wliich is in thorough contrast to the old pioneer 
(lays, liut in looking back over the lapse of years, 
they realize that there was much to live for and 
iinicli pure enjoyment in those old pioneer days. 
At the log rollings, the house raisings and the 
neighborhood gatherings, all met upon the broad 
and common level of social enualitv. 



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JfOIIN W. PERRY, M. I). Great progress 
has been made in medical and surgical skill 
in the past few years, and among those who 
have devoted their lives to the alleviation 
of suffering no one in Madison County is better 
known than Dr. .lohn W. Perry, who was born in 
Logan County, W. Va., November 29, l^ll*, a son 
of Henry and .lane (Busl)y) Perry, natives of the 
Old l>bminion. The paternal grandfather, John 
I'crrv, was Ijorn in Ireland and came to America 
during the Revolutionary Wai. in which he served 
as a soldier under (ieneral Washington. His early 
scholastic training was in preparation for the priest- 
hood, but upon uearing maturity he renounced 
the Catholic faith and became a Protestant. At the 
close of the war he located in West Virginia, and 
possessing superior educational attainments, he 
became a private tutor in some of the wealthy 
and prominent families of that state. His death 
occurred at about the beginning of the present 
century. The maternal grandfather, Isaac Busb}', 
was a skillful millwright, which business he fol- 
lowed until his removal from his native state, West 
\irginia, to Indiana in 1828. He located in 
Madison Count}' at that time, on a woodland farm, 
and here he continued to reside until his death, in 
1835, at the extreme old age of ninety years. 

.lohn W. Periy was a lad when his parents 
moved to Indiana, and he remained with them 
until he attained his majoiity. The father de- 
veloped the laud from a heavy timbered tract? into 
a finely improved farm. In 18.52 he sold his farm 
in Kail Creek Township and moved to Marion, 
l.mn County, Iowa, where he spent the remainder 
of his days. He was a man of fixed principles, 



and ver}' bitter in his opposition to slavery, as was 
also his father before him in fact none of the 
Perry ancestiy were ever slaveholders, lie was a 
member of the .Methodist Kpiscopal Church, and 
was a true Christian, a man of the utmost in- 
tegrity, and was held in the lii;.;lu-st esteem by all 
who knew him. 

Of a family of nin<> eliiblren. (.ur subject is the 
lifth in (U'.ler of birth. lie i<'iii:iiiie(l ;,l home 
until eighteen years of age, prior to wliich time 
he had attended the common schools and one 
select school. At the above-mentioned age he 
was chosen district teacher, and taught li\-e con- 
tinuous terms, which afforded liim his fust oppor- 
tunit}' to gratify his earliest ambition to study 
medicine, and having secured the best works of 
physical anatomy, he devoterl all his sjiare mo- 
tnents to the study of this science. .\1 the clo.se 
of his career as a pedagogue, he spent two years 
in the study of medicine, and then engaged in 
regular practice. After twenty-five years of active 
service in the profession he entered the Indiana 
Medical College at Indianapolis and was the first 
graduate of that institution, reeeivi iig Ins diploma 
in 1870', which bears the name of the noted phy- 
sician. Dr. John S. Bobbs. He is now in the fifty- 
first year of his medical iiractice, and during this 
time he has traveled many weniy miles, at all 
hours of the day and night, over h 
b3'-paths, in storm and sunshine, to 
to which the human family is heir. 
life at best embraces maii\ liaid- 
times without recom|)ense or appi 
services, and although the Doctor I 
a very remunerative practice, yet I 
who have been benefited by his 
generosity in bestowing his skill 
whom he never received a penny, lie is a mem- 
ber of the American Medical Ass<iciation, the 
Grant County Medical Association, was the first 
President of the Alumni Association of the Indi- 
ana Medical College, and he has always been veiy 
popular in these societies and with the members of 
his profession generally. 

He and his worthy wife are members of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. They were married 
November 16. 1845, her maiden name being Sara 



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Ann Ellis. She was a daughter of Evan Ellis, 
mention of whom is made elsewhere in this vol- 
ume. Their union resulted in the birth of six 
children. Mary Jane, now Mrs. William J. Thomas, 
resides on a farm in Monroe Township; Elizabeth 
Emily, now Jlrs. Jackson Noble, lives in Boone 
Townsiiip, Madison County, Ind.; Evan Henry 
resides on a farm in Monroe Township; Andrew 
Jackson, M. D., was a practicing physician of 
Alexandria, but is now a druggist of Gaston, Ind.; 
Araminta Louisa, now Mrs. R. Parker, is a resi- 
dent of Gilman. Ind., wliere her husband is en- 
gaged in merchandising; and William L. is a farm- 
er ol Monroe Township. 

Dr. Perry lias always taken an active interest in 
politics, in fact in all public matters, and has been 
twice nominated for Representative on the Re- 
publican ticket, and although running far ahead 
of his ticket, was both times defeated, owing to 
the large Democratic majority of his Congres- 
sional district. He is a gentleman of the highest 
principles and the utmost integrity', a favorite in 
the social and professional circles of his county, 
and has become widely known as a most skillful 
and able physician and as a man loyal to the core 
to his family, friends and country. 

'ii? ENEX GOODING, a prominent citizen, who 
J (^ has occupied with honor various positions 
/I'— ^' of official trust, and is widely known as a 
pros|)erous agriculturist and successful stock-raiser 
of Lafaj'ette Township, Madison Count}', owns a 
large and valuable acreage, which he has brought 
up to a high state of cultivation, the Gooding 
farm being one of the best in its locality. A man 
of energetic enterprise, our subject has been close- 
ly identified with the ujjward growth and rapid 
advancement of Madison County for the past two- 
score years, and during this length of time has 
ever been foremost in extending a helping hand 
in all matters of local improvement and mutual 
welfare. Mr. Gooding is a native of Fleming 
County, Ky., and was born March 9, 1829. His 
parents were Samuel and Margaret (Hinton) Good- 
ing, well known and highly res|>ected in the Blue 



Grass State. The father was a native Virginian, 
but when only six years of age accompanied his 
widowed mother to Kentucky. He was reared to 
manhood in Kentuck}', and, trained to the prac- 
tical knowledge of agricultural pursuits, attained 
to mature age thoroughly self-reliant. The father 
of our subject fought with courage in the War of 
1812, as did also eight of his brothers. Of the 
family who once gathered about the fireside of the 
parents' home, four are now surviving: Rufus, 
Hardin, Fannie and Lenex. 

Our subject received a rudimentary education 
in the little subscription school held in the small 
and rudely furnished log house, with its desks 
made of planks resting on pegs in the wall, and 
slab seats supported by wooden legs. His oppor- 
tunities for study and instruction were limited, as 
he early began the work of life, but with reading 
and observation he added year after 3'ear to his 
stock of knowledge and, mainly self educated, has 
won his upward way to a position of financial suc- 
cess and useful influence. 

Upon September 11, 1850, were united in mar- 
riage Lenex Gooding and Miss Martha A. Calla- 
han, born in Fleming County, Ky., April 2, 1838. 
Unto this union were born three children: John 
D.; Margaret, wife of Isaac Bronnenberg and James 
R. In 1853 our subject with his wife and one 
child emigrated from Kentucky to Indiana, and, 
locating in Madison County, cultivated a rented 
farm for three years, later settling upon his pres- 
ent valuable homestead. The family made the 
journey from Kentucky to Indiana with a covered 
wagon and two horses, and, camping out wherever 
night overtook them, was two weeks on the way. 
The farm which Mr. Gooding purchased was liter- 
ally in the heart of the woods, and was unculti- 
vated land, thickly timbered. Patient and unvary- 
ing toil was required to clear and improve the 
homestead, whose fertile soil now returns an abun- 
dant harvest. Aside from the arduous work he did 
upon his own land, our subject cut and split rails 
for others at fifty cents per hundred. 

The humble log cabin which sheltered the fami- 
ly for many years was built entirely by Mr. Good- 
ing, and until he erected the present modern resi- 
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the time he took possession of his land were the re- 
sort of deer, pole-cats, raccoons, wild turke^-s, and 
an abundance of small game. Our subject, finan- 
c-ially prospered, now owns two hundred and seven- 
ty-two acres of land, and has given each of his 
children an eighty-acre tract. Beginning with very 
little capital save liis stout heart and willing hands, 
he has achieved success, and has gained an envi- 
able position among his fellow-citizens. He has 
•served with ability as Supervisor of the road dis- 
trict, and as a School Director has materially aided 
in the promotion of higher grades of scholarship 
and instruction. As Superintendent of the Flat- 
bar Turnpike Road, he gave general satisfaction 
to the public, and in the discharge of every duty 
of life has ever been upright, faithful and con- 
scientious. He has long been a valued member of 
the Methodist Protestant Church, and is a liberal 
giver in behalf of religious work and influence. 
Politically' a Democrat, Mr. Gooding casts his vote 
with the party of the people. He is intelligently 
posted in local and national affairs, and takes a 
leading place in the home councils of his party. 
A man of executive ability and enterprise, he en- 
joys the confidence of a host of friends, and to- 
gether with his wife and famil}^ receives the high 
esteem of the community among whom his peace- 
ful years are passed. 



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J' OHX B. HUFF came to Hamilton County in 
j Januar}', 1867, and has since been a promi- 
j nent resident and prosperous farmer of Fall 
Creek Township. He is a native of Ohio, 
having been born in Rushville, Fairfield County, 
August 18, 1833. His parents, David and Hannah 
(Turner) Huff, had a family of eleven children, of 
wliom the following seven now survive: John B., 
of this sketch; Elizabeth L., widow of John W. 
15owles, of Marion County, Ind.; Joseph T., a resi- 
dent of Millersville, Marion County; Ruth L., 
who for thirty years has followed the profession of 
a sfhool teacher; Andrew M., who resides in Oak- 
land, Maiion County; William H., whose home is 
in Malott Park, Marion Count}'; and Josephine 



v., wife of John Noble, of ]\Iontezuma, Parke 
Count3% Ind. 

The father of these children. l)Mvi<l lliitT, was a 
native of Somerset County , I'm., .-iiid the only son 
of Jesse and Lydia (Drake) Huff. The family 
moved to Ohio when David was an infant, and re- 
sided in the Buckeye State for about fifteen years. 
In September, 1843, he cnnic to Indiana and lo- 
cated at Malott Park, Marion County, wlieie the 
remainder of his life was spent. He w.as a turner, 
cliairmaker and painter by trade, and followed 
these occupations in early life, but during his later 
years he engaged in farming. His death occuned 
at the age of sixty-eight. His \vi(h>w is still liv- 
ing, and is now (1893) seventy-eight years of age. 

The Huff ancestors, as we learn from the tradi- 
tions of the family, were of English birth, and in 
their religious views were Se|>aiatists. Being driv- 
en into Holland on account of their religion, they 
emigrated from that country to America in com- 
pany with the Puritans many ^ears prior to the 
Revolutionary War. Tliey were numbered among 
the very first English families who adopted this 
country as their home. Their sturdy traits of 
character and earnest Christian lives made them 
prominent in every community in which they re- 
sided, and to their descendants they bequeathed 
the highest principles of morality and u()right- 
ness, as well as the heritage of an lionored name. 

The subject of this sketch spent Jiis early life 
mostly in Malott Park, where he attended school m 
his boyhood and worked on the farm in the inter- 
vals of study. He contributed tothe sui)|)orl of the 
family until he was twenty-eight, when, in .Janu- 
ary, 1863, he was united in mariiage with Miss 
Margaret E., the eldest of nine children born to 
the union of Robert and Elizabeth (Moore) Roe, 
of Marion County. They are the parents of three 
children, Dora, Eilla and David, all of whom make 
their home on the farm where the father now re- 
sides. 

In 1867, Mr. Huff came to Fall Creek Township 
and settled on the farm where he now lives. Ipon 
its one hundred and twent3'-five acres he engages 
in general farming pursuits, and also conducts a 
large business as a stock-raiser, having about 
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forty hogs. The first stationary threshing ma- 
chine introduced into central Indiana came to the 
farm of David Huff, our subject's father, about tlie 
year 1845, liaving been brought liither from the 
vicinity of Lancaster, Ohio. Our subject inherits 
the progressive qualities of his father, and having 
been engaged in farming during his entire life, 
has been uniformly successful in this occupation. 

A Democrat in politics, Mr. Huff in early life 
took a deep interest in the success of the party. 
In 1878 he was a candidate for County Commis- 
sioner again>>t a popular opponent and a custom- 
ary Republican majoi'ity of thirteen hundred. 
Notwitiistanding these facts, lie was defeated by 
only two hundred and ninety votes, which indi- 
cates his popularity in the county which has be- 
come his home. 



[f^ ANIEL WERTZ, a practical agriculturist, 
))] who has successfully won his way to a po- 
sition of honored usefulness, has for many 
years been prominently associated with 
the rapid growth and development of the vital in- 
terests of Anderson Township, Madison County. 
His fine farm, now under a high state of cultiva- 
tion, is located upon section 21, and is well known 
to his wide circle of acquaintances and long-time 
friends as the abode of hospitality. A native of 
Montgomery County, Ohio, born February 14, 
1827, he is the son of Daniel and Sarah (Wimer) 
Wertz. The parents were descendants of honest, 
hard- working German ancestors, and trained their 
sons and daughters to habits of thrifty prudence, 
giving them as good opportunities for an educa- 
tion as the schools of the early days afforded, and 
carefully instructing them in the duties of the 
farm and household. The father and mother were 
numbered among the pioneers of Montgomery 
County, where they settled in 1808, when the 
Buckeye State was comparatively a wilderness. 
Game of every variety was abundant, and the facil- 
ities for travel into the interior were confined 
mainly to bridle paths and a few verj- rough roads. 



Upon the old homestead Daniel Wertz spent 
the days of his boyhood and attained to man's es- 
tate. He enjoyed only the most limited opportu- 
nities for an education, but was a student in the 
primitive log schoolhouse, and through the sub- 
scription of the various families received occa- 
sional instruction. In that way he gained a small 
store of book knowledge, to which he later added 
by keen observation and reading, being in fact 
mainly self educated. Upon his father's farm he 
was thoroughly trained into the practical every- 
day work of rural life, and attained to manhood 
well fitted to make his own way in the world. 

In the month of November, 1845, Daniel Wertz 
married Miss Elizabeth Kunts, who became the 
mother of two sons, Frank and George W. Some- 
time after the death of this estimable lady Mr. 
Wertz married Miss Maria Kunts, who bore her 
husband two children and then passed away. Her 
daughter Sarah is yet living. Afterward Mr. 
Wertz married Miss Sallie McKinnon, his present 
excellent wife. This union has been blessed by 
nine sons and daughters, eight yet surviving, as 
follows: Rosaline, the wife of AVilliam Jarrett; 
.Joseph; Ella; Hattie, the wife of Arthur Davis; 
Harry; Alonzo; Addie, the wife of Albert Swin- 
ford; and Gertrude. 

In 1860, Mr. Wertz removed to Madison County, 
and settled upon his present farm. For some- 
time he lived in a log cabin, which in 1883 gave 
place to an attractive and commodious residence, 
one of the finest in this part of the county. The 
highly cultivated home farm, containing one hun- 
dred and fifty-nine and a-half acres, is known to 
be one of the most valuable and productive in 
Anderson Township and presents to the passers-by 
a scene of thrift and plenty, attesting the pros- 
perity of the owner of the fertile acres. In relig- 
ious belief a Lutheran, Mr. Wertz with his wife is 
an active aid in good work. Politically, he is a 
member of the People's Party, and, a liberal-spir- 
ited and progressive citizen, is intelligently posted 
upon the vital issues of the day. A man of sterl- 
ing integrity, he has in his thirty-three j'ears' resi- 
dence in Madison County gained the respect of 
his fellow-citizens, and is numbered among the 
substantial agriculturists of Anderson Township. 



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OA felLLIAM E. DUNN, president of the Citi- 
\/\/// zens' State P.ank of Nohlesville. and one 
W of tlu. iiir.minrnt and proi-rcssi v.- lu.sinoss 
men, was horn in I'.oone C'ounly, Ind., .Inly 7, 
1>S.")5, and is a son of Natlianiel F. and Anna (IIo- 
t^rui) Dnnu, the former a native of .lessaminc 
C'onnly, Ky., and tlie latter of BryanLsvilio, Ivy. 
The father was reared on tlie home farm, l)nl l)c- 
cM me a cabinetmaker. After coniintr to I ndiana, 
he followed his trade for awhile, and then tnrned 
his attention to agricultural pursuits. Otic of the 
hiiys in blue of the late war, he enlisted on the 
1 llh of August, 1862, in Company A, One ilun- 
(lied and First Indiana Infantry, and served until 
F(^l)ruary 24, 1864. He was partiality paralyzed, 
and was in the hospital for some time. He was 
detailed to serve in the pioneer corps, and was 
superintendent of Inidge huildinu. Alter the war 
he returned to his home in Wasl,in,ut,,n Town- 
ship, Hamilton County, and wms elected and 
served as Trustee for three terms, in ISH.S, he was 
elected Treasurer of the county for a term of two 
years. In December, 1868, he removed to Nobles- 
ville, wiiere he spent his remaining days, dying 
September 13, 1876. He was one of the original 
[iroraoters and a Director of the Chicago & South- 
eastern Railroad. In politics he was a stalwart 
supporter of the Republican party. 

One diild of the Dunn family died in infancy, 
another at the age of four, and William E. is now 
the only survivor. He attended the district school 
and lived on the home farm until thirteen years 
of age, when lie accompanied his parents on their 
iinnoval to Noblesville. He aided his father in 
tlie County Treasurer's office and attended the high 
school, acquiring a good education through his 
study and business experience. He then entered 
the Citizens' State Bank as book-keeper, subse- 
quently being made Teller and Cashier. F(n- 
many years he served merely as a clerk, hut 
merit and ability won him promotion. With 
the exception of a short time spent in Kentucky, 
he has remained here continuously since. He 
has few equals in this section as a hank expert, 
and is recognized as the head of finance in No- 
lilesville. In 1878, he entered upon a short career 
in the hardware business. In 1883, his health 



failed him and for a year he traveled, but on the 
1st of February, 1884, we again find him in the 
bank, and in February, 1888, lie was made Vice- 
President, and in August, 18!):5, riesi(U'iit. 

On the 18th of January, 1888, Mr. Dunn was 
united in marriage with Miss Fanny Ross, who was 
born in .Tackson Township October 2'.l, 1«66, and 
is a daughter of George W. and Kli/.alictli Ross. 
They have two children: Mabel, horn August 15, 
1880, and Frank II., born October 18, 18!U. The 
parents are leading members of the Presbyterian 
Church, in which Mr. Dunn is serving as Deacon. 
He is also an active member and trustee in the 
Knights of Pythi.as lodge, and in [lolitics is a Re- 
publican, but has never been an asjiirant for po- 
litical preferment. He has recently erected a hand- 
some residence, where he and his family are sur- 
rounded with all the comforts of life. Their home 
is the abode of hospitality, and is a favorite resort 
with their many friends. That Mr. Dunn is a 
wide-awake and enterprising business man is 
shown by his standing in (inancifil circles. 



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\T/ l^ONIDAS A. RIZKR, the enterprising jun- 
|| (fjy ior partner of the well known firm of 
]l;- ^ , Chamness & Rizer. the leading and suc- 
cessful attorneys of Alexandria, has throughout 
his entire life been associated with the changing 
scenes^ the rapid growth and ui)ward progress of 
the state, and was born in I'.urnettsville, White 
County. May 22, 1862. Of the four sons who 
blessed the home of the parents, Leoiiidas was 
the second in order of birth. The father, Charles 
Rizer, was a native of Maryland and, born about 
1829, passed the early years of his life in his 
birthplace, and there received his youthful train- 
ing and education. Later, removing to the state 
of Indiana, he located in Indianapolis, where 
for two years he was busily engaged in contracting 
and building. He is an excellent mechanic and 
a business man of more than ordinary ability. 
In 1855, he made his home in White Count}", 
and still resides in Burnettsville, Ind. The pa- 
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Hancock County, Md.,and was of German ancestry. 
Althougli the Rizer family located in the south 
long before the Revolutionary War, the paternal 
gi-eat-grandfatlier, Martin Rizer, with two of his 
brothers, activelj' participated in the scenes of 
those troublous times, and as soldiers did heroic 
service in behalf of "God and liberty." One of 
the brothers of Martin Rizer held a Captain's 
commission, and the family were celebrated for 
their sturdy courage and lo3'alty to the Federal 
cause. 

Grandfather George Rizer was at one time an 
extensive cotton-planter and slave-holder, and a 
man of note in his locality. The mother, Caro- 
line .1. (Weaver) Rizer, born in Washington Coun- 
ty, Pa., was likewise of German descent, her fam- 
ily early locating in the state of New York. Her 
father, Jacob Weaver, was a millwright by occu- 
pation and a man of intelligence and worth. 
Three brothers loj'ally participated in tiie defense 
of the Union during the late Civil War. John was 
killed on the field of battle. Jehu and Thomas 
survived the perils of those terrible days. The 
eldest brother of our subject, now a successful 
teaclier, was in the mail service under Cleveland's 
first administration. Eldridge B. is a graduate 
of Purdue University, of Lafayette, Ind., and is 
the Principal of the schools in Chalmers, Ind.; 
Orestes L. is likewise a successful teacher; Leon- 
idas A. received his earl^' education in the schools 
of Burnettsville, Ind., later attending the High 
School of Monticello, and finally completing his 
studies in the Terre Haute Normal School. He 
then taught the succeeding eight years with excel- 
lent results, and during this time also reading 
law, was admitted to the Bar at Frankfort, Ind., 
and opened an office at Mulberry, Ind., where he 
practiced until 1892, when he came to Alexandria 
and formed a partnership with E. B. Chamness, 
which yet prosperously continues. 

Politically a strong Democrat, Mr. Rizer has 
gained a wide popularity as a campaign speaker, 
lie is fraternally connected with the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, and has passed through all 
the chairs. He is also a member of the Knights 
of P3'thias, and has a host of friends in the 
order. October IG, IS'.tl, were united in marriage 



Leonidas Rizer and Miss Dora Petitgean, who was 
born in Indiana and was the daughter of Nicholas 
Petitgean, a native of France. The father of Mrs. 
Rizer was a soldier in the late Civil War, and 
served courageously as a private. He is now a 
large fanner near Lafayette, Ind. The accom- 
plished wife of our subject is a graduate of the 
Northern Indiana Normal School of Valparaiso. 
She taught school for two years, and has enjoyed 
the benefit of a fine musical education. One child, 
a bright little daughter, Josephine, has blessed the 
union of Mr. and Mrs. Rizer, and was born March 
4, 1892. Residing in a pleasant home in River- 
side Addition, our subject has attained to an en- 
viable position as a citizen and professional man, 
and, financially prospered, likewise fully com- 
mands the confidence and high esteem of a host 
of friends. 



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^Trj\)ARNHART GINTERT, who carries on 
[Lii\ general farming on section 32, AVhite River 
r/M)l! Township, is of German birth. He was 
^SS^ born in Baden, on the 15tb of February, 
1824, and is a son of Barnhart and Margaret 
Gintert. When our subject was a lad of six 
summers his parents bade adieu to their old home 
and sailed for America. After forty-eight da3s 
spent upon the bosom of the Atlantic, they landed 
in New York, and thence went to Ohio. The 
father had learned the trade of shoemaking in 
Paris, France, and was an expert workman. He 
followed that business in the Buckeye State for 
about five years, and then came to Indiana. 
The first three months after his arrival were 
spent in Anderson, after which he came to 
Hamilton County and purchased forty acres of 
land, almost entirely unimproved. Upon the farm 
which he there developed he died, at the age of 
seventy-three years. His wife died about a week 
after their arrival in this county. This worthy 
couple had three children: Barnhart W., Fred and 
Barbara. 

Mr. Gintert, whose name heads this record, came 
with his parents to America when quite young, 
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manhood. He there remained until tliirty-six 
years of age, and for some time carried on the 
farm himself. He tiien went to Cuiuicil TJlufTs, 
Iowa, where he engaged in llie hotel l)iisiness for 
a time, and subsequently operated a sawmill. 
After two years spent beyond tiie Mississippi, he 
returned to the old home and was married three 
years later, the lady of his choice being Miss Mary 
Beard, a native of Hamilton County and a 
daughter of Martin and Hettie Beard. Her father 
was bt)rn in (iermany,and died in this community 
at tiie age of sixty-six. Iler mother was a native 
of I'cniisy IvMiiiii, ;uid is also luiw deceased. 

Tliiee children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. 
(Hiitert,of whom one is living, Ida C, who is now 
li\ iiig witli an aunt. The mother of this family 
(lied at the age of twenty-three years, and Mr. 
(iintert has been again married, his second union 
being with Mrs. Lydia Dick, the widow of Abraham 
Dick. They had three cliildren, two now living: 
Elizabeth, wife of James Carey, and Edwaid. at 
home. 

Both Mr. and Mrs. Oiuteit are members of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church of Cicero, and are 
highly resfiected people, who have many warm 
friends throughout the comniunit3-. In politics, 
he is a stalwart Democrat, and has supported that 
party since casting his first Presidential vote for 
.lames Buchanan. He is a man of generous im- 
pulses, upright and honorable, and has given to 
each of his children a farm. His business deal- 
ings have been crowned with the prosjierify wiiich 
comes from well directed efforts, industry, economy 
and perseverance. 



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^^EORGE NAG LE, one of the p: 
'if ^f> P"'^'''' spirited citizens of H: 
^^^l ty, who is residing in Nobl 



lEORGE NAGLE, one of the progressive and 
amilton Coun- 
s^oblesville Town- 
ship, his residence being Fair \iew, claims Penn- 
sylv.ania as the state of his nativity. He was born 
in Lancaster County, January 3, 1846. His father, 
.John Nagle, was born in Pennsylvania, and was a 
forger in iron. Later in life he retired to a small 
farm, where he died at the age of eighty-one. His 
wife, who bore the maiden name of Martha Shoaff, 



was a native of the same community, and died at 
the home of a daughter at the age of four-score 
years or more. (Tcorge was the Iciilli in their family 
of eleven children, nine of whom grew to mature 
years, while two sons and three daughters are yet 
living. His brother Henry is a farmei, and his 
sisters have all married agriculturists. 

Mr. Nagle of this sketch remained on the home 
farm until sixteen j'ears of age, and then went to 
the war. He enlisted in Comi)aiiy E, Seventy- 
ninth Pennsylvania iHfantry, under Capt. M. D. 
Wickersham, and re-enlisted under Capt. S. L. 
Ilartmaii. Uis first enlistment was Sepl,cmber 30, 
l,s(;i,;ind his second, February :i, istil. He was 
honorably discharged at the close of tiie war, July 
12, 1865. At the battle of Mission Ridge he was 
wounded, but was not forced to go to the hospital, 
and was with liis regiment in nearly all of its en- 
gagements. 

When the country no longer needed his services, 
Jlr. N.agle returned to his Pennsylvania home. He 
there married Miss Emma M. .Smith, who died 
twelve weeks later. In June, 1867, lie came to Ar- 
cadia, Ind., where he engaged in general labor, 
aud on the 15th of March, 1870, he wedded Miss 
Mary Correll, who w.as born in Wayne County, 
and is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Stoffer) 
Correll, who were natives of Lancaster County, 
Pa., and came to Indiana in 1837, locating in 
Wayne County. Two years later they settled in 
Jackson Township, this county, wiiere the father 
j died at the age of eighty-five, while his wife passed 
[ away at the age of sixty-one. The family num- 
j bered fifteen children, of whom thirteen grew to 
mature years, while twelve are yel living. They 
were of French descent, and were highl}' respected 
people. 

After some time sjieiif at licneral work, .Mr. 
Nagle engaged in clerking, and tlien carried on a 
meat market for seven 3'ears. In 181t0, he w.as 
elected Sheriff of the county, and removed to 
Noblesville. On the expiration of his term, he re- 
tired and built his fine country residence, one of 
tlie most palatial homes in the county. On the 
place is a gas engine and water works and a gas 
well, and the house is lightefl iiy natural g!»s. 
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all its appointments, and the outward surround- 
ings are in keeping witli tlie borne. Mr. and Mrs. 
Nagle are hospitable people, and their friends 
throughout the community are many. They at- 
tend the Christian Church. Mr. Nagle belongs to 
the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, the Encampment and Grand Lodge 
of his state, and has filled all the chairs. He is 
also a member of the Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic. As a valiant defender of his country in her 
hour of peril, and as a faithful citizen in days of 
peace, we present him to our readers. 



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J^/OHN SCIIOOLEY KERCHEVAL. Promi- 
nent among the extensive farmers and 
stockmen of Hamilton County is the gen- 
' tleman whose name introduces this sketch. 
nVwas born in Butler County, Ohio, August 10, 
1842, and is a son of James Kercheval, likewise a 
native of that county and born October 10, 1810. 
The first records obtainable of the family state 
that two brothers, who were of Scotch ancestry, 
came to this country on a British man-of-war, and 
upon reaching America deserted the British army 
and located in Virginia. From them are de- 
scended all of the name in the United States. 

The grandfather of our subject, Reuben Kerche- 
val, was born in Kentucky and became a pioneer 
of Ohio, where he was a well known Methodist 
preacher, liis home being headquarters for the 
Methodists of that section. His wife's father, 
Mason Grume, was a circuit preacher and traveled 
on horseback over a large part of that state. Reu- 
ben Kercheval was bitterly opposed to slavery. 
His brother Samuel was an extensive slave owner 
at Paducah, Tenn., and while visiting him at one 
time Reuben said much to him against slavery, in 
consequence of which Samuel said,"l will free this 
negro boy," pointing to a bright little fellow near 
him, "if you will take him home with you." This 
Reuben did and kept the boy until he died, after 
which the negro made liis home with our subject's 
father. 

In his boyhood, James Kercheval went to Pa- 
ducah, Tenn., where he lillod the position of clerk 



in the store of his uncle, Samuel Kercheval. It 
was while there that his father made him a visit 
and the incident of the negro boy above related 
took place. Later he was a farmer and an exten- 
sive hog raiser and dealer in Ohio. He sold a 
large lot of hogs to a packer, who failed before 
payment had been made, so that in effecting a set- 
tlement, James Kercheval received a tract of land 
in Indiana, which he accepted as he could secure 
nothing else. That tract is now included in the 
large farm belonging to our subject. 

In the fall of 1844 James Kercheval came to 
his new purchase, which was then and ever after- 
ward known by the name of the "pretty place," a 
name given it by the hunters of the early days, all 
of whom made it a stamping ground on account 
of the beautiful lay of the land. In 1846, Mr. 
Kercheval was crippled by falling from a load of 
hay, which partially paralyzed him. He then took 
his family back to Ohio, but three years afterward 
again came to Indiana and remained here until 
May 30, 1868, the date of his death. A man of 
many good qualities of heart and mind, he was a 
life-long Methodist. Politically, he was first a 
Whig and later a Republican. 

Our subject's mother, who has been a member 
of his household since the death of her husband, 
more than a quarter of a century ago, was Mary 
Ann Schoolc}'. She was born in Hamilton, Butler 
County, Ohio, April 30,1816. Her father, John 
Schooley, was born in Springfield (now Spring- 
dale) August 21, 1792, and was a tanner by trade, 
owning a large tannery at Hamilton, Oliio. In 
addition to that business he engaged in merchan- 
dising for some time. Great-grandfather John 
Schooley, was born in New Jersey and was a de- 
scendant of English ancestors. The mother of 
Mrs. Mary A. Kercheval was Jane, daughter of 
John Withrow, who early removed from Kentucky 
to Ohio. 

The subject of this sketch was the only son in a 
family of five children. His eldest sister, Mary 
Jane, was born April 30, 1836, and died at tlie age 
of five years. Sarah Ann, who was born February 
11, 1839, married Caswell Boxley, now deceased, 
and resides in Sheridan. Angeline, who was born 
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zie, who was a soldier in the Civil War and a 
brother of our subject's wife. Ellen P. was born 
August 6, 1849, and is the wife of James M. Spen- 
cer, whose father, Thomas Spencer, was one of llie 
first settlers in Adams Township. 

AVhen the Kerclieval famil_y entered the wilder- 
ness of Hamilton County, our subject was only 
two years of age. His Ixiyliood days were spent 
in helping to make a lionu- for his parents, and 
his advantages for education were limited to the 
pioneer schools of the da}'. October 19, 1861, he 
enlisted as a i)rivate in Conii)any II, Fifty-seventh 
Indinn.-a Infantry, and scrvi'd for three years, lie 



lalfd 



if Ft. Donelson, the 



siege of Corinth and the battle of Shiloli, also 
followed General Bragg to Pcrryville and througii 
Cumberland (iap, enduring many hardships .and 
long marches. Having been taken ill at Nashville, 
he was compelled to go inti) a hospital, and while 
there he was three times examined and ordered 
discharged, and three times refused to accept a 
discharge. However, lie was never again able to 
do field service. He acted as hospital steward 
when able, and at the expiration of his term of 
service was discliaiged, November 18, 18()4. Dur- 
ing the time he was in hospital, he made several 
attempts to get to his regiment, but was refused 
permission to join it. as it was known to the 
surgeon that he could never do active lieldservice 
again. 

Returning to his lionic, Mr. Kercheval invested 
the >!;iOO which he had saved during service in 
young stock, and from that small beginning grew 
the large business he has since conducted in the 
slock trade. He also went to school for one term 
in Sheridan, but, like other boys who entered the 
army, he was no longer a boy when he entered the 
service, but a man, and thought himself too old to 
attend school longer. It may, however, be said 
to his credit that he has been a student through 
his entire iife, and is now one of the best read men 
in this locality. 

December 1, ISflT, Mr. Kerclieval married Miss 
Martha .lane .McKinzie, who was born in Adams 
Township in 18.50, being a daughter of Washing- 
ton and Susan (Spencer) McKinzie. Her father 
was a member of an old Virginia family of Revo- 



utionary fame and of Scotch ancestry. He was 
born in Jackson County, Ohio, September 22, 
1804, and becoming an early settler of Hamilton 
County, died in Adams Township, October 30, 
1873. Mrs. McKinzie, who w.as known in maiden- 
hood as Susan Spencer, was born in Greenbrier 
County, Va., Septemlier 30, 1810, and is of Eng- 
lish descent. She is now (1893) eighty-three 
years of age, and with the exception of a slight 
deafness is as bright and active as a half century 
ago. She makes her home with a daughter, Mary 
A., the widow of C. F. Dragoo. 

Jlrs. Kercheval had six brothers, but at present 
only three are living. .loliii R. resides in Adams 
Township. Thomas S. was a soldier in the (Mvil 
War and resides in Sheridan. F. M. enlisted in 
Company H, Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry, in 
which he served until the close of the war; he is 
now a prosperous farmer residing in Adams Town- 
ship. A sister of Mrs. Kercheval, Mary Ann, mar- 
ried Frank Dragoo, a soldier in the late war; she 
is now a widow and resides upon a farm in Adams 
Township. A lad\' of good education and high 
talents, our subject's wife is an enthusiastic worker 
in the Woman's Relief Corps, being the President 
of that order at Sheridan, and for years having 
served as delegate to the National Encampment. 
She is a devoted member of the Methodist Church. 

A life-long Republican, Mr. Kercheval is not a 
prominent worker in the party, having always 
refused official honors. He is identified with the 
Methodist Church. Socially, he holds fraternal 
relations with the Knights of Pythias and is es- 
pecially prominent in the (irand Army of the Re- 
public, having officiated as Commander of his 
post. He is the owner of a large and finely im- 
proved farm, consisting of nearly four hundred 
acres, and conceded to be one of the most attrac- 
tive homesteads in the county. There with his 
wife and two children, who still remain with lliem, 
he is living in the enjoyment of every pleasure 
and comfort which money can secure. 

The eldestchild of Mr. Kercheval is Minnie, who 

was born September 1, 1868; she married Frank 

Griffith and resides in Adams Townshi|). James 

W. was born June 15, 1870, and is now engaged 

I in the livery business at F"alcon, Colo. Lemuel 



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C. who was born August 20, 1872, and Emma C, 
whose birth occurred June 30, 1880, reside with 
their parents and are completing- their studies in 
the district. schools. 



ffU^ OWELL D. THOMPSON is one of the old- 
\Y]i] est attorneys-at-law in continuous practice 
/^^' in Madison County and first hung out 
(^) his shingle in Anderson in 1862. He was 
born at Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa., on the 6th 
of May, 1822. His father was John L. Thompson, 
a native 6t Huntingdon County, of the same state. 
Howell, the grandfather, was a native of County 
Antrim. Ireland, and was by occupation a linen 
manufacturer. He came to America a single man 
and located in Pennsylvania, where he married 
and engaged in farming. Although a cripple, he 
was a successful farmer and lived to the ripe age 
of ninety-tliree j'ears. 

Mr. Thompson 's father was an expert mechanic in 
iron, making all iiinds of essential novelties, and his 
wares became quite popular. He had a shop at 
Stormstown. In 1829 he moved to Ohio, where 
he engaged in farming in Clinton County. After 
retiring from business, he came to Indiana and re- 
sided with his children until lie died, at the age of 
eighty-six 3'ears. He was an Elder in the-Presby- 
terian Cliurch, and an active Democrat. 

The mother of our subject was Sarah John, who 
was born in Northampton Count}', Pa. She died in 
Ohio in 1837. There were nine children, eigiil of 
whom reached their majorit}', but at the time of 
this writing but five survive: Samuel, a farmer of 
Grant Count}'; Anna, who resides at Dells, Ore- 
gon; Hannah, a resident of Grant County; Jane, 
of Franklin County, Kan.; and Howell D., the 
third oldest of tiie living. The latter spent his 
first seven years in Pennsylvania and came west 
with his parents in wagons in 1829, landing in 
Clinton County, Ohio, after a trip of twenty-two 
da,vs. The first house was made of rude logs. 
Young Thompson helped to improve the farm, and 



attended a subscription school a few months in 
the winter until he was seventeen years of age, 
when he began teaching school. He remained 
with his parents until past twenty-one years of 
age. Those weie days preceding railroad trans- 
portation, and farm products had to be wagoned 
to Cincinnati, it requiring five days to make tiie 
trip. When in his twenty-second year Mr. Thomp- 
son engaged in carpentering. 

In 1845 Mr. Thompson went to Winchester, 
Ind., and attended school during the summer, and 
In the following winter taught school in Grant 
County. In 1846 he taught in Muncie in the 
academy, but an epidemic of small-pox broke up 
the scliool. After teaching in Randoli)h County 
in the winter of 1847, Mr. Thompson entered the 
Farmers' College, at Cincinnati, from whicli he 
graduated in 1849. He then came to Madison 
County and taught school, and read law under the 
late Judge Harvey Craven, at Pendleton. He was 
admitted to the Madison County Bar in March, 
1851, to the Supreme Court in May, and the Fed- 
eral Court in November of the same year. He 
began practicing at .Marion, Grant County, in 
partnership with the late Judge Winburn R. 
Pierse. He continued the practice until the 
spring of 1861, wlien he became Captain of Com- 
pany I, Twelfth Indiana Volunteers. He was mus- 
tered in and went south. In Julj', 1861, he re- 
signed on account of hemorrhage of the lungs. 
Returning to Marion, he remained there until 1862, 
when he located at Anderson, whicii then had 
about one thousand population. The partnership 
with Mr. Pierse was renewed in the new location, 
and it continued until 1873, when that gentleman 
went on the Bench as Judge of the Circuit Court. 
Since that time Mr. Thompson lias continued the 
practice of law alone. One of Mr. Thompson's 
earl}' business combinations was with Asbury 
Steele, of Marion, who was afterwards Colonel of 
the Thirty-fourth Indiana Volunteers. Early in 
his career Mr. Thompson discovered the force of 
the axiom, "Honesty is the best policy," and has 
always rigidly adhered to it. He has the ini[)licit 
confidence of the people among whom he lives. 
Mr. Thompson has always taken great pride in Ins 
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collection of books in the stale, outside of the 
largest cities. 

On the 5tii of December, 1852, Howell D. Thomp- 
son was united in marriage with Miss Eliza J. 
Butler, who was born in Randolph Count}', Ind., 
the daughter of Curtis H. Butler, who came from 
Georgia. She was reared and educated in Miami 
and Grant Counties. The result of this marriage 
was two daughters: Mrs. Mary E. Newton and 
Mrs. Nellie T. Sherman, both residents of Ander- 
son. Both daughters have interesting families. 

Mr. Thompson never sought office, although he 
has held the olfiee of Councilman two terms. He 
is a Democrat and served four years as Chairman 
of the County Committee. He is an Elder in the 
l^rcsliyteiian (liiirch, and is an active Sunday- 
sciiuol worker. For seven years he served as 
.Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is a 
member of the Knights Templar, State Bar Asso- 
ciation and is Chairman of the Madison County 
Bar AssociatiiiM. 



^=^EORGE L. CUNNINGHAM. It has 
III ,— ^ quently been said that any one can 
^^^ farmer, and while it is true that any one 



fre- 

be a 

lecan 

till the soil after a fashion, it is only the man 
who possesses certain attributes, among which 
may be mentioned thrift, energy- and intelligence, 
who can make the ground yield the richest har- 
vests and thoroughly compensate him for the labor 
bestowed. Mr. Cunningham is a member of one 
of the most progressive of families and in other 
respects, as well as a tiller of the soil, he has en- 
deavored to keep out of the grooves and has 
always favored the adoption of new and improved 
methods in conducting his operations, one of the 
secrets, no doubt, of his success. 

In Davie County, N.C.,he first saw the light of 
day on the .')th of May, 1847, of which state his 
wortliy parents. William and Jane (Inglis) Cun- 
ningham, were also natives, and where they were 
reared, married and resided some years after 
the celebration of their nuptials. In order to im- 
inove their financial condition and provide a 



competency for their children, tlicy (Ict'iiicd it ad- 
visable to remove westward, and on the l«th of 
December, 18.52, they found tiiemselves in Madi- 
son County, Ind., and here the father tilled the 
soil of a farm in an intelligent and (jrolltable man- 
ner up to the d.ay of his death. He w.as well 
known for his shrewd and practical views on all 
matters of general interest, and from early man- 
hood the principles of the Republican party recom- 
mended themselves to his excellent judgment and 
he gave them his support at the polls. He was a 
worthy member of the German Baptist Church, and 
his walk through life was marked by the strictest 
honor and integrity. He was married three times. 
His father, William Cunningham, came to Madison 
County in 1818, and here made his home until his 
death in 1850, at the advanced age of eighty-live 
years. 

George L. Cunningiiani was the eldest of three 
children born to his parents, and having received 
good educational opportunities in his youth, 
which he wisely improved to the utmost, he began 
his career as a pedagogue at the age of twenty-one 
years, and this occupation he continued to follow 
during the winter months for six years, the warmer 
seasons being spent in tilling the soil and harvest- 
ing his crops. In this manner he obtained a good 
start in life, and upon deciding to settle down he 
had some means with which to commence bis mar- 
ried life. His marriage occurred February 11, 18fi8, 
Miss Elizabeth Dilts, a daughter of Richard and 
Mary Dilts, becoming his wife, but their wedded 
life w.as of short duration, as he was called upon 
to mourn her death soon after their union. Octo- 
ber 22, 1871, he was united in marriage with Mrs. 
Druzilla Moore, a daughter of . I. IVI. Zedeker. She 
died December 28, 1872, and in 187C Mr. Cun- 
ningham's third marriage was celebrated, Mi.ss 
Mary .Jane Moss becoming his wife and eventually 
the mother of his eight children: Carrie, born Oc- 
tober 27, 1878; Arthur Roscoe, August 22, 1880; 
Stella May, July 13, 1882; Grace Ethel, April 19, 
1884; Albert, December 19, 1885; Carl, August 11, 
1888; Homer Ray, Eebruary 19, 1890; and Edna 
Fay, September 26, 1892. Mr. Cunningham has 
always been a wide-awake citizen, is well known 
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loyal to bis countr^'^, home and friends and his 
genial and agreeable ways have won him a host 
of friends. Politically, he is a Republican. 



(AJl\ ORTIMKU ATIIERTON. All the legends 
/// l\\ '■^^ ^'^'^ *'■'•'>' ^^*^" Anderson was being trans- 
f l^ formed from an Indian village to a set- 
* tlement of white men are familiar to 

Mr. Atherton, who came here with his parents as 
early as 1832, wiien the events were yet fresh in 
the minds of the people. Schoppendausia Village, 
near Frankton, was yet in existence. Stockades 
near Anderson were occupied by soldiers. The 
first removal of Indians was made in 1830. Mr. 
Atherton was a veritable pioneer, being perhaps 
the oldest continuous resident. He was born in 
Indianapolis on tiie 24th of March, 1827. His 
father was W. G. Atherton, who was born near 
Lexington, Ky., and was the son of Benjamin 
Atlierton, who came from the east to one of Dan- 
iel Boone's stockades. He was Captain of one of 
the company of rangers organized to subdue the 
Indians. After this was accomplished he located 
at Harrison, on the dividing line between Indi- 
ana and Oliio. In 1819 he removed to Indian- 
apolis, before it was the capital, and settled at the 
mouth of Fall Creek, which ground was known as 
Camj) Morton during the war. He was a Captain 
in the War of 1812. He was a successful farmer 
on the ground on which the eastern part of In- 
dianapolis is now built. He died in 1843, in his 
eightieth year. 

The father of jMr. Atherton was a successful 
farmer. After his marriage to a Miss Lake he 
bought and improved a farm on Pleasant Run. 
In 1831 he moved to Anderson and started a gen- 
eral dry -goods store. Grandfather Lake located at 
the mouth of F'all Creek at the same time. The 
articles of traffic consisted principally of coffee, 
tea, powder, lead, tobacco and flints. Mr. Ather- 
ton has a flint-lock gun which his father gave him 

when nine years of age. The father continued 
merchandising until 1860. He was also a stock- 



dealer. In 1860 he located at Albion, Iowa, and 
engaged in the hardware and stove trade, at which 
he continued until 1872, when he died at the age 
of seventy-three years. During his residence in 
Madison Count}' he was a member of tlie Legisla- 
ture for two terms. 

Mr. Athorton's mother was Hannah Lake, who 
was born near Trenton, N. J. She was the daugh- 
ter of Isaac Lake, who came from England to 
New Jersey, from there to Harrison, Oliio, .and in 
1819 he settled on Fall Creek, where he devoted 
his time to the raising of horses. He died at the 
age of eighty-six years. The mother died in 1872, 
aged seventy-two. Of her seven children, four 
are living. Marcellus, the youngest boy, served 
through the late war, first in an Iowa regiment 
and later in the Mississippi squadron. He died 
in California. Mortimer was the third eldest of 
the family. He was born in a log frame house, 
where is now the corner of Meridian and Wash- 
ington Streets, in the very heart of Indian- 
apolis. He remained there until his [jarents 
moved to Anderson in the year 1832. At that 
time there were but two brick houses in Indian- 
apolis. The first location in Anderson was where 
the Eagle Block now stands. Mr. Atherton occa- 
sionally attended a school taught by Colonel Berry 
in a log house. He many times drove hogs to 
Cincinnati, consuming from eighteen to twenty- 
one days in making the trip. He would paj' his fa- 
ther's bills and bring back the balance of the pro- 
ceeds of the sale of hogs. He remained at home 
until nineteen years old. In 1845 he helped survey 
the Bellefontaine (now Big Four) Railroad. He 
built the first steam sawmill in the country- and 
sawed ties and timber for the railroad. In com- 
pany with his father and brothers in 1855, he 
built a warehouse and engaged in the grain busi- 
ness until 1860, when he engaged in the lumber 
business, in which he has continued to the pres- 
ent time. His was the first, and for many j-ears 
the only lumber yard in Anderson. In 1888 he 
built the planing mill which he now operates, 
40x60 feet, and two stories high. Mr. Atherton has 
been a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, A. F. & A. M., 
of which he is Past Master, ever since he was 
twenty-one years of age, and is a Scottish Rite 



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Mason. He is a cliiirler member of the Republican 
party. 

In IS III :\lr. Atlicrtoii wns married to IMiss Ma- 
tilda \':aniorl. wlio wa^ born in West \'irginia. 
She was the daughter of Thomas \'annort, of Vir- 
ginia, who settled in Madison County in 1840. 
Mr. and Mrs. Atherton have had five children, four 
of whom arc living. Samuel .M., who resides in 
Chicago, is with tlie Chicago. Milwaukee A- St. 
Paul Railroad. He was a conductor and was in- 
jured in an accident, since which time he has 
been Chief Clerk in the distributing office. A. C. 
resides in Lewistown, III., and is Superintendent 
of the Fulton County Narrow (iauge Railway; 
Rome M. is a partner in the business and Director 
of the Citizens' Gas Company; and William W. is 
also a partner. Lawrence, died when young. 



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Ti" ESSE II. HALL. Among the highly honored 
pioneers of Madison County is .Jesse II. 
Hall, whose tine farm is one of tlie orna- 
ments of jMonroe Tovvnship. Born in 
Highland County, Ohio, November 22, 1823, he is 
the son of Joseph and Catherine (Hook) Hall. 
His father was born in X'irginia in 1801, and at ;iu 
early age removed with his parents to Highland 
County, Ohio. Grandfather Hall dying shortly 
afterward, the responsibility of supporting the 
family fell on Joseph, who had a hard struggle 
from boyhood to manhood. He undertook the 
hard task of clearing the land of the heavy timber 
with which it was covered. 

Ill 1822 Mr. Hall married IMiss Catherine Hook, 
and afterward made his home in Highland County, 
Ohio, until 1836, \vhen he decided to remove 
farther westward. Settling in Jladison County, 
Ind., he entered eighty acres of Government land 
and again undertook the task of developing a 
farm from an unbroken wilderness. He was very 
successful in his farming operations, and gradually 
added to his possessions until he became the owner 
of many fertile acres. He lived to see all his 
children reach mature years, except one, who died 
when about eleven years old. In politics he ad- 
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vocated the principles of the Republican party, and 
at one time was a candidate for Representative. 
He was a man of t-lio strictest integrity, outspoken 
ill all hi- views, and possessed very fixed principles. 
His death occurred in 1869. 

Our subject's maternal grandmother was a Poe 
and a niece of Adam and Andrew Poe, who were 

strength. It was about the close of the Revolution, 
while in pursuit of a part3' of Wyandotte Indians, 
that the famous light occurred between Adam Poe 
and the Indian, Big Foot. Adam and his brother 
Andrew were among the parts' of pursueis. They 
had followed u[) the chase all night, and in the 
morning found themselves uiion the light track. 
The Indians could be easily followed by the dew 
brushed from the grass and shrubs. The |)riiit of 
one very large foot was seen and it thus became 
known that a famous Indian of uncommon size 
and strength must be of the party. The whites 
decided to follow the tracks which led to the river, 
liut Adam Poe objected, fearing that they might 
be taken by surprise, and took a different route 
from the rest. His intention was to creep along 
the edge of the bank under cover of the trees and 
bushes, and to fall upon the savages so suddenly 
that he might gel them between his own liie and 
that of his companions. At the point where he 
expected to find them, he saw the rafts which they 
were accustomed to iiush before them when they 
swam the river, and on them were [ilaced their 
blankets, tomahawks and guns. The Indians them- 
selves he could not see and he was obliged logo 
partly down the bank to get a shot at them. As 
he descended with his rifle cocked, he discovered 
two, the celel)iated large Indian and a smaller one, 
seiiarated from the others and holding their rifles, 
also cocked, in their hands. 

Mr. Poe took aim at the large Indian, l)ut his 
rifle missed fire, and the savages, turning at the 
sound, saw him liof'ore he had time to shoot. 
Suddenly he jumped down upon Ihem and caught 
the larger Indian by the clothes and threw .aii arm 
around the neck of the smaller man. They fell 
to the ground together, but Poe was uppermost. 
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Indian, the smaller one, at a word spoken from his 
companion, slipped his neck out of Poe's grasp 
and ran to the raft for a tomahawk. At that 
moment Big Foot threw his arms around Poe's 
body and held him in a powerful embrace in order 
that tiie other Indian might come up and kill him. 
Poe watched the advance of iiis treacherous foe 
and the descending arm of tiie Indian so closely 
tliat at the instant of the intended stroke he raised 
liis foot and b}' a vigorous and skillful kick, 
knocked the tomahawk from his assailant's hand. 
Tlie Indian quickly recovered his weapon and 
again ajjproached, but more cautiously, waving his 
arm up and down with mock blows to deceive Poe 
as to the stroke which was intended to be real and 
fatal. Poe, however, was so vigilant and active 
that he averted the tomahawk from his head, but 
received it upon his wrist, resulting in a wound 
deep enough to cripple, but not destroy entirely, 
tiie use of his hand. 

In this crisis Poe made a violent effort and broke 
loose from Big Foot. Snatching a rifle, he shot tiie 
small Indian as he ran up a third time with the 
uplifted tomahawk, but before he could turn his 
attention to Big Foot, tlie latter was upon him. 
Grasping Poe by the shoulder and one leg, he 
hurled him into the aii', heels over head. Almost 
as soon as he touched the ground, Poe was on his 
feet and a still more desperate struggle took place. 
The bank was slippery and they fell into the water, 
where each strove to drown the other. Long and 
desperately they struggled, each alternately under 
water and half strangled, until Poe fortunately 
grasped with his uninjured hand the tuft of hair 
upon the scalp of the Indian and forced his head 
under the water, holding it there until the Indian 
appeared to be dead. Relaxing his hold, he dis- 
covered to&late the stratagem. Big Foot was in- 
stantly upon his feet and engaged again in the 
fierce contest for life and victory. They were 
naturally carried deeper into the water, and the 
current becoming stronger, bore them beyond their 
depth. They were now compelled to loosen their 
hold upon each other and to swim for mutual 
safety. Both strove to reach the shore first in 
order to get the guns, but the Indian, being the 
better swimmer, reached tlie land (irst. Seein<r 



this, Poe then turned back into the water to avoid 
a greater danger, with the intention of diving to 
escape the fire. Fortunately for him tiie Indian 
cauglit up the rifle which had been discharged 
already, and just at this critical moment Andrew 
Poe presented liimself. The latter had just left 
his companions, who had killed all but one of the 
other Indians, at the expense of three of their own 
number, and the report of his brother's rifle warned 
him to liurry to his assistance. 

One of the white men, mistaking Adam for a 
wounded Indian struggling in the water, fired at 
him and struck him in the shoulder. Adam 
shouted to his brother to kill the big Indian, but 
Andrew's gun had been discharged and tlie contest 
was now between him and the savage. Eacli 
labored to load his rifle first. The Indian, after 
putting in his powder strove to push down his 
ball and drew the ramrod out with such force that 
it flew out of his hands and landed in the water. 
AVhile he ran to get it, Andrew gained the ad- 
vantage, but it was only b}' a hair's breadth, for 
the Indian was raising the gun to his eye when he 
received the ball of the backwoodsman. Andrew 
then jumped into the water to assist his wounded 
brother to the shore, but Adam, thinking more of 
carrying the big Indian home as a trophj' than of 
his own wounds, urged Andrew to go back and 
prevent the struggling savage from rolling liim- 
self into the current and escaping. Andrew, how- 
ever, was too solicitous for the safety of Adam to 
allow him to obey, and the ]iroud Wyandotte, 
jealous of his honor as a warrior, even m death, 
and knowing well the intention of his white 
conquerors, succeeded in retaining life and action 
long enough to reach the current, which swept his 
body away. 

Our subject was the eldest of eiglit children. 
He had improved all of his educational privileges 
during his youth, and at the age of seventeen com- 
menced to teach school. He alternated teaching 
with attending school until twenty-six years of 
age, completing his education at Franklin College, 
south of Indianapolis. His early ambition was to 
prepare himself for the medical profession, but a 
number of unforeseen events deterred him from 
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engaged instead in agricultural pursuits. He lias 
developed the farm lie now occupies out of the 
dense forest, and in tiie use of the axe, hoe and 
mattock has had all the usual cxi)eriences of pioneer 
life. 

On the HMi of Fehniui-y, 18 lit, Mr. Hall married 
Mi>s Elizabeth S., daiiyhlcr of 1 van and Tem|»eraiice 
(Smith) Ellis. Ivan Ellis was one of the early 
settlers of Madison County', Ind., and was elected 
State Representative on the Democratic ticket in 
1810. Our subject's family consisted of thirteen 
children, as follows: Catherine E., Amanda M., 
Louisa and .lohii W. (all of whom are deceased); 
Nathan A.; Sara E., now Mrs. Alexander Peck, of 
Monroe Township; Joseph E., a physician of 
Alexandria; William I., a real-estate and loan 
liroker at Alexandria; Marj' E., the wife of William 
May, Deputy Postmaster at Alexandria; Charles 
M., who lives in Alexandria; Jesse E., a graduate of 
the law department of the Michigan State Univer- 
sity and now a practicing attornej' at Alexandria; 
Margaret T., decea.sed; and Henry II., who is at 
home. Mr. Hall is a self-made man and has led a 
very busy and useful life, being foremost in all 
movements of public interest. He is a firm be- 
liever and true defender of Republican principles. 
The securing of the Lake Erie & Western Railroad 
at Alexandria was due largely to his efforts. He 
was the first Secretary and Treasurer of the Farmers' 
Insurance Company of Madison County, and after 
serving threes years in that capacity, was elected 
President, which position he now holds. Mr. Hall 
has divided a large portion of his possessions 
among his children and has the satisfaction of 
witnessing their success in business and social life. 



^4^^ AMUEL HEINY, a successful agriculturist 
^^^ and highly respected citizen of Indiana, a 
V^3' ''fS"'''™^ resident of Hamilton County, 
' who was born August 3, 1840, in Wayne 

Township, has fidiii his early youth been intimate- 
ly associated with tlie [irogressive interests of his 
locality and, widely known, enjoys the confidence 



of a host of old-time friends and acquaintances. 
His father and raotlier, Samuel and Anna (Schuck) 
Heiny, were born, reared and maiiied in Pennsyl- 
vania, and in the spring of 18 Id aceompaiiiod the 
paternal grandparents of our subject to the then far 
off state of Indiana. Here they bought and located 
upon eighty acres of land near the present farm 
of Samuel Heiny. .Ir. I'lie old homestead was then 
mostly wild land, :ind the lirst care of the settlers 
was to build a log-cabin, in which the two fMmilies 
found shelter until a better house could lie erected. 
In time the eighty acres yielded to eultivalion 
and became one of the finest farms in the county. 
The grandparents, beloved by all who knew Ihcm, 
survived to an advanced age, then peacefully en- 
tered into rest. The father, one of five childrcu 
who gathered in the home of the grandparents, was 
a man universally esteemed for his sterling quali- 
ties of head and heart. He was a thorough Jack- 
son inn Democrat, and ardentl3' devoted to the in- 
terests of the party. He survived to witness the 
marvelous development of his adopted state, and 
passed away at eighty-one years of age. 

The mother, who was one of a large family* of 
sons and daughters, bore her husband nine chil- 
dren, seven of whom are yet living, and most of 
whom are by occupation farmers. Mrs. Anna 
Heiny died upon the homestead at sevent3'-two 
years of age. A true wife and tender mother, her 
record was one of unselfishness and untiring in- 
dustry. Samuel Heiny, Jr., during his childhood 
attended the little school of the district, and as he 
grew older was an able aid in the work of his fa- 
ther's farm. When twenty years of age, he began 
the battle of life by working out on adjoining 
farms by the month. Slun-tly after the breaking 
out of the Civil War. he engaged with courage in 
the conflict and was absent from his home for four 
years, during this entire time being constantly on 
duty and exposed to the perils and privations of 
the field. 

Soon after his return to Indiana. Samuel Heiny 
was in 1866 united in marriage with Miss Cather- 
ine Heiny, born in Wayne Township in 1843, and 
a daughter of Heniy and Annetta (Stichter) Heiny. 
Mr. Ilein.v, a farmer and also a merchant of Clarks- 
ville, died at foity-four years of age. His father, 



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Jacob Heiny, emigrated with his wife and chil- 
dren from Pennsylvania to Indiana in pioneer 
days, and passed away in Hamilton County. The 
Stichters were a highly respected family of the 
Quaker State, where their sons and daughters were 
reared to usefulness. Mrs. Annetta (Stichter) 
Heiny early located in Indiana, and here her 
widowed mother died at an advanced age. The 
union of our subject and iiis estimable wife lias 
been blessed by the birth of eight children. 

The sons and daughters in the order of their 
birth are: Cora, wlio married George Keesling, and 
has three children; Albert, at home; Lizzie, wife 
of Charles Ebbert; Barbara E., Laura B., Edgar, 
Mary Alice and Effie, the five youngest, all at home. 
After tiie war was ended Mr. Heiny worited b^' the 
month on a farm for a year, then rented land near 
Noblesville and cnltivated the same, two years 
later removing a little to tiie east and tilling this 
farm two j'ears. He finally' worked upon the old 
home farm another two years, when he bought a 
sawmill at Clarksville, ran it sixteen months, and 
then sold out. Our subject again rented land, and 
at the expiration of some length of time bought 
his present valuable farm of one hundred and 
twenty acres, now highly cultivated and well im- 
proved with excellent and attractive buildings. 
Two years ago, in company with his brother 
George, Mr. Heiny bought the tile works, and has 
since engaged in tiie manufacture of tiling, also 
conducting mixed farming with success. 

Politically a Republican, our subject cast his 
first Presidential vote for General Grant, and 
throughout the changing years has over been true 
to the interests of tlie party. He is fraternally as- 
.sociated with the Grand Army of the Republic, 
and, a valued member of Lookout Post, at No- 
blesville, much enjoys the re-unions of the order. 
Many years Iiave passed since, in 1861, answering 
to the appeals of the Government, Samuel Heiny, 
in the dawn of manhood, enlisted in Company E, 
Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry. After serving 
bravely three years, he was transferred on account 
of re-organization to the Eighth Indiana Cavalry, 
in which he remained with fidelity until the close 
of tiie war. Twenty-eight years have come and 
gone since he returned in safety to his home, and 



to-day, as long ago upon the field of battle, our 
subject is a true and loyal American citizen, es- 
teemed and honored by all who know him. 

RS. MELISSA A. MALLERY, a noble 
Christian woman of high abilitj' and ear- 
nest character, is widely known throughout 
Wayne Township, Hamilton County, as 
the widow of Calvin Malleiy, a highly esteemed 
citizen and upright man, who entered into rest, 
mourned as a public loss, January 12, 1891. Our 
subject, a native of Noblesville Township, and born 
August 5, 1840, was tlie daughter of Chester and 
Johanna (Heaton) Granger, pioneer settlers of 
Hamilton County. Chester Granger, who was 
born January 29, 1811, was a man of energy and 
enterprise, and after a life of busy usefulness 
passed away July 18, 1874, in the city of Nobles- 
ville. He was a brother of L. N. Granger, also 
a prominent citizen of Hamilton Count}-. The 
mother, j-et surviving, makes her home in Nobles- 
ville. 

Mrs. Mallery was one of three children born 
to her parents, two of whom are now living. 
Reared and educated in her birthplace, she arrived 
at attractive womanhood well fitted to assume the 
coming responsibilities of life. March 10, 1859, 
were united in marriage Calvin Mallery and Me- 
lissa A. Granger. The husband of our subject 
was, like his wife, a native of Noblesville Town- 
ship, Hamilton County, where he was born July 
12, 1838, and had from his early childhood been the 
associate and friend of his future life-companion. 
His father, Horace C. Mallery, was born in New 
York, April 6, 1815, and accompanied his parents 
to the west when about six years of age. Iden- 
tified with the rapid growth and upward progress 
of Indiana, he survived to see the wilderness 
transformed, into cultivated fields and died in 
Wayne Township November 11, 1879. 

The paternal grandfather, Curtis Mallery, a 
prominent pioneer of Indiana, who was born April 
8, 1774, died October 1, 1851, respected by all 
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born June 16, 1782, shared the privations and 
sacrifices of frontier life with her family for many 
years, and dyinaf wilii cholera in Noblesville Au- 
gust 19, 1850, preceded lier husband to tlie better 
world. A devoted wife and mother, she tenderly 
cared for tlie ten children who blessed her home. 
Horace C. Mallery wedded early in life Miss Mary 
Fugh, who was born September 19, 1817, in Oliio. 
She passed away March 31, 1875, beloved by all 
who knew her. She was the mother of six cliil- 
(Iren, two of wiiom are yet living. Immediately 
succeeding tlieir marriage, Mr. and ISIrs. Calvin 
Mallery settled upon tlie iiomestead whore t)ur 
subject now resides. 

Mr. Mallery as a farmer boy had l)een thorougli- 
ly trained from his childhood into the round of 
agricultural duties, and under his management tlie 
broad acres became highly productive, annually 
yielding an abundant harvest. Agriculture, how- 
ever, was not the only ))ursuit of his life. Me was 
an eloquent preacher of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church; self educated, and an able minister of tiie 
Word, lie did faithful service for tlie Master 
through many changing seasons. Rev. Calvin Mal- 
loiy was long an efficient Sunday-school Superin- 
tendent, and together with his wife and family, all 
active members of the Methodist Episcopal Cliurch, 
hugely promoted the cause of Christianity and 
liberally aided in the extension of religious in- 
fluence. Tlie beloved luisband of our subject was 
active in local affairs, and, early a Republican, was 
later a stanch Prohibitionist. He was Township 
Tru.stee, and also discharged with fidelity the du- 
ties of other offices of trust. 

Mrs. Melissa JIallery welcomed U> her heart and 
home a family of eleven children, of whom five 
daughters and three sons are yet surviving. Lucy 
A., the wife of Frank Bradley, is the mother of 
four chiUlreii. Hlta, wife of Eli Fisher, had one 
child, Eli, who died February 12, 1891). Garrick 
I^. is on the old farm, where he has a fine residence; 
he was married September 27, 1893, to Miss Irnea 
Morrow. Orindorio married George Marshall, and 
has three children. Mary, Jennie, Ingram W. and 
Alfred H. are all with their mother. Our subject 
and her eldest son together manage the fine old 
honieslead, whose three hundred and twenty acres. 



highly cultivated, render the Mallery farm one 
of the most valuable pieces of agricultural prop- 
erty in Wayne Townsliip. The Imiiroveiiients are 
all of a substantial charaelt'r. the uiodeiii and com- 
modious residence having been erecfed xmie twelve 
years ago. 

Passing her entire lifetime amid the familiar 
scenes and associations of youth, oui- sulijeel pos- 
sesses a wide circle of ac(iuaint:uiri's, to whom she 
has ever been a. kind friend and neighbor, re- 
joicing with them in their joys and sympathizing 
with them in their hours of sorrow. The great 
bei-eaveinent of her life bereaved the entire com- 
munity among whom Calvin Mallery live(i and 
labored, and his memoir will long be cherished in 
Wayne Township, where his children, reared to 
usefulness, will worthily occupy positions of lion- 
orcd influence. 

M. JENKINS, a successful business man 
and a prominent lumberman of Nobles- 
ville, is also well known throughout Ham- 
ilton County and the state of Indiana as 
a breeder of fine trotting horses, principally hand- 
ling the Wilkes stock, and has at present upon liis 
extensive farm a choice variety of colts. Mr. 
Jenkins is a native of Ohio, and was born in Day- 
ton, June 9, 1838. His [laternal grandfather, 
David Jenkins, born in North Carolina, emigrated 
in an early day to Miami County, Ohio, and there 
prosperously engaged in the pursuit of agricul- 
ture. The father, Robert Jenkins, likewise a na- 
tive of the old Tar State, accompanied his parents 
to Ohio, and as a boy exiierienced the privations 
of pioneer life. He was a noted Abolitionist, 
and later a Republican. 

The Jenkins ancestry were of Welsh and Eng- 
lish origin, one branch of the family establishing 
itself in North Carolina, where they flourished in 
Colonial days and were known as upright and pa- 
triotic citizens, devout members of the C^uaker 
sect. The mother, Ann (Pearson) Jenkins, was 
likewise born in North Carolina, the Pearsons 
being numbered among the highly respected and 



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early residents of the state. Our subject spent 
the days of liis hoyliood upon the old farm, near 
Dayton, and received instruction in tlie common 
branches of study in tlie district school, later in 
life attending for one term Earlham College, in 
Richmond, Ir.d. Trained from his youth up to a 
practical knowledge of agricultural duties, Mr. 
Jenkins began farming upon his own account at 
twenty-two years of age. 

Having devoted some six or seven years to the 
cultivation of the soil of Ohio, our subject decided 
to try his fortunes in a newer field, and in 1867 
removed to Wayne County, Ind., where he en- 
gaged as a dealer in agricultural implements for 
ten years. At the expiration of this time Mr. 
Jenkins made his home in Noblesville, and en- 
gaging in the lumber business soon commanded 
an extensive trade, second to none in his locality. 
For the past few years he has profitably devoted a 
large portion of his time and attention to the su- 
perior horses bred upon his extensive stock farm, 
where a number of promising young trotters ex- 
hibit tiiemselves to groujis of admiring visitors 
and attract numerous would-be purchasers. 

In 1862, A. M. Jenkins and Miss Frances Rus- 
sell, daughter of Squire Russell, a prominent citi- 
zen and Justice of the Peace, were united in 
marriage. This estimable lady died in Richmond, 
Ind., in 1871, leaving to the care of her husband 
three children, two daughters and one son. Martha 
J. is the wife of Louis Morris, of Richmond, Ind. 
Emma Florence is the wife of John Horton, of 
Richmond. Robert F. is a resident of Richmond. 
In 1872 our subject wedded his present wife. Miss 
AcUa George, daugliter of .Jesse George, a pioneer 
settler of Hamilton County. The union of Mr. 
and Mrs. Jenkins has been blessed with the birth 
of two sons: Earl George and Ileeber A. The 
handsome family residence, situated upon the cor- 
ner of Anderson and Emnas Streets, is located 
among attractive surroundings and is widely 
known as the abode of hospitality. 

Mr. Jenkins is especially interested in church 
work, and when, in 1891, the Friends erected their 
house of worship, at a cost of §10,000, he was a 
liberal giver and was a valued member'of the 
board of financiers, through whose excellent man- 



agement the fine structure was artistically de- 
signed and completed. Our subject has long been 
a member of the Indiana Lumbermen's Associa- 
tion and finds much pleasure and profit in the re- 
unions of the leading businesF men of the state. 
Politically a strong Republican, and an earnest 
advocate of the party, he takes an abiding interest 
in all matters of mutual welfare and is widely 
known and highly respected as an enterpiising 
business man and progressive citizen. 



^^ ILAS JONES. A volume dedicated to the 
^^^ public-spirited and pioneer citizens of 
(^/_1J) Madison County' would be incomplete 
were no mention made of the subject of this 
sketch, who resides on section 7, Richland Town- 
ship, a leading resident and a prosperous farmer 
and stock-buyer, who also raises thorough-bred 
and high grade road and draft horses. Though 
commencing in business without capital or friends 
he has worked his way upward, and by the exercise 
of economy, industry and perseverance, has be- 
come well-to-do. The record of his life is inter- 
esting, not only for the perusal by friends, but also 
for the emulation of the young, who might well 
imitate the sturdy virtues characteristic of this 
brave pioneer. 

Before mentioning in detail the principal 
events in the life of our subject, it will be appro- 
priate in this connection to give his paternal his- 
tory. He is the ^on of John D. and Laodicea (Lay- 
man) Jones, the former probably a native of Ohio, 
and of Pennsylvania ancestry, while it is known 
that the latter was born in Tennessee. Early in 
the '30s John D. Jones emigrated to Indiana, ac- 
companied by his family, and after a short resi- 
dence in Madison County, went to Delaware 
County, settling in Mt. Pleasant Township. There 
he entered land from the Government and settled 
in a round-log cabin, which, though by no means 
artistic, was a comfortable dwelling. 

In politics a Democrat, John D.Jones was prom- 
inently connected with public affairs of the town- 
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Jamiai-y, 1870. In his religious belief, he was a 
Mclliodist, and was identified with the church of 
tliat denomination in Mt. Pleasant Township. The 
inotluT of our subject, who still survives, is now 
( l.siCi) in her eighty-sixth year, and is one of the 
representative pioneers of Delaware County. She 
enjoys excellent health, considering her advanced 
years. A devoted member of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Ciiurch, she has always been interested in 
religious matters, and aids, so far as possible, every 
liliilanthropic and benevolent enterprise. 

There are four surviving children in the jta- 
rental family, namely: Savnh, wife of W. II. Lee; 
Silas; Cliai-ily. who niMrned Isaac Wright; and 
.Jacob \\'., who married Nannie Woodring. The 
maternal grandfather of these children was a min- 
ister in the Baptist Church and a pioneer preacher 
of Ohio. I'xirn in I )elaware ( 'ouiity, Ind., .January 
19, l.s.'id. our suhj.'rt was in his youth a student 
in the pioneer schools of the neighborhood, where, 
in spite of obstacles, he acquired a practical 
knowledge of the three R's. In his youth lie as- 
sisted his father in clearing land, and has acconi- 
|)lished a large amount of pioneer work. 

November 15, 1855, Mr. .Tones married Miss 
Ivulli .1. McNeer, who was born in Madison County, 
ind., .lanuary 11, 1835. She is a sister of Mrs. 
Kli/.abelh Tappan. of Anderson, Ind., and a daugh- 
ter of Andrew 11. and Catherine McNeer, who 
early in the '.ills emigrated to Madison County, 
and established a permanent home in Monroe 
Township. Their first home was in a log cabin, 
and they were identified with the history of their 
community during theentiie period of its growth. 
Mr. McNeer was a member of the Methodist Epi.s- 
copal Church and a Class-leader in that denomi- 
nation. His death occurred at the home of Mr. 
.tones in 1883. The wife preceded him, dying in 
1873 at the same place. Mr. and Mrs. .lones are 
the parents of three children: Arminda M., An- 
drew D. and Mary A. The daughters remain at 
home, but Andrew D. married C'elia A. Kirk, and 
lives on a farm near his father, but owns an eighty- 
acre tract of his own. 

After his marriage Mr. Jones resided for one 
year upon his father's farm in Delaware County, 
making his home in a log cabin which he had 



erected. In the f;dl (if is.'ji; he came to Madison 
County, and purchased eighty acres in Monroe 
Township, for which he paid $50 in cash and the 
remainder 1750, in three years. For a time he 
lived with his father-in-law, but afterward erected 
a log house on his eighty-acre tract, and, moving 
into his house, made his home there for nearl3' 
one year. He afterward sold the property for 
$1,375 cash, in the fall of 1801. I'rior i.) selling 
the place, he bought eighty acres adjoining, for 
which he paid $640, making the payments upon 
the installment plan. 

From Madison Mr. Jones returned to Delaware 
County, where he resided about two years. In the 
spring of 1864 he again came to Madison County, 
and settled upon his present farm in Richland 
Township, where he owns three hundred and 
ninety-four acres. In the accumulation of his 
property he li;vs been alily assisted hy his wife, who 
is a lady of more than ordinary ability and en- 
ergy. The^' are lioth earnest members of the 
Methodist Epi-scopal Church, in which j\Ir. .lones 
has served as Steward for two .years. ;ind liolds 
that position at present. In his politic;il belief he 
is an ardent champion of Republican principles, 
and favors everything calculated to promote the 
welfare of his fellow-citizens. 



■^m®' 



Vtp^lf^ENE T. BRICKLEV of the drug lirm of 
lU) Buck, Brickley A- Co., and manager of the 
/I' — --^ Palace Pharmacy, was born at Winchester, 
Randolph County, Ind., on the 28tli of .Inly, IS;")!!. 
He is the son of Williard P. lirickley, for many 
years a practicing physician of Anderson. His fa- 
ther was born in Ohio, to which state the grand- 
father, John F. Brickley, removed in an early day 
from Pennsylvania. The father came to Indiima 
when a young man, and his success in life proves 
that he literally "grew up with the country." On 
the 9th of June, 1893, he was sixt^'-nine j-ears of 
age, and has practiced medicine since 1848. Mr. 
Brickley 's mother was Julia Hull, a native of Cin- 
cinnati, and a daughter of Jehiel Hull, who emi- 
grated from New Jersey to Ohio. 

Eugene T. Brickley remained in Winchester un- 
til four years of age, when his parents removed to 



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Huntsville, Madison County, wliere they remained 
until 1872, when they removed to Anderson. For 
one and one-half years Mr. Brickley read medicine 
and then, in 1874, he went to Winchester and en- 
gaged in book-keeping in a produce house for five 
years. In 1881 he returned to Anderson and en- 
tered the drug store of Dr. ,1. F. Brandon as sales- 
man. 

In the spring of 1882 he entered the store of 
Brown & Buck in the same capacity. He remained 
witli the house after the death of Mr. Brown, and 
while tiie firm was Buck, Forkner* Co. In 1888 he 
bought Mr. Forkner's interest, and the firm became 
Buck, Brickley & Co., the "Co." being W. T. Dur- 
bin, of the Citizens' Bank. In 1893 the firm opened 
the Palace Pharmacy in tlie new Lieb Block, at 
the corner of Tenth and Meridian Streets, and 
it is pronounced tlie finest equii)ped establishment 
of the kind in the state. Mr. Brickley is the man- 
ager of the Palace Pharmacy, while Mr. Buck exer- 
cises like prerogatives over the parent house at the 
corner of Ninth and Meridian Streets. Mr. Brick- 
le\' is one of the promoters of the Anderson Driv- 
ing Association, of which he is Secretary. Mr. 
Brickley belongs to several secret orders, in which 
he takes much interest. He was made a Mason at 
Pendleton in 1871, and now belongs to Anderson 
Lodge No. 77, and to Anderson Commandery No. 
32. He has been a member of Anderson Lodge, 
I. O. O. F., for twelve years, is a charter member 
of the Elks, and belongs to the Knights of the 
Maccabees and tiie Ancient Order of Ihiitcd 
Workmen . 

ylLLIAM W. WEBSTER, one of the fore- 
most agriculturists of Madison County, 
comes of good old Revolutionary stock, 
for his paternal great-grandfather, who was the 
first branch of the family tree to take root on 
American soil, served bravely as a Colonel in that 
war. The Colonel was a native of England and 
was married in that country. Daniel Webster, 
grandfather of our subject, was born in England, 
and was quite small when he came with his par- 
ents to America. His wife was a native of Ire- 



land, and Robert W. Webster, father of our subject, 
was one of the children born of this union. 

The father of our subject first saw the light of 
day in Kent County Del., January 14, 1814, and 
in that state made his home until 1836, when he 
moved to Fayette County, Ind. There lie tarried 
for three years, and then moved to Madison Coun- 
ty' and settled in Boone Township. Later he re- 
moved to Van Buren Township, this count_v, and 
here his death occurred January 7, 1892. By oc- 
cupation he was a farmer. He was a self-made 
man, for he started out to make his way in life 
witli limited means, having only about |!125 when 
he first landed in Indiana. At the time of his 
death he was the owner of a large tract of 
land, all well cultivated and in good condition. 
Although a man of limited education, he was well 
informed on all the current topics of the day, and 
was an interesting and pleasant conversationalist. 
In politics, he supported the principles and policy 
of the Republican party. In early manhood he 
was a member of the Methf)dist Episcopal Church, 
and he was ever a liberal contributor to all worthy 
movements. Moral and upright in every respect, 
no man in the county was more universally re- 
spected. 

Robert W. Webster was married in 1834 to 
Miss Rebecca Fisher, who was born in Kent Coun- 
ty, Del., in 1817, and was the daughter of Henry 
and Celia (Williamson) Fisher, natives of Dela- 
ware. Mrs. Webster is now living in Van Buren 
Township, and, althouojh seventy-six years of age 
(1893), is spry and active for her years and a 
most pleasant, sociable old lad}'. She is a member 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Ten children 
were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Webster. Daniel W. 
resides on the old farm with his mother; Henry 
F. died at the age of seventeen; James E. married 
Miss Frances Noble, and both he and his wife are 
deceased, being survived by their two children; 
William W. is our subject; Robert B.,a resident of 
Van Buren Township, married Miss IVLartha Baker 
and became the father of four children, three now 
living; Celia Ann is the wife of Elijah W. Beck 
and the mother of four children, one deceased; 
Eliza Jane, deceased, was forinerlv the wife of 
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survives her; George W.'s sketch is presented else- 
where; Noah is deceased; and Rebecca, wife of 

.1. V. A'inson, was the mother of six cliihlren, five 
(if wliom are now living. 

Tlie subject of this brief notice was born in 
itoone Township, Madison County, Ind., in 1841, 
and remained with his parents until twenty-eight 
yi'.'irs of age. lie then started out for liiinsclf 
and settled upon eighty acres of timbcrland in 
the nortliern part of Van Buren Township, wliere 
he made his home until 1892. He then moved to 
Ills present home, one and one-half miles west of 
Suinmilvilk'. A i)rogressive, representative farmer, 
he is now the owner of one liundred and sixty 
acres, on wliieli is a beautiful and charming resi- 
dence. He also owns an interest in a tract of land 
near Summitville. For strict integrity and up- 
rightness he stands second to un man in the coun- 
ty. Politically, he is a Kepulilican. In his re- 
ligious views lie is a free tliinlver. He selected 
Ills wife in the person of MissSamantha C, daugh- 
ter of Alexander and Catherine (Baker) Inglis, 
natives of North Carolina (see sketch of T. N. 
Inglis). The only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Web- 
ster is Amanda Kllen, who is the wife of Josepli 
Ilimelick, and lias one child. Klva. 



^/OIIN W. APPLi:(i.\ 

l^leasant and comfo 
blesville, is one of tli 
of Hamilton County, 



=^> 



ivho occupies a 
home near No- 
known citizens 

£■ has lieie made 



m 

his home for many years. He was born February 16, 
1S2;). and is a son of Daniel and JNIargaret (Wire) 
Applegate. His father was born and reared on a 
faun in New .Jersey, and remained at home until 
thirty years of age, when he went to Ohio. In 
1825, he came to Indiana, locating in Indianapolis, 
where he followed fanning. The following year 
he arrived in Hamilton County, where he sjient 
his remaining days. He was accidentally killed at 
I lie age of forty years. His wife was born near 
I'rbana, Ohio, and is now living in Noblesville, at 
the home of lier daughter. Six children were born 
unto Mr. and Mrs. Applegate, and all are yet liv- 



ing. The grandfather, John Applegate, was also 
a native of New .lersey, and was killed near No- 
blesville by a log falling upon him when eighty- 
three years of age. He served in the Kexclulion- 
aryWar, and was also in the War of LSI 2. His 
family numbered seven children, of wiioin two arc 
yet living. 

educMtioii, and upon the home farm spent lhc(l:i\> 
of his boyhood and yoiilh. lie was married on 
tlie Dth of October, 1853, to Miss Mary M., daugh- 
ter of George .and Catiierine Ingerinann, who were 
natives of (iermany, and crossed the Atlantic to 
America when their daughter was about five 
months old. They settled in Pennsylvania, and 
in 1841) came to this county. Four years pre- 
vious they had taken up their residence in Wayne 
County. Here tlie father passed away at the age 
of seventy-two, and the mother de|iarled this life 
at the age of eighty-two. In. their family were 
ten children, six of whom are yet living. 

I'nto Mr. and Mrs. Applegate has been born 
a family of children. George D., who was born 
Feliruary 14, 1854, wedded Mary Rockcy, and has 
live children; Margaret, who was born May 19, 
1862, is the wife of Henry .Sapper, a farmer, by 
whom she has three children; Charles F., wiio w.as 
born February 11, 1865. was educated in the finest 
medical colleges of the land, and is now a physi- 
cian of Indianapolis; David S., who was born .ian- 
uary 25, 1867, is at home; Mary M., who was born 
June 29, 1869, is the wife of Charles Mitchell, a 
millwright, by whom >he has a sou mid daughter; 
and Harry R., was born S(.|)teuiber 10. 1873. Val- 
entine, William II.. Andr.'w J. and Theodore R. 
are deceased. 

After his marriage, Mr. Apph^gate located upon 
the farm where he now lives. Only a small tract 
had been cleared, and for eight years he lived in a 
rude log cabin. He then built a hewed log house, 
which continued to be his home until 1875, when 
he erected a commodious and substantial residence 
at a cost of ><5.(»<l(l. It is one of the line homes of 
the coniniiinit,y. The liarn was built at a cost of 
!|!3,500, and other improvements have been made 
in keeping with these just mentioned. In fatt, the 
j farm is one of the best improved in tlie county. 



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Mr. Applegate's possessions stand as a monument 
to bis enterprise and industry, for he started out 
in life erapty-lianded, and lias acquired all that he 
has by his untiring labors. He and his wife at- 
tend the Lutheran Church. He cast his first Pres- 
idential vote for .James K. Polk, and was a mem- 
ber of the Glee Club during the Clay campaign. 
He now votes with the Democratic party. 



J I E. KIRKPATRICK, the popular and etti- 
cient freight and ticket agent located at 
El wood, has long been prominently associ- 
' ated with the public and business interests 
of his present locality, and commands the esteem 
and confidence of a wide acquaintance. He is a 
native of Preble County, Ohio, and was born 
June 2, 1863, the eldest of the three children of 
William H. and Frances J. (Shamblin) Kirkpatnck. 
The brother, Charles P., resides in New Paris, 
Ohio, and is a successful telegraph operator. The 
sister, Carrie L., also makes her home in New 
Paris. The father, a native Virginian, and born 
August 14, 182a, settled in Ohio when a young 
man. locating in Cincinnati, where he received 
ready employment as a carpenter. He made Cin- 
cinuali his headquarters for several years, and 
later removed to Campbellstown, Ohio. In this 
latter city he was married, in 1861, to the mother 
of our subject. At the expiration of two years 
spent in Campbellstown the father removed to 
New Paris, Ohio, which he made his permanent 
home until his death, on October 19, 1890. He 
died at the age of sixty-one, and the mother, Mrs. 
Frances Kirkpatrick, is the descendant of a line of 
honored ancestry, the Sliamblins being an old and 
highly respected Ohio family. 

Our subject remained a resident of New Paris 
until about seventeen years old, when he engaged 
in the railroad business upon his own account, and, 
learning telegraphy, became an operator, taking 
charge for one year as acting agent of the El Do- 
rado Ohio station. Later he received work as an 
operator at Richmond, Jnd., but was located there 



only a brief time when he went to Newcastle and 
accepted a position as operator and clerk, and, re- 
maining there for about two years, wa"te then pro- 
moted and became the station agent at Galveston, 
Ind. For two years Mr. Kirkpatrick discharged 
the lesponsible duties of station ageftt, and upon 
September 30, 1886, received a second promotion, 
and entered upon his present work as freight and 
ticket .agent at Elwood. The Elwood station is 
considered one of the most important of the 
Pennsylvania line's stations, the volume of freight 
being at times enormous. The continued energy 
and affability of our subject has undoubtedly con- 
tributed to the well earned success and popularity 
which be enjoys among the general public and a 
host of sincere friends. July 1, 1892, J. E. Kirk- 
patrick and W. A. Finch formed a partnership in 
the drug business, which, under the firm name of 
W. A. Finch & Co., continued for one year. 

August 1,1893, our subject purchased the inter- 
est of Mr. Finch, and since then has been profit- 
ably conducting the business in his own name. 
Mr. Kirkpatrick, in his handsome and commodious 
store, carries a complete line of drugs and a fine 
assortment of the sundries usually found in a 
drug house. The drug store, located in the Opera 
House Block, corner of South and Anderson 
Streets, is in all its fine appointments a credit to 
the city, and is one of the largest and most at- 
tractive drug stores in Elwood or its vicinity. 

Our subject is fraternally a member of Quincy 
Lodge No. 200, L O. O. F., Elwood, being Past 
Grand and Past Chief Patriarch of the order. 
Mr. Kirkpatrick is also connected with the Knights 
of Pythias, and is a charter member of Elwood 
Lodge No. 166. He is a charter member of tlie 
Independent Order of Red Men, Elwood Lodge 
No. 113, and was first presiding offlcer, Sachem. 
He is a valued member of Lodge No. 230, A. F. & 
A. M., of Elwood; and is piominent in these 
various orders. Politically a Democrat, and inter- 
ested in the successes of the party, he is in no 
sense of the word a politician, bis time being 
fully occupied with the cares of his business, now 
rapidly increasing in volume. One of the leading 
j^oung men of the city, ambitious and enterpris- 
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way to a comfortable competence and a position j 
of extended influence. In bis various fields of , 
wdik, and as a fiii-nd and citizen, he enjoys the 
liej.1 wishes of a wide acquaintanceship, wiio pre- 
dict for him a pros[)crous future and ;iu envialilc 
career. 



.p^ E. YOUNG, President of the National 
^^^ Bank of Alexandria, and a man of sound 
'RI/jI judgment and rare financial ability, is one 
of the largest capitalists of the city, to 
the [)romotion of whose interests he has long un- 
tiringly devoted liimself. A self-made man, self- 
relianlly winning his upward way to an enviable 
position of influence and wcaitli.our subject com- 
mands uiiivcrsil ies|,cct.'ind cm fidcucc. A native 
of UuiUt County. Ohio. Mr. Young was b(un near 
Hamilton April 4, I8;5.S. His father, Samuel 
Young, boin in Pennsylvania in 1792, was one of 
six brothers, and had two sisters. The paternal 
grandfather, with l\is family of eight children, 
emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio about 
1^<08, andasa pioneer settler, made his home in 
llutlcr County, near the i)resenL site of Cincinnati. 
A farmer by occupation, and a man of upright 
cliarai-tt-r and industrious habits, in- l)rospercd, 
and, lieroically sliaring all the privations and s.ac- 
rifices of frontier life, he cleared, cultivated and 
improved a homestead. He and his good wife, 
while fording the Big Miami River at Trenton on 
horseback, were drowned, their untimely death 
being universally mourned. The family reacli- 
ing adult age scattered, and the old [noneers have 
been extensively and worthily represented by 
numerous enterprising descendants in the broad 
west. 

An uncle of our subject, James "^'oung, the 
eldest of the grandfather's children, was a farmer 
by occupation in early life, but later built and 
operated a flouring-mill in CoUinsville, Ohio. In 
those days there was but very little money in cir- 
culation in that part of the country, and every- 
tliiug was paid for in trade. Tlie flour was 
shipped down the river on rafts to New Orleans. 
The father, Samuel Y'oung, worked in this mill for 



his elder brother at $8 per month, and at one 
time accompanied his brother down the river on a 
raft, going to New Orleans, and as tlu'y could not 
sail up the river they had to walk the entire dis- 
tance b.ack. vSamuel Young afterward entered land 
from tiie Government at §1.25 per acre, and resided 
continuously on this land for three-score years. 
He made a fortune and gave to each of his chil- 
dren as they arrived at their majority $2,000. 
Samuel Young w^as twice married, and unto his 
first union were born two children, Josiah and 
Hannah. The latter married James Irwin, a success- 
ful farmer now residing in Billingsvillc. Iiid. The 
second wife, Ruliamah McCane, the mother of our 
subject, was born in Warren County, Ohio, and 
was a descendant of one of the most in-ominent 
families of the Buckeye State. The McCanes con- 
tinue to hold every year a rc-union of the numer- 
ous branches of the old family on the Wabash 
River. One of the sisters married a l\Ir. Ramsey, 
the i)roprietor of a large tannery in Crawfords- 
ville, who,, at his death left an estate worth '^JiOO,- 
000. 

Unto the mother, who passed away in 1852, 
were born ten children. James, a wealthy agi-i- 
culturist of Preble County, Ohio, has given to 
each of his eight children eighty acres of land, 
and yet owns a valuable farm of three hundred 
acres. Sarah, the wife of Phillip Davis, a wealtliv 
fanner of Wabash, Ind., has seven oi- eight chil- 
dren; Maria, unmarried and living in Hamilton, 
Ohio, is worth $50,000 or S60,000, our subject 
looking after her business interests. Malinda 
married I'.urns Wilson, an enterprising farmer near 
Seven Mile, in Butler County, Ohio. Mr. Wilson 
died some six or seven years .ago, and Mrs. Wilson 
yet resides there. She is the mother of four sons 
and four daughters. Julia married John Ilinsey, 
who died leaving no children, and his widow- 
wedded David Young, who some years later 
died and left to his wife and three children an 
ample fortune. Mrs. Julia (Young) Y'oung re- 
! sides near CoUinsville, Ohio. Ruhamah was a 
I teacher, and died in early womanhood. Dorcas 
was educated at Oxford and married Jose|)h Carle, 
a miller and grain dealer, once a partner of our 
i subject in Anderson, but at tlie time of his death, 



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the summer of 1893, was living at Hamilton, 
where his widow and one child now live. Our 
subject attained to manhood upon his father's 
farm, and received the primitive education af- 
forded by the district school of the home neigh- 
borhood. Soon after the breaiving out of the 
Civil War, Mr. Young entered the service of -the 
(Tovernment, enlisting in the One Hundred and 
.Sixty-seventh Ohio Infantry, and a portion of the 
time acted .as a scout. In 1867 he located per- 
manently in Indiana, and engaged in the grain 
and agricultural business in Anderson, where he 
remained until January 4, 1873, when he bought 
the douring mill in Alexandria, and in 1877 built 
his elevator. In 1892, our subject sold the mill 
and elevator. Mr. Young made a most profitable 
investment in 1882, when he purchased three 
hundred and twenty acres of land near Alexandria, 
for which he paid |14,.500, and sold it wtthin the 
past year for $47,000. 

In 1890, our subject, with four other parties, 
organized the Anderson Banking Company at 
Anderson, with a paid-up capital of 1100,000, each 
putting into the financial venture $20,000 in cash. 
Mr. I'oung still retains his interest in the Ander- 
son Bank, and was a stockholder in the old Alex- 
andria Bank. When it was reorganized, in 1893, 
as the Alexandria National Bank, he was made its 
President. Our subject was one of the four men 
who built the fine opera house in Alexandria, at 
a cost of |i25,000, and was one of ten who bought 
fifty-five acres of land adjoining Alexandria and 
assisted in locating the first glass factory here. 
Mr. Y''oung was likewise interested in the first 
brick factory, and has helped to organize two 
building and loan associations, and is President 
of one and Treasurer of the other. He aided 
in building the gravel roads leading out of 
Alexandria, and has, in fact, been connected with 
nearly every enterprise of importance that has 
forwarded the vital interests of the city, now in- 
creased from a population of six hundred people 
to six thousand. Successful in all his business 
undertakings, and through clear judgment and 
executive ability financially prospered until he is 
now numbered among the wealthiest men of Madi- 
son County, Mr. Young has also generously aided 



in good works. His family has been prominently 
connected with the Presbyterian Church, and his 
father, a strict church member, was a liberal giver 
in the support and extension of religious in 
fluence. 

Politically a Republican and deeply interested 
in local and national issues, Mr. Young, absorbed 
in business interests, has refused to accept prof- 
fered nominations to public ofHce outside of local 
positions in which he might be of special benefit 
to his fellow-townsmen. June 3, 1873, S. E. 
Y'oung and Miss Elizabeth Van Winkle were united 
in marriage. Mrs. Y^oung was a daughter of James 
Van Winkle, a well known pioneer of Madison 
County, and a sister of John (.Juincy Van Winkle, 
the General Superintendent of the Big Four Rail- 
road, with headquarters at Indianapolis. Our 
subject and his estimable wife have but two chil- 
dren: Earl Edgar, a promising j'oung lad thirteen 
years of age, and Quincy Van Winkle, aged three. 
These sons, the hope and pride of the beautiful 
home, will enjoy every opportunity to worthily 
fit themselves for the battle of life upon whose 
field their father has triumphantly won .assured 
success and gained for himself an enviable position 
of social and business influence. 



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W EVI CONNER. Tl 
ll /^ any community is 1 
J^— ^ which come the st 



lie agricultural part of 
the bone and sinew from 
strength and vigor neces- 
sary' to carry on the affairs of manufactures, com- 
merce and the state. AVhen the farming people 
are composed of men and women of courage, en- 
terprise, intelligence and integrity, prosperity will 
attend all departments of activity. This is pre- 
eminently the case in Madison County, Ind. 
and among those who hold high r.ank as a tiller of 
the soil is Mr. Conner, who is one of the pioneers 
of Madison Count}'. This representative citizen 
came originally from the Buckeye State, born in 
Meigs Coimty, February 29, 1832, and his parents. 
John and Ada (Ogden) Conner, were nativits also 
of Ohio. Grandfather Ogden served in one of 
the Indian wars of his time. 

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Madison County, and entered two hundred acres 
in Richland Townsiiip. Tiiis tract of land was 
covered witU a dense growth of timber but he 
cleared a small portion and erected a log cabin. 
As there wei'c no \v;iL,''i>n loudsat tiiat early period 
lie had to cut a ni;i(l Ihrough the woods. He 
was among the earliest settlers, and with the ambi- 
tion, courage and sturdy manhood which have al- 
ways been distinguishing characteristics of Ameri- 
can pioneers, he began clearing and improving his 
tract of Iriiid. lliswife ums a most ca|)able help- 
mate and gradually they gathered around them 
man}' of the comforts and conveniences of life. 
Of the children born to their union only three 
survive: Annis, widow of Levi Keirlier; Kliza, 
widow of Ilirani Sn-.iin, and Levi, inn- subject. 
For many years the father served as .lustice of the 
Peace, and was a man noted for his industry and 
uprightness. lie and his worthy companion 
passed away in 18.58. 

Levi Conner was reared on his father's farm in 
Madison Count}', Jnd., amid rude surroundings, 
and his early educational advantages were received 
in the subscription schools taught in the primitive 
log schoolhousc of those days. The chimney of 
this structure was made of mud and slicks, the 
floor of puncheons, greased paper served for the 
window lights, a slab board for a seat, and a slab 
board resting on sticks driven into the wall served 
a> a desk. His schooling did not amount to much 
and being a great reader and a careful observer, 
he is principally a self-educated man. lie has 
seen the countr}' grow from a wilderness to its 
present prosperous condition and h.as contributed 
his share tovvarils its advancement. He was in- 
itialed into lln' duties of farm life at an early age, 
and like a true son of his father l)ecame a tiller of 
the soil when thrown upon his own resources. 

Our subject's first marriage was with Miss Lydia 
A. Keicher, and after her death he married Miss 
Marietta Tuttle who bore him five children, three 
living: .lohn; Catherine, wife of Charles Hurley; 
and Rosa Bell; and the two deceased were Levi 
Thomas and William Allen. Mr. Conner is the 
owner of over nine hundred acres of good land, 
the ni<ist of winch has been the result of his own 
industry and good management. He raises a good 



grade of horses and makes a specialty of Poland- 
China hogs. He has held a number of local posi- 
tions and for some time served as Commissioner of 
Madison County. In politics he is a Democrat and 
fraternally a Mason. He is one of the county's 
representative men. 



/^HRISTIAX I'.KNZKXr.oWEK. Few men 
(|(^. have lived more quietly and unostenta- 
^^^ tiousl}' than Christian Ben/.enbower, and yet 
few have exerted a more salutary influence ui)on 
the immediate society in wliicli llicy move, or im- 
pressed a community with a more profound reliance 
on their honor, ability and sterling worth. His 
life has not been illustrious with startling or strik- 
ing contrasts; but it has shown how a laudable am- 
bition may be gratified when accompanied by pure 
motives, perseverance, industry and steadfastness 
of purpose. This prominent German-American 
citizen was born in Bavaria, (4erman3-, April 1.5, 
18.38, and now has a good farm on section 34, 
I'nion Township. His parents. Christian J. and 
Jlary Benzenbower, were natives of the Old 
Country, and the father, who is over eighty years 
of age, is now residing in Anderson Township, 
Madison County. 

The original of this notice was reared in his 
native country until twenty-one years of age, and 
from the time he reached that period when his 
physical strength was sufficient to enable him to 
wield the implements of husbandry and guide the 
plow, he began contributing to his own support. 
He secured a fair education in his native tongue 
and since his residence in .Vmerica has picked up 
a fair knowledge of the English language. He 
crossed the ocean in 186(1, taking passage at Bre- 
merhaven, and was aliout lifty d.ays in making 
the voyage. He landed in Ualtimore and came 
direct to Madison County. Ind., where for the 
first two years he worked on a farm. The first 
year he received $140 for his services, and the next 
year §1.50 with board and washing. He farmed 
on rented land for a few years and then settled on 
his present farm. He first had forty acres, but from 



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time to time he added to tliis until he is now the 
owner of one hundred and forty-nine acres. He 
is a self-made man, and has reached his present 
prosperous condition solely by his own industry 
and good management. 

By his marriage, which occurred February 7, 
1866, to Miss Mary Doctor, he became the father 
of six children, three of whom are living; John, 
Leonard and George. The deceased are Margaret, 
Calvin and Fred. Mr. Benzenbower is a worthy 
church member and contributes liberally of liis 
means to its support. He has held a number of 
township offices and is in favor of all enterprises 
of!a laudable nature. Injjolitics he is a Democrat, 
but in county affau-s he votes for the man instead 
of the party. He is well and favorably known 
for his honestj' and integrity, and is one of the 
representative German-American citizens of his 
township. He enjoys the respect and esteem of 
his neighbors, his integrity has never been ques- 
tioned and his word is considered as good as his 
bond. 



^ A IT I'EliliY, born in Stokes County, 
N. v., November 23, 1813, has devoted 
''^}!/ the adult years of his life mainly to his 
trade of a gunsmith, but, also an agriculturist, for 
full two score of years has been numbered among 
the prominent citizens and representative farmers 
of Washington Township, Hamilton County. The 
Perry family is widely known and highly es- 
teemed in the old Tar State, where the paternal 
grandfather and the father of our subject were 
likewise born. Grandfather Perry was a large 
slaveholder and prosperously conducted an ex- 
tensive plantation. He also owned a peach orch- 
ard and annually manufactured immense quanti- 
ties of peach brandy. Without education, being 
in fact unable to read or write, he was one of the 
most financially successful men of his day and lo- 
cality. 

The father, Jonathan Perry, spent his entire life 
in his native state and devoted his attention to 
the cultivation of the soil, owning a valuable 
farm of one hundred acres, upon which he toiled 
industriously up to the time of his early demise. 



He died when our subject was only two weeks old, 
and two years after his widow, Nancy (Wicker) 
Perry, born in North Carolina, married Greenbury 
Shaw, likewise a native of North Carolina. When 
Wji^att was about seventeen years of age, the 
mother and step-father moved to Clinton County, 
Ohio, our subject accompanj'ing them thitlier. Mr. 
Shaw survived his change of residence about ten 
years and passed away at the age of forty-five. 
He was an industrious man, a gunsmith by trade, 
and had trained his step-son up to a thorough 
knowledge of the business. 

Mr. Perry then removed with his motlier and 
nine step-brothers and sisters to Greene County, 
Ohio, and settled in the country, working hard at 
his trade to support the large family. In the year 
1850, he came to Washington Township and pur- 
chased seventy acres of the fine farm he now owns. 
.Several years after Mr. Perry returned to Ohio 
and brought his mother here, where she spent the 
peaceful evening of her days. She was a devoted 
mother and sincere Christian woman, whose life 
had been one of toil. From her early j'outh a val- 
ued member of the Methodist Episcoi)al Church, 
she was ever a ready aid in good work. At 
eighty-four years of age she "fell asleep in Jesus," 
beloved by all who knew her. Together with her 
son Wyatt she had shared many hardships, and 
each was doubly endeared to the other by memo- 
ries of the past. 

Wyatt Perry was first wedded in (ireene County, 
Ohio, May 27, 1840, being united in marriage witli 
Miss Nancj- Lee, daughter of John and Elizabeth 
Lee, of Ohio. Unto this union were born eleven 
children, all of whom save five have passed away. 
The living are Mariza, married to Jacob Burns; 
she resides on the farm of our subject and is the 
mother of seven children, four of whom survive. 
John Martin married Anna Rodgers, and of his 
five children four are living; he resides near 
the old homestead. Marcia Emily, the wife of 
Silas Cook, has four children and lives near West- 
field. Wyatt M. is a Quaker minister and resides 
with his wife, Ella (Moore) Wyatt, and his four 
children in Danville, Ind. Nanc^' Ella, wife of 
Clarkson Coffen, has three children and makes her 
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PORTRAIT A>'n IJIOGRAPHICAL RPX'ORD. 



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Mrs. Nancy (Lee) Pfirv bad enjoyed in }'outli 
only limited advantages, but, a woman of bright in- 
telligence and a devoted member of the Methodist 
K|Mscopal Church, was highly esteemed. She died 
October 27, 1862, and passing awa3' at lliirty- 
seven years of age, was deeply mourned. Oursuli- 
ject again marrying was then wedded to Cath- 
erine Bray, September 10, 1863. Mrs. Perry was 
t\n: daughter of Ilcnry and Hannah Bray, and, 
like the first wife, liad but little opportunity to 
gain an education. She is. however, a woman 
of ability and worth and also a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, and tbrmighmit lier 
life has been a Christian worker. Of the four 
children who blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. 
Pen v, only one now survives, a daughter, Al- 
uieda, single. 

Our subject, although be immediately settled on 
a farm as soon as he arrived in Indiana, has given 
his personal attention almost exclusively to his 
trade of gunsmith, hiring help to do the clearing 
and cultivating of the one hundred and one fer- 
tile acres, now well improved with excellent and 
commodious buildings. Mr. Perrj-, nearly four- 
score 3'cars of age, and a life-time member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, is an eloquent ex- 
liorter. He hassupplemented his youthful educa- 
tion with a store of knowledge gained by reading, 
and while a close student of the Bible also pays 
great attention to the current affairs of the daj', 
and with the newspapers keeps himself intelli- 
gently posted. He is politically a Republican and 
from its formation an ardent advocate of the 
party. The useful inlluenee of his unselfish and 
Christian life has been widely felt and apjueciated 
b\- a host of friends. 



\i>^OAH RICHWIIS 
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,OAH RICH WINE. As might naturally be 
ition is made in the present 
citizens of Madison Coun- 
ty now prominent in their different callings, but 
none more so than the successful agriculturist, 
Noah Richwine, who, although comparatively 
young in years, is old in experience, and pos- 
sesses more good sound judgment on matters per- 



taining to the farm tlian many men nim-b older. 
Not onl^' is he interested in tilling tfie soil, but bi^ 
has engaged in other occupations, all of wlnrh 
nourished in his hands. Mr. Richwine owes liis 
nativity to Wayne County, Ind., born .January 11, 
1841, and is a son of Gideon and Elizabeth (Hay- 
der) Richwine (see sketch of Gideon Richwine). 
Until nearly twenty-one years of age, our sub- 
ject remained under the parental roof, and se- 
emed a good practical education in the common 
schools. He then began farming on his own ac- 
count, and this he continued until 1876, when he 
bought a stock of drugs at Frankton, and in part- 
nership with his brother Allen, continued this very 
successfully for about three years. After this, he 
sold his interest in the drug trade, and again 
turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. In 
conducting and managing his large farm, Jlr. 
Richwine does not lose sight of the stock-raising 
industry, and is engaged in buying and selling 
much of the time. Besides a fine farm of two 
hundred and twenty acres, he owns considerable 
town property in Frankton, and is a wide-awake, 
thoioughgoing rn.an, in whatever he undertakes. 
The same systematic condition of affairs about his 
home is apparent in his course as a man. Thor- 
ough in all that he does, he allows no worthy 
movepient to drag for want of support, if in his 
power to help it. 

Mr. Richwine selected his wife in the person of 
Miss Elizabeth Shell, daughter of Isaac Shell, and 
grand-daughter of John Shell, who was one of the 
pioneers of the Iloosier State. Mr. and Mrs. Rich- 
wine's nuptials were celebrated November 2, 1861, 
and two children were born to this union: Mar- 
sailles Allen, residing in Jackson Township, and 
Maurice Elmer, also a resident of Jackson Town- 
ship, this county. The mother of these children 
died, and on the 23d of November, 1869, Mr. 
Richwine married Miss Sarah Etchcson, daughter 
of Douglas and Mary (Poland) F^tcheson, pioneers 
of this country. Three children were the fruits of 
this union, two of whom are now living, viz.: 
Luella Frances, now Mrs. Charles M. McCord, re- 
siding in Lafayette Township, and Cora May, at 
I home. Charles M. is deceased. 

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



owner of a steam thresher, and with this he does 
a thriving business in the neighborhood. He is a 
great lover of hunting, and spends a certain por- 
tion of each season in some wild section of the 
country hunting large game. At his home a rare 
and beautiful specimen of a deer's head adorns the 
wall, one of the trophies of a hunt he engaged in 
the south. The head is perfectly)' preserved, and 
the life-like appearance sliows well the skill of the 
taxidermist. A large fur rug in his house origi- 
nally covered a black bear which he killed on the 
peninsula of northern Michigan. This animal 
weighed eight hundred pounds, and measured 
nearly eigiit feet in length. Socially, Mr. Rich- 
wine is a member of the Masonic order, and he and 
his family are members of the Methodist Protes- 
tant Church. He votes the Democratic ticket, and 
held the office of Township Trustee one term. He 
is a successful farmer and business man, and an 
influential and enterprising citizen. 



J] L. RINGO, M. D., the talented medical 
j practitioner and able surgeon, known as one 
of the brilliant young professional men of 
' P^lwood, lud., is a native of the state, and 
was born in Fall Creek Township, Henr}' County, 
November 22, 1866. He located in El wood in 1891 
and entering upon the duties of a physician has 
for two years enjoyed an excellent practice and, 
thoroughly devoted to his profession, has before 
him a future bright with promise. Our subject 
w.as the oldest of six children, live sons and one 
daughter, who blessed the home of John W. and 
P^sta (Crittenberger) Ringo. The father was a 
native of Wayne County, in which part of the 
state the paternal grandparents made their home 
in the pioneer days when Indiana was a compara- 
tive wilderness, over which roamed freelythe In- 
dians and wild game of a large variety. The 
father removed to Henry County when nineteen 
years of age and settled on a farm which he brought 
up to a high state of cultivation, and was numbered 
among the substantial and leading general agri- 



culturists of his locality. Now retired from active 
farming duties he is quietly spending the latter 
years of his life in Middletown. Possessing an ex- 
cellent niemoiy and being a man of observation, 
his reminiscences of pioneer days are full of inter- 
est, and vividly portray the wonderful changes of 
the last half-century. 

The mother of our subject is a native of Vir- 
ginia, and a daughter of Isaac Crittenberger, like- 
wise born in the Old Dominion, but who in middle 
life emigrated to Indiana and engaged in the till- 
ing of the soil. An experienced farmer, he suc- 
cessfully improved a valuable homestead which 
annually yielded an abundant harvest, but is now 
spending the evening of his days in Middletown. 
The Crittenbergers are remotely descended from a 
long line of sturdy German ancestry and possess 
the patient industry and thrift bequeathed as a 
precious legacy by their forefathers. Dr. Ringo 
received his preparatory education in Henry 
Count3' and remained in Fall Creek Township 
until seventeen years of age. At this period he 
went to Lebanon, Ohio, and there enjoyed the 
benefit of instruction in the National Normal 
University, where he continued to study for two 
years. Upon the completion of his course in this 
excellent institution our subject engaged in teach- 
ing, and for the following five years was account- 
ed one of the most successful instructors of Madi- 
son County, Ind. Dr. Ringo had some time be- 
fore decided to enter the ranks of the medical pro- 
fession, but it was not until he had long been a 
teacher that he finally began the study of medicine 
in Elwood. 

Our subject later attended lectures at the 
Physio-Medical College of Indiana, located at 
Indianapolis, and afterward entered the Medical 
College of Louisville, Ky., from which he gradu- 
ated with honor, receiving his degree. Establish- 
ing himself in an office at Elwood, Dr. Ringo has 
already won an enviable reputation as a family 
physician and surgeon. In the first j'ear of his 
residence in Elwood our subject was appointed 
Secretary of the City Board of Health, in which 
capacity, serving one year, he gained many new 
friends and well-wishers. He is politically an 
ardent advocate of the Democratic party, and is 




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fraternally a member of El wood Lodge No. 166, 
K. of P. On the 1st of Ajiril, 1888. woie united 
in marri.ige J. S. niiijro and Miss Addir M-aU-au. -a 
native of Rush Counlv, and one of tlie four t'hil- 
drcn of James Malian, a citizen well and favoiably 
known in Rush County. The home of our subject 
and his accomplished wife has been brightened by 
the birth of two little daughters, Maud and Nell. 
Dr. and Mrs. Ringo occupy a high social position, 
and enjoy the confidence of a host of friends, 
tlieir attractive home being the abode of hospi- 
tality. 



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|>ILLIAM KJiN/.KR. In 

calling of farming a la 



■suit of the 
mber of the 
progressive citizens of lianiilton County 
have accumulated wealth; others, while not gain- 
ing fortunes, have become vvell-to-do, and amonii: 
this latter class we mention the name of William 
Kinzer, the owner and occupant of a farm in Del- 
aware Township. Tlic nwst of Ins |)roperty he 
has 'aecnmulated through his unaided exertions, 
although at the death of his father he I'eceived 
eight}' acres of the estate and thirty-four acres of 
the home farm. At tiie present time (1893) his 
landed possessions aggregate three hundred and 
sixty-nine acres, which he has embellished with 
first-class improvements and buildings of a suli- 
stantial character. 

Concerning the liislor\ of the Kinzer family 
little is definitely known. It is supposed that the 
grandfather of our subject, .lolm Kinzer. was born 
in Pennsylvania, lie w.as there reared to man- 
hood and there married Mary DeerdofT, after 
which he removed to Ohio and located in High- 
land County, and followed the calling of a farm- 
er. He and his wife reared seven children, as 
follows: Jacob, David, Daniel; John, father of 
our subject; ]Margaret, wife of David Ockerman; 
.Sarah, wife of John Bailey: and Catherine, wife 
of Daniel Davis. Thegrandparents were members 
of the Dunkard Chuich. 

John Kinzer, father of our subject, was born in 
1804, and was reared on a farm, remaining with 
his parents until he was twenty-one. In 1828 he 
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I came to Indiana, locatinLC in Hamilton County. 
where he commenced without money or fiicnds. 
lie entered a small tiart of land from the Covern- 

for the property. Alwut 18;i() he married K'uth, 
daughter of William and Mary (A[olIitt) Wdkin- 
son, and a native of Randolph County, N. C. Her 
parents were natives of Ireland and KuiiL-ind. ri - 
spectively, and came t,o tlie I'nited States whcMi 
' chil'dren, paying for their pas.sage on the ship by 
work after they reached this country. 

After his marriage. John Kinzer eleaied and im- 
proved the farm up<in which our subject now re- 
sides, to which lie added fiom time to time until 
his landed possessions aggregated hundreds of 
acres. He and his wife reared a family of seven 
children, as follows: William, of this ski'tch; Mary, 
who married Sylvanus Carey; David, .laeob, Levi; 
Sarah, the wife of Louis Metsker; and Ira .1.. who 
<lied in 1892. Politically, the father of this fam- 
il\ was an advocate of the principles of the Whig 
party. His death occurred in 18.J0, and his wife 
passed away ten years later. 

Upon the home farm in Delaware Township, 
Hamilton County, the subject of this sketch was 
born in 18;52. Early trained to familiarity with, 
and thorough knowledge of, agricultural pursuits, 
he assumed the management of the home farm at 
the age of eighteen. In 186.3 he was united in 
marriage with Miss ]\Iaria, daughter of Ira and 
Martha (Phelps) Mendenhall. This lady died in 
186.5, leaving one son, Edwin Irving, who was ac- 
cidentally shot at the age of twent3'-one. The 
second marriage of ]\Ir. Kinzer united him with 
Nancy J. Moon, a native of North Carolina and a. 
daughter of John and Rebecca Moon. Four eliil- 
dreii have been born of this union: Albert. John, 
Henry, and Jennie, who died at the age of nine 
years. The oldest son is a graduate of theCarmel 
High School, and John and Henry are students in 
the .schools of this place. Politically a Repub- 
lican. TMr. Kinzer served as Cleik of the township 
under the old law, and lias lilled other positions 
of trust and responsibility, and has been Stali.sli- 
cal Reporter to the Depailment of Agriculture 
from Hamilton County for the p.ast twenty-five 
years. The Kinzer family have a splendid temper- 



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ance record, as none of the descendants of John 
Kinzer, the father of William, have so far ever be- 
come addicted to the habit of using spirituous 
liquors or tobacco in any form. 



m^ — — 



^^\ OLOMON JSAXUGEL. This represeuta- 
^^^ tive farmer and stock-raiser of Madison 
"|tl/jV County owns and occupies a well improved 
^" estate lying on section 9, Union Town- 

ship. He has passed his entire life in this county, 
having been born here on the 15th of October, 
1843. His parents, Jacob and Margaret E. (Go- 
heen) Isanogel, were natives of Ohio and Virginia 
respectively, and the paternal ancestors originated 
in Germany. Grandfather Solomon Isanogel was 
a soldier in the War of 1812, where he rendered 
efficient service in the cause of the United States. 

When a young man, Jacob Isanogel accompanied 
his parents in their removal from Ohio to Indi- 
ana, settling in Delaware County, and later remov- 
ing with them to Union Township, Madison 
County. The family settled in the woods, locating 
in the northern part of Union Township, at an 
early period in the history of the county, when 
settlers were few and improvements even more 
rare. Jacob resided for manj' years in a log 
cabin, and perseveringly tilled the soil of his farm. 
He became well-to-do, and was ranked among the 
foremost farmers of the township, who mourned 
his death, in 1873, as a public loss. In politics he 
affiliated with the Democrats, but was not an ac- 
tive partisan, nor solicitous for official honors. He 
is survived by his widow, who now (1893), at the 
age of almost seventy years, is numbered among 
the venerable pioneer women of Chesterfield. 

In the parental family there are four surviving 
cliildren, viz.: Solomon, of this sketch; Samuel E., 
Belle and Walter. The eldest of the number was 
reared to nianliocjd in ISIadison County, where he 
was a witness of mutli of the pioneer work neces- 
sary to the improvenu'iil of the county. He has 
attended log-rolling and cabin-raising, and also 
aided in clearing the land. His education was re- 
ceived in tlie old-fashioned subscription schools. 



one of which was conducted by his father. He 
also for a time was a pupil in the public schools 
but has gained his broad information on historical 
and current topics mainly through self culture. 

The marriage of Mr. Isanogel occurred in April, 
1873, at which time he was united with Miss Mary, 
daughter of the late William Scott, and a resident 
of Union Township, Madison County. The fol- 
lowing-named children were born of this union: 
Thomas, Jessie (deceased), Maud, Maggie, Emma, 
Walter, Samuel, Carl and John. In 1859, when a 
mere boy, Mr. Isanogel went to Delaware County, 
Ind., where he worked in the Suman gristmill, 
north of Daleville, on the White River, remaining 
in that place for several years. In the best sense 
of the word, he maj' be termed self made, having 
received no assistance upon starting out for him- 
self. He is now the owner of one hundred and 
fifty acres in Union Township, the value of which 
has been materially increased tlirough his improve- 
ments. 

In his political belief, Mr. Isanogel is not parti- 
san in his opinion, but having given considerable 
thought to the public issues of the age, advocates 
the principles of the Democratic partj , the ticket 
of which he uniformly votes, both in local and na- 
tional affairs. He is a man of intense public- 
spirit, progressive and enterprising, and as such 
receives the confidence of his fellow-citizens. 



^^EORGE J. GR0VP:S. One of Hamilton 
III County's most fertile farms is located in 

^^1 White River Township, and is owned and 
operated by the subject of this sketch. It consists 
of eighty acres, upon which have been placed a sub- 
stantial set of rural buildings and such additional 
improvements as constitute a model estate. Since 
he located here in 1864, Mr. Groves has devoted 
his time exclusively to agricultural pursuits, and 
has made of his chosen occupation a science, con- 
cerning which he is thoroughly informed. 

A brief mention of the ancesliy of our subject 
will add to its interest and value. In tracing his gen- 
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paternal great-grandfather, Henry Groves (or Ilans 
Craft, as he was known in his native country), em- 
igrated from Germany to America. Tlie fatlier of 
our subject, Isaac Groves, was born in Virginia, 
August 9, J796, and was there united in marriage 
witli Miss Celia Peariioint, nlio was likt^wisc a na- 
tive of tiie Old Dominion, having been liorn tiiere 
m September, 1798. The^y became the parents of 
nine children, of wiiom five are now living, three 
sons and two daughters. The sons are all farm- 
ers, and one engages in the practice of medicine 
in connection with agricultural pursuits. 

Some years after his marriage Isaac Groves re- 
moved with his family to Kentucky, where his 
death occurred September 19, 18G7. His widow at 
present (1893) makes her home with a son, Will- 
iam, in Kentucky, and is more vigorous than 
might lie cxpicti'd in one of her age, ninetj'-flve 
years. The subject of this sketch was born in Jeff- 
erson County, Ky., October 4, 18.'! 1. lie spent his 
boyhood principally in farm work, although he 
attended the common schools whenever an oppor- 
tunity was afforded. On the 24th of March, 1857, 
he married Miss Eliza A. Roby, who was born in 
Nelson County, Ky., February 4, 1838. 

The grandfather of Mrs. Groves, Jacob Roby, 
for many years engaged in teaching school, and 
also followed the occupation of a farmer. He and 
his wife, Jemima, died in the Blue Grass State. The 
father of Mrs. Groves, Josiah Roby, w.as born in 
Maryland, and in his boyhood accompanied his 
parents to Kentucky, where he grew to a sturdy 
manhood. Throughout his entire life he engaged 
in farming, and met with fair success in his chosen 
vocation. His death occurred October 7, 1877, at 
a ripe old age, he having been born October 14, 
179 1. 

Eliza Pash. as the mother of Mrs. (iroves was 
known in maidenliood, was born in Virginia April 
25, 1802, being one in a family of eight children, 
two of whom are now living. Her parents were 
John and Permelia (Stonestreet) Pash, natives of 
Virginia, who migrated to Kentucky and there re- 
.mained until death. Mrs. Eliza Roby passed from 
earth on the 30th of August, 1881, after having 
become the mother of ten children, six of whom 
survive at the present writing. Mrs. (iroves is a 



model farmer's wife, industrious and painstaking, 
and ably assists her husband in all his undertak- 
ings. She was the mother of four children, two 
of whom are deceased, and two living. One 
daughter, Celia, was married on tin- 1 llh ..f 
January, 1878, to John W. (irulib. She is the 
mother of three sons: George B., aged thirteen; 
Leon Earl, three years; and Glenn, .aged seven 
months. George Leon Groves, son of Mr. and Mrs. 
Groves, born November 22, 1874, is livingat home 
with his parents, attending school in winter and 
assisting his fatlier on the farm in summer. Mr. 
and Mrs. (Proves mihI llicir children belt)ng to the 
Methodist Church. 



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IILIP S. WIIEELEH, senior parlnor of 
the successful tirni of P. .S. Wheeler & 
Brother, prosperously conducting an ex- 
I, \ tensive sawmiil, equipped with the latest 
machinery, is widely known as a manufacturer of 
wagon and plow stock, the product of the large 
mill finding ready and profitable sale throughout 
the states of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, 
and eastward to New York. Long recognized as 
a leading business man of Noblesville, our subject 
has from his childhood been intimately associated 
with the changing scenes and progressive interests 
of Hamilton Count3-, within whose borders he 
was born, January 7, 1829. His father, John 
Wheeler, a native of Nicholas County, Ky., was a 
man of ambitious enterprise, and in September, 
182G, journe^'ing to Indiana, made his [jermanent 
home in Hamilton County, then a comparative 
wilderness. 

The paternal grandfather. William AMieeler, also 
born in Kentucky', shai»(l the privations and 
hardships of pioneer life in Indiana, and survived 
his residence in Hamilton County onlv a few 
years, passing away in I8;i(;. In 1881, at the age 
of seventy-eight vcims, the father entered into 
rest, respected by all who knew him. For fifty- 
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aided in the develoi)ment of the vital interests of 
his locality, giving ready assistance in all matters 
of mutual welfare, and in his death Hamilton 
County lost a worthy pioneer and upright citizen. 
The mother, Mary (Stoops) Wheeler, was the 
daughter of Philip Stoops, a native of Pennsyl- 
vania, but an early settler of Kentucky. The 
Sloops and Wheeler families, old time friends and 
neiglibors, emigrated togetlier, in 1826, from 
Kentucky to Indiana, and in a great measure were 
associated in all the pioneer experiences bf their 
new liome. 

Our subject, the oldest of ten eliildren, early 
began the struggle of life by assisting his father in 
tlie daily toil of the old homestead. He enjoyed 
the benefit of instruction in the schools of the 
district, and, a manly and self-reliant 3'outh, at 
twenty ^ears of age entered into the pursuit of 
general agriculture upon his own accouut. He 
prt)sperously conducted a fine farm until 1865, 
and then began Ihe sawing of hard native lumber, 
renting out his farm. Gradually enlarging his 
saw-milling and manufacturing, Mr. Wheeler fin- 
ally, in 1873, sold to his brother, H. P. Wheeler, 
an interest in the profitable business, now one of 
the most extensive of its kind in the west. Our 
subject 3'et owns the ninety-acre farm, which he 
cleared of its forest growth and which is endeared 
to him by the associations of the past. 

Upon May 3, 1849, were united in marriage 
Philip S. Wheeler and Miss Rebecca Burcham, a 
native of Indian^, and daughter of James and 
JIary Burcham, pioneers of Wayne County. The 
estimable wife of our subject passed away in 1869, 
mourned by manj- friends. The two daughters 
who survived her are, Mary A., wife of B. F. 
Shumaker, of Wayne Township, Hamilton County, 
and Emma C, the wife of Jaines Haverstick, of 
Noblesville. Mr. Wheeler married a second time, 
upon February 22, 1871, then being united with 
Mrs. Caroline Bolton, a native of Union County, 
Ind., and born September 7, 1829. Her father 
was Mr. Jones Hanna, well known ill the pioneer 
days as an early settler of Hamilton County. He 
and his worthy wife, Mary (Petrie) Jones, were 
natives of Xorth Carolina, but Mrs. Jones was of 
German descent. They made their home in Indi- 



ana, while the country was yet unsettled, and 
abounding in wild game. 

The father of our subject, being in early life a 
Whig and later a stanch Republican, Mr. Wheeler, 
following in tlie paternal footsteps, was also, until 
1873, an ardent Republican, but since then has 
voted the Democratic ticket. He was at one time 
a candidate for the Legislature and was defeated 
by a small majority, about two hundred votes, al- 
though the Republican majority had previously 
been estimated at fully two thousand. The popu- 
larity of our subject was therefore evident, and 
was a source of pleasure to his many friends, who 
much regretted his defeat. Mr. Wheeler was fra- 
ternally associated with Noblesville Lodge No. 
157, A. F. & A. M., and is also a member of 
Noblesville Lodge No. 125, 1. 0. O. F. Our sub- 
ject and his wife reside in a beautiful home on 
Catherine Street, and both are long time members 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and active in 
the religious and benevolent work of the denomi- 
nation. 



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OSEPII W. KEATON, deceased, a man of 
ight character and sterliAg integrity, 
id for thirty years intimately associated 
*5^^' with the progressive interests of Madison 
County, Ind., entered into rest in Boone Town- 
ship in 1885, mourned by the entire communit}' as 
a public loss. Arriving within the limits of the 
county when a young man, energetic and am- 
bitious, he entered with ardor into the cultivation 
of the soil, and buying land from the Govern- 
ment, transformed the wild prairie into a thriving 
farm, annually yielding an abundant harvest. He 
was born in Fayette County, Ind., February 22, 
1827, and was the son of Thomas Keaton, a pio- 
neer farmer of the west, and a man of ability and 
enterprise. 

The father was born in the sunny south, and, a 
native of Maryland, spent the days of boyhood in 
his birthplace, there receiving his education and 
self-reliantlj' attaining to manhood. Later he 
emigrated to Ohio, and for a short time made his 
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diana and, settling in Fayette County when the 
country round about was a wilderness, engaged in 
llie pursuit of agriculture, clearing, cultivating 
and improving a farm, one of the best in his lo- 
cality'. The father, however, s!pent liis declining 
years in Madison County, and there passed away 
after a life of busy usefulness in 1866. The moth- 
er, Rebecca (Young) Keaton, was the daughter of 
highly esteemed residents of Philadelphia, Pa., 
and reared n|i to useful iiilluence an intelligent 
family, of wlium .losepli W. was the youngest. 

()ui- suljject when a little lad attended a primi- 
tive luj,' schoolhouse of Fayette County, and 
trained up to farming duties, early rendered as- 
sistance in the daily round of agricultural cares. 
At twenty-one years of age, he entered upon the 
management of his father's farm, paying so much 
of the crop as was required for the use of the 
ground and farming implements. Until 1855, Mr. 
Keaton cultivated the acres of the old homestead, 
but at this latter period of time removed to Madi- 
son County, where he purchased land from the 
Government, and with unceasing industr3' added 
to the original acres until he had accumulated a 
large property and amassed a comfortable coiniie- 
tence. 

January 30, 1851, Mr. Keaton married Miss 
Harriet Noble, daughter of .Tames and Margaret 
(Carnes) Noble. Mr. Noble, a native aiarylander, 
early settled in Rush County, Ind., and made this 
pait of the state his permanent home, dying upon 
his old farm in 1880. The maternal grandfather 
of the estimable wife of our subject was Josiah 
Carnes, a native of the east. The union of Mr. 
and Mrs. Keaton was blessed by the biitli of live 
children. .Tames Thomas, who married Mis- .Martha 
Smith, lives near his mother on the lu)nie farm; 
Susan, died at the age of twenty-six; Margaret, 
the wife of John Hunt, now resides in Fairmount; 
Rebecca married Robert Butler, and they make 
their home with Mrs. Keaton. The tiftli child 
passed away in infancy. 

It was in the spring of 1885 th.-it. stricken by 
mortal illness, Mr. Keaton was called fr(jm the 
familiar scenes with wliicli ho had been so long 
idciitilied. A kinil fiiend and neighbor, a devoted 
husband and father, an.l a true American citizen. 



ever zealous in behalf of the welf.arc of his native 
land, our subject had many friends ami no ene- 
mies, and was beloved b\ all who knew liiiii in- 
timately. About eight yeais liave coini' and yone 
since the death of Mr. Keaton, but in the heaits of 
old-time friends and acquaintances he yet lives, 
the remembrance of his pleasant ways, liis kindly 
words and manly virtues bcinji; undinuned l)y the 
lapse of time. 

Mr. and Mrs. Keaton were both valued members 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for many 
years oiu- subject faithfully served as Trustee of 
the same. A sl:ihvait, Kepiibiican from the forma- 
tion of the [larty. .Mr. Keat<in ever did his duty as 
a man and citizen, but never aspired to political 
promotion. He shared the toil and privations of 
the early days, and lived to witness the growth and 
advancement of hi- home state , but many years of 
usefulness were aiipurcnlly l>efoi-c him a short 
time previous to his untimely death. To the ef- 
forts of those who, like Josepli \V. Kenton, le- 
deemed the land from its unculLured condition 
and made the ])rairie blossom like the rose, the 
people of to-day owe their prosperity and grate- 
fully render to the early pioneers the tribute of 
high respect and honor. The worthy widow of 
our subject and her entire family occupy a leading 
position in the county, and command the esteem 
of many sincere friends. 

J'~|0I1NII. BRANDOM. Hamilton County is 
conspicuous for its ferl ile farms, which are 
' faultless in the way of management and the 
' order in which they .are kept. Those in 
Fall Creek Township arc especially advantageous- 
ly located and the land is fertile and productive. 
No one is more to he comiilimented upon the ex- 
cellent system witli which his agricultuial affairs 
are conducted tlian the successful faimer whose 
name introduces this sketch, and who was born in 
Fall Creek Township January 30, 1852. 

The dairy interests of the county have in Mr. 
Brandom an able and worthy representative. He 
owns from live to ten milch cows, and in the 
summer sells milk to tlie,cieamerv at Fortville, of 



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wliich enterprise lie was one of the promoters at 
the time of its inception, in 1890, and is now a 
member of the Board of Managers. He usually 
keeps on the faiin ten head of horses and a num- 
ber of cows and hogs. He is regarded as one of 
the most energetic and enterprising residents of 
the county, and is especially prominent in the lo- 
cal affairs of the townshii), in which lie is a well 
known resident. 

Our subject is the eldest of tweh^e children, six 
of whom are now living. His father, O. H. P. 
Erandom, was a native of Greenfield, Hancock 
County, but in boyhood came to Fall Creek Town- 
ship, where he has since been successfully con-, 
ducting farming operations. He is now (1893) 
sixty-seven j'ears of age. The mother of our sub- 
ject bore the maiden name of Susan Ragers, and 
was born in Fall Creek Township, being a daugh- 
ter of John and Polly Ragers, natives of Pennsyl- 
vania, who emigrated to Indiana in an earl3' day, 
and there spent t!ie remainder of their days. Mr. 
Ragers passed awa3^ at the great age of one hun- 
dred and eight years. Mrs. Susan Brandom is 
still living, and makes her home in this township. 
Grandfather William Brandom spent his life most- 
ly in Hamilton County, where he died at the age 
of eighty-five. 

Remaining at home until he was twenty-one, 
our subject assisted in the maintenance of the fam- 
ily, and early became familiar with agriculture. 
After starting out for himself, he worked out for 
a season by the month, and afterward operated a 
threshing machine. Later he went into a sawmill, 
where he worked for eighteen months, and then 
worked at farming by the month until he was 
twenty -seven. On the 31st of December, 1878, he 
was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Lutz, 
who was one of five children born to Levi and 
Elizabeth (Helms) Lutz. Mr. Lutz was born in Ohio, 
and came to Fall Creek Township at the age of 
ten. He engaged in farming until about fifty-five 
jears old, when he died. His father, John Lutz, 
was a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of a Ger- 
man, who emigrated to the United States in an 
eaily da}-. 

The mother of Mrs. Brandom was horn in Ham- 
ilton County, and was one of five children in the 



family of Abraham Helms, a native of Tennessee, 
who early in life emigrated to Kentucky. Later 
he came to Hamilton County, about 1820, and was 
one of the pioneer .settlers of this part of the 
county. He assisted in clearing four farms, and 
did much toward making [lossible the development 
of this section. His death occurred at the age of 
about eighty-seven. Mr. and Mrs. Brandom have 
five children: Fred K., Maud V., Bessie B., John 
D. and Nellie B., all of whom are at home. 

After his marriage, our subject settled upon the 
farm where his wife was born, and where they 
have since resided. One of the prominent men of 
the county, he is at present Supervisor of District 
No. 1, and is always interesied in every measure 
that will advance the welfare of the Democratic 
party. Socially, he is identified with Edwards 
Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Fortville, and is a member of 
the encampment. For seven years he was a mem- 
ber of Bethlehem Church, of which he was Trustee 
for five years. He has recently transferred his 
membership to the Christian Church in his own 
part of the township. In addition to farming pur- 
suits, he has acted as auctioneer in Hamilton and 
adjoining counties for a nuniber of \ears. 



|t_ ON. JOHN E. SHERMAN, the present pop- 
ilfjii ular and enterprising Mayor of Alexan- 
%^ dria, Madison County, Ind., giving to the 
i^ duties of his responsible position faithful 
and efficient service, is but adding to his already 
enviable record as a man and citizen of sterling 
iutegrit3' and undoubted executive ability. The 
entire life of our subject is interwoven with the 
growth and prosperity of his home city. He was 
born on the 18th of June, 1858, in Alexandria, 
and here was reared to a self-reliant and hon- 
ored manhood. His father, Thomas Sherman, born 
in Oneida Countj-, N. Y., was the seventh son of 
Samuel Sherman, also the seventh son of the pater- 
nal great-grandfather. Grandfather Sherman was a 
cousin of the father of Gen. William T. and Senator 
John Sherman. Thomas Sherman, the father, emi- 
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gan the manufacture of the Endless Chain Pump, 
locatinsj in Winche.ster. He liad invented tlie 
|)iuiip himself, .-iiid later manufactured it in An- 
dt'rsijii, liiit liiKilly permanently settled in Alex- 
andria, at (irst manufacturing pumjjs, but in a 
sliort time engaging in the mercantile business. 
Owning the second store opened in the town, the 
father made a fortune in that line of trade. He 
was just |)re|ianng to conduct a bank in Ander- 
son when he was taken ill, and died in the 3'ear 
18C.5. He was one of the prominent and success- 
ful men of his day, and, occupying a leading po- 
sition in Madison County, left a large property 
to his heirs. 

Of the seven sons who blessed the paternal 
grandfatlier, Samuel and William participated 
in the struggles of the Civil War, the former 
.as a Captain, and the latter .as a private, lioth 
were killed upon the battle-field while heroic- 
ally making a charge upon the enemy. Two 
of the brothers p.assed their entire lives in New 
York State. .Vnother made his home in Iowa un- 
til his death. .Vnother passed away in the eastern 
part of Indiana, and only one of the eight sons of 
(Grandfather Sherman now survives. The mother, 
Mary (Fit/.gerald) Sherman, was the daughter of 
William Fit/.gerald, an Irishman by birtii and a 
shoemaker by trade. The maternal grandfather, 
steadily winning his way upward, became a prom- 
inent man and an ofllcial of his locality. \t the 
time of his death he w.as Superintendent of the 
County Poor Farm, and continued to reside in the 
l^iaker State until the close of Ins life. Tlu- 
mother, niariying a second time, was vvedded to 
W. (i. Kelly, Postmaster of Alexandria under 
Cleveland's first administration. Mrs. Kelly, youth- 
ful in appearance and manners, and a charming 
l.ady, full of hope and clieer, occupies a high social 
position in the society of Alexandria, and, although 
sixty-four years of age, has not a single gray hair 
in her abundant tresses. The parental famil}- con- 
sisted of three sons and one daughter. 

Charles L. Sherman is married and has two chil- 
dren. He IS connected with the Exchange National 
liank of Anderson. Laura is tiie wife of the 
lion. A. E. Harlan, ex-State .Senator and Vice- 
President of the .\lexandria National Hank, of 



Alexandria. Our subject received liis primary 
I education in the home schools of .\lexandria, and 
completed his studies at the Normal School of 
, Anderson. At sixteen years of age he taught 
school, and when twenty-one came into the hand- 
some inheritance bequeathed him by his father. 
j Soon after attaining to his m.ajority. Mr. Sher- 
man took a position as traveling s.alcsman for a 
Chicago wholesale je\velr\- house, and for- the fol- 
lowing six years journeyed from the latter city to 
the Pacific Coast and through the south. In 1885 
he embarked in the mercantile liusiness in .Mex- 
andria, but sudden reverses in the year IS'.io 
caused him to lose the greater part of hi.s fortune. 
He then resumed iiis travels on the roaci. being 
employed by a wholesale boot and shoe house in 
Hoston, l)Ut continued to make his home in Alex- 
andria. When Alexandria w.as organized into a 
city, .John E. Sheriiiau was the unanimous choice 
of the Democratic party for iMa_\-or, and was pop- 
ular with the entire community. Not seeking the 
position of honor, he acce|)ted it with the under- 
standing that he should serve only a short term, 
or until the sin-ing of 181)3. The Legislature of 
the winter of 181)2-93, however, pas?ed a law to 
the effect that all the city oflices should hold for 
four years and present officers until September, 
18:il. :\Ir. Sheniiaii will llierefor,' ivtain hisofttce 
as .Alayor until .September, 1 .s'.) I . ;.ud through his 
eflicient service will undoubtedly advance the pro- 
gressive interests of the city. He still holds his po.si- 
tion with the wholesale house and sends a man 
out on the road, making Alexandria a distrii)uting 
point. 

March 19, 18i)2, were united in marriage .loiin 
E. Sherman and Miss Bertha Shirk, a native of 
Newcastle, Ind., and the daughter of Christian 
Shirk, now a successful jeweler of Alexandria. 
Our subject and his accomplished wife, who re- 
ceived the congratulations of many friends upon 
their wedding day, are now the happy parents 
of a little son, Tiiomas Christian, four months 
old. Mayor Sherniaii. devoted to the duties of 
his official position, is even a more jiopular man 
to-day than when he accepted the reins of city 
Government and first seated himself in the May- 
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ical, will establish a precedent certain to insure 
the best good and promote the vital welfare of 
Alexandria. Fraternally a Royal Arch Mason, 
and politically a life-louj^ Democrat, as was his 
revered father, no man in Madison County stands 
higher in public estimation, or is more secure in 
tlie good-will of his fellow-townsmen, than our 
honored subject, wiio in hours of adversity or 
prosperity is ever the same, manly, upright and 
courageous. 



<V TrlLLIAM T. CARTWRIGIIT, a prosperous 
\/\j/l agriculturist and stock-raiser successfully 
^^^ cultivating a valuable farm in Boone 
Township, Madison County, is a life-time resident 
of tiie state and was born in Milton, Wayne 
County, August 15, 1834. His father, Thomas Cart- 
wright, a native of North Carolina, was born April 
C>, 1786, and remained in his earlj' home two-score 
years, having been from his youth a hard-working, 
industi-ious man. By trade a carpenter and 
builder, he devoted a great portion of his lime to 
that occupation but also engaged in the steamboat 
business for some years, running between Eliza- 
betli City, Va., and Norfolk, N. C. 

In 1826, Thomas Cartwright emigrated to 
Wayne County, Ind., and settled in the town of 
INIilton, where he engaged in farming. At the ex- 
piration of ten years he removed with his family 
to Madison Count}', and investing in lands, again 
entered into agricultural pursuits and remained a 
tiller of the soil up to the time of his death, in the 
month of October, 1865. The paternal grand- 
fatlier was born in England and was the descen- 
dant of a long line of enterprising and intelligent 
ancestry; he emigrated to North Carolina in an 
early day in the history of our country. The 
mother of our subject, Bathsheba (Smitson) Cart- 
wright, was born in North Carolina March 4, 1797, 
and was the daughter of old and highly respected 
residents of the Tar State. She traced her ances- 
try to Turkey, in Europe. 

Our subject was the youngest of the ten children 
who clustered in the old home. Five are deceased, 
Charles, Spencer, Miles, Matilda and Susan. Five 



are still living. Mary, residing in Nebraska, mar- 
ried James Eaton, now deceased; Lucinda, the 
widow of Isaac Frazier, removed to California in 
1856, and still makes her home in tiiat state; Fred 
was the eldest son and possessing abilit3\ readily 
made his way to a position of influence; Emeline 
married Edward Christopher and resides in Sum- 
mitville, Ind.; William T. attended the common 
schools of Madison County and at the age of 
eighteen began to learn the trade of a carpenter 
and joiner, which he followed almost continuously 
for twenty-six years. 

After a time journeying to Iowa, Mv. Cart- 
wright was engaged for two years in the carpen- 
tering business in Iowa City and Des Moines. For 
twenty-four years he worked at the bench in vari- 
ous parts of his native state. In the year 1872, 
he entered into agricultural pursuits on tiie land 
which he now cultivates. He has brought his two 
hundred acres to a high state of cultivation and 
every year reaps an abundant harvest, [irlncipally 
of grain and hay. He also successfully handles a 
limited amount of fine stock, owning some horses 
and cattle of high grade. The handsome farm is 
further improved witli excellent and commodious 
buildings, including an attractive modern resi- 
dence and roomy barns and granary. 

In May, 1858, Mr. Cartwright married Miss 
Rebecca, daughter of Basil and Sarah ^Willis) 
Thomas, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia re- 
spectively. They were married February 22, 
1826, in Clermont County, Ohio; the father died 
August 14, 1887, aged eighty-three years, and the 
mother passed away February 7, 1867, aged sixty 
years. The Thomas family is of Welsh ancestry. 
The great-great-grandfather, John Thomas, came 
to America in 1680, and settled in Kings County, 
Md., where he served as High Sheriff. The great- 
grandfather, William Thomas, served as Captain 
in the Revolutionary War. The grandfather, 
James Thomas, a native of Kings County, Md., re- 
moved to Clermont County, Ohio, and died there 
in 1852, aged eighty years. The maternal grand- 
mother of Mrs. Thomas was Mary Taylor, who was 
of Scotch descent, being a member of a prominent 
family related to Zachary Taylor. 

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tlie children born of her marriage, we note tlie 
following: Charles S., died in infancy. Edgar 
married Lillie Kaufman and resides on a farm in 
Madison County. Thomas leaches school and 
jirosperously conducts a farm. Miles F. married 
Miss Anna Rogers, of California, and lias charge 
of his father's homestead. Arden II. married Car- 
rie liacr and follows the tiadc uf a carpen- 
ter in :\Iadison Cdiinty. .\ithiir married Ida 
Siiit/.messer and make.s his home on a farm near 
!-uiiinut\ille. S.uali H. and Gertrude are at home. 
Mrs. Cartwright and her daughters are members of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are foremost 
in good work and benevolent enterprises of their 
locality, whire they occupy a position of influence. 
Politically a Democrat and an ardent advocate 
of the party, Mr. Cartwright is a well read man 
and thoroughly informed as to local and national 
issues. He takes an active interest in all matters 
pertaining to public welfare but is content to do 
his duty as a private citizen and has never sought 
office. Possessed of an excellent memory he has 
an interesting fund of reminiscences of his boyhood 
days, when the primitive methods and manners 
[irevailed and the schoolhouses were not the con- 
venient and well arranged buildings in which the 
children of to-day stud^y. From his youth inti- 
mately associated with the growth and prosperity 
of his native state, he enjoys a wide acquaintance 
and the confidence of man\- friends. He has self- 
reliantly won his way to assured success, and with 
his sons and daughters well established in life 
may with pleasure review his career of honored 
and useful industry. 



^»'UD(;E THEODORE p. I)A\TS. Among 
the most prominent citizens of this county 



is the gentleman whose name heads this 
record. Throughout Noblesville and the 
surrounding country he is held in the highest re- 
gard, for his life has been an honorable and up- 
right one, and by true merit he has risen to a 
position of prominence among his fellow-men. 
He is now Chief .Judge of the Ajipellate Court of 



Indiana. He was born .l;iuuary ;'>, 1H5.'), in West- 
field, Hamilton County, Ind. His great-grandfather, 
Paul Davis, was a native of Mecklenburgh County, 
N. C, was of Welsh descent, and was reared on a 
farm. He married Margaret Alexander, who was 
born in the same state, and they removed to a 
farm in South Carolina. About 1812 they went 
to Kentucky, but after a year removed to Rush 
County, Ind, Their last days vvere spent near 
Connersville, 

Wilhurn Davis, grandfather of the .ludge, was 
born in South Carol iiia, and wedded Miss Nanc3' 
Dale, who was l)orn in Kentucky, was of English 
descent, and the youngest of twelve children. 
They had seven children, two yet living. With 
their family, they came to Indiana about 1823, 
locating in Noblesville. Mr. Davis was a Captain 
in the state militia. County Commissioner of 
schools and Count}' Agent. He also carried on a 
hotel in an early day. In 1835, he removed to 
Adams Township, but subsequently returned to 
Noblesville, where his death occurred at the age 
of tliirtj'-nine years. His wife died when about 
fiftj-flve years of age. Their son, Newton J., the 
father of our subject, was born in Rush County, 
Ind., November 23, 1823, and throughout his life 
followed farming. After his father's death he 
took charge of the family affairs and operated the 
home farm. He was also a tanner and saddler. 
In July, 18.53, he married Louisa Pearson, a native 
of Brown County, Ohio, and a daughter of Her- 
man and Tokez (Teller) Pearson, who were among 
the early settlers in this section of the county. 
Mrs. Davis was a noble, ambitious woman, of lov- 
ing character, and the Judge attributes much of 
his success in life to her example and teachings. 
She died at the old home at the age of thirty- 
five. The family numbered five children, four yet 
living: Theodore, Luella, Wilburn and Jasper P. 

Our subject remained on the farm until seven- 
teen years of age, attending the district schools in 
the winter and aiding in clearing and developing 
the fields through the siunm.'r. In the fall of 
1871 his health failed him. and he was forced to 
quit the arduous work. Having some little pro))- 
erty, he sold this in 1872, and, borrowing some 
money, entered the National Normal School at 



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Lebanon, Ohio, where he studied three months; 
He then returned home and taugiit in the old 
schoolhouse, wliere he began his education. He 
then became a teaclier in the graded schools of 
Noblesville. During all this time he was devot- 
ing every spare moment to Ihe studj- of law. 
From the age of ten lie was a great reader and 
student of law and historical works, and delighted 
in the biographies of prominent men. From that 
time he has ever been abreast with the times in all 
(piestions of interest and importance to the coun- 
try. In November, 1873, he entered the law office 
of Moss ife Trissal, where he studied until 1876, 
when, at the age of twenty-one, he entered into 
partnershii) with T. J. Kane, which connection 
continued until his election to the bench. 

In March, 1877, Judge Davis wedded Miss Anna 
F. Gray, who was teaching in Noblesville at the 
same time he was there employed. She is a 
daughter of Jacob C. and Catherine (Houser) 
Gray, and was born in 1853, in Piqua, Ohio, where 
their marriage w.as celebrated. Three children 
bless the union: Helen, born July 23, 1879; Gray, 
born January 11, 188;'); and Paul, born January 
10, 1887. 

Mrs. Davis is a member of the Presbyterian 
Church, of which the Judge is serving as Trustee. 
Socially, he is a Mason, having attained the thirty- 
second degree, is also connected with the Knights 
of Pythias and the Odd Fellows' lodge. Since 
casting his first vote for Tilden, he has been a 
stanch Democrat, and in 1890 was nominated for 
Judge of the Circuit Court of Hamiltou Count}' 
on the Democratic ticket. So great was his popu- 
larity that ho reduced a Republican majority from 
twelve hundred to less than two hundred votes. 
As the nominee on the Democratic state ticket, he 
was elected Judge of the Appellate Court in 1892. 
When nominated for this important office, the 
evening before the convention, he was returning 
from Cincinnati to Indianapolis and did not know 
that he was being talked of as a candidate until 
his return. In the caucus of the district conven- 
tion in the evening, he arose and declined the 
honor, but his friends were so persistent that he 
finally accepted, and was nominated by a hand- 
some majority. It would Ih^ hard to (ind among 



the public men of Indiana a more popular young 
man than Judge Davis, and he is truly a self-made 
man. He is steadily climbing the ladder of fame 
and he will continue liis progress throughout his 
earthly career. He is ambitious, but in no case 
does the ambition of Judge Davis overste)) the 
bounds of honor. His name is synonymous with 
uprightness and purity. Genuine merit and true 
worth have placed him in the enviable position 
which he to-day occupies. 



/^ ASPER HARTMAN, a highly esteemed and 
[|( representative German-American citizen of 

^^/ Lafaj-ette Township, Madison County, is a 
thoroughly practical agriculturist and successful 
stock-raiser, owning a valuable and finely culti- 
vated farm situated upon section 60. He is a na- 
tive of Germany and, born in the far-off Father- 
land, May 14th, 1833, was the son of Conrad and 
Catherine Hartman, also natives of German}- and 
descendants of a long line of energetic and indus- 
trious ancestors, who with ability and integrity 
won their upward way in life. In 1852 the 
father, mother and their three children, one son 
and two daughters, embarked for America. They 
took passage for the United States in a sail-boat, 
and aftej- a long voyage of six weeks safely reached 
their destined port on this side of the broad At- 
lantic. They landed in Baltimore, where the par- 
ents made their permanent home. The father was 
a tailor and easily found employment at his trade, 
receiving sufficient remuneration to care for his 
wife and family and put aside a little for a rainy 
day. After a career of usefulness he died in the 
year 1879. mourned by all who knew him. An up- 
right man and a devoted husband and father, 
Conrad Hartman received the respect of a wide 
circle of acquaintances. The venerable mother 
continues to make her residence in Baltimore. 
She is now niiiety-one years of age and is passing 
the evening of her life in peaceful tranquillity. 

Nineteen years old when he arrived in Mary- 
land, and trained from his earliest days up to 
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tlien a capable and self-reliant man of ambitious 
liiiipose and excellent judgment. After a few 
iiiiinths' residence in Ballimoie he determined to 
tiv liis fortunes in the farther north, and jour- 
neyed to Pcnnsylvauin. where he obtained wiiric 
as a farm hand. Doing whatever his hands 
could (ind to <lo he received sometimes ^0 i>cr 
month and board, sometimes $10 and board, and 
occasionally worked for fifty cents a day. He ri- 
maincd in Pennsylvania for six years, and at 
the cxpiiatiiiii (if that length of time had by 
prudent economy amassed a capital of ^.500. 
He llien married Catherine Dockter, born in 
Franklin County, Pa., and a lady of wtirtli and 
intelligence. Four children blessed the union: 
.lulm C; Jacob F'., deceased; George W. and Emma 
L. Mr. llarlinan suliserpient to his marriage con- 
tinued tn make his li,,nie in rcniisy 1 vania for 
many years, hut linally cmimatrd lu the farther 
west of Indiana, locating in rmon Tuwnsliip, 
ISIadison County. After some tiuic lie I'hanged 
his residence to Anderson Township, and later re- 
moved to Richland Township, linally. in the fall 
of 1873, permanently settling upon his present 
farm. Entering with zeal into tlie cultivation i>f 
the fertile acres, he as soon as possible made vari- 
ous substantial and attractive improvements. 

In KS.SO Mr. Ilaitinaii built liis line brick dwell- 
ing, one of the best in the locality. Of the one 
hundred and forty-four acres owned by our sub- 
ject, one hundred, which annually return a boun- 
teous harvest, arc in the home farm. This land 
when iteame into the possession of its present owner 
was in a wild condition and has been brought up 
to its highly profitable state solely by the skillful 
labor and excellent management of Mr. Hartman, 
who is considered authority on agricultural pur- 
suits. As Road Supervisor of District No. 7 he 
gave great satisfaction to all interested parties and 
has ever been ready to assist in matters pertaining 
to public improvements. Mr. and Mrs. Hartman 
and their children are valued members of the 
(liiirch of God, and our subject is a Trustee and 
Elder of the church. Well educated in his native 
language and a man of ability and broad intelli- 
gence, Mr. llartinan is a friend to educational ad- 
vanceincnl and has malerially assisted in tlic pro- 



motion of higher u'lades of scholarsliip and in- 
struction in the schools of his district. He is 
politically a Prohibitionist and a strong advo- 
cate of temperance, giving determined effort in 
the elevation of fallen hiinianity. Leaving his 
home in lialtimore more than two-score years ago. 
well dressed, with a suit of good clothes and 
twenty-li\e cents in his pocket, our subject has 
by his st'lf-rcliaiit and persistent industr}' gained 
a comfort.able coiiipetence and tiie thorough re- 
spect of all who know him. During the war he 
w:is drafted on tliicc diflcrent occasions. F'irst 
drarted for nine months, he was exempted for dis- 
ability. The second time he paid f 300 to the Gov- 
ernment, which furnished a substitute. The ex- 
penses of this draft all told cot him aboiit*400. 
The third and last dr.-ift was .■mnullrd before he 
was called upon, having been made about the time 
of the close of the war. Throughout his career 
of useful effort as a man and citizen, Mr. Hartman 
has ever been distinguished for his sterling integ- 
rity, and commands the conlidence of the entire 
commiinitv by which he is surrounded. 



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OHN E. WILEY. Indiana has given to the 
United Stales some of her most illustrious 
presidents, statesmen and jurists; in the 
'/ realm of literature Indiana's poets and 
prose writers stand foremost, having gained a 
reputation extending far beyond the artificial 
boundaries of tlie state; in the domain of com- 
merce, her sons are energetic, enterprising and 
progressive. Nor are her professional men less 
successful in their line than are her politicians, 
literary and business men. In each and all of these 
departments of the world's activit}', the thriving 
city of Anderson is well represented, and among 
her prominent citizens ma}^ be mentioned John E. 
Wiley, who has achieved success in the egal pro- 
fession and as an author and lecturer of note. 

Born in Waverly, Morgan County, Ind., April 
17, 1856, our subject is the son of Aaron T. and 
Martha (Mitchell) Wiley, natives respectively of 
Kentucky and Tennessee, the former of Scotch 



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descent, while the mother was of Irish lineage. 
The father was a farmer by occupation, and came 
to Indiana in an early day, settling in Morgan 
County in 1843, and becoming closely identified 
with the progress of that section of the state. In 
religious circles he was influential as an active 
member of the Methodist p:piscopal Church, in 
which faith he died in 1882. His wife passed away 
in Morgan County in 18,59. They were the parents 
of Ave sons and one daughter, of whom four sons 
are now living. 

On his father's farm in Morgan County, tlie 
subject of tills sketch was reared to manhood, 
meantime receiving the advantages of the district 
school and also for a time attending the Franklin 
Uio-h Sciiool. At the age of twenty he commenced 
to teach in Johnson County, and for two years 
tilled the position of Superintendent of the Green- 
wood (Johnson County) schools, in which place 
iiis work was highly satisfactory. Feeling, how- 
ever, the need of a higher education than had 
hitherto been his privilege to acquire, he entered 
the University of Indiana at Bloomington. By 
industry and economy he worked his own way 
through college, and was graduated in 1885 with 
the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was the class 
poet, and also served as editor-in-cliief of the 
Indiana Student. 

After graduating from the university, Mr. Wiley 
(Hied tlie position of Superintendent of the Moores- 
ville school for one year, after which he taugiit 
Latin for three years in the state university', at 
the same time taking a post-graduate course in 
political science, and receiving the degree of 
Master of Arts in the spring of 1888. Meanwhile 
he had pursued the study of law during his leisure 
hours, and had also read during the summers in 
the law office of Jordan & Matthews, at Martins- 
ville, Ind. He resigned his position as instructor 
in Latin in the spring of 1889, and devoted his 
time exclusively to the study of law. In 1891 the 
degree of Bachelor of Laws was conferred upon 
him by the Indiana University. In the autumn 
of 1891 he came to Anderson and opened an office, 
forming a partnership with M. M. Dunlap under 
the firm name of Wiley & Dunlap. Tiiese gentle- 
men conducted an excellent practice and were 



counsel for a number of corporations. Although 
their residence in Anderson covers a comparatively' 
brief period, thoj' are well known as able and well 
informed lawyers. In September, 1893, the partner- 
sliip was dissolved, and Mr. Wiley is now iiracticing 
alone. 

In his social connections, Mr. Wiley is identified 
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the 
Knights of Pythias and the Phi Gama Delta, a 
college Greek letter fraternity. In politics lie is a 
stanch Republican and has ably aided the party 
on tlie stump, and while residing in IMorgan 
Count}' was several times delegate, to county and 
state conventions. He is a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church and a generous contributor to 
the cause. As a lecturer, he has gained considerable 
fame and has acquired an extended reputation 
He is a member of the Western Association of 
Writers, and is the author of two publications, and 
as a lawyer he brings to the practice a well trained 
and disciplined mind, a varied knowledge and a 
ripe scholarship. 



OHN GASCHO, deceased, was one of the 
prominent and influential citizens of Hamil- 
ton County, and on account of the active 
part which he took in the upbuilding of 
the community, this work would be incomplete 
without a sketch of his life. He was born in Lan- 
caster County, Pa., was reared to manhood upon 
a farm, and became a weaver. For many years he 
followed that business. His father, Henry Gascho, 
was a native of German}', and at the age of four- 
teen years left that land, and crossed the briny 
deep to the New World. He settled in Pennsyl- 
vania, and his death occurred in Lancaster Count}-, 
at the age of eighty-eight years. lie married 
Barbara Shenk, who was born in the Keystone 
State, and there died at the age of eighty-four. 
Their family numbered three children. 

At the age of twenty-eight years, John Gascho 
was united in marriage with Catharine, daughter of 
Henry and Barbara (Zimmerman) Siiellenberger, 
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there died wlieii well advanced in years. They 
liad live children, one son and four daughters. 
Mrs. Gascho v^fas al.so born in Lancaster County, 
and by her marriage became the mother of the fol- 
lowing children: Menry who was born .January 16, 
IHlCt; Tobias, born September 27, 1819; Elias,born 
born ,Tuly 29, 1828; 
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.lanunry 22, 
and Daniel, 
also four ehi 



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(Iren who 



After his marriage, Jli-. ( 
work at the weaver's trade uni 
his old home and drove to lln 
locating upon the farm which 



iM-ho continued to 
1 I .s I 7, when he left 
iiilton County, Ind., 
3 now owned by his 



children, Daniel, Henry and Catherine. He began 
its devck)[)niciit immediately and soon transformed 
tlu^ timl)ei into rich and fertile fields. He led a 
busy and useful life and as the result of his labors 
and well directed efforts, he accumulated a hand- 
some competenc3', and became the owner of over 
seven hundred acres of laud. His career was an 
ui)right and honorable one and he had the con- 
fi(h>nce and high regard of all with whom he came 
in contact. He passed away at the age of eiglity- 
threc years, in 1867, respected by all who knew 
him. His wife died on the old homestead in her 
ninety-fifth year. 

The members of the Gascho family who still 
survive are yet living on the old home farm and 
are |n'ominent people of the community. They 
have always been identified with the agricultural 
interests of the community but arc^ now living 
retired. 



']U, ON. ROBERT GRAHAM is one of the well 
IKjV; known citizens of Noblesville, and, indeed, 
/^^^ one of the prominent men of the state, and 
i^i we therefore feel assured that this record 
will prove of interest to many and gladly present 
it to our readers. Ho was born in Butler County, 
Pa., and is a descendant of the old .Scottish family 
of that name. The great-grandfather was a Revolu- 
tionary hero, and hisson William served in the AVar 
of 1812. He married .lane McElvain, and they 
ha.l five children: Thomas; William M.; Mary; 



Edward and Robert. William M., at the .age of 
twcntyyears, wedded Amanda .1. K'eir, and located 
on .-i farm in lintler (duniy, I'a.. beroming a 
prominent and inlluenli.-il citizen of that com- 
munity. He was honored by several elections to 
the Legislature and by other positions of trust. 
The family numbered eight children : William I!.; 
Amanda .J.; Erastus; Anna E.; Joseph K.; Ma\ II.; 
Robert and one who died in infancy. 

The subject of this sketch, at the age of seven- 
teen, became a student in the academ_v at West 
Sunbury, Pa., where he pursued a three j'ears' 
course. The expenses he met b^y his own labor. 
In 1866, we find him in Illinois, where lie engaged 
in leaching one year. He then came to Nobles- 
ville, and entered the office of Hon. .lames and 
Col. Wm. O'Brien, where for the nest three years 
he was engaged in legal studies, and as clerk for 
that firm. In 1869, he was admitted to the Bar, 
and in 1870 formed a partnership with Col. Wm. 
O'Brien, Hon. James O'Brien withdrawing from 
the firm. This connection was continued until 
1873, when his partner removed to California. 
Mr. Graham was then alone in business until 1877, 
when he became a piutner of .ludge William 
Carver. In his profession, iMr. Graham ranks 
high. He is a good orator, a tluent speaker, a 
clear and logical reasoner and his arguments carry 
weight with the jury. 

On the Istof August, 1872, Mr. Graham wedded 
Miss Elizabeth S., daughter of Richard and Sarah 
A. George, of Hamilton County, Ind. They have 
one son, George M. He and his wife are faithful 
and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and are people whose many exeollencies 
of character have gained llieui many warm friends 
and secured them the high regard of all. 

Mr. Graham is a stalwart Republican, and the 
party finds in him a stanch advocate of its prin- 
ciples. In 1880, he was elected to the .State .Senate 
for a term of four years, and served on the 
.Judiciary Committee, was Chairman of the Com- 
mittee on Railroads, and member of the Corpoia- 
tions and Insurance Committees. He was also 
active in revising the Code of 1881. Working for 
the best interests of the people, he jirovcd an able 
member of the .Senate. Sociallv. he is a member 



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ofijthe Masonic fiateinity and the Order of Red 
l\Ieii. Mr. Graliain is a popular gentleman, genial 
and pleasant in manner and lias led an exemplary 
life. 



R. EBENEZEK T. AUSTIN, an honored 
) pioneer physician of Indiana, now re- 
tired from the active duties of profes- 
sional life, began his successful career as 
a general medical practitioner and surgeon in 
Preble County, Ohio, in 1839. From 1858 until 
1887, he was constantly occupied with the de- 
mands of the large practice he then enjoyed in 
Noblesville, where now, in the evening of his age, 
he is taking a well earned rest among the scenes 
and associations of the past thirt^y-five years. Our 
subject is a native of Chester County, Pa., and 
was born November 11, 1807. His father, John 
Austin, likewise a native of the Quaker State, was 
reared and educated in his birthplace, and, attain- 
ing to manhood, married Miss Mary Pyle, also a 
native of Pennsylvania and the daughter of 
Elizabeth Pyle. 

The parents, after spending many years of their 
married life in Pennsylvania, removed to Indiana 
and settled in AVayne County in 1826. Both the 
paternal and maternal ancestry were of Pjnglish 
nativity, energetic and industrious people, winning 
their upward way with intelligent industry and 
earnest purpose. Ebenezer Austin received his 
preparatory education in the sciiools of Chester 
County, .and was a youth of nineteen when he 
accompanied his father and mother to Indiana. 
The father, a mechanic by occupation, desired his 
son to learn a trade, and Dr. Austin, selecting that 
of a plasterer, continued in that line of work 
until 1836. He was not, however, satisfied with 
that vocation, and determined, although then 
twenty-nine years of age, to adopt a profession. 

Our subject began the study of medicine with 
Dr. P. A. Whitridge, of New Paris, Preble County, 
Oliio, and having read with him two years, com- 
pleted his course, of instruction with Dr. Peck, 
al.so of New Palis. In 1839. Dr. Austin estab- 



lished himself in practice in Camden, Preble 
County, Ohio, and continued in that locality two 
years, then removed to Jacksonburg, W.ayne 
Count}^ where he was located for the succeeding 
five j'ears. His next field of professional duty 
was Spiceland, Henry County, Ind., in wliicli part 
of the state he was also occupied busily for five 
years. In 1858, Dr. Austin settled permanently 
in Noblesville, and j-ear after j-ear, alike in stormy 
or pleasant weather, went his daily rounds, until, 
at an advanced age, he i-etired from professional 
cares in 1887, having been for almost a half-cen- 
tury one of the leading physicians of the state. 

Before entering upon his practice Dr. Austin 
had received the benefit of a course of lectures in 
an Ohio medical college, and throughout his long 
and prosperous career as a physician and surgeon 
lost no oppoi'tunity for improvement, and with 
reading and close research kept himself fully 
abreast of the times. In the early days our sub- 
ject was a noted Abolitionist, and ever since the 
formation of the party has been a stalwarl Re- 
publican, taking an abiding interest in both local 
and national issues. In 1828, having just attained 
his majority, Ebenezer Austin was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Margaret Alexander, a native 
of North Carolina. This estimable lady, the 
daughter of a pioneer of Wayne County, Ind., 
passed away April 17, 1834, leaving three daugh- 
ters, all of whom are now deceased. 

In 1838, Dr. Austin was wedded to Mrs. Ellen 
(Eliason) Smith, daughter of .lohn Eliason, a na- 
tive of Delaware, and a very early settler of Ken- 
tucky, later becoming a pioneer of Pieble County, 
Ohio. Mrs. Eliason was in maidenhood Miss 
Nancy Dickey, a lady of worth and intelligence. 
The excellent wife of our subject received her 
education in the primitive schools of Ohio and. 
well versed in dointstic knowledge, was ably fitted 
to assume the rer-pmisiliilities of a wife and mother 
when she first entered the marriage relation. The 
pleasant home of Dr. and Mrs. Austin was blessed 
with the birth of eight children, four of whom are 
living, two sons and two daughters. Emma is the 
wife of II. Conner, of Hamilton County; Josie is 
at home; C. B. D. Austin is a sculptor and marble 
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prosperous druggist of Noblesville. Tlie others 
are deceased. 

Mis. Austin liail one son liy lier first marriage, 
l<:iij:ili Ik'ctdr Smith, luiw a liigliiy res|)ected citi- 
zen of Morrislovvn, Henry County, 111. Dr. and 
Mrs. Austin have been valued members of the 
Clirislian Church for over half a century, and 
liu\e throughout their lives been foremost in good 
work and benevolent enterprises. In all the 
varied duties of life, faithful to the work set be- 
fore them, our subject and his worthy wife may 
with pleasure review their careers of useful in- 
tlnenee and rejoice in their well spent years, 
crowned with many blessings. 



f THOMAS SHANNON" SPKNCKR, P.isiniaster 
^\ at Sheridan, was born in Adains Township, 
/ Hamilton County, Ind., Marcli 13, 1849. 
The history of the Spencer family in this country 
dales back to three or four brothers who came to 
the United States from England, one of whom 
settled in New York, anotiier in Virginia, and the 
other in the Carolinas. From the brother who 
settled in Virginia the present generation of the 
Spencer family sprang. Aside from these facts, 
but little is known concerning the early liistory 
of the family. 

'I'he grandfather of our suliject. 'i'lionias Spencer, 
was born in Greenbrier County, \'a., in 17()2, and 
in an early day in the settlement of Ohio removed 
thither, where his death occurred in 1845. At 
one time an e.Ktensive .slave-owner and planter, he 
later in life decided that human slavery was a 
crime, and, selling his property in the Old Domin- 
ion, removed to Ohio in order to take his family 
from among the contaminating influences of an in- 
stitution tiiat he had learned to abhor. Settling 
near (xallipolis. he followed the occup.-itioii of a 
farmer until death. 

Thomas B. Spencer, father of our sulijcit. was 
born in Greenbrier County, \'a., November (>. 
1806, and was the fourth among eight children. 



Of the others we note the following: James died 
in Virginia at the age of ninety-four; Abrain died 
in the Old Dominion during the Civil War. in 
I which one of his sons served as a member of the 
I Confederate army; Andrew, who came to Indiana 
I in 1829, settled in Adams Township and there died 
in 1887, aged eighty 3-ears; Nancy died in Ohio 
in 1828; Samuel caine to Indiana some time dur- 
ing the ';50's and, settling in Adams Township, re- 
mained there until his death in 1844; Susan, who 
was born in Greenbrier County, ^'a.. September 30, 
I 1810, caine to Indiana in 1832, and married Wash- 
' ington McKinzie. She is now living (1893) at the 
age of eighty-three and makes her home with a 
daughter in Adams Township. Catherine married 
a Blr. McCauley and lives in Ohio. 

In 1829 Thomas 11. Spencer came to Adams 
Township, Hamilton County, and three years later 
settled on the farm where he now lives and which 
has been his home for more than sixty years. The 
mother of our subject, whose maiden name was 
Olivia Shannon, was born' in Ohio in 1811, and 
her parents dying when she was but a child, she 
w-as reared b.y her grandmother. She is now ( 1893) 
eighty-two years of age. Her niairiage resulted 
in the birth of ten children, of whom our subject 
was next to the youngest. His oldest brother, 
Vinton, went to Kansas in 1857, daring the border 
troubles, but returned to Indiana in 18G2. Enter- 
ing the Union army, he did valiant service for 
his country until the close of the war. He tlien 
removed to Oregon, and remained in that state 
until 1887, when he returned to Indiana and died 
in Adams Township, Hamilton County, August 
22, 1893. 

Henry L., the second meinlun- of tlie family in 
order of birth, accompanied Vinton to Kansas and 
with him returned to Indiana. In : 862 he became 
a member of the Tenth Indiana Infantry and 
served for three years. He is now a |)rosperous 
farmer residing near the Boone County line, not 
far from Sheridan. Olivia married Isaac Kimball, 
who served for three years in the Tenth Indiana 
Infantry during the Civil War, and they now live 
in Boone County. Mary married James Beard and 
resided in Boone County until her death in 1887. 
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a member of the Fiftj'-seventh Indiana Infantry. 
He was taken prisoner by Morgan's band, but was 
soon released. At present bo is ^irosperously con- 
ducting agricultural pursuits in Adams Township. 
.Tames JL, when but fifteen years old, became a 
drummei' in the Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry, 
serving for four years. He is also a farmer and 
resides near the Boone Count}- line. The young- 
est brother, Jacob, is a successful farmer residing 
near Indianapolis, in Marion County. 

From the above it will be seen that three of the 
brothers served their country during the war, and 
also one of the sisters married a veteran of the 
war. The onl.y reason that our subject and his 
other brother were not in the army was that they 
were mere children at the time. Thomas S. 
spent his early life on his father's farm, and re- 
ceived but the regulation " log schoolhouse " 
education of the day, attending school only about 
three months in the year. He remained on the 
farm until he was twenty-tliree years of age, after 
which he managed a drug store in Sheridan for two 
years. Upon disposing of that establishment, he 
was for three years following a clerk in the same 
store. Later he spent lliree years on a farm, and 
afterward conducted a livery stable in Sheridan 
for one year. 

Upon disposing of the livery business Mr. Spen- 
cer spent six years on his farm, after which, in 
1888, he n^ain engaged in the livery business at 
Sheridan, and has since retained his interest in that 
enterprise. In connection with this, he h.as super- 
intended his farm and retained a general oversight 
of various other interests. In June, 1893, he was 
appointed by President Cleveland Postmaster at 
Sheridan, and still officiates in that capacity. He 
has been cjuite a power in local politics, and has a 
large personal following. Until a few years ago, 
he was a Republican, but for good reasons cast his 
lot with the Democratic party. 

In 1873 Mr. Spencer married Miss Hannah E., 
daughter of Cosvvell Bo.x;ley, a pioneer of Adams 
'I'ownship and a member of the family' in whose 
honor the once tliriving town of Boxley was 
named, Addison Boxley, of Boxley, being his 
uncle. He w.as at one time a member of the In- 
diana Legislature. His grandfather, George Box- 



ley, was a Brigadier-General in the War of 1812, 
as well as an able attorney and a very wealth}' 
slaveowner in Virginia. Becoming di.sgusted with 
human slavery, he freed his negroes. Had he been 
satisfied with this, it would have been all right 
with him, but he unfortunately set about freeing 
all the slaves in the south. He was detected in 
creating dissatisfaction among the slaves and also 
caught in helping them to run away from their 
masters. For this he was arrested and thrown in 
jail, the penalty for the offense being death. But 
while in prison, awaiting his doom, his wife visited 
him, and in the folds of her skirt concealed a file 
that she gave to him. With this he filed off the 
iron bars and, making his escape, fled to Ohio and 
finally came to Indiana, where for many years he 
led a secluded life, being the first settler in Adams 
Township. 

For years a reward of several thousand dollars 
was offered for the fugitive, dead or alive, but in 
the wilderness of Indiana he was never detected. 
His was a unique character. Possessing broad 
views and liberal education, he was far above the 
average of men in his day, but during the latter 
part of his life he did many strange things. He 
positively refused to pay his taxes, and the tax 
collector would seize his stock and drive them off 
to Noblesville. Upon one occasion he followed 
the stock and released them from the pound 
and took them home. For this he was arrested 
and fined, but refused to p.ay his fine. With all 
his eccentricities he had a big heart, and when a 
poor man would go to him to buy a cow he would 
not sell it, but would give iiiin one, telling him to 
return a calf at some future time in full payment. 
Thus he lived and died. 

Mr. and Mrs. Spencer are the parents vi two 
children, Claude B., wlio was educated in tlie 
schools of Sheridan and is now a mechanic in In- 
dianapolis; and Leonidas, who is a student in the 
Sheridan schools. Socially Mr. Spencer is a Mason 
and a member of the Knights of Honor, of which he 
was Secretary and Treasurer for about eight years. 
Starting in life a poor boy, he has worked his own 
way upward and has accumulated a fortune by his 
own exertions, receiving only $500 from his 
father's estate. He is now numbered among the 






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leading residents of Sliciida 
shrewdest business nu'ii ;uh1 



IS well as one of its 
liliciniis. 



(^f LFREl) J. SOUL, :ui enlerprisini> business 
@£i|! man of Noblesville, and favorably known 

II li to the people of Ilaniillon County, is an 
^ especial favorite in Wayne Township, 

witii the growth and progress of which he has 
been intimately associated for tliirty yv:\v<. A 
native of Heidelberg, Berks County. I'a., he was 
born April 27, 1832, being a son of John and Ellen 
(l<'ishcr) Sohl, also natives of Berks County. He is 
of German descent, and upon referring to the 
genealogical record of the family, we find tlic fol- 
lowing items of interest: 

.lolin Sohl was born in Ilesse-Cassel, Germany, 
ill the borough of Ilerold, two hours' ride from 
Klingelliach, on the 2yth of September, 1737. He 
died April :>, 1 7i)(), and was buried in Daniel's 
Churchyard (usuall}' known as the Corner Church- 
yard), in Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pa. 
Rosina Meiser, his wife, was born September 30, 
1746, and died Octobers, 1799, and is buried in 
the same place where the remains of her husband 
lie. They had been married for tweiit3'-five j^ears, 
and left one son, .Tolin. Their graves are indi- 
cated by two red sruidstonc slabs on the left of 
their son's tomb. 

The son of this worthy coupli', wlmse iiaiiie was 
also .Tohn, was born .lanuary 11, 17i;7, and ilicd at 
the age of seventy-one, leaving two sons and one 
daughter, as follows: Catharine, who was born 
.Inly 18, 1791; John, who was born March 29, 
1793, and died December 8, 1876, at the age of 
eighty-three j'ears, eight months and ten da\'s; and 
Daniel, who was born July 12, 1799, and died De- 
cember 2, 1880, aged eight^'-one years, four months j 
and twenty-one days. Daniel's wife, whose family i 
name was Filbert, was born February' 9, 1802, and 
died at the age of ninety-one years and twenty- | 
nine days; their union was a childless one. 

The father of our subject engaged as a tiller of 
the soil upon his small farm, and also successfully | 
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conducted a lloiiring mill. I.ate in life he re- 
moved to Heading, Pa., wlicre he died of i)neumo- 
nia. A valued member of tlie Lutheran Church, 
he was popular not only in that denomination, 
but among the people of the county, irrespective 
of religious belief. Originally a Democrat, he 
voted for Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency in 
1861, and afterward adhered to the principles of 
the Republican party. 

The mother of our subject was Ixnii .liiiic 2. 
1797. and became the wife of John Sohl in .March, 
1S16. She died Ajiril 13, 1837, aged thirty-nine 
years, leu iiioiilhs and eleven days. At her 
fiiiit'i:il the discourse was delivered from the text: 
••II is the Lord; h't Him do what secnielh Him 
good." — I S;uiiucl, iii: l.s. Her union resulted in 
the birth of eight sons and one daughter, as fol- 
lows: .lohn, who was born December 25, 1816, and 
died August 31, 1892; Samuel, who was born 
February 14, 1819, and died October 27, 1858; 
Isaac, who was born December 1, 1820, and at his 
demise left three sons; Nathan, whose birth oc- 
curred February 2, 1823; Jeremiah, ulio \v:is born 
March 13, 1825; Elvina, who was born .luly 8, 
1827, and departed this life June 12, 1892; .lames, 
whose birth occurred December 15,1829; Alfred 
J., who was born April 27, 1832; and Levi, .Lanu- 
ary 20, 1835. The mother of this family was a 
devoted Christian woman, and highly esteemed by 
all who knew her; she died when our suliject was 
only five years of age. 

In the common .schools of the home neighbor- 
lioo(L "Fred" Sohl (as our subject is familiarly 
known) received his education. He remained at 
home until he was twenty-two, meantime aiding 
in the work of the (lourmill and in agricultural 
duties. April 12, 1852, he was united in marriage 
with Miss Hannah Kl6pp, who was born iu Heidel- 
berg, Pa., and died at the present home of Mr. 
Sohl at the age of fifty-four years. She was one 
of five sons and six daughters (three of whom are 
now living) who were born to John Klo))p and 
his good wife. They were natives of Berks 
County, Pa., where they made their home upon a 
farm until they died, at advanced ages. 

T'he only child born to the union of our sub- 
ject and his first wife was .\aron J., who was born 



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in Reading, Pa., December 7, 1852, and is now 
one of tlie business men of Hamilton County. In 
youth lie enjoyed tlie advantages of an excellent 
education, receiving tlie benefits of instruction in 
the best scliools of Long Island, Boston and Indi- 
anapolis. At present he is engaged with his 
father in the grain elevator business at Westfield. 
He married Miss Lydia (iascbo, who was born in 
Noblesville Township, the daughter of Elias 
Gascho, a pioneer settler of this county. Aaron 
J. and his wife are the parents of one child, Wal- 
ter E. 

The second marriage of our subject occurred 
April 10, 1875, at which time he was united in 
marriage to Miss Amanda Fisher, a native of Ash- 
land County, Ohio. Her parents, Daniel and Har- 
riet (Serby) Fisher, were natives of Berks County, 
Pa., and died in Ashland County, Obio; the father 
at the age of sixty, and tlie mother when forty- 
two years old. They were the parents of fourteen 
children. After his first marriage Mr. Sohl worked 
in the employ of his father for two j^ears, after 
which he removed to Ashland, Ohio, and there 
worked by the day for a time, but later rented a 
tlourinill at Mifflin Township, Richland County, 
Ohio. For nine and one-half years he operated 
the Oiiio mill, when, with his family, he removed 
to Noblesville, and in 1863 bought an interest in 
a flounnill in partnership ■ with two brothers, re- 
maining with the firm for one year. 

In 1864 Mr. Sohl located in Indianapolis, where 
he conducted a mill with three brothers for several 
years. Upon disposing of that concern, he re- 
moved to his present farm of two hundred and 
four acres of good land. For many years he was 
also connected with a large mill operated under 
the firm name of Sohl, Gibson ifr Co.; and in addi- 
tion to his other interests he built an elevator in 
Noblesville a number of years ago. His farm, 
upon which he settled in 1867, is now one of the 
most highly cultivated estates of the county. A 
handsome residence, large barns and granaries at- 
test to the thrift and excellent management of 
the owner. The farm, with its substantial rock 
walls and valuable improvements, is worth at 
least >'25,()Oit. ;uh] the residence is conceded to be 
one of the most elegant country abodes in the 



township. His son, Aaron J., also has a comfort- 
able home in Noblesville. 

Casting his first ballot for President Buchanan, 
Mr. Sohl has since been a strong advocate of the 
Democratic party. He and his wife are prominent 
and consistent members of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church, to the support of which they are gen- 
erous contributors; they also contribute liberally 
to other religious and benevolent enterprises. As 
a citizen, Mr. Sohl is noted for his sterling integ- 
rity and has the confidence of » host of warm per- 
sonal friends. 



JONAH FERTIG, a retired agriculturist, now 
enjoying the evening of his days in No- 
blesville, was from 1853 to 1891 numbered 
among the leading farmers of Hamilton 
Count}', and, possessing the esteem and confidence 
of his friends and neighbors, also occupied for 
twelve years the official position of Justice of the 
Peace. During his term of office discharging the 
duties intrusted to his care with able fidelity, he 
gave entire satisfaction to the community by 
which he was surrounded, and won the high es- 
teem of all with whom he came in contact. Our 
subject is a native of Ohio, and was born near 
Dayton October 24, 1821. ^ 

John Fertig, the father, born in Pennsylvania, T 
when a young man emigrated to Montgomery j 
County, Ohio, but after sojourning some length of i 
time in the Buckeye State, returned to his early 
home. Still determined to try his fortunes in the 
farther west, he, with his wife and family, again left 
Pennsylvania, in 1832, removing to Indiana. Many 
years before the great-grandfather of our subject, 
born and reared in Germany, ambitiously de- 
termined to make his home in the United States, 
and crossing the broad Atlantic, located near Phil- 
adelphia and there reared an intelligent family, 
of whom the paternal grandfather, also John Fer- 
tig, was a member. Bringing with him to this 
country habits of industrious thrift, the great- 
grandfather lived to see his sons and daughters 
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entered into rest, respected by all who knew him. 

The mother, Mary (Savage) Fertig. w.as born 
and reared near Reading, Pa., was of English de- : 
scent and a lady of worth and intelligence. Shar- 
ing with her iuisband the privations of pioneer 
life in (Jhio, she tenderly cared for the little ones 
of her honsehold, but when our subject was only 
an infant the parents returned again to their na- 
tive state, where they located until 18;i2, then 
permanently settling in Wayne County. Ind. Here 
Jonah attended the common schools of the luigli- 
lH)rhood, and, well improving the advantages of 
instruction, fitted himself for a teacher, and for 
several terms had charge of the winter schools, 
and thus self-reliantly attained to manhood. The 
father was a shoemaker, and desiring that his son 
should also possess a trade, our subject learned to 
handle the carpenter's tools, and for a number of 
years found readj' occupation as a builder. 

Mr. Fertig later engaged profitably in the pur- 
suits of agriculture and stock-raising, and con- 
tinued a tiller of the soil until November, 1891, in 
Clay Township, then removing to Noblesville, 
where he has since resided in a pleasant home on 
Anderson Street. His fine farm of one hundred 
■and twenty acres, containing some of the best land 
in the state, now highly cultivated and improved 
with excellent buildings, attractive and commodi- 
ous, is a monument to the hard work and patient 
toil of our subject, who transformed a wilderness 
into a garden spot, annually yielding an abun- 
dant harvest. In 1847, Jonah Fertig and Miss 
Malinda McGrew, a nativeof Indiana and a daugh- 
ter of William McGrew, a pioneer of Wayne Coun- 
ty, were united in marriage. 

The union of our subject and liis estimable wife 
was blessed by the birth of six children, only one 
of whom now survives, Walter R., an attorney- 
at-law and a successful practitioner of Noblesville. 
ISIr. and Mrs. Fertig earlj' became members of the 
Christian Church, and were ever active in good 
work. Our subject was an Elder of tliat denomin- 
ation in Williams Creek Township, and has al- 
w.iys been known as a promoter of religious in- 
tiuence and enterprise. A true wife, loving moth- 
er and sincere Christian woman, Mrs. Fertig de- 
parted this life u|)on November 8. 1891, beloved 



by all who knew her, and mourned by a wide cir- 
cle of relatives and friends. 

Throughout his career of seventy-two years al- 
ways temperate in his habits, our suliject has at- 
taiiKMl to three-score and twelve a hale and hearty 
mail, vigorous, mentally an<l pliy-ically. Politi- 
cally a pronounced Republican, he has ever been 
deeply interested in the success of the party, and 
keeps himself intelligently posted on the leading 
(juestions of the hour. He was Justice of the 
Peace while a citizen of Cl.ay Township, llainilton 
County, and aside from this oflicial jjosition has 
as a friend of educational advancement material- 
ly aided in the upward progress of the schools of 
his home district. Known and appreciated as a 

confidence of old friends and new, and is regarded 
as a worthy representative of the sturdy and hon- 
ored pioneers of Indiana, now fast passing away. 



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\Tr^^EV. J. A. MrGLONE, Rector of Trinity 
IWi^ Episcopal Church at Anderson, was born in 
1L\ Paterson, N. J., September 15, 1848. His 
""' father, F'rank Mc(]ilone, the son of a Scotch- 
man, was born in T3rone, Ireland, and accompan- 
ied his parents to America in childhood, settling 
with them in Paterson. N. J. In his youth he 
learned the trade of a machinist and locomotive 
builder, and became the Superintendent of the 
Rogers Locomotive Machine AVorks. He contin- 
ued in that position until about ten years prior to 
his demise, and gained aii extensive reputation as 
a thorough and efficient locomotive builder. His 
death occurred in June, 1881, and was mourned 
not only by his family, l)ut also by the people in 
general. 

The mother of our subject liore the maiden 
name of Kate Mulliollan<l, and was Ijorn in New 
York City, and died in New Jcrse}-. Her father, 
Joseph Mulholland, was also a native o/ New 
York, where for many years he engaged in the re- 
tail dry-goods business. There were twelve chil- 
dren in the parental family, seven of whom are 
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the third in the family. He was reared in Pat- 
ersoii, N. J., and ^^ was tlie recipient of excel- 
lent educational advantages. For two years he 
was a student in the Seaton Hall College, in New 
.Jersey, and later cairied on his studies in St. 
Charles College, in KUieott City, Md. Thence j 
proceeding to Niagara, N. Y., he entered Niagara 
College, and was graduated in 1867 with the de- 
grees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. Up- 
on completing his literary studies, he commenced 
the study of theology, and in 1871 was ordained a 
minister in tlie Episcopal Church. 

The first charge of the Rev. Mr. McGlone was in 
St. Paul, where he otticiated as Assistant Rector of 
St. Paul's Catliedral for four years. Thence he went 
to Northfleld, Minn., and for two years held the 
pastorate of St. Mathew's Churcii, removing from 
there to Austin, Minn., where lie was pastor of the 
church for six months. His next charges were at 
Moorhead, Minn.. Fargo, N. Dak., and Waupaca, 
Wis., following which he accepted the pastorate of 
the Trinity Churcli at Milwaukee, and from there 
went to St. Luke's Church at Whitewater, Wis. 
At Mt. Pleasant, Mich., his next charge, he was in- 
strumental in securing the erection of a new edi- 
fice for worship. After serving the churches at 
Worthington and Frankfort, Ind., he came to An- 
derson, in January, 1890, when there was as yet no 
Episcopal Church here, and only eleven Episco- 
palians in the city. With their assistance he com- 
menced work, and, undaunted by obstacles, labored 
unweariedly for the success of the cause. For a 
time he held services at Doxe^' Opera House, later 
in the Olympic Theatre, and in 1891 erected the 
Trinit}' Church and Rectory, located on the corner 
of Thirteenth and .School Streets, opposite the 
high school. 

Too much cannot be said in praise of the etli- 
cient manner in which Mr. McGlone has worked 
for the best interests of his parish. A man of elo- 
([uence and broad information, he might have 
filled positions of honor in large cities instead of 
accepting the pastorate of the feeble church at 
Anderson. Ilis labors here have been crowned 
with even larger success than could have been 
hoped for, and the church now has a membership 
of two hundred. The location of the edifice is in- 



viting, and the interior decoi-ations harmonious 
and attractive, and the visitor to the church, de- 
lighted witii the general appearance, will indeed 
conclude that "a thing of beauty is a joy forever." 
In Ft. Dodge, Iowa, November 23, 1881, the 
Rev. Mr. McGlone was united in marriage with 
Miss Emma L. Brown, who was born in Fond du 
Lac, Wis. Three children blessed the union: Lulu, 
Ray and Guy. Socially our subject is identified 
with the Masonic fraternity', the Knights Templar, 
and is Secretary of Mt. Moriali Lodge No. 77, and 
Anderson Chapter No. 52. He is also a member 
of the Encampment at Anderson and of St. Louis 
Canton, I. O. 0. F., and has lectured extensively 
for the order. He is a Knight of Pythias, belong- 
ing to the Uniformed Rank, and is Chaplain of 
the Seventh Regiment, K. of P., also of the Order 
of Elks. He is an active worker in the Order of 
the Maccabees, and is Finance Keeper of the lodge. 
While serving as Secretary of various lodges, 
he has gained the reputation of being the most 
efficient incumbent ever chosen for the office. Po- 
litically, he is a Democrat, but is not radical in his 
opinions. 

ETER PAULSEL, a representative general 
agriculturist and successful stock-raiser, 
now residing in Noblesville, Ind., conducts 
one of the finest farms in the locality, and 
profitably handles a high grade of Short Horn cat- 
tle and Poland China hogs. Our subject, for the 
past thirt3'-seven years intimately associated with 
the progressive interests of Indiana, was born in 
Shenandoah County, Va., April 23, 1834. His par- 
ents, John and Margaret (Smith) Paulsel, were 
both born and reared in Virginia, where they at- 
tended the primitive schools of the eai'ly days, 
and later were trained up to habits of industrious 
thrift. The Paulsel ancestors were Scotch-Irish, 
but the Smiths were direct descendants of a long 
line of sturdy German forefathers. 

John Paulsel, the father of our subject, spend- 
ing his entire life in the Old Dominion, devoted 
himself to the pursuit of general farming and 
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highly respected by all who knew him. After a 
caiper of hard toil as a tiller of the soil, he passed 
away in 185fi, deeply mourned. His excellent 
wife, the mother of our subject, survived her luis- 
liaiid many years, and after his death making lier 
pcinianeut home in W.ayne Townsiiip, Hamilton 
County. Ind., there entered into rest, beloved by 
all with whom she came into familiar contact, and 
recognized l)y her acquaintances as a woman of 
noble character and broad intelligence. She was 
the daughter of George .Smith, a long time resident 
f)f \'irginia. n man of note, widely and favorably 
known. 

( >ur subject passed the (lays (if boyhdod in the 
lovel}' Shenandoah \'alley, and. trained from his 
very early years into the daily round of duty de- 
manded by agiicnltural pursuits, attained to ma- 
ture age manly an('l self-reliant. He enjoyed the 
benefit of instruction in the little home schools of 
the neighborhood, both common and |iriv;\te, and 
was given every possible opportuii it \- for iinprove- 
nicnt. In 1856, an ambitious young man just 
entering with ardor into the work of life. Mr. 
Paulsel came to Indiana, and locating in Wayne 
Township, engaged prosperously in the occupation 
of general agriculture and stock-raising. His valu- 
able two hundred acre farm, highly cultivated and 
improved with commodious and substantial build- 
ings, is one of the best in Hamilton County. 

In 1H59, Peter Paulsel was united in niariiagc 

and a daughter of Roswell Burroughs, born in 
Kentucky, but a pioneer settler of Indiana. Mr. 
Burroughs, a large stock-dealer and a leading man 
of Hamilton County in the early history of that 
part of the state, w.as identified with the pionio- 
tion of numerous interests of the county. Mr. and 
.Mrs. Paulsel are valued members of the Christian 
Church, and are liberal givers in behall of i-eligious 
work and benevolent enterprise. In 187.'?, our 
subject with his family located in Noblcsville, but 
continued the management and oversight of his 
extensive homestead, accounted one of the model 
farms of the county. Politically a Democrat and 
an advocate of the |n'ineipli'S of the good (jld 
party. :\Ir. Paulsel is intelligently |)osted on Ixjth 
loc.'il and national isMies. and. a pulilic-spirited citi- 



zen, generously aiding in hjcal improvements and 
enterprise, fully enjoys the liigli regard of the com- 
munities of Ilaiiiilton County. 



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RLANDO 1!. PKITMOIIN. M. 



ediy no family now rcsidinii; within the 
_ limits of Hamilton C(.uiilv has coiitribiilcd 
to the prosperity and development of this pail of 
the state to a greater extent than has that of 
which Dr. Pettijohn is an honored and able repre- 
sentative. Coming hither during the early part 
of the nineteenth century, they labored, not alone 
for personal aggrandizement, but also for the wel- 
fare of the community, and their services entitle 
them to honorable mention among other pioneers. 
The subject of this sketch is worthy of the name 
he bears. He has spent his entire life in this coun- 
ty, and is now numbered among the most success- 
ful of Noblesville's citizen.s. His paternal ances- 
tors were of Welsh origin, and the family has 
been represented in America for a number of 
generations. His grandfather. James Pettijohn, 
was born in Virginia and became an early settler 
of Ohio, the native slate of Dr. Absalom L. Petti- 
john, father of our subject. The latter grew to 
manhood in the Buckeye State. He married at 
Edinburg, Ind., Miss Louisa J., daughter of Dr. 
.lolin and .Susan DeHart, the former a native of 
New .Jersey, and the latter of Ohio. .Mrs. Petti- 
john was born in Ohio, and on her father's side 
tr.aced her lineage to Ei'ance. 

I'.orii in llainilloii County. Ind.. August 22. 
1. SI'.), Orlando I'.. Pettijohn w;is there reared to 
manhood, ac(|uiring in the comiiion schools a 
broad fund of information, which fitted him for a 
professional career and laid the foundation of 
future success. At the age of twenty he entered 
his father's office, and commenced the study of 
medicine. In the fall of 1871 he entered the In- 
diana j\[edical College at Indianapolis, from which 
institutit)!! he was graduated in thespringof 1874. 
At once after completing his studies, he opened 
an office for the practice of his profession, and for 
one vear resided near Deming, Hamilton Countv, 



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Ind. Ele then removed to Joliet, Ind., where he 
conducted an extensive practice for three .years. 

Returning to Deming, the Doctor resided there 
for fourteen years, after which, in May, 1892, he 
came to Noblesville, and has since conducted a 
lucrative practice in medicine and surgery at this 
place, lie keeps abreast of the times in every ad- 
vancement made in the medical world, and is 
identified with the Hamilton County Medical As- 
sociation and the State Medical Society. The Doc- 
tor belongs to the regular allopathic school of 
medicine, and is a successful practitioner. He is 
the present physician of Noblesville Township, 
having been appointed to that position in 1893, 
and has the supervision and medical care of the in- 
mates of the County Poor House. 

Socially, Dr. Pettijohn is a member of Bernice 
Lodge No. 120, K. of P., and Cherokee Tribe No. 
63, Red Men. Politically he is a Republican, and 
is active in the local councils of the' party. In 
July, 1874, he married Miss Mary J. Fraze, who 
was born in Hancock County, Ind., being a daugh- 
ter of A. .]. and Susan (Price) Fraze, natives of 
Ohio. Pour sons and one daughter were born 
of this marriage: Claudius B.; Pearl Juliette, de- 
ceased; Herbert A. and Lewis D.; Orlando Blanch- 
ard, deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Pettijohn are mem- 
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 



\l^,HOF. THORNTON M. NUZUM, the efti- 
Ijjj cient Superintendent of the Alexandria 
*Ml^ schools, is an instructor whose merit and 
]1^ ability are well known. He was born in 
the Monongahela Valley, six miles from Fairmont, 
Marion County, W. Va., October 7, 1858; and his 
father, Thornton Nuzum, Sr., was born on the 
same estate in 1819, where was also the home of 
the grandfather, George Nuzum. The great- 
grandfather was of Irish birth. He came to 
America and settled on the old homestead, where 
his remaining days were passed, and where four 
generations of his descendants were born. His 
son, George, there passed liis entire life, and the 



Professor's father is still living on a portion of 
the estate where were passed the boyhood days of 
our subject. The grandfather was an extensive 
slaveholder and planter. He kept the property 
intact, but as he died without leaving a will, it 
was divided by the court. The members of this 
family were all Whigs, but later became Demo- 
crats, except our subject's father, who was a Dem- 
ocrat until 1860, when he cast his lot with the 
party of libeity and freedom, although at that 
daj' it was perilous to be an outspoken Repub- 
lican in old Virginia. He has never regretted the 
step taken, and his cliildren follow in his political 
footsteps. He is a Methodist in leligious faith. 
The mother of our subject whose maiden name 
was Mercia Carpenter, was born in Virginia, but 
after six months of age was reared in Ohio. She 
was a daughter of John Carpenter, a small farmer 
and shoemaker. The family was of English line- 
age. Mrs. Nuzum is still living. 

The Professor is liie fifth in a family of seven 
sons. The eldest, Wintlold Scott, is now a farmer 
of the Old Dominion. Warrick H. is a blacksmith 
of Anderson, Ind. Thomas A., a school teacher, 
died in 1880, at the early age of twenty-five. 
John N. is said to have been the finest shoemaker 
in the United States. He is now located in that 
business in Elwood, Ind. When a boy, he would 
sit for hours watching his grandfather make shoes, 
and with a last and hammer he woulil pound away 
as though he was doing the same work which liis 
grandfather did. When the boy grew older, the 
grandfather taught him the business, and he has 
followed it throughout life. Richard F. is a black- 
smith of Virginia. David O. was a teacher, and. 
like his brother, died at the age of tvventy-five. 

Professor Nuzum was reared as other farmer 
boys in the mountainous country of West Vir- 
ginia, and attended the common schools of the 
neighborhood. At the age of twenty-, he entered 
the State Normal School, and for six years he 
there pursued his studies at intervals. In order 
to meet the tuition, he had to teach during part 
of the time. For his first school he received lilO 
per month, and out of this he had to pay his own 
board. Aftei- leaving the State Normal, he came 
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derson, and by them and tlie County Superintend- 
ent of Sehools he was induced to accept a school. 
For tlnee years he taugliL school in that locality, 
for two years in the northern i)art of the county, 
and one year at .Summitville. In October, 1891, 
he was engaged as Superintendent of the Alexan- 
dria schools, having the high school and four 
ward schools during his charge. 

In 1891, Professor Nuzuni married Miss .Julia 
Metts, daughter of Rev. M. S. Melts, a Methodist 
minister of Muncie, Ind. Throughout the com- 
munity the young couple are held in the highest 
esteem, and move in the best circles of society. 
The Professor is a member of the Odd Fellows' 
lodge, has served as Noble Grand, and is a mem- 
ber of the (4rand Lodge. In politics, he is a Re- 
publican, and, like all of his family, is a devout 
and consistent Methodist. He has been a thor- 
ough student, is a good disciplinarian, and is con- 
sidered one of the most competent teachers of the 
county. Everything that tends to upbuild the 
social, educational or moral interests of the com- 
munity finds in him a fricuil. and he is recognized 
as a valued citizen. 



IL_^0N. WILLIAM A. DE IIOKITV. the lir>t 
W)Wj Mayor of Elwood, Madison County, liid., 
JW^ and the youngest man to occup3' that p(.)^i- 

(^' tiou in the state, is a native of thecity and 
has been idenlilicd with the progressive interests 
<if his home locality from his earliest youth. Our 
enterprising subject, born October 24, 18(58, was 
the eldest of the four living children of John W. 
and Jane (Moore) De Ilorlty. The two brothers 
and one sister of William .V. are Charles ('., Cora 
1'.. (Mrs. E. C. Heck, of Elwood), and Frank E., 
also of Elwood. John W., the father, likewise a 
native of Madison County, was born October 10, 
1840, and was also one of four children. When 
about sixteen years of age his father and mother 
with their family- removed to tjuinc^', now Elwood, 
and here the father engaged in business with the 
paternal grandfather and a younger brother, James 



H., and continued prosperously in his avocation 
up to the time of his death, lie developed excep- 
tional ability as a financier and, one of the repre- 
sentative business men of this section of the state, 
his early death in .Vugust, 1881, was mourned as 
a public loss. The mother, Jane (Moore) De Ilority, 
likewise a native of Madison Cfjiinty and a lady of 
worth and broad intelligence, was the daughter of 
Thomas Moore, one of the energetic pioneer settlers 
of Madison County. The paternal -irandfaMier. 
James JMadison l)<'lluiit\. lioni in Delaware in 
1818, emigrated t<i hidiana in ls:;(; and Journeyed 
hither by stage, setlliim in Waterloo. 

(u-andfather De lloiitA worked at his trade of 
a blacksmith in Waterloo for about ten years and 
then located for live years on a farm of Madison 
County, and there began the study of inedieine 
and practiced more nr les. up to the time o| lii- 

tions and was for many years an eioipieiit preacher 
of the Methodist Episcopal ( hureh. I )eeei]il)cr 24, 
IS.')(i, he made his perinanent liome wiih his family 
in (^lincy, then a scattering village <,f a f.'W 
houses. Beginning business as a druggist here he 
later extended the limits of his stock .and profitably 
ran a general business. He finally, with his sons, 
formed a partnership in the grain business under 
the firm name of .1. M. De Hority & Sons, the firm 
continuing until January 1, 1882, when, following 
the death of John W., James M. and James H. 
De Ilority organized what was known as the 
Farmers' Rank, which business the grandfather 
and uncle prosperously conducted until July 18, 
IS'.to, when the paternal grandfather, James M., 
passed aw.ay, aged seventy-two years. With the 
exception of a brief period our subject has spent 
his entire life in Elwood, hei'e attending the 
common schools, and later completed his education 
at Earlham College, Richmond, where he studied 
two years, since then diligently devoting himself 
to the conduct of various business enterprises. 

Mr. De Hority, recognized as a progressive 
citizen and prominent business man of Elwood, 
has been especially interested in the development 
of the Citizens' Gas and Mining Company and is 
at the present time acting as Treasurer of the com- 
pany. He is also identified with the De Hority 



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Real Estate Compaiij- aud a young man of to-day, 
enterprising and public spirited, is foremost in all 
matters tending to tbe promotion of public wel- 
fare. In the month of June, 1888, were united in 
marriage William A. De Hority and Miss Frances 
C. Metts, of Tipton County, and daughter of Rev. 
M. S. Metts, a welllsnown and eloquent Methodist 
divine who spent most of liis useful life in Indiana 
where, beloved iiy all who knew him, he entered 
intorestin 1882. Our subject aud his accomplished 
wife have been blessed with the birth of two eliil- 
dren, bright and intelligent little ones, the light of 
the attractive home. The son and daughter are 
named John W. and Ruth M. De Hority. Our 
subject, politically a Democrat, is an ardent ad- 
vocate of the party of tlie people and, well versed 
in the vital questions of the hour, is a local leader. 
In 1891, he was elected the first Mayor of the am- 
bitious young city of Elwood and gave efficient 
and untiring service in behalf of bis constituents 
and the public good. Surrounded by lifetime ac- 
quaintances and a host of friends, William A. De 
Hority is one of the most popular young men of 
Madison County and firmly stands upon the 
threshold of a useful career, bright with liui)e and 
rich in promise. 



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«j^\ RS. MARGARET GUSTIN, the widow of 
II "iW ^""^^^ Gustin, is a lady of intelligence 
I L*> and worth, and is now residing on the 
''' farm whicli she assisted her husband in 

locating and clearing in 1840. She was born in 
Warren County, Ohio, February 2, 1813, and is a 
daughter of Francis and Mary Eyre. Her father 
was a native of Germany, and her motlier's birth- 
place was V'irginia. They were early settlers of 
Warren County, Ohio, and the father entered there 
a large tract of land, which he converted into 
a farm. There the youthful days of Mrs. Gustin 
were spent, her rudimentary education being ob- 
tained in the district sciiools in vogue at that 
time. 

In Ohio, on tlie 28th of June, 1828, our subject 
was married to Amos Gustin, who was born on the 
29th of April, 1803, in Warren County, Ohio. 



His parents were Jeremiah and Sarah (Betz) Gus- 
tin, the former of whom was born in New Jersey 
and reared in Pennsylvania, the latter having 
been born in the last-mentioned state. A brother 
of Jeremiah Dustin was a soldier in the War of 
1812. To Mr. and Mrs. Gustin tlie following 
children were born: Henr3', Elias, Jacob; Catherine, 
the wife of Jordan Fuqua; Clara, the wife of 
Nathan Stai'r; Jeremiah O., Joseph, Sarah and 
William J. 

In 1839, Amos Gustiil, with his family, emi- 
grated to Delaware County, Ind., and after a resi- 
dence of about one year tiiere he came to Union 
Township, Madison County, and located on the 
farm on which his widow now resides. Their first 
house here was the primitive log cabin in the 
woods, but as they were healthy and busy their 
home was a liappy one. Slowly but surely they 
accumulated means, and gathered about them 
many comforts and conveniences. As their means 
improved they from time to time made many im- 
provements in their mode of living, putting up 
better buildings, substantial fences, etc., and Mr. 
Gustin also cleared a large amount of land. He 
was a strong advocate of public schools, was a 
stanch Republican in politics, though formerly a 
Whig, and was very enterprising and public- 
spirited, a man whom to iinow was to honor. In 
his death, August 10, 1872, the county lost one of 
its representative citizens, and the Christian Church 
one of its inost devout members and active 
workers. 

Mrs. Gustin, who is familiarly known to a wide 
circle of friends as "Grandma" Gustin, resides on 
tlie old home farm where she settled on coming to 
the county, and is now enjoying a serene and 
contented old age and the fruits of a life spent in 
usefulness and well-doing. Although she has 
reached the advanced age of eighty years her 
mind is as clear and her memoiy as good as of 
yore, and, surrounded by the love of her family 
and friends, her "days are days of pleasantness, 
and her paths are paths of peace." Like her 
husband, she is an earnest member of the Christian 
Church, and all her long life she has endeavored 
to follow the teachings of the Golden Rule. 

The Gustin estate comprises one hundred and 



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sixty acres of land, which is well improved and is 


he passed away respected bv all who 


knew h 


iin. 


considered n model and valuable farm. Elias 


The father, Harvey J.-ickson Ividwell, « 


as born 


on 


(Justin, (Mir suhjcct's son, was born in Oliio and 


the Wayne Connly farm, but acconii 


)anyinj; 


his 



canii' with his parents to Madison County, Ind., 
when a child of seven years, and in this section 
has iiiaih' his home ever since, i)roving himself a 
uscl'iil, public-spirited and enterprisiiiij citizen, as 
(lid his father before him. In IHOO, he married 
Mary MeWilliams, who bore him live children, 
th.cc of whom arc livin-: David W.: Klizabcth. 
uilc of Aiiil.r(.sc Kink; and .lolin A. hi his 
political views, lOlias (iusliii is a Kc|)ublican. He 
has liccii oliservant of all the amenities consistent 
with his sphere and position in life, and has always 
been noted for his oenerosily and largeness of 
heart, havin.i; always been prudent, and wisely 
economical, although never niggardly. He resides 
at present with liis iiiotlier, liis wife having died 
many years ago. 



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vrRA A. KIDWELL, the senior partner of the 
11 enterprising firm of Kidwell it Goode, proprie- 
|ii tors of the Elwood City Roller Mills and deal- 
ers in flour, meal and gram of all kinds, is a native 
of Madison County, Indiana, and was born in 
Pipe Creek Township April 4, 1850. Our subject 
is the descendant of very early and honored pio- 
neer settlers, his paternal great-grandfather, .Jona- 
than Kidwell, a man of note in his day, locating 
in Wayne County, Ind., when that country was 
literally a wilderness. The Rev. Jonathan Kid- 
well was an elo(pient I'niversalist preacher, and 
was also the author of several books which en- 
joyed a wide ciicnialion. He was likewise a 
thoroughly practical farmer, and possessing clear 
judgment, courage and su[)erior ability was adajjted 
to cope successfully with the privations and trials 
of frontier life. The paternal grandfather, Star- 
ling T. Kidwell, made his home iu Madison 
County in 1835, and with his wife and children 
located in the woods and entered from the Gov- 
ernment the old homestead, where he spent many 
years of usefulness, clearing, cultivating and ini- 
jM'oving the farm upon wliich at a good old age 



[larents to Madison County passed the greater part 
of his life in Pi|)e Creek Township. Arriving at 
mature years the father was united in marriage 
with Miss Mahala Quick, of Pipe (heek Township, 
and daughter of James t^uick, an enterprising cit- 
izen of Indiana, but a native of Kentucky. 

The union of the parents was blessed with the 
biiih of sons and daughters, four of whom are yet 
surviving. William K. Kidwell resides in Elwood; 
Louisa is the wife of Thomas Reed, of Elwood; 
Margaret Kidwell is the youngest daughter; our 
subject, Ira A., completes the list. The devoted 
wife and mother entered into rest in 1860, and 
the succeeding year the father, at the early age of 
thirty-two, likewise passed away. When Ira A. 
was about two years of age the first lots of Quincy 
village, then Duck Creek postoftice, were laid out. 
Our subject received his education in the district 
schools of the home neighborhood and was from 
his youth trained into the routine of agricultural 
pursuits. At the time of the father's death he was, 
with his brothers, part owner of some six hundred 
acres in Madison County, and, financially pros- 
pered, left his family well provided for. Wiien 
our subject attained his majorityjlie bought a farm 
which he industriously cultivated for seven years. 
He was at that time wedded to Miss Anne Lorali, 
of Duck Creek Township, one of the four children 
who brightened the home of Andrew and Jane 
(O'Byrn) Lorah, who are esteemed and prosperous 
residents of P^lwood. The two children born unto 
Mr. and Mrs. Kidwell are twins, Edward Elbert 
and Edna, bright and intelligent young people. 

In 1878 selling his farm, our subject removed 
to Elwood and engaged profitably in milling, and 
was in partnership with a stock company of four, 
each owning a quarter-interest. The |)artnersliip 
lasted a twelvemonth, Ira A. Kidwell and Martin 
E. Goode then purchasing the interest of the other 
two and since conducting an extensive and pros- 
perous business, and from 1881 have been located 
in the present fine mill built by the firm. The 
mill has a capacity of seventy-live barrels jjer d.ay 
and enjoys a large and rapidly increasing trade 



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throughout the county, the firm also buying and 
celling wlieat by the load and car lot. Straight- 
forward, energetic and enterprising,and possessed 
of executive ability, Mr. Kidwell has self-reliantly 
won his upward way to assured success and aided 
in building up a business second to none in his lo- 
cality. Politically a strong Republican, he was 
elected April 4, 1893, an Alderman, and as a val- 
ued member of the Elwood City Council is now 
giving faithful and efficient service in behalf of his 
constituents and the general public. Our subject 
is fraternally associated with Quincy Lodge No. 
230, A. F. & A. M., and as one of the early mem- 
bers of the lodge has taken a vital interest in its 
prosperity. lie was in 1892 Master of the lodge 
and is nt)w .Senior Deacon of the same, one of the 
finest lodges of tiiis section of the counti-y. Mr. 
Kidwell is likewise a member of Elwood Chapter 
(under dispensation) and joined Alexandria Chap- 
ter No. 99, October 16, 1889. He retained his 
membership in this latter chapter until Elwood 
Chapter received its charter in October, 1893. A 
man prominent among the local fraternity of the 
ancient order, a representative citizen and ener- 
getic man of business, our subject is popular with 
his fellow-townsmen and commands the esteem of 
a host of sincere friends. 



^ILLIAM S. SHELTON, LL.B.,of Anderson, 
is descended from an ancient and distin- 
guished French family, whose members 
for several generations were wealth}^ wine manu- 
facturers, but lost their valuable possessions in the 
French Revolution. The name Shelton is Anglo- 
Saxon, and the family is represented in England, 
one of our subject's cousins being editor of the 
London Society, a London journal. Grandfather 
Sylvester Shelton was born near Paris, France, and 
there engaged in the manufacture of wine. After 
his marriage to a Scotch lady, he accompanied the 
F'reneh colony to America and settled near Syra- 
cuse, N. Y. Later he removed to the salt regions 
of Virginia, where he engaged in farming; from 
there he proceeded to r>rown County. Ohio, and 



thence to Henry County, Ind., settling on Blue 
Creek, where he followed agricultural pursuits un- 
til his death. 

The father of our subject, Sylvester R. Shelton, 
was born in the salt regions of the western part of 
Virginia, and when seven years old accompanied 
his father to Brown County, Ohio. Subsequently 
he became an early settler of Henry County, Ind., 
locating near Knightstown, where he engaged at 
the trade of a joiner. In 1842 he went to Black- 
ford County, Ind., and settled in Hartford City, 
where he aided in the erection of the court-house, 
and also had other valuable contracts. Later he 
removed to Matamoras, where he was proprietor 
of the largest store between Ft. Wa3'ne and Mun- 
cie. Afterward he returned to Hartford City. 

The marriage of S3'lvester R. Shelton united him 
with Miss Hannah Dragoo, who was born in Brown 
County, Ohio, being the daughter of William 
Dragoo, of Welsh and Scotch descent. His broth- 
ers founded the famous Shaker Society, at Lebanon, 
Ohio, and donated all their possessions to that or- 
ganization, giving it about -$50,000. William 
Dragoo died in Henry County, Ind. His daugh- 
ter, our subject's mother, is now a resident of 
Hartford Citj^ and enjoys the distinction of occu- 
pying the oldest house in that place, it having 
been built in 1842. 

In 1866, under the administration of President 
Lincoln, .Sylvester R. Shelton was appointed Post- 
master of Hartford City, which position he held 
for almost twenty years. He was a prominent 
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows, and was one of the organizers of the Ma- 
sonic lodge at Hartford Cit3'. In his enterprises 
he was quite successful, and became tlie owner 
of large landed interests. He was also promi- 
nent in politics as a member of the Republican 
part}-. He was in religious belief a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death oc- 
curred in December, 1889, at the age of sixty- 
nine years. 

In the parental family there were nine children, 
eight of whom grew to maturity, our subject be- 
ing the youngest. Thomas B. was a soldier in 
the late war, enlisting in the Thirty-fourth Indi- 
ana Infantry, and participating in all the engage- 



POxiTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL KECORD. 



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ments of bis regiment until tbe close of the war, 
when he was discharged. He died two months 
after his return home. At the lialtle of Chtitla- 
luioga lie was strucli by a miiiie-ball, which 
lodged in a testament over his heart; bis mother 
still has the bible in her possession. He was a 
valiant soldier and was offered promotion from 
the ranks, but refused to accept the commissions 
tendered him, although he acted in various oflicial 
|)ositions up to the rank of Major-(ieneral. 

The subject of this sketch was reared in Hartford 
City, and graduated from the school there at the 
age of nineteen years. He then became traveling 
salesiiuui for the .1. it W. Walker Company, deal- 
ers in paints and oils, at Cincinnati, and afterward 
traveled for a boot and shoe hoiL'^e. He engaged 
as clerk with a Cincinnati firm, later resided in 
Davtim for a time, and afterwards went to Pitls- 
huigli. where he lia<l charge of a shoe store. 
Meantime, he was married in Troy. Ohio, in 1883, 
to Miss Sadie Winget, who was liorn in Darke 
County, Ohio, being the daughter of .1. W. \\inget, 
a farmer residing in that county. 

In 1885 Mr. Shelton removed to Troy, Ohio, 
where he received the appointment of Deputy 
Clerk, retaining the position for five years. Dur- 
ing all the.se years he had employed his intervals 
of work in the study of law, and in 1890 he en- 
tered the Cincinnati Law School, from which he 
was graduated in 1891. He then located in An- 
derson, where, under the linn name of Wood it 
Shelton, he conducted a large legal business until 
1893, when the partnership was dissolved, and 
Mr. Shelton now practices alone. His ofllce is one 
of the finest in the city and is located at No. 41 
West Eightii Street, in the Olympic Block. He 
has been admitted to practice before the Supreme 
Court of Ohio, and in the Ciiited States Federal 
Courts. 

Mr. Shelton was tlie organizer of the Anderson 
Surgical Chair Company, of which he was Secre- 
tary and is now a Director. The factory is located 
at No. 15 West Tenth Street, and was started with 
a capital stock of 1*20,000, doing a large business 
and manufacturing large quantities of surgical ta- 
bles and chairs. Mr. Shelton has other valuable 
interests. Politically, he is a Rei)ublican, and so- 



cially he is a ineinlier of the Independent Order 
of (hid Fellows. In his religious connections he 
is idt'iitilii'd with the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
and one of the Ic-iding members of that denomina- 
tion, lie ami his wife are the parents of one child. 



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ESSE U. KorDEBl'SlI, a retired agricultur- 
ist now pieasaiill_v located in Noblesville. 
has since 1851 been numbered with the 
representative leading farmers and stock- 
raisers of Hamilton County, his magnificent home- 
stead of three hundred and ninety-five highly 
cultivated acres containing some of the best land 
to be found within the borders of the state. Our 
subject was especially successful in the handling of 
Durham cattle and Poland-C'hina hogs, but also 
achieved highly profitable results as an agricultur- 
ist, the broad fields annually yielding an abundant 
harvest of golden grain .•uid a large variety of 
other produce. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject, Abra- 
ham Roudebush, was a native of Germany, but 
fully appreciating the advantages offered by a 
home in the United States emigrated in earlj- 
life to this country and settling in Pennsylvania, 
there reared up to usefulness a family of children. 
His son, Jesse R. Roudebush, Sr., was born and 
reared in the Quaker State, and arriving at mature 
.age, manly and self-reliant, determined to try his 
fortunes in the farther west, in Ohio. With his 
wife, Hulda (Ray) Roudebush, a native of Penn- 
s.ylvania, the father settled among the pioneer 
scenes of Carroll County, energetically clearing, 
cultivating and improving with a dwelling and 
barns the wild land of the Buckeye State. 

Our subject, born upon the old Carroll County 
homestead, October 22, 1828, spent the days of 
boyhood in his native county, and through the 
summer, as soon as he was able, assisted his father 
in the hard work of the farm, and early acquired 
the i)ractical knowledge which later made him 
authority upon a variety of subjects connected 
with agricultural pursuits. During the winter 



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months Mr. Roudebusb received instruction in the 
primitive school of the home neighborhood; but, 
essentially a self-made man, lias since added to iiis 
primary education a stock of valuable informa- 
tion, gained by close observation and reading. 
When about twenty-three years of age our subject 
journeyed to Indiana and made himself a home in 
Hamilton County. 

In 1851, as his father had done before him, Mr. 
Koudebush entered upon the clearing and cultiva- 
tion of a farm, then all wild land. The substan- 
tial improvements of to-daj', dwelling, barns and 
granary, forcibly contrast with the surroundings 
of a little more than two-score of years ago. Be- 
fore leaving his native slate our subject had mar- 
ried, upon October 18, 1849, Miss Susan Hartnian, 
a native of Ohio and daughter of George Hart- 
man, born in Pennsylvania and an early settler of 
Carroll County, Ohio. The Ilartman ancestors 
were likewise of German origin, and the father, 
George Hartman. was a pioneer Democrat and 
fought with courage in the War of 1812. He was 
a devout member of the Christian Church and 
was mourned as a public loss, when he passed away 
September 12, 1868. 

The mother of Mrs. Roudebush, Jlrs. Sarah 
(Iloobler) Hartman, was, like her husband, a native 
of Pennsylvania, and was the descendant of indus- 
trious and thrifty ancestry. The union of Mr. 
and Mrs. Roudebush was blessed with the birth of 
nine children, six of whom yet survive, two 
daugliters and four sons: Mary J. is the wife of 
Joseph Beckwith, a business man of Richmond, 
Ind.; Sarah Rebecca is the wife of Anthony Ilam- 
ble, a resident of Hamilton County; George is a 
successful farmer of White River Township; J. E. 
prosperously conducts a farm in Noblesville 
Township, William E. profitably tills the soil of 
Hamilton County; Edward is a leading farmer of 
Noblesville Township. 

With energetic enterprise winning his upward 
way, our subject at last achieved financial prosper- 
ity and was long ago numbered with the moneyed 
and substantial men of Hamilton County. In 
1886, he retired from the active duties of farming 
life, and, iiaving from his early youth engaged in 
hard work, finds much enjoyment in a well-earned 



rest from business cares. Mr. Roudebush, always 
a man of temperate habits, laid the foundation of 
his present capital by frugal industry and has sur- 
vived to see grow up about him a large family, 
all now worthily occupying positions of useful in- 
fluence. The members of the Roudebush family, 
way back in its early history were politically 
Whigs and later strong Abolitionists. 

Our subject intelligently posted on the ques- 
tions of the day, has from its formation affiliated 
with the Republican party, and is, and has always 
been, especiall}^ interested in school matters, lend- 
ing ready aid in educational advancement and 
home enterprise. Mr. and Mrs. Roudebush have 
given liberally in behalf of worthy charities and 
both are devout and valued members of the Chris- 
tian Church, ever remembering with a generous 
hand the needy and unfortunate. Our subject 
and his estimable wife, widely known and highly 
esteemed, welcome to their hospitable home a 
large circle of old time friends and acquaintances, 
thus pleasantly renewing the associations of the 
long ago. 



t^^HOMAS J. KANE, one of the well known 
ff^^ attorneys of Noblesville, Ind., who occu- 
^Sg^^ pies a prominent place among his pro- 
fessional brethren, claims Pennsylvania as the 
state of his nativity. He was born in Franklin 
County on the 6th of December, 1833, and is a 
son of Hercules D. and Elizabeth (Laughlin) Kane. 
The father was born in County Antrim, near Bel- 
fast, Ireland. His mother was born in County 
Deny, Ireland, not far from the town of London- 
derry. The grandfather of our subject, John 
Kane, was a farmer and also a manufacturer of 
linen. He there died when aliout eighty years of 
age. 

Hercules Kane and wife emigrated to America 
after the birth of their two eldest children, and 
settled in Franklin County, Pa., near Waynesburg, 
and there engaged in agricultural pursuits. He 
was of Irish descent, but his wife's people were 
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Scptcli-Irisli origin, a race of people who have 
niarle a marked impress on the civilization of 
America. As a class of men, they are frequently 
I'dinid at the liead of the learned professions, as 
well as ill ,acti\eciiiiinifTeial and business life — the 
luheriMit quality which marks a Scotcli-Irisliman 
lifing tenacity of i)urpose and indomitable will. 

When our subject was a lad of six months old, 
his parents removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, 
and lie lived u|)on a farm until sixteen years of 
age. He attended the aitademy at Tarlton, then 
spent one year in the Ohio University, at Athens, 
after which he returned to the academy. He en- 
gaged in teaching for a time, but having determined 
to enter the legal in-ofcssion, he then became a 
student in the law ollico of .Judge .John C'radle- 
baugh, of Circleville, Ohio. In 185.5, he came to 
Noblesville, Ind., and entered the office of (t. H. 
X'oss, where he continued his law studies foraljout 
one year, when lie formeil a |iartiieislii|) with his 
preeeiitur. In l.st;2. the comieetioii was diseon- 
tinucd. 

In November of that y(>ar, Mr. Kane was 
united in marriage with Sciphia W. Smith. She 
was the daugiitcr of Rev. David and . Catharine 
W. Smith. Rev. Mr. Smith was a minister of the 
lAangelical Lutheran Church. I'nto Mr.and Mvs. 
Kane were born the following children: Ral[)li 
K., Thomas K., Allen D. (who died at the age of 
two years), Sophia, Grace and Di.n.-iid S. 

After his marriage, Mr. Kane entered upon the 
|iractice of law alone, but subseijuently formed a 
|iartnersliip with Judge iMoss, and afterward with 
.Indge Davis. The latter partnership continued 
until the election of the Judge to the Hench in 
18'.t2. The linn is now Kane ct Kane, composed 
(if two of the sons, Ralph K. and Thomas PI 
Since his admission to the Bar, in 1856, Mr. Kane 
li.'is been successful as an attorney. He is a logical 
tliinker, a clear reasoner, and his enviable reputa- 
tion has been won by skill and ability. He has 
(larlicipated in many of the most important cawsM.s- 
ri'lebra which have shed lustre on the jurispru- 
ilence of the state. We is especially renowned as 
a forceful lawyer before a jury. Mr. Kane ca.st 
his first Presidential vote for .1. C. Frciriont, and 
has since been a stalwart advocate of Reiiubliean 



principles and has canvassed in every campaign. 
He and his wife hold membership with the Pres- 
byterian Church. Our sul)ject is a popular, genial 
gentleman, and his many excellencies of character 
have gainefl him the esteem of all with whom he 
h.as been brought in contact. 



A.I. WILLIAM A. WAINWRKJH 



Noblesville, an honored veteran of the 
III Lft) late war, is known throughout Indiana as 
ell as his immediate county, for he has 
been a prominent citizen and is a popular gentle- 
man, who wins friends wherever he goes. He may 
also be called a self-made man, for since a very 
early age he has been dependent upon his own 
efforts. When a lad of twelve summers, he began 
clerking for \'ice-Presidcnt Levi T. Morton, with 
whom he remained for about einht years, lie then 
went to Concord, N. H., and secured a position 
as salesman in the dry-goods house of Abel 
llutchins, where he remained for one year. Sub- 
on the hardware, tin and stove business until 
1861. 

Major Wainwright had watched with interest 
the condition of affairs brought about by slavery, 
and resolved that if the south attempted secession 
he would strike a lilow in defense of the Inion. 
Hardly had the smoke from Ft. .Sumter's guns 
cleared aw.ay when he joined the boys in blue, and 
for ten years was in the Fnited States' service. He 
became Major, and proved a valiant and faithful 
officer, his own bravery and courage inspiring his 
men to put forth their best efforts. After his 
service he was for two years eng.aged in the hard- 
ware business, and then entered upon his present 
line of business, purchasing the establishment of 
Boyd it Butler. For several years he was also en- 
gaged in raising blooded horses and was a suc- 
cessful breeder, for he is a lover of tine horses, 
and upon the turf had some of the finest in 
Indiana. 

On the 20th of Octolier. 185;i, Major Wainwright 
wedded Hannah (L Pontius, who was liorn in 



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Toledo, Ohio, November 29, 1835, and is a daughter 
of John and Maria' (Guy) PoiJtius. Unto them 
have been born three children. Lucius M. was 
educated in Noblesville, and remained at lionie un- 
til twenty-five years of age. He was married April 
24, 1888, to Victoria H. Grey, who was born Jauu- 
uary 20, 1867, and is a daughter of Dr. J. M. 
Grey. They have one son, Guy A., who was born 
November 29, 1889, in Noblesville. Lucius is 
President of tlie Central Cycle Company. 

In politics, Major Wainwright has been a stalwart 
Republican since voting for J. C. Fremont, first 
Presidential candidate of the party. He is a 
member of Lookout Post, G. A. R.; the Free & Ac- 
cepted iMasons, and the Odd Fellows' society; and 
botli he and his wife are members of the Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church. The AVainwright home is 
known far and near for its hospitality. The 
Major is a princely entertainer, and he and his 
accomplished wife have many, manj^ friends. 
Tliey own a handsome country seat, about one 
mile from Noblesville, on the principal boulevard 
drive. 

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SAMUEL G. PHILLIPS, the popular As- 
sistant Cashier of the Alexandria National 
Bank, and one of the large property owners 
of the city, claims Indiana as the state of 
his nativity, his birtii having occurred in Ran- 
dolph County September 9, 1857. His father, 
Ancel B. Phillips, was also a native of that coun- 
ty; and the grandfather, Thomas Phillips, a na- 
tive of Pennsylvania, became one of its pioneers. 
The progenitors of the family were Scotch. When 
a child, Thomas was bound out to a Mr. Haines, and 
so became separated from his relatives. He came 
to this state a poor man, but by diligence and care- 
ful management accumulated quite a fortune. 
He was very liberal to the poor, and no worthy 
person or deserving object sought his aid in vain. 
His home was the headquarters for all Methodists 
in pioneer days, for he was a devout member of 
that church. He died on the farm in Randolph 
County, where he first settled in 1874, at the age 
of eighty-four. His wife passed away in 1886, 
at the age of ninety-five. 



Ancel Phillips is the youngest of five brothers. 
He has been a merchant nearly all liis life, first 
carrying on a little country store in Randolph 
County. However, for many years past he has 
been a prominent merchant of Muncie. His eld- 
est brother, the Rev. N. Haines Phillips, has been 
a Methodist minister throughout his life, and is a 
very eloquent and able preacher. For many years 
he was Presiding Elder of the Warsaw and Ft. 
Wayne districts. One of the most prominent 
members of the Northern Indiana Conference, he 
was tendered, but declined, the honors and duties 
of a Bishop, and is now living a (piiet life in Mun- 
cie. Wesley, who was a well-to-do farmer, was 
returning from a rally in 1886, when the train 
was stoned b}' a gang of roughs. A missile hit 
him on the back, and he died from the result of 
the injuries. Miles H. is a prosperous shoe mer- 
chant of Warsaw. W. F., who served in the Sixty- 
ninth Indiana Infantry, is now a carpenter of 
northern Indiana. The mother of our subject 
was in her maidenhood Elizabeth A. Adainson, 
daughter of Simon Adamson, one of the pioneers 
of Wayne County, Ind., where she was born. Her 
grandmother lived within a few days of her one 
hundredth birthday, and she has an aunt in Hart- 
ford City who has now reached a very advanced 
age. Her brother, Spencer Adamson, died from 
the effects of wounds received in battle during the 
late war. 

The subject of this sketch is the only son of 
the Phillips family, but he has a sister, Luella C, 
wife of .Jehu J. Johnson, a cabinetmaker of Mun- 
cie. Mr. Phillips was educated in the common 
schools, and received his business training in his 
father's store. At the age of twenty he accepted 
a position in a wholesale grocery house in Indian- 
apolis, with which he remained for six years, when 
he went to Omaha, where he engaged in the mer- 
cantile brokerage business for a short time. Tiien, 
returning to Indianapolis, he continued in the 
brokerage business in that city for two years, and 
during the succeeding two and a-lialf years was a 
traveling salesman for a clothing house in Cincin- 
nati. 

While traveling to Alexandria, Mr. Phillips 
made the acquaintance of Etta Hannah, the cul- 



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turetl daughter of Robert H. Hannah, one of the 
wealthy and prominent citizens of lliis place, 
'"riendship ripened into love, and November If), 
1.S88, they were married. They have one child, 
a bright boy, Robert Beach. Having accumulated 
^ome capital, Mr. Phillips invested in Alexandria 
property, and in 1891, in connection with his 
father-in-law, built the Hannah and Phillips Block, 
consisting of seven stores; and also tiie block 
where tiie National Bank is located. In Ma}', 
18:»1, he resigned his position as traveling sales- 
man to enter the banking business, and in Janu- 
ary, 1893, when the Alexandria National Bank 
was incorporated, be took stock in the same and 
was elected Assistant Cashier. Mr. Phillips is a 
good type of tiie self-made man. By his own ex- 
ertions and business foresight he has made an 
ajn|ih' fortmu'. He is a pleasant and agreeable 
geiiMcinau, anil a general favorite with all classes. 
Politically, be is a Republican, and socially is an 
Odd I'ollow. While in Indianapolis he was made 
an lioiiorary member of the Board of Trade by 
the business men of that city in recogniti(jii of his 
liusiness ability and integrity. 



UDOE IJICHAUl) LAKE. The oldest at- 
torney in cdntiiUKuis practice at the Madi- 
son County liar is .h.dge Richard Lake. 
'■)J Ho was born at Mt. Vernon, Knox County. 
Ohio, on the 15th of March, 1826. He is tiie son 
of Lewis Lake, who was born in Ca^'uga County, 
N. Y.,and Cornelius, the grandfather, was a native 
of the same county and state. Tiie Lakes origin- 
ally sprang from England, two brothers coming 
from there and settling in New York. The grand- 
father, who was a farmer in New York, removed 
to Knox County. Oliio, at an early day, and died 
tliere at seventy years of age. The father, after 
remaining in Knox County many y(!ars, came to 
Anderson, where ho died at sixty years of age. 
The mother was Rosanna Swope, who was born in 
Maryland. ( iiaiidfather Swope was a native of 
(Jeniiany, ulio located in Washingtiin County, 
Md., and became a farmer and miller at Clear 



Sjiriiigs, and grew (luitc wi'althy. The inotlier 
died in Anders„ii attheageof seyenty-t wo. There 
were five children, two of whom arc liying, the 
subject of this sketch, and A. ■\. L;ike, who resides 
in Omaha. He was in the Mexican War at the age 
of sixteen, and in the Ciyil War was a Lieutenant 
in an Illinfiis regiment. 

.lud^c Lal<i' was reared on a faiin within sight 
of Ml. \ernon, Ohio, where he attended the com- 
mon scho(jls. After going through the Martins- 
burg Academy, he taught several terms of school. 
In 184.3 he came to Madi.son County and located. 
At that time there vvere no railroads, .-md the trip 
from Ohio was made on horseback, through a 
country, much of which was yet a wilderness. The 
late Judge Jt)hn Uavis was a cousin, and Judge 
Lake came to Anderson for the purpose of study- 
ing law under him. He completed his studies and 
was admitted to practice in the county courts in 
1847, and the Supreme Court in ls-18. ..\t that 
time Judge Dewey and .hidge iihukford were on 
the Supreme Bench. 

In 1852 Richard Lake began business for hinj^clf, 
and later was County Attorney for two years. He 
received from President Pierce the ap|)ointinont 
of Postmaster, which position he filled from 1852 to 
1856, in the meantime practicing his profession. 
In 1856 he was elected Judge of the Common Pleas 
Court for four years, for the counties of Madison 
and Hancock, succeeding -ludge David Cuoding. 
In 1860 the Common Pleas Court was abolished. 
In 1862 he represented Madison County in the 
Legislature, and was a member of the Judiciary 
Committee. Since then he h!is practiced law with- 
out intermission or interruption. He has enjoyed 
a successful practice for forty-five years. He is a 
stockholder in the Citizen's Gas C ompany, and a 
part owner of the Hancock-Lake Building, a hand- 
some structure on Main Street, completed in 1893. 

Judge Lake w.as married at Anderson to Mrs. 
Martha E. Bratton (nw. Shaw), who w;is born in 
Brooklyn, Ind. Judge and Mrs. Lake have had 
five children: Charles B. is in Anderson; Emma is 
wife of Churles E. Borne, piano maiuifacturer of 
Boston. She was educated at St. Mary's, Terre 
Haute; Frank E. is manager of a piano factory 
I at Boston; Jo.s(^iliiiie is the wife of I. C. Asli, of 



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Lawrenceburg, Ind.; Carrie is a graduate of the 
Anderson High School, and is at home. 

.Judge Lake is a Mason of long standing, and a 
Democrat alwa3'S. He has held the position of 
Cliairman of the Democratic County Committee, 
and has for many years been recognized as among 
the influential members of his party in the state. 



JIOHN .1. BLACKLIDGE. Madison County 
contains among its residents a large num- 
j ber of prosperous agriculturists, prominent 
among whom may be mentioned the name 
of Mr. Blacklidge, the owner of a highly cultivated 
farm, located on section 17, Richland Township. 
Since he settled upon this farm, during the j^ear 
1861, he has cleared the land and placed its one 
hundred and twenty acres under excellent culti- 
vation. Though not one of the earliest settlers of 
the^county, he is entitled to a foremost position 
among its pioneers, and has virtually cleared three 
farms, no easy task when we consider the condi- 
tion of the land prior to improvement. 

Born in Marion County, Ind., on the 31st of 
March, 1832, our subject is the son of Joel and 
Christian (Newhouse) Blacklidge, the latter being 
a native of Virginia, and of German descent. His 
father, who was born in Kentucky, traced his 
lineage to England. He served in the Black Hawk 
War, in 1832, and five years afterward, accom- 
I an led by his family, migrated to Madison County, 
and settled in Anderson, where he was successfully 
engaged in the mercantile business for a number 
of years. His death, which occurred in April, 
1847, deprived this city of one of its most enter- 
prising business men. His wife survived him for 
many years, passing away in 1883. 

In the Blacklidge family there was a large 
number of children, of whom the followingsurvive 
at the present writing: Elizabeth, a resident of 
Iowa; John J., the subject of this sketch; James 
M., whose home is in Madison County, Ind.; Har- 
vey J., a resident of Anderson; Oliver H., who 
also resides in Anderson; and Melinda. wife of J. 



W. Smith, of Indianapolis, Ind. The father of 
these children was a Whig in his political belief, 
and served for a number of years as Justice of the 
Peace. In his religious convictions, he was identi- 
fied with the Missionary Baptist Church. 

The memory of our subject extends back to the 
pioneer days of Madison County, when there were 
but a few houses on the road between Alexandria 
and Anderson. While a mere lad, he was orphaned 
by his father's death, after which he assumed the 
management of the farm, conducting it with ef- 
ficiency and success. With the other members of 
the family, he removed to a farm in Anderson 
Township, where he resided until 1855, engaging 
in agricultural pursuits, and placing the estate un- 
der a high state of cultivation. Subsequently, he 
settled on Kilbuck Creek, in Richland Township, 
where he resided until the time of removing to 
his present farm. 

On the 24th of October, 1854, our subject was 
united in marriage with Miss Mary McNeer, who 
bore him five children, viz.: Amanda, wife of 
Joseph Dillon; Menoria C, who m.-rried William 
Urry; Lizzie, the wife of J. F. McCoy; Katie, 
Mrs. Charles Mohler; and Ettie, who is the wife of 
Joseph Heritage. The second marriage of Mr. 
Blacklidge occurred December 18, 1878, and united 
him with Miss Mary S. Foote, who was born in 
Van Buren County, Mich., April 1, 1846. She is 
a daughter of S. J. and Sophia (Murdock) Foote, 
natives respectively of New York State and 
Maine, and early settlers of Van Buren County, 
Mich. Mrs. Blacklidge was reared in Michigan, 
whence she removed to Indiana, and prior to her 
marriage engaged in teaching school for a short 
time. She is a lady of refinement, superior educa- 
tion and ability, and has aided her husband by 
her valuable counsel and co-operation in all his 
enterprises. 

In the councils of the Republican [larly Mr. 
Blacklidge possesses considerablie iiiHuence, and 
has represented his township in various positions 
of trust. He has been School Director in Richland 
Township, and takes a deep interest in educational 
matters. In addition to his farming enterprises, 
he engages to some extent in the insurance busi- 
ness. With his wife, he holds membership in the 



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Methodist Episcopal Cliuroli, in which lip is serv- 
ing as Steward. lie lias a laiye circle of ac- 
quaintances in Madison County, and enjoys the 
confidence of the business comnninit\-. 



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/ORRIS L. SAN1)1;KS, 



|i^g\ owner of Hamilton County, aii(] the occu- 
iL, pant of a finely' improved farm in Dela- 

ware Township, was born in Hendricks County, 
December ll, 1836, and lias spent his entire life 
within the limits of the state where he still resides. 
He is the son of Joseph and Clarissa (McVay) 
Sanders, and the grandson of Jain(!S and I'luebe 
{ P.eason) Sanders. His grandfather was born in 
^'irginia in 1724, and was there reared to man- 
hood. After his marriage he removed to North 
Carolina, where he conducted farming pursuits 
for a number of years. Early in life he followed 
the profession of a school teaclier. A noted sports- 
man, he engaged often in hunting, and m the 
same fall in which his death occurred he killed 
lifty deer. 

Al)OUt 1800 Crandfather Sanders emigrated with 
his family to Fayette County, Oliio, where he set- 
tled in the woods among the Indians, remaining 
there until his death, at the age of about fifty. 
His wife was reared in the Soeiet}' of Fiiends; she 
survived him many years, attaining the age of 
nearly eight}-. The father of our subject grew to 
manhood m Ohio, where, at the age of twenty-two, 
he married Clarissa, daughter of Isaac and Kancj^ 
(Rude) McVay,all of whom were natives of Penn- 
sylvania and of Irish descent. 

About 1833, Joseph Sanders, accompanied by 
his family, emigrated to Hendricks County, Ind., 
where he entered a tract of eighty acres from the 
Covernment, and also purchased a farm which had 
been partly improved. Coming to the northern 
l>art of Hamilton Countj', he bought one hundred 
and sixty acres, and later added another one hun- 
dred and sixty acres, which he improved into a 
magnificent farm. Cpoii (lis|iosing <>( that prop- 
erty he moved to .Maiimi ('(innty. ind., where he 
remained until his death. His wife passed away 
about twelve months prior to his demise. They 
were devoted members of the Methodist P^piscopal 
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Church, in which faith they reared their children. 
These were ten in number, and were named: Her- 
bert H. and Isaac (both deceased); Albert, Forris 
L., Martha A., John W., Lydia E., Benjamin F. 
(deceased). Sarah .1. and Joseph. In politics, the 
fntlier was lirst a Whig .and later a Republican. 
His lirst vote was cast for Andrew Jackson for 
President. 

At the age (if Iweiily-one our subject com- 
menced for himself, and for about six years there- 
after rented land belonging to his father. He then 
married Mary M., daughter of David and Rachel 
(Eller) Wilkerson, and afterward rented land from 
Mr. Wilkerson for a few years. His first purchase 
consisted of one hundred and six acres located 
southeast of C;iniiel. and upiin that place he re- 
mained for twenty-three years. At the time of lo- 
cating there the land was unimproved, and it re- 
quired the most arduous exertions on his part to 
put it under cultivation. He and his wife are the 
owners of three hundred and fifteen acres of as 
fine land as is to be found in Hamilton County, 
and he is one of the most progressive, practical 
farmers of the county. He rents his farm and de- 
votes his attention exclusively to buying and ship- 
ping stock, in which he has met with succes.s. 

Mr. and Mrs. Sanders have reared two daughters 
of his brother John, whose names are Dora and 
Lillian. They also reared to womanhood a daugh- 
ter of Noah Day, Rosa, now the wife of F. Ran- 
dell. In his political opinions, Mr. Sanders has ad- 
hered to the principles and jilatform of the Repub- 
lican party from the time when he cast his first 
vote for Abraham Lincoln until the last Presiden- 
tial campaign, when he voted for Benjamin F. 
Harrison. Upon every topic of importance, 
whether local oi national, he possesses considerable 
information, and is a man of liroad and liberal 
ideas. 

J^l S. HOLLOWELL, proprietor of the No- 
I blesville Flourinii Mills, was born in Or- 
i ange County, Ind.. November 2G, 181!). 
He is the youngest of five children com- 
prising the family of James and Celia (Thomas) 
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tiers of Orange County, Ind. His youthful clays 
were passed in a comparatively uneventful man- 
ner, and he alternated attendance in the common 
scliools with work on the home farm. After com- 
pleting the course of study in the district schools, 
he entered Blue River Academy, in Washington 
County, and there prosecuted his literary studies 
with diligence and success. 

The business career of Mr. HoUowell commenced 
in 1870. when he became a clerk in a store at Sa- 
lem. Ind., and after a short time there he went to 
Cincinnati, where he secured a position as travel- 
ing salesman for a wholesale dealer in hats and 
caps. He was engaged in that capacity for two and 
one-half years, and resigned the position in order 
to enter the employ of the Nordyke & Mormon 
Company, manufacturers of and dealers in milling 
machinery. For a time he traveled for the firm, 
and in 1885 assumed the management of their 
flouring mills in Wayne County, Ind., a position 
which he filled with the utmost efiiciency for a 
period of four years. 

Coming to Noblesville during 1889, Mr. Hollo- 
well embarked in the sale of mill machinery for tiie 
Nordyke & Mormon Company at this place, and 
at once secured the trade of the business men of 
this section. In July, 1891, forming a partner- 
ship with D. W. Mormon, he erected the substan- 
tial and finely equipped mill which is conducted 
under the firm name of the Noblesville Milling 
Company. The mill is a fine brick structure, and 
contains all the latest machinery and every im- 
provement of modern times. Fourteen men are 
furnished steady employment, and the mill has a 
daily capacity of three hundred and sixty barrels 
of wheal, fifty barrels of rye and one hundred bar- 
rels of corn, being recognized as one of the finest 
mills in the entire state. The flour which is man- 
uf.actured is of a ver^' superior quality, "Diadem 
Patent" and "Our Manna" being two of the best 
grades. The products of the mill find a ready 
sale, both in western and eastern markets, and 
wherever known, their value is readily appre- 
ciated. 

A very important event in the life of Mr. Hol- 
lowell was his marri.age, which was solemnized on 
the 23d of June, 1880, the bride being Miss Sara 



E., daughter of R. M. Engle, of Indianapolis. Two 
children, Mabel and Herbert H., have been born 
of the union, and are n6w being educated in the 
schools of Noblesville. While not a politician, 
Mr. HoUowell is a loyal adherent to Republican 
principles, and his vote may always be relied upon 
to promote party interests. As a citizen, he main- 
tains a constant interest in the progress of the 
city and in the development of its resources, be- 
ing a generous contributor to many of its most 
progressive enterprises. He and his wife are de- 
voted members of tlie Society of Friends, and are 
among the most prominent and influential work- 
ers in that religious organization. 



\l.^^ ON. A. J. BEHYMER, elected November 8, 
f)ii 1892, as joint Representative for the 
counties of Madison, Tipton and Clinton, 
to the State Legislature of Indiana, has 
since 1877 been a continuous resident and promi- 
nent citizen of Elwood, where he has proven an 
important factor in the development of enterprise 
and ably assisted in all matters of mutual welfare. 
Our subject was born in Mount Holly, Clermont 
County, Ohio. Marcii 1, 1850, and was the third 
of a family of ten children, all of whom lived to 
adult age. His father, William Behymer, was 
born ill Lincoln County, Ky., April 5, 1823. The 
paternal grandfather, Solomon Behymer, was a na- 
tive Kentuckian, whose near ancestors were Penn- 
sylvanians. Emigrating to Ohio when his son 
William was a little boy. Grandfather Behymer 
spent the remainder of his useful life in the Buck- 
eye State, and p.assed awaj' mourned as a sincere 
friend and good citizen. The father, after living 
in Ohio about a quarter of a century, moved to 
Rush County, Ind. William Behymer was by 
trade a. cooper, but while residing in Ohio, com- 
bined the occupation of a farmer with rafting 
wood to Cincinnati, likewise for ten years eng.ag- 
iug in his trade. He arrived in Rush Count}', Ind., 
in 1851, and for the succeeding ten years devoted 
himself mainly to the pursuit of agriculture. Fi- 



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nancially prospered lie became a leadino: farmer of I 
his township, and for a luiniher of years served 
with efHcienc}' as constal)i('. [ 

In ISO I the father made his hniiic in Rigdon, 
Grant t'ouiity, on the cdiie of M:uliMin County, 
and continurd to reside in lliis loealitv until his 
deatli, many years later. A |)atriotie citizen and 
man of earnest character, he actively participated 
in the stirring scenes of the Civil War, and in 
ltS62 enlisted in Company E, 101 Indiana Infan- 
try, and as a Sergeant courageously sei\ ed three 
years, remaining at his [jost of duty until the 
close of the contlict. Constantly surrounded by 1 
danger. Sergeant Behymer was severely wounded 
and never entirely recovered luit survived to ' 
reach sixty-eigiit years, four nionilis and twenty 
days, entering into rest August 25, lt<y(). After 
the close of the war Mr. Behymer was elected .Jus- 
tice of the Peace, serving in this ofHcial postion 
for a number of years, and by his excellent judi- 
cial decisions gave great satisfaction to the general 
l)ublic. He was a devout member of the Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church, and was foremost in good 
work and benevolent enterprise. The mother of 
our subject, in maidenhood ]Miss Martha Littleton, 
a native of Clermont County, Ohio, was a woman 
of sterling character and bright intelligence. 

When eighteen months old INIr. Bch3-mer came 
with his parents to Indiana, and after residing in 
Rush County ten years, next made his home in 
Cirant County, where he attended school and 
reached twenty-four >ears of age. In the mean- 
time our subject enjoyed the benefit of instruc- 
tion in the National Normal School, located in 
Lebanon, Ohio, and later taught school in Koko- 
mo, Ind., for thirteen mouths. At the expiration 
of this length of time Mr. Behymer returned to 
the home farm and engaged in agricultuial pur- 
suits for a year. 

In September, lH7t), our suliject entered upon 
the duties of a teacher in a school ueai Windfall, 
and continued there for six months, in the sprini^ 
of 1877 removing to Elvvood, then a town of 
about five hundred poinilation. Here teaching 
school for about two years, our subject completed 
his nineteenth term as instructor and became wid(!- 
1}- known as a successful teacher of more than or- 



dinary ability^ and experience. In 1879, Mr. Be- 
hymer settled in Rigdon, Madison County, and in 
1887 removed to the city of Tipton, where lie 
prosperously engaged in the practice of law and 
the real-estate business. Two years after, in .Jan- 
uary, 188"), our sul)jeet purchased and consoli- 
dated the JClwood Free Press and KIwood 
Review, and in the spring of the year removed 
his family to their present home m KIwood, where 
they have since prosperously resided. Natural 
gas had been struck in this region of the country 
but a short time before and Mr. Behymer used the 
Free Press as an organ to advance the enterprise 
and stimulate interest in all matters of local wel- 
fare. ( )ur suliject was recognized as an elo(|ucnt 
pioneer worker in the rapid progress and upward 
growth of KIwood, and to his earnest efforts her 
position of to-day is mainly due. After about 
twelve months Mr. Behymer sold out the Free 
Press to Mr. Mellette, and then having been ad- 
mitted to the Bar of Madison. .Marion and Tipton 
Counties in 1882, again profitably devoted him- 
self to the practice of law and the real-estate 
business, and prosperously continues in the same 
line of work. He w.ms a i)roiiiinent factor in the 
subdivision and laying out of Call's Addition, 
and has built about twenty hou.ses in the city. 

In March, 1871, A. J. Behymer and Miss Mary 
K. Thrasher wore united in marriage. The esti- 
mable wife of our subject is the daughter of .lo- 
siah and Amanda Thrasher, well known and high- 
ly respected residents of Rigdon. Mr. and Mrs. 
Behymer have been blessed with children, three of 
whom survive: Grace, Linnie and Hazel. The 
oldest child, Clarence A., a youth of great promise, 
died March 31, 1893, passing away at seventeen 
years of age. In this terrible bereavement the 
family received the sincere sympathy of the entire 
conimunitv. Politically a stiong Democrat and a 
faithful adherent of the party of the people, 
our subject has licen a local leader, and in 1892 
elected to his present responsible position as a 
Representative is faithfully carrying out the 
wishes of his constituents and laboring in behalf 
of the general good. As a member of important 
committees last session he did excellent .service 
and won the heartv commendation of a wide ac- 



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quaintance. A man of public spirit, energetic, 
upriglit and possessing clear judgment, be is emi- 
nentlj' qualified for public work and fully enjoys 
the confidence of his fellow-townsmen and tiie 
general public. 



JAMES MADISON FAKLOW, who is en- 
gaged in the practice of law and the 
real-estate business, is recognized as one 
_ of the leading and influential citizens of 
Frankton. He was born in Pipe Creek Township, 
and is the youngest in a family of nine children 
whose parents were Reuben and Elizabeth (Odell) 
Farlow. The grandparents, William and Nancy 
Farlow, were natives of North Carolina, and were 
of English descent. Tliey came to Madison Coun- 
ty at a very early day, and are numbered among 
its pioneer settlers. 

The parents of our .subject were also born in 
North Carolina. The father came to Indiana in 
November, 1811, and settled in Wayne County. 
He aided in the organization of that count}', and 
for some j^ears served as Justice of the Peace. 
By occupation he was a farmer, and in the heavy 
forest made a claim, from which he developed a 
good farm that continued to be bis home for seven 
years. He then removed to Rush County, where 
he resided until 1831, when be came to Madison 
County, locating in Pipe Creek Township. Here 
he made bis home until his death in 1854, at the 
age of sixty-nine years. In politics, he was a sup- 
porter of the Democratic party, and was a member 
of the Friends' Church. 

The birth of James M. Farlow occurred .luly 
21, 1839. He remained at home until twenty- 
two years of age. He was a youth of only fifteen 
when his father died, and from that time assisted 
bis mother in taking care of the family. At the 
age of nineteen be commenced teaching school, 
which he followed for about nine 3'ears. The re- 
sponsibility and care which devolved upon the 
young shoulders made bis life an arduous one in 
early years, yet thereby was developed a manliness 



and force of character which have been of incalcu- 
lable benefit to him in after years. 

On the 26tb of January, 1861, Mr. Farlow mar- 
ried Melinda E. Haskctt, daughter of Ryburn and 
Salvina (Irwin) Haskett, natives of Virginia. They 
came to Madison County about 1840. Six chil- 
dren have been born unto our subject and bis 
wife, but only three are now living, viz.: Viola 
F., now the wife of William L. Poland, of this 
county; Kate, wife of Charles Whitehead; and 
Luolla, at home. 

Mr. Farlow follows in the political footsteps of 
his father and is a stanch advocate of the Democ- 
racy. He served as Township Trustee during his 
residence in Jackson Township, and in 1890 was 
elected Representative on tlie Democratic ticket, 
and re-elected in 1892, proving a competent and 
faithful ollicer. To some extent be is still inter- 
ested in fanning, but, aside from bis official du- 
ties, be devotes bis time to his real-estate and 
law business. He is a man of liberal and progres- 
sive views, public-spirited and enterprising, and 
always does bis part in promoting those interests 
which are calculated to prove of public benefit. 



1^^ 



>f^ OBERT C. GLASSCO. The real-estate in- 
IWr terests of Anderson have been largely dc- 
ili A\ veloped and greatly enhanced in value 
^^ through the persevering labors of the sub- 
ject of this biographical notice. He conducts an 
extensive real-estate, insurance and loan business, 
and also represents the State Building & Loan As- 
sociation of Indiana, and the Fraternal Building & 
Loan Association of Indiana. In addition to 
these interests, he was on.e of the organizers, and 
is the present Secretary and Treasurer, of the 
Anderson Manufacturing Company, which engages 
extensively in the manufacture of the Diamond 
bed springs. 

Born in Charleston, Coles County-, 111., April 17, 
1853, our subject is the son of Kimball and Mar- 
garet (Reat) Glassco, natives respectively of Ken- 
tucky and Circleville, Ohio. The paternal grand- 
father, Hiram Glassco, was a farmer in Kentucky, 



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whence in an early day be migrated to Illinois and 
settled in Coles County. He engaged in farming 
operations there until his death. When a resident 
of Kentucky, he and the family of which Abra- 
ham Lincoln was a member were neighl)ors, and 
later tiiey resided near each other in Illinois. 

The fatlier of our subject was early initiated 
into the mysteries of farming, but upon attaining 
manhood's years he embarked in the mercantile 
business at Charlestdu. III., and ihonee in 1861 
removed to Green Castk', Ind., when' he engaged 
in the furniture business for four years. In 186.5 
he returned to Illinois, and for a time resided in 
Tuscola, removing thence to Douglass, wliere he 
eng;nj:ed in merchandising, and also worked as a 
contractor. He became the owner of a number of 
well improved and valuable farms, from the rental 
of which he received a liandsome amount. In his 
old age he removed to Charleston, where he re- 
mained, retired from life's active labors. During 
the Black Hawk War he enlisted for active service, 
and was a participant in several important engage- 
ments. Politically a Democrat, he served as a 
member of the Constitutional Convention, and 
also officiated as County Commissioner. 

The maternal grandfather of our subject was 
James Reat, who was born in the east and was an 
early settler of Coles County, where he engaged 
in farming pursuits. He was a soldier in the 
P.l.ick Ihiwk War and an officer in the War of 
1812. The muUier of oui sultject died in 1880. 
leaving seven children, all of whom grew to ma- 
ture years. Of these; the fourth is the subject of 
this sketch. He was the recipient of common- 
school advantages in his youth, and also carried 
on his studies in the academy at Blooralngdalc, 
Ind., finishing the course there at the age of eigh- 
teen. He then entered the University of Mich- 
igan, and was graduated from the law department 
iu 1871 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. 

Opening an office at Newman, III., our sulyect 
conducted a good legal practice there for one 
year, after which he went to Texas with the inten- 
tion of following his profession, instead of which, 
however, he traveled on the frontier, joining a 
state company that was authorized to hunt for 
.Sam n.ass. a train robber, and his party. Special 



Company C, as it was called, rode from Ft. Worth 
to Ft. Uma, Cal., a distance of fourteen hundred 
miles, and succeeded in capturing several of the 
gang and dispersing the remainder. Tlie^' also 
captured Captain Bass at Round b'ock. This work 
required about four months, and aftci- the expedi- 
tion finished its task, our subject with eight 
others went to California; but he soon returned to 
Texas, thence proceeded to New Orleans, and from 
there across the gulf lo Mexico and Central 
America. In partnership with (i. ( ». CofFman. Mr. 
Glassco engaged in merchandising in Mexico and 
Central America for three years, meantime becom- 
ing familiar with the Spanish language, which he" 
still si^eaks fluently. 

Leaving the far south, Mr. (ihissco embarked on 
a steamer bound for New York, and after arriving 
in that city proceeded to South America by way 
of water, touching port at Buenos Ayres and other 
prominent cities of that country. Subscipicntly 
he made five voyages between New Voik and 
Mexico, coasting along the sliore of the latter 
country. Once more returning to the land of his 
birth, he traveled for a time .as a representative of 
the firm of C. Heard it Co.. of Peoria. III., manu- 
facturers of ivory button goods. While thus 
engaged, he was married in Anderson, in 1882, to 
Miss Belle, daughter of Jacob Bronnenberg. of 
whom further mention is made in the sketch of H. 
J. IJronnenberg, presented elsewhere in this vol- 
ume. Mrs. Glassco was born in Kicliland Town- 
ship, Madison County, and is a letined and ami- 
able young lady. She is the mother of one child, 
Edith Fern. 

After his marriage, Mr. Glassco purchased the 
Democrat and Keviev!. consolidating the two papers 
and publishing the journal in connection with his 
brother, C. .S. In 188.J, the lieciew-Dmvxrat was 
sold to D. J. Crittenberger and William R. Meyer, 
and our subject afterward engaged in the grain 
business at Chesterfield, Ind., where he al.so served 
as Postmaster, Justice of the Peace, and agent for 
the Big Four Railroad. He purchased an interest 
in the Anderson Iron ct Bolt Company, and was 
in the shipping department nulil the spring of 
1892, when he disjjosed of his interests in the con- 
cern and embarked in the real-estate business. 



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He was one of the organize! s of the Anderson 
Manufacturing Conipan.y, of which he is now Sec- 
retary and Treasurer. He represents some of the 
leading fire insurance companies of tlie country, 
including the German, of Indianapolis, and the 
(ilens I'alls, of New York. Socially, he affiliates 
with Mt. Moriah Lodge, F. & A. M., and the Order 
of Red Men. In politics a Democrat, he has 
served as a member of tlie County Central Com- 
mittee for several times, and has also occupied 
other local positions of importance. 



II^_^^ENRY P. COBURN, senior partner of the 
\\f}j^ well known and prosperous firm of Cohurn 
lA)^^ At Springer, conducting an extensive lum- 
(^ ber and planing-niill business in Anderson, 
Madison County, Ind.. is a native of Michigan, 
and was born in Ontonagon, December 15, 1854. 
His father, Augustus Coburii, born in Indianapolis, 
Ind., was reared and educated in his birthplace. 
He went to Michigan an energetic young man, 
and soon displayed business ability of a high 
order, and became the purchaser of large tracts of 
Government lands in the Northern Peninsula. 
Valuable mines were later developed on a number 
of the properties located by him. The father was 
also connected with various business houses at 
Ontonagon and interested in several freighting 
vessels upon the lakes. He had only reached mid- 
dle age and had apparently many 3-ears of useful- 
ness before him, when he was drowned while 
voyaging upon Lake Superior. 

Grandfather Henry P. Coburn, a native of Mas- 
sachusetts, was an early pioneer of the west, and, 
settling in Indiana, assisted to lay out the city of 
Indianapolis, where he spent the remainder of his 
life. He died at lift}' years of age, and, a man of 
enterprise, was mourned as a public loss. The 
mother of our subject, Mary A. (Beaser) Coburn, 
was a native of the Empire State, and born m 
Buffalo, N. Y., the long-time residence of her 
parents, with whom she afterward removed to 
Michigan, where siie met and married Augustus 



Coburn. Our subject, Henry P., was one of five 
children who blessed the home of the parents. 
He passed the days of his cliildhood in Ontonagon 
and attended the common schools of Michigan. 
When fourteen years of age, removing to Indiana, 
he entered the high school of Indianapolis, and 
later enjoyed a three years' course of study in the 
Northwestern Christian University, thus thor- 
oughly preparing himself for the' business of life. 
Having completed his studies, Mr. Coburn, witli 
characteristic enterprise, went to work in the lum- 
ber 3ard of his uncle at Indianapolis. After 
handling lumber for two and a-half years lie was 
employed by Niblock & Merrifield, and remained 
with that coal firm three years. In 1880, in com- 
pany with an uncle, our subject located in Michi- 
gan City, and for four years engaged in the whole- 
sale lumber business. He next entered the employ 
of .Jonathan Boyee, also in the lumber business, 
and continued in the service of the latter gentle- 
man until 1890. Mr. Coburn then came to An 
dcrson and formed his present partnership with 
George E. Springer, under the firm name of 
Coburn & Springer, the company doing a large 
and successful business in both the lumber yards 
and mill, and carrying a complete stock of every- 
tliing in the line of building material. 

Upon December 3, 1884, Henry P. Coburn and 
Miss Mary E. Burkit, of Michigan City, were 
united in marriage. The accomplished wife of 
our subject was a native of Indianapolis, and the 
daughter of John W. Burkit. Her paternal grand- 
father, Martin Burkit, an eal-ly settler, arrived in 
Indianapolis at the same time as Grandfather 
Coburn, and is now living and nearly ninety years 
of age. A man of vigor .and physical endurance, 
he courageously sliared the privations of pioneer 
life in the west, and h.as for three-score years been 
an observer of the wonderful progress of Indiana. 
Mr. and Mrs. Coburn are the parents of three 
bright little ones, two sons and one daughter, 
Mary Augusta, Percy Burkit and John. Mr. 
Coburn is politically a Republican, and deeply 
interested in the success of his party. He is fra- 
ternally associated with the Patriotic Order Sons 
of America, a social and beneficiary society, in 
whose reunions he finds much pleasure. Finan- 



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ciall}' prospered, our subject is numbered among 
the >ubstaiitial and leading inisiness men of An- 



y^I LLI AM ALLEN SWINDELL.a successful 
Attorney and etlicient Justice of the Peace, 
^ ,, ably discharging the complex duties of his 
judicial (losition, is a prominent citizen of Alex- 
andria, iVIadisort County, Ind., and a native of tiie 
state, who was born in IIenr_y County, October 3, 
1842. Our subject was one of a family of nine chil- 
dren, seven brothers and two sisters, and was the 
fourth in order t)f birth. Ilis fatiier, Ashley Swin- 
dell, was born in Hyde County, N. C, May 6, 1809, 
and was the son of Willis Swindell, and the young- 
est of two brothers. The paternal grandfather, 
likewise a native of North Carolina, served with 
faithful courage in the Revolutionary War, and as 
a private shared in the privations and sacrifices of 
those troublous days. His brother John held a 
commission, and did meritorious service as an offi- 
cer of the army, aiding in the struggle for inde- 
pendence. In 18,'5.3, Ashley Swindell, following 
tlie tide of emigration to the farther west, jour- 
neyed to Indiana, and settled in Wayne County. 
The father, by occupation a farmer, was respected 
by all who knew liiin, and surviving until 1891, 
passed away at eighty-two years of age. Grand- 
fatlier Swindell and hi- son Allen came to In. liana 
111 about lH,-,:5, and in l.s,-„s, Allen, a |.ioiiiising 
young man, died. The inotlier of our subject, 
Anna (Hendricks) Swindell, born in Noith Caro- 
lina in October, 1814. emigrated tolndianain 1833. 
The Hendricks, of remote (ierman ancestry, were 
numbered among the vei\ early and prominent 
sfitlers of North Carolina. 

The mother enjoyed extended opportunities for 
an education, and, a woman of superior ability and 
character, is yet surviving at the age of seventy- 
nine years. She had two brothers and one sister. 
One brother, W. C. Hendricks, an able attorney 
and politician, was likewise a successful agricul- 
turist, owning an extensive farm. He served with 
ability as Trustee of liis tf)wnship for nine years. 



and was likewise for a lengthy period of lime .lus- 
tice of the Peace. The sons and daughters who 
blessed the home of the parents were .John A., a 
successful farmer, living three miles from Alex- 
andria; Henry J., a prosperous lumberman of Ran- 
dolph Count3', residing in Lyon; Sarah F., mar- 
lied to Mason Allen, a succe.ssful general agricul- 
turist, located near Hagerstown, Ind.; David A., 
Postmaster at Summitville, under Cleveland's first 
administration, now a citizen of AlcxMiidiia; Col- 
lins H., a stone mason of Alexandria; Cli.'ules R., 
a carpenter by trade, making his home in Alex- 
andria; W. A., our subject, grew up to adult age 
on the Madison County farm, to which he had 
removed from Henry County wlien three years of 
age. Having received a fair education in the com- 
mon schools, Mr. Swindell, when only seventeen 
years old, began life for liimscir, luil, later enjoyed 
twelve months of instruction. He worked for his 
uncle W. A. Hendricks for some time at $14 per 
month, and then engaged in the lightning rod 
business. He finally clerked in his uncle's dry 
goods store, and there coniiniicd to handle mer- 
chandise for five jears. 

December 1, 1864, were unitctl in luariiage W. 
A. Swindell and Miss Malissa E. Norris. the daugh- 
ter of Thomas Norris, a prosperous grocer of Madi- 
son County. The good wife of our subject died 
in October, 1889, leaving to the care of her hus- 
band six children. Norris A., an engineer by trade, 
residing in Alexandria, married Mollie Hughes, 
and lias one child, a son. Clay; Thomas E., a tele- 
giapli operator, married Miss Viva Buck, of Alex- 
andria, and has one child, Lillian: Willis W. is a 
clerk in Alexandria; EmmaF. i^ the wife of W. 
M. Beck, a railroad man of Ehvooil, Ind.; Maltie 
R. and Alfred are at home. In l.sCs, Mr. Swindell 
engaged in the saw-mill and liiinlu'r business, 
which he conducted successfully for the seven ensu- 
ing ye.ars in Alexandria. In 187;'), elected Justice of 
the Peace, he discharged the duties of the judicial 
office with ability. Our subject later, for four 
years, was in the liiiiiber bu>iiH'ss in .Mitrliell, liici., 
and for two years was the efficient proprietor of 
the Oregon Hotel of that place, and was likewise 
Justice of the Peace in Mitchell. In 188(i, return- 
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the lumber business, but in 1887, re-elected Justice 
of the Peace, began the stud^- of law, was admitted 
to the Bar, and l)ecarae Deputy Prosecutor in 1887, 
and likewise has continued to occupy the position 
of Justice of the Peace. In May, 1880, Mr. vSwin- 
dell was united in wedlock with his present wife, 
Mrs. Betty (Baker) Mannington, born in Zanes- 
ville, Ohio, and tiie daughter of a prominent mer- 
chant of the latter place. Our subject, formerly 
an active member of the Ancient Free & Accepted 
Masons, lias not affiliated with the society for some 
years. He is politically a life long Democrat and 
an ardent advocate of the party. His decisions as 
a Justice, given in accord witli law and evidence, 
are seldom appealed to a higlier court, and have 
never been reversed, clearly imlicating him as be- 
ing especially adapted to the responsible duties of 
his office. Mr. Swindell enjoys remarkable health, 
having never been sick in his life, and for tlurty- 
five years there was not even one death in the 
Swindell familj', one of the most highly respected 
in the state of Indiana. 



^p\\ HARLES IIERSIIMAN, a farmer of Hamil- 
[l[ 1-^ ton County and a well known resident of 
^^5'' Jackson Towhship, was born on section 33, 
of this township, November 8, 1837. His father, 
James Hershman, was one of the pioneers of tins 
county, to whose industr}^ and patient persever- 
ance the present generation is so greatly indebted. 
A native of Coshocton County, Ohio, born in 
1809, lie removed from the Buckeye State in 1832, 
and coming from Hamilton County, settled on 
section 33, Jackson Township. Thenceforward 
until the time of his death, in January, 1870, his 
name was inseparably connected with tlie develop- 
ment of his adopted home. 

At the time of coming hither James Hershman 
had about $100, and from that small beginning he 
worked his way to prosperity. He settled on a 
farm consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, 
where lie built a small log cabin, with punclieon 
lloor and primitive furnishings. In 1837 he re- 



placed tliat structure with a substantial frame 
residence, in which lie continued to live until his 
demise. He was a man of broad information and 
politically affiliates with the Democrats, but voted 
for Abraham Lincoln for President. Of a mild 
and peaceable disposition, generous to worthy 
causes and kind toward all, lie was popular in liis 
community, and was espeeiallj' prominent in the 
Protestant Methodist Church, in wiiicli he served 
as Deacon for a number of years. In addition to 
farming, he also settled up a number of estates. 
With the aid of his two sons he accumulated three 
hundred and thirty acres, all of which remain in 
possession of the family excepting about ninety 
acres. 

The motlier of our subject was Susanna, daugh- 
ter of Charles and Martlia Baker, and a native of 
Ohio, where she married. She died in 1891. Both 
the Baker and Hershman familes are of German 
descent. The parents of our subject were married 
in 1830, and of their union three children were 
born. The eldest, Martha, married Joliii William 
Chew, and they resided in Iowa until their death. 
Of eight children born to their union six survive, 
namely: William, James, John, Martha, Thomas 
and Elizabeth. James K., the youngest member of 
the family circle, resides in Arcadia. 

In his youth tiie subject of this sket<;h attended 
school during the winter seasons, and in the sum- 
mer was employed in farm work. Some years 
after his marriage he located on section 28, but 
later returned to the old homestead and cared for 
his father until his death, after which he continued 
to superintend the farm until 1881. Since that 
year he has occupied his present farm. In 1855 
he married Miss Jane, daughter of Z. A. Roadruck, 
and six children were born of the union, namely: 
Hiram, Martha, John and Albert, all of whom are 
deceased; P^mma, wife of William Johnson, of 
Jackson Township, and Everett, who married 
Birdie Nicholas and lives in Cicero. 

The farm belonging to Mr. Hershman consists of 
two liundred and forty acres, finely improved 
and well stocked. In addition to this, he has 
given twenty acres to his daughter. Of his prop- 
erty two hundred acres have been placed under 
cultivation. Politically. Mr. Hershman is a Dem- 



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ocrat. In the Master Mason Lodge No. 310, 
F. & A. M., he has serverl as .Tunior Warden, .Jun- 
ior Deacon and Treasurer. He contributes liber- 
I'lally to the benevolent and charitable projects of 



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Mill, who cairic-s on -cn- 
.n one hundred and sev- 
e acres on section 2'.t, White 
lip, Hamiltfin County', is 
itizens that the Keystone 
this community. He was 
cbruary. 1822, in Lebanon 
I' .laiiu's and Margaret (Me- 
atlicr was a native of Coun- 
1(1 wlicii a young man of 
twenty years left llie l'',iiierald Isle for the New 
Worhl. He settled in riiiladclphia. wiiere he worked 
in the marble works for a short time, and then 
went to Lebanon Coiinly. where lie was employed 
in the iron works, lie li\ed in erne house for six- 
teen years and then went to Huntingdon County, 
where he spent two years. In 1835 he came to 
hidiana, and after two months spent in Wayne 
County purcha,sed five hundred and twent\- acres 
of wild land in llaniilt..ii County, upon whicli 
he bnilt a log cabin .and liegan life in true pio- 
neer style. Later lie erected a hewed log cabin. 
His death there occurred in 18.55, at the age of 
seventy-five years. ]\Irs. Karr was also born on 

ried in Philadelphia, and she died in this county 
at the advanced age of ninety-three 3'ears. 

Mr. Karr of this sketch is the \'oungest and 
only surviving cliihl in a family of nine i-liildren. 
six sons and three daughters. At a very tender 
age he began work in the lields, and (piite early 
in life was inured to hard labor. He chopped 
cordwood at the age of eight and also worked in 
an iron fouii<lry. His entire life has been a busy 
and useful one. .\fler coining to the west he 
aided in the development of the new farm, and 



bore all the experiences and hardships of pioneer 
life. 

In the fall of 1851 Mr. Kan was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Mary Keck, who was born while 
her parents were en route from (ierinany to .Anu'r- 
ica. She was a sister of Valentint' Keck, whose 
sketch appears elsewhere in this work. 'I"he young 
couple began their domestic life upon the farm 
where he is still living, and wliere her death oc- 
curred at the age of thirty-two. Light children 
came to blcss their union, of whom live are still 
living, viz.: Elizabeth A., who is married and has 
five children; Margaret ('., who is married and 
has two children; .Tames, at home; .lane, who has 
been keeping house for her father since the .-ige 
of fourteen; and William, who is .also iii.arried. 

Mr. Karr li.as always voted the Democratic 
ticket. He is a member of the L*theran Church, 
gives liberally to its support, and has aided in 
building several chnrc'hes in this neighborhood. 
The poor and needy lind in him a friend, and his 
help is never withheld from any deserving char- 
ity or enterprise. In presenting to our readers 
this sketch of Mr. Karr. we record the life work 
of a man who is both widely and favorably known. 



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W. C. VANCE. As one who has inaugurated 
and successfully con.iucted a nourishing 
,^ ^ enterprise, we mention the name of Mr- 
Vance, of Noblesville. Coming to this city in 
1882, he established the business in which he has 
since been engaged, and to the management of 
which he devotes his entire attention. His estab- 
lishment is convenientl\' located for purposes 
of trade, and his large and well assorted stock of 
groceries occupies a substantial building, 100x20 
feet in dimensions. He handles a full line of 
sta|]|e and fancy groceries, which he disposes 
of both to the trade and to consumers. 

For more than a half-century Mr. Vance has 
resided in Hamilton County, where his birth oc- 
curred in 1812. He is the grandson of Samuel 
Vance, a native of North Carolina, who migrated 
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this stale, in 1847. Tlie fatlier of our subject, 
Tliomas C. Vance, was likewise a native of North 
Carolina, and removed from there via wagon to 
Wayne County, Ind., in 1838. He was a promi- 
nent citizen of his community, and took an active 
jiartin politics, first as a Whig, and afterward as a 
Republican. He married Miss Sophia Swain, a 
native of North Carolina, and the daughter of 
Jesse Swain, one of the early settlers of Wash- 
ington Count}', this state. The Swain family was 
represented in North Carolina for many gener,a- 
tions, and w.as one of prominence in Democratic 
circles. 

After comyjleting the studies of tlie common 
schools, the subject of this sketch began his busi- 
ness career, in 1858, as a clerk in Boone County, 
Ind., continuing thus engaged until the outbreak 
of the Civil War. In August, 1861, he enlisted 
as a member of Company F, Tenth Indiana 
Infantry, commanded by Colonel Mausen. He 
was assigned to tiie Fourteenth Army Corps, 
Army of the Cumberland, and with his regiment 
participated in the siege of Corinth and the bat- 
tles of Mill Springs, Perryviile, Chickamauga, and 
all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign. At 
the close of the war he was mustered out as Ser- 
geant. 

Returning to his home in Zionsville, Boone 
County, Mr. Vance engaged in the mercantile 
Inisiness in partnership with his uncle, Joseph 
D. Swain, tlie connection continuing about one 
year. He then disposed of his interest in the 
business, and, removing to Northfield, Boone 
County, entered into the mercantile business with 
his brother, I. N.Vance, the firm title being Vance 
Brothers. Two years after the inception of the en- 
terprise, he i)urchased his brother's interest and 
conducted tlie business alone for five years. Upon 
disposing of that establishment, he went to Eagle- 
town, Hamilton Count}', where for seven years he 
conducted a large and lucrative trade, gaining 
through courtesy and fair dealings with all a rep- 
utation as an upright and honorable business man. 
Trading his store in Eagletown for a farm near 
Noblesville, Mr. Vance engaged as an agricultur- 
ist for two years, after which, in 1882. he came 
to Noblebville, and has since conducted a large I 



trade as a wholesale and retail dealer in groceries. 
Socially, he is identified with Noblesville Lodge 
No. 53, F. & A. M., Bernice Lodge No. 120, K. of 
P., and Lookout Post No. 133, G. A. R. A loyal 
Republican, he was elected upon the ticket of that 
party a member of the City Council. Elected in 
the spring of 1890 from the First Ward, his' 
.service was so satisfactory that two years later he 
was re-elected to the same office, which he still 
holds. 

Tlie pleasant home of Mr. Vance is presided 
over by his amiable wife, whom he married in 
1865. She was in maidenhood Elizabeth J. Hal- 
sted, and was a daughter of Joseph Halsted", 
of Ohio. This union has resulted in the birth 
of nine children, of whom the following five 
are now living: Lou D., Amma, Lola, Carl 
and Rolla. The family occupies a high position 
socially, and is one of the most prominent of the 
ci ty . 



JHACOB BREHM, an influential citizen and 
prominent business man, a stockholder and 
j Director of the Noblesville Electric Light 
^^ and Ice Company, is widely and favora- 
bly known throughout Hamilton County, within 
whose borders he was born December 7, 1851. A 
constant resident of the state and county, our sub- 
ject was a son of an early settler of Indiana, Con- 
rad Brehm, an energetic and hard-working man, 
highly respected b}' his neighbors and fellow-citi- 
zens. The father, born in Prussia, Germany, was 
reared and educated in his native land, and there 
acquired the trade of a cooper. Well fitted to 
make his way in life, he determined t(^ try his for- 
tunes in the world bej-ond the sea. 

Safely crossing the broad Atlantic, the father 
found ready employment in the United States, 
and some time later, witli his wife, made his home 
in Indiana, settling in Hamilton County, where he 
prosperously entered into the pursuit of general 
agriculture and stock-raising. The mother of our 
subject, P^lizabelh (Booher) Bi-ehm,was likewise of 
German birth, and the descendant of manv iicner- 



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atioiisof tln-ifty and iiuliistrimis ancostoi-s, who liy 
self-reliant effort made tli«ir upward way to posi- 
tions of respected usefulness. Our subject, remain- 
ing with his parents until twenty-three years of 
age, from his childhood assisted in the d;iily rr>u- 
tine of farm life, and attained to nKuihuod am- 
bitious and enterprising. 

were conlined to the district seluiols of llaniilton 
County, but he well improved every offered ad- 
vantage of instruction, and to his early knowledge 
has added liberally by close observation and rend- 
ing. Our subject, since locating permanently in 
Xoblesville, has actively participated in the pro- 
niotiou of the vital interests of the city, and in 
thi' fall of 1892 assisted in the organization of the 
Xoblesville Electric Light and Ice Company, with 
which enter|)rise lie is still prominently (•(Jiinectcd 
.as a stockholder and ollicer. In 1<S!I2, Mr. ISrehiii. 
in partnership with Gleoigt- W. llciny ;ind (iciirge 
W. Haverstich, erected the Urchin lilnck, a sub- 
stantial brick structure, the main (lart of which is 
Cti.xyo feet, the rear 20.\-fiO feet, the completed 
building constituting a valuable local improve- 
ment. 

Ill the year 1877. .j.acob I'.rchin and .Miss -leiiiiic 
Lovver were united in marriage. The accomplished 
wife of our subject is a native of Hamilton 
County, and possesses a wide circle of old-time 
friends and acquaintances. She is tlic daughter 
of .b)liii Lower, an early sctticr and pi(i>pci(uis 
resident of Hamilton County. The pleasant home 
of Mr. and Mrs. Brehm has been blessed by the 
tiirtli of two children, sons: CJeoigi^ W. and James 
Kllswortli. briglit :iiid ambitious hoys now attend- 
ing scliool. Mrs. nivlim is a valued iiuMiibcr of 
tlie Christian Church, and takes a leading place 
in the religious, social and benevolent enterprises 
of that denomination. Our subject is fraternally 
associated willi tlic Cherokee Tribe, Xo. t»6, Red 
Men of .\iiiciica, and h;is many friends among the 
order. 

Politically a strong Democrat, Mr. P.rehm takes 
an active part in local [lolitics. and, a friend to ed- 
ucational advancement, is esiiecially interested in 
school matters. lie is intelligently posted in the 
questions of the day, and is an ever-ready aid in 



subject is a man of libcr.-il spirit, and has long 
been niiinlicrcil with the leading and substantial 
citizens of 1 l.-unilloii County, his lifetime home. 
Here his interests all center, and in one of the 
pleasant localities of X'^oblcsville he and his family 
make their lumie, esteemed bv all who know them. 



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ILLJAM W. ROOKER. A perusal of this 
pJI volume will reveal many sketches of hon- 
\yW <^'i"«t' fiofl iuHiiential citizens who have re- 
sided ill this part of Indiana for many years, but 
none among them is more worthy of mention than 
Mr. Rooker, who is a true ty^ie of a successful 
farmer. Man>' of the most enterprising residents 
of Hamilton County have here spent the greater 
part of their lives. In them we find men of true 
loyalty to the interests of this part of the state, 
who understand as it were by instinct the needs, 
social and industrial, of this vicinity and who 
have a thorough knowledge of its resources. They 
are, therefore, better adapted to succeed here than 
a stranger could be, and are probably without ex- 
ception warmly deveted to tbe prosperity of the 
county. .Such a man we find in Mr. Rooker. 

In tracing the genealogy of our subject, we 
note the fact that his i)ateriial great-grandfiither 
wa> a silversmith in London, and in that occupa- 
tion reared his only son. The latter, William by 
name, wjis taken in company with twelve other 
gentlemen by the British officers while he was in 
a ballroom and was brought to America as a sol- 
dier. The entire twelve soon deserted. He pro- 
ceeded to KnoxviUe, Tenn., where he remained 
until the close of the war. Later he came to what 
was then the territory of Indiana, and, settling 
111 Morgan County, there followed farming pur- 
suits until his death about 1835, at a ripe old age. 
When a mere child, William D. Rooker, father 
of our subject, became self-supporting, and, learn- 
iiiiT the trade of a wheelwright, engaged in the 
manufacture of spinning-wheels, etc. In his boy- 
hood he went to Ohio, and locating near Dayton, 
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was united in marriage with Phojbe, daugliter of 
Benjamin Iddings, and after tliat important event 
he moved across the state line into Wayne Count}', 
Ind., where he sojourned for several yeai'S. In 
1819 he removed to Indianapolis, accompanied by 
his wife and four children, the removal being 
made with an ox-team and wagon. He opened a 
road from Indianapolis to the place where he set- 
tled, four miles above the city on a creeii. Dur- 
ing the early period of his residence there, he 
kepi the family larder supplied with an abun- 
dance of meat, secured during his hunting expedi- 
tions. He finally acquired the ownership of about 
one thousand acres of land, to the improvement 
of which he devoted considerable attention. 

Coming to Hamilton County in 1830, William 
D. Rooker built a small gristmill on Cool Creek, 
and later erected a sawmill, which he operated for 
many years. He purchased three hundred acres, 
the most of which, assisted by his two eldest sons, 
he placed under cultivation. He was a sincere 
and devoted Christian, and for many years la- 
bored as a local preacher in the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church, preaching in houses or in the open 
air, wherever the people would congregate. lie 
united with tlie Masonic order at Indianapolis, 
and later transferred his membership to Westfleld. 
In politics he was originally a Whig and afterward 
a Republican. For a number of years he filled 
tiie position of Associate Judge, and about 1840 
was elected to represent his district in the State 
Legislature. 

In the parental family there were eight chil- 
dren, one of whom died in infancy. The others 
were as follows: Samuel P., James I.; Cynthia, the 
wife of Thomas Lankford; EUzn, who married 
Thomas West; Elizabeth, Mrs. Absalom Eller; Ce- 
linda, the wife of John Eller; and William W., our 
subject. The parents are both deceased, the 
mother having died in 1852 at the age of seventy- 
two, and the father in 1866, when eight3'-four 
years of age. William W. was born in Marion 
County, Ind., April 14, 1825, and accompanied 
his parents to Hamilton County at the age of 
eleven. His schooling was limited to a three 
months' attendance in an old log schoolhouse, but 



through self-culture he has supplemented the lim- 
ited knowledge there gained. 

When about twenty-two years old, Mr. Rooker 
went to Westfield, and in partnership with a Mr. 
Templin, embarked in the mercantile business. 
After continuing for eleven months, he disposed 
of his interest in the enterprise and commenced 
agricultural pursuits upon his father's farm. A 
few years later he bought two hundred and 
forty acres, where he now lives, having pre- 
viously disposed of a farm of two hundred and 
twenty-five acres. He retired from the mercantile 
business without a dollar, and in order to purchase 
his farm incurred a large indebtedness. For a 
number of years he was in partnership with Absa- 
lom Eller, during which time he bought and sold 
stock, meeting with success in that venture. Dur- 
ing one very severe winter he drove hogs to Law- 
renceburg, spending twenty days upon the way 
thither and camping out every night, which, as 
may be imagined, was not conducive to his per- 
sonal comfort. He netted §l.37|^ in the sale, but 
upon his return home had only |6 left of his share. 
Notwithstanding occasional losses, he was usually 
fortunate and became well-to-do, being at one time 
the owner of seven hundred acres, the most of 
which he has deeded to his children. 

In Hamilton County, in 1848, Mr. Rooker mar- 
ried Miss Arzela Lanliam, who was born in Ken- 
tucky, and accompanied her parents. Green and 
Grace (Greening) Lanham, to Indiana in her 
girlhood. Mrs. Rooker died in 1875, mourned by 
all who knew iier. P>specialiy did her death fall 
with crushing severity upon the members of the 
family, whose welfare she had always made her 
own. and to whose interests she was unselfishly 
devoted. Her children were: John, who married 
Malinda Heady and died at the age of thirt}-; Ma- 
linda, the wife of Charles Wilkinson; Cynthia, 
who married George Farley; and Louisa. 

During the War with Mexico, Mr. Rooker en- 
listed as a member of an Indiana regiment, and 
started to the front, but upon reaching Indianap- 
olis received the news that peace was declared. 
He was therefore discharged without seeing active 
service. Politically, he is a strong supporter of 
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he Tvas first a Wliig and later a Republican. He 
is public spirited, and, with reason, is consid- 
ered one of the most sub^staiitial citizens of the 
couiit\' ill which he now makes his home. 



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<^^HANCIS IIKXin' \INS()N. 'I'he family 

f^j of which Francis Henry A'inson is a wor- 
thy member Is of English origin and came 
to Aniericaata period antedating tlie Revolution- 
ary War. (Jrandfather Vinson was a native of 
Maryland mid in tiiat state passed his entire life 
engaged in agricultural |)iirsiiits. His son, Joshua 
\'inson, was also a nalixc i<( Maryland, born in 
171)0, and made his home in that state until fifty 
years of age. He then came to Fayette County, 
but in 1838 settled in Madison County, Van Buren 
Townsliip, near Summitville, where he was among 
the first settlers. There his death occurred No- 
vember 27, 1874, when quite au aged man. He 
was a fanner by occupation, and although thrown 
upon his own resources before reaching his ma- 
jority, he made a success of life, and at the tine 
of his death was the owner of two hundred acres, 
including what he had given his children. 

In politics this worthy citizen was a Democrat 
until 1860, after which he was a strong advocate 
of Republican principles. For many years he was 
a leading member of the Christian Church. About 
1818 he was married to Miss Mary .Smith, a native 
of Maryland, born in 1798, and the daughter of 
Jesse Smith, also a native of that state. Her 
mother died when she was quite small. Mrs. Vin- 
son's death occurred in 18(>5. Nine children were 
born to Mr. and Mrs. Vinson. Cannon, deceased, 
married Miss Catherine Walker and left one child; 
Elizabeth, widow of John Dobson, has five living 
children; William, deceased, married Miss Mary 
Jane Robinson, who bore him five children, three 
now living; Lcving, deceased, married Anna 
Deadniaii :iiid seven children were born to them, 
three now lixiiii^: .l;iiiies, deceased, married Eliza- 
beth Perry, who bore him six children, four now 
living; (ieorge M. married Nancy .lane Dobson 
and they have four children; John M., deceased. 



[ married Miss Mary Ann lI(M-itage, and of the siiven 
> children born to tlieiii four are now lixing; Hay. 
ard, deceased, first married Miss Martha Davis, 
who bore him two children, one now living. His 
second marriage was to Mary Ann Hudson, who is 
now deceased; and Francis Henry is our subject. 

The last-named child is a native of Wayne 
Coiiiity, hid., born in 1 S.'ii;, and when two years 
old was liroiight by his pMiTiits 1,, .M;iilis,,ii (', unity, 
this stale. He continued to make his home with 
his jiarents until twenty-seven years of age, or 
until 1863, when lie married Miss Hannah Eliza- 
beth Inglis, a native of North Carolina, who re- 
moved with her parents to Indiana about \H[,() 
and settled with them in Madison County. Her 
parents, Alexander and Mary C. (Baker) Inglis, 
were natives also of the Old North State. Eight 
children have been l.orn t,) Mr. and Mrs. \-inson. 
Alexander Oseai- married Miss Caroline Lytic, and 
they have one child, Ava Belle; Oeorge B. is at 
home; Arella M. is deceased; Cora Belle is at home; 
Ada Catherine died March 16, 1883; William P. is 
at home; and Austin died November 2. 1S87. Jm- 
niediately after his marri.age, Mr. \'iiison lioni,'ht 
a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, but later 
sold that and removed to Monroe Township, 
Madison County, in 1875. A year later he re- 
moved to Van Buren Township and settled on or 
near where he now lives. He has a good farm of 
one hundred and twenty acres, ninety acres under 
cultivation. Both Mr. and Mrs. Vinson are mem- 
bers of the Christian Churcii, and he was Elder for 
sixteen years, resigning in 18',ll. Ho is a Hepnli- 
lican in politics, and an Odd Fellow, a member of 
Summitville Lodiic No. 475. 



jICHARD POWER, a farmer of Cl.ay Town- 
ship, Hamilton County, residing on section 
i\'as born in this township December 7, 
I, and was a representative of one of its 
honored |iioiieer families. His grandfatiier, .loseph 
Power, was a native of Kentucky and was a life- 
long farmer. He .served in the War of 1812, and 
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where he entered land from the Government, and 
upon the farm which he developed spent his re- 
maining dajs. His children were Richard, Durius, 
Stephen, Charles, Joseph and a daughter. 

Durius Power was born near Elizabeth town, 
K3'., in 1803, and when a youth accompanied his 
parents to the Hoosier State. In Rush County he 
married Catherine Jepson and soon after came to 
Hamilton County, where he secured eighty acres 
of Government land, and in the midst of the for- 
est made a home and developed a farm. For some 
years he lived in a log cabin. In his business 
dealings he was quite successful, and at the time 
of his death owned four hundred and forty acres 
of valuable land. 

Politically, Mr. Power was a Democrat, was 
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
and served as Trustee. He died December 12, 
18G3, and his wife was called to her final rest in 
October, 1878. Their family numbered eleven 
children: Thomas, who died at the age of eight; 
Wilson, who <Hed at the age of eighteen; Eliza- 
beth J., wife of Charles Moffitt; Margaret, wife of 
Silas Wise; Joseph; James and Richard (twins); 
Mary C, wife of Euther Hessong; and William D. 
Two died in infancy. 

Our subject was educated in the district schools 
and in Danville, Ind. He began to earn hfs own 
livelihood by teaching in the winter season, while 
in the summer he followed farming. He remained 
with his mother until twenty-eight years of age, 
and then married Margaret Williamson, daughter 
of James and Christina (Shaffer) Williamson. The 
3'oung couple began their domestic life upon a 
forty-five acre farm, which was a part of the old 
homestead, and Mr. Power has since engaged in 
general farming and stock-raising. He now owns 
two hundred and ninet3'-sevcn acres of arable 
land, which yields a golden tribute to his care and 
cultivation. 

During the late war Mr. Power enlisted in Ind- 
iana, in 1862, for three months' service. In pol- 
itics, he is now a supporter of the Prohibition 
party. He and his wife are both faithful members 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church and are people 
whose excellencies of character have gained them 
many warm friends. They have a family of five 



children. Flora J., who was graduated from the 
Westfleld High School and spent one year at De 
Pauw University, has followed teaching for a few 
years; Rosanna is a graduate of the High School 
of Carmel; Minnie A. is now a student in Carniel; 
and Willard C, and Lawrence E. complete tlie 
family. 



^?55s^EORGE W. BURK, the energetic and able 
fl| (— - Superintendent of the Elwood Planing Mill 
^%^( Compan}', of Elwood, Madison County, 
is a prominent citizen and has held witli faith- 
ful efficiency various positions of trust, for 
many years administering the law as Justice of the 
Peace. A man of pronounced executive ability 
he assisted in organizing the first gas company of 
the city, and for a twelvemonth was Secretary of 
the same. Our subject, born in Fa3'ette County, 
Ind., in 1853, was the second son and one of the 
seven children of Andrew Jackson Burk. a native 
of Ohio, who came to Indiana when a boy and 
settling in Fayette County remained there until 
1865, then removing to Illinois where, after a life 
of busy usefulness, he passed awa.y in 1873, at 
about forty-four years of age. He was a farmer by 
occupation and spent his life in tilling the fertile 
soil, being widel}' known for his sterling traits of 
character and excellent qualities as a man and citi- 
zen. Tiie mother, Mary (Gary)Burk, was a native of 
Union County, Ind., and the daughter of James 
Gary, one of the pioneer settlers of Union County. 
Grandfather John J. Burk, born near Baltimore, 
Md., where the paternal great-grandparents of our 
subject had located in Colonial times, removed 
with his parents to Durben County, Ohio, where 
he resided for a number of years, finally locating in 
Fayette County. 

Our subject resided in his native county until 
about thirteen 3'ears of age and tlieii removed to 
Illinois, his homeTbr the succeeding Tour 3ears, at 
the expiration of which time he returned to Fay- 
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lUiik began to learn the trailc of a carpontor anfl 
followed llic occupation for a ^year in Illinois and 
for six years in Fa^yetU' Comity, Ind. Oclohcr lo. 
1878, were united in marriage Oeorge W. liuik 
and Miss Angie Harlan, born in Hush County, and 
the daughter ol Samuel Harlan, then of Rush 
County, a native of the state and now a resident 
of PXystte County. A farmer by occupation, Mr. 
Harlan was for many years an eloquent Haptist 
preacher and long gave most acceptable service to 
various congregations. The estimable wife of our 
suliject passed away in the monthof October, 1884, 
and was universally mourned as a devoted Ciiri.-- 
tian woman. In the autumn of 1878 Mr. liiiik 
industriously engaged in the pursuit of general 
agriculture in Rush County, and for two years 
devoted himself to the tilling of the .soil. Set- 
tling in the city of Elvvood in the fall of 1880, he 
worked at his trade for a time and then engaged 
ill business as a contractor and builder, doing a 
large amount of contr.act work and erecting num- 
erous fine buildings, among them the Odd P'ellows' 
Hall and the Metiiodist Church. 

Ill 1885, our subject married a second time, then 
wedding Miss Georgia Laycock, a native of Ken- 
tucky, and born in the town of California. 'J'his 
excellent lady died March 28, 1893, leaving to the 
care of her husband two children, Edna Belle 
and Ada May. In the fall of 1888 Mr. Burk 
formed a stock company under the name of the 
Elwood Planing W\\\ Company, an enterprise con- 
ducted entirely by Elwood men. Our subject at 
once erected the jjlaning mill, the main building 
Ijcing 40x140 feet, two stories in height and fitted 
with all the modern appliances for the perfect fin- 
ish of liouse furnishings and everything in the 
line of wood work necessary in building. The 
planing mill when running full capacity employs 
toity men, and under the eflicient supervision of 
.Ml. Burk has from the first been a financial suc- 
cess. The present and willing aid in local im- 
(irovements and foremost in public enterprises, our 
subject assisted in the development of the gas in- 
terests of Elwood and has lent a helping hand in 
\arious local matters of mutual welfare. A prom- 
inent factor in the ui)building of this portion of 
Ins native state, he commands the best wishes and 



ligh regard of a host of 
jralulate himself upon 
?vorthih' accomiilislicd. 



ATHAN II. GARKETSON. a farmer and 

y' stock-breeder, residing on sections 2;") and 
^ ) 36, Fall Creek Township, h;is spent his en- 
tire life in this community, having the honor of 
being a native of Madison County. He was born 
on the farm which is still his home Decciiibcr I «. 
l^i.').'>. His grandfather, Amos ( larictson, a native 
of Maryland, removed to Pennsylvania, thence to 
Belmont County, Ohio, and in 1 850 came to In- 
diana, living with Ins .son Joel until his death, in 
1864, at the age of eighty-eight years. In poli- 
tics he was a Whig and afterwards a Hrpiililican. 
He wedded IMary, daughter of .lohn and Jlary 
Elizabeth Talbott, and unto them were born live 
daughters and two sons: Eliza, Mary A., Ange- 
line, Martha, Peggy, .loel and Talbott. For his 
second wife Mr. Garretson chose Hannah Field. 

Joel Garretson, the father of oursubject,was born 
in Belmont County, Ohio, February 6, 1818, and 
throughout life followed farming. In 1847 ho 
went to Henry County, I ml., where he partially 
cleared three farms. In 18;il he purchased ime 
hundred and sixty acres of land in iMadison 
County, which he improved and cultivated until 
1879, when he sold out to his son Nathan, remov- 
ing to Pendleton, where he lived retired iiiilil liis 
death, which occurred July 8. 18'J2. He was a 
self-made man and became quite w^ealthy, owning 
three hundred and eighty-six acres of land. In 
politics he was a Whig, Republican and Prohibi- 
tionist. By his marriage with Sarah Harvey Ik! 
had live children: Mary, who died at the age of 
eleven; Amos, Caroline, Harvey and Nathan II. 
The mother died January 14, 1874, and Mr. (iar- 
retson afterwards wedded Mary A., daughter of 
Enos liond, a farmer of Henry County, Iml. 

Our subject passed his boyhood days (|uielly 
ui»on his father's farm, and at the age of eighteen 
began to earn his own livelihood. In 1879 he 
purchased the home farm of one hundred and 



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sixty acres, and has since resided thereon. Two 
years previous he purchased a herd of fine Jerseys, 
and since that time has been successfully engaged 
in breeding cattle. He now has eighteen head of 
tine stock, which he has exhibited at various fairs, 
receiving first premiums upon the same. For the 
past seven years he has also engaged in breeding 
Hambletonian horses. His farm is largely planted 
with wheat, and a golden tribute rewards his la- 
bors. 

On the 2(ith of August, 1880, Mr. Garretson 
was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Tyson, 
who was born in Cedar County, Iowa, and is a 
daughter of Chalkley and Margaret (Rogers) Ty- 
son, natives of Chester County, Pa. In the 
spring of 1834 they came to this county, locating 
on section 5, Fall Creek Township. In 1853 they 
removed to Iowa, but after ten years returned to 
Indiana, where the father died January 14, 1892. 
In politics he was a Republican. His wife was a 
daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Rees) Rogers, 
natives of Ciiester Count3', Pa. In the fall of 
1834 they came to Madison County, and the father 
purchased four hundred and forty acres of land 
on section 23, Fall Creek Township. His death 
occurred about 1838. In the Tyson family were 
two sons and four daughters, and unto Mr. and 
Mrs. Garretson have been born four children: 
Margaret E., Davis R., Joel C. and Lester E. 

The parents are both members of the Friends' 
Church. In politics Mr. Garretson was a Repub- 
lican until 1888, since which time he has been a 
member of the Prohibition party. He is also by 
birth a member of the Friends' Church. lie is a 
man of firm convictions, fearless in the defense of 
what he believes to be right, and his upright, hon- 
orable character has won him high regard. 



BRAM FREE, an honored citizer 



ind 



^1 1 worthy representative of the pioneers of 
/// is the west, and well known as one of the 
<^ oldest living settlers of Lafayette Town- 

ship, Madison County, Ind., was long one of the 
leading general agriculturists of the state, and 



now resides upon his finely cultivated farm, desir- 
ably located upon section 14. Our venerable sub- 
ject is a native of Ross County, Ohio, and was 
born October 15, 1817. His parents, George and 
Hannah Free, were numbered among Uie pioneers 
of Ross County, which at the date of their settle- 
ment in Ohio was a comparative wilderness. The 
father, George Free, was born in Virginia, but the 
mother was a native of Pennsylvania. The pater- 
nal grandfather was a courageous Revolution- 
ary soldier and fought for national independence. 
Abram Free was reared in his native county, and 
received a limited education in the little subscrip- 
tion school of the neighborhood. From his ear- 
liest youth trained up to the daily routine of 
farming duties, he grew up energetic and self- 
reliant, and, beginning life for himself, removed 
to Pike County, Ohio, and tiiere, upon January 
31, 1837, Abram Free and Miss Cynthia VanMeter 
were united in marriage. Mrs. Free was born in 
Pike County, Ohio, where her parents were widely 
known and highly respected. 

The nine surviving children who blessed the 
union of our subject and his estimable wife are, 
Hannah M., Susan, wife of James McAlester; Ellen 
J., wife of George W. Bevelhimer; George, Na- 
thaniel A., Jesse, Isaac N. and Sarah E., wife of L. M. 
Raines. In 1852, our subject, accompanied by his 
family, removed to Madison County and settled 
on his present farm, in Lafaj'ette Township, where 
he has since continued to reside. When tiie fam- 
ily located upon the homestead it was partially 
cleared, and improved with a log cabin, which 
they made their dwelling place for some length of 
time. The acres required much hard work to 
bring them up to their present high state of culti- 
vation, and industriously Mr. Free devoted him- 
self to the daily round of wearing toil. The land, 
now 3'ielding an abundant harvest, has repaid the 
time and care involved, and with its substantial 
improvements, attractive residence, commodious 
barns and sheds, presents a scene of thrift and 
plenty, and takes a leading place witli the best 
farms of the township. During the first year of 
his residence in Madison Count}', Sir. Free at- 
tended numerous log-rollings and assisted in rais- 
ing many cabins, the surrounding country gradu- 



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ally filling up with settlers from other states and 
territories. Aside from tiie arduous labor involv- 
ed in the cultivation of his farm, our subject made 
for others in:in\- thousand fence rails, sometimes 
as cheaply as llurty-sevcu and oii('-h:ilf cents per 
hundred. 

The lieloved wife and hiving- enMipanion for 
over a half-century departed this life. niDurncd 
by all who knew her, Sepleinliei- 7, isiu. In the 
death (if ;\Irs. Free, the husband, children and 
coiiiinunity met with an irreparable loss. She was 
a noble woman, active in good work and benevo- 
lent enterprise. A self-made ni;in, Mr. Free won 
linancial success and aided all his children to a 
start in life. He yet owns one huudrfd and fif- 
teen acres of valuable land, and is accounted one 
of the substantial men of the township. Politi- 
cally a Democrat and a stanch believer in the 
jirinciples upon which his jiarty i,-. founded, he 
gives earnest consideration to the questions of the 
day. "rncle Abram," as he is familiarly termed b}' 
a wide ac(iuaintance, is a typical pioneer and po- 
sesses an inexhaustible fund of reminiscences of 
early times. Commanding the thorough respectand 
eoulidence of the entire community of the town- 
ship, he is in the evening of his age enjoying the 
fruits of a well spent life, amid the genial compan- 
ionship of old-time friends and neighbors. 



WJLLIAM SOWERWINE is the owner of a 
farm consisting of two hundred and lifty- 
, „ five acres located in Jackson Township, 
Hamilton County. At the time of locating here, 
in 18.')6, there was only a small portion of the farm 
cleared, but now. as a result of the energy of the 
present owner, one hundred and sixty acres have 
been cleared and placed under cultivation. In 
addition to general farming, he has engaged ex- 
l<'nsively in stock-raising, and also for a number 
of years has conducted a large business as a tile 
manufacturer. 

The father of our suliject, .lohn Sowerwine, was 
born in Rockingiiam County, \'a., in 17U6, and 
grew to manhood in the liome of his birth. In 

ly 



1834 he came to Indi 
sided in Wayne (' 
Hamilton County in 
Township, one and 
Cicero. There hc' re 
occurred June II, is: 
to this township he 
twent}' acres, of whie 
cleared, and to the eu 
voted his attention i 
In addition to farnu 



•iKie to 



t. .-uid settling in Jackson 
;--(|uarler miles west of 
-d until his death, w^iiich 
At the time of coming 
chased one hundred and 
lirly-live acres had been 
ation of this tract he de- 
1 the time of his death, 
pursuits, he also follow- 



ed the trades of cabinet-maker and (•arpeiiter. 
Though having but a limited education, he was 
well informed, especially in politics, and was first 
a Whig and later an advocate of Republican prin- 
ciples. He was a iiiemlx'r of the Lutheran Chui'ch 
of Cicero. 

The paternal grandparents of our subject, Peter 
and Haibara (Bowers) Sowerwine, were natives 
of Germany. Grandfather Sowerwine came to 
America in order to avoid serving in the German 
army. In company with his cousin he crossed 
the Atlantic about the time of the Revolution, 
and after landing in New York, proceeded thence 
to Virginia, where he followed the occupation of 
a farmer, as well as the trade of a tanner, until the 
time of his death. The mother of our subject 
bore the maiden name of Fli/.abeth Bowman, and 
was born in Rockingham County, \'a., November 
25, 1805, being of German descent. Her parents 
were George and Margaret (Miller) Bowman, who 
were born in the Old Dominion, the father in 
1780, and the mother in 178;5. Mrs. Kliz.abeth 
Sowerwine died about the time of her husband's 
decease, June 11, 187G. She was one of fifteen 
children, all of whom attained mature years, the 
youngest being twenty-nine at death. 

The parents of our subject were married in 1825, 
and three children were born to their union, the 
eldest being William, of this sketch. Mary, the 
second in order of birth, is the wife of Gary Hall, 
of Hamilton County. George died when four 
years old. P.orn in Rockingham County, Va., 
June 17, l.s2(;. William Sowerwine resided there 
until nine >'ears old. He moved to his ])resent 
farm in 1856, and h.as since made his home in 
Jackson Township. He is a man who takes an 



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intelligent interest in local affairs, as well as in 
matters of general interest, and politically advo- 
cates the principles of tlie Democratic party. He 
is a member of the Lutheran Church, in wliich lie 
is now officiating as Trustee and Elder. 

In 1850 Mr. Sowerwine married Miss Elizabeth 
Gentry, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., 
and resided tliere until the time of her marriage. 
She is a daugiiter of Ephraim and Elizabeth 
(Poland) Gentry, natives respectively of Virginia 
and Tennessee, and pioneers of Wayne County, 
Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Sowerwine are the parents of 
nine childicn, namely: George W., a grain merch- 
ant and farmer residing in Hancock County, Ind.; 
Amanda, wife of John L. Good, a farmer of 
Hamilton County; Noah W., who is engaged in 
the machine business at Noblesville; John W., who 
died, leaving two children, one of whom is now 
living; Mary E., wife of ex-Deputy Sheriff Ben 
Nagle, of Noblesville; Lillie E., wife of Alfred W. 
Orr, who resides on a farm belonging to our sub- 
ject; Carrie B., who resides with her parents; 
and Laura E. and Dora E., deceased. 



Pi^INLEY B. PFAEF. As a representative of 
j( a well known pioneer family of Hamilton 
County, Mr. Tfaff has added lustre to the 
honored name he bears. His eminent abilities and 
accurate judgment are constantly displayed in the 
domain of jurisprudence, and he is recognized as 
one of the most prominent members of the No- 
blesville Bar. Throughout this section of the state 
he is regarded with the highest respect and confi- 
dence as a man of good judgment and unim- 
Ijeachable integrity, and the events of his life will, 
therefore, possess more than ordinary interest to 
our readers. 

On the 16th of February, 1855, the subject of 
this notice was born in Hamilton County, Ind. 
His fatlier, the late Dr. Jacob L. Pfaff, was born in 
North Carolina, and becauie a pioneer of Hamilton 
County, where he followed the profession of a 



physician, in Westfield. During the early period 
of the history of this county he was accustomed 
to travel many miles on horseback, over lonely 
roads and across unfrequented prairies, for the 
purpose of visiting his patients. He was regarded 
with confidence by all who knew him, and when, 
in 1857, he was called from earth, it was felt that 
a good man had been removed from the scenes of 
his usefulness. In politics a Whig, he was a strong 
Abolitionist, and at all times possessed the cour- 
age of his convictions. The Pfaff family origin- 
ally came from Wurtemberg, Germany. 

Tiie mother of our subject liore the maiden 
name of Jane Wall, and was a native of Hamil- 
ton County, of which her father, Gerritt Wall, 
was a pioneer and a prominent man in public af- 
fairs. Finley B. Pfaff attended the schools of Ham- 
ilton County in his boyhood, acquiring there the 
foundation of the broad knowledge he now pos- 
sesses. At the age of twenty-two, having re- 
solved to enter upon the profession of an attorney, 
he entered the office of Kane & Davis, prominent 
lawyers of Noblesville, under whose preceptorship 
he conducted his legal studies for a period of three 
years. In 1881 he was admitted to the Bar at No- 
blesville, where he has since conducted a general 
law practice. 

A prominent member of the Republican party, 
Mr. Pfaff takes an active part in local, state and 
national politics, and has served as delegate to 
various important conventions. From 1888 to 
1892 he was Secretary of the County Central 
Committee. In every position to which he has 
been called he has been faithful to the trusts re- 
posed in hira. and has honored the office to which 
he was elected. Socially, he affiliates with Ber- 
nice Lodge No. 120, K. of P. 

The marriage of Mr. Pfaff occurred in Septem- 
ber, 1883, and united him with Miss Alice S. Al- 
len, of Richmond, Ind., daughter of John P.Allen, 
a prominent manxifacturer of that cit}'. Mrs. 
Pfaff is a direct descendant of the famous Daniel 
Boone, who was her mother's great-grandfather. 
She is also a niece of Prof. R. G. Boone, formerly 
of the State University of Indiana and a well 
known educator. Mr. and Mrs. Pfaff are devoted 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIIICAL RECORD. 



ville, and are generous conlii 
olent enterprises originated 
tion. 



i>is to the benev- 
tliat denomina- 



m>^r<^ 



^^, LIVKR M. 150YD. the son of i)i.)iicci- sct- 
{|| ||] tiers of Indirnm, and a lilo-linie n'sidnit .,f 
^\^' the state, lias for more than two-score j-ears 
been intimately associated witii the progressive 
interests of Washington Township, Hamilton 
County, wliciv h.' is well known and hii^hiy re- 
spected foi his business .■ittuiii rnents and steiiin^' 
integrity of character. Our subject is a thoroughly 
self-made man and, left an orphan at the early 
age of fifteen years, with resolute courage and un- 
llagging industry won his u|iw;ird way to assured 
success. His parents, Adam and Kiizabetli (Haw- 
kins) Boyd, were both natives of South Carolina, 
and the descendants of useful and highly respected 
ancestors. 

The maternal grandfather, Amos Hawkins, was 
also born in Soutli Carolina, and was a farmer by 
occupation, but tiie Koyds were of Scotch ances- 
liy. The mother, daughter of Amos and Eliza- 
Iteth Hawkins, w.as reared and educated in her na- 
tive state. She was a member <>( the Friends' 
Church, and a most worthy Christian woman. She 
bore her husband eight children, and pa.s'sed away 
at tifty-two years of age. One little one died in 
infancy; the surviving sons and daughters are 
Alexander H., .John ('.. Henry W., .lon.athan D., 
Martlia A. and Oliver AI. The father of our sub- 
ject received a good common education, and, a man 
of note, was universally esteemed. He combined 
the occupations of a carpentei-, mdl-wright and 
fanner, and was one of the lirst .lustii'cs of the 
Peace in Wayne County, lud. 

The first couple whom the father joined in wed- 
U)ck were colored people. His duties as Justice 
of tlie Peace were varied, and his decisions in court 
were ever given in accord with law and evidence, 
riie parents, together sharing privations, did not 
survive to reacli advanced age, the father dying 
when only forty years old. He had been politi- 
cally a Whig, and was a man of deep feeling and 



earnest convictions. Our subject, born in the lit- 
tle pioneer home in W.ayne County, Inti., on the 

death of ]i:iienlal cai'e and affection, and when 
only a young lad began life for himself. Willing 
to do anything his liands could find to do, the 
orphaned boy worked by the day, and, aside from 

cents, sometimes twenty-live and MHiictimes tliiity- 
seven and a-half cents. 

With courage, Mr. I'.oyd s.uiuht to lit himself 
for the battle of life by attcndini; the schools dnr- 
inii the winter months. an<l in tlu> suniniei' lalioivd 
with renewed coura-e. He was linally able to 
teach, and for four terms had charge of a school. 
After a time, financially prospered, the young man, 
not yet out of his teens, resolved to have a home 
of lii> own. ami in IS|S Oliv.T ,M. P.oydand Aliss 
Mary Osborne were united in marriage. Th.' esti- 
mable wifeof oursubject is the daughter of Thomas 
and Margaret (Reynard) Osborne, both natives of 
North Carolin.a. Mrs. P>oyd received in her early 
youth good educational advantages, and is like- 
wise a devout member of the .Methodist lOpiseojial 
Church and a sincere and un.sellishChristian woman, 
liberally aiding the unfortunate. 

Nine sons and daughters gathered in the pleas- 
ant h.mie, and are in order of birth: Th as K., 

,l,,hn W., Henry L.. Almira .M., .loel II.. Mary A., 
Oliver F., Elizabeth .1. and Walter A. Mr. Boyd 
came to Washington Township, Hamilton County, 
in 18.')1, and buying land in the dense timber, set- 
tled with his wife upon the farm, where they now 
reside. During these changing forty-two years, 
the homestead has been brought up to a high state 
of cultivation, and well improved with commodi- 
ous and substantial buildings, the eighty acres now 
annually yielding an abundant harvest and excel- 
lent income. Our subject is a member and tUass- 
leader of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 
political affiliation is a strong Republican, deeply 
interested in local and national issues. 

Mr. I'.oyd recalls many experiences of pioneer 
life amid the wilderness of the early days, when 
deer, small game, bears and wolves roamed unre- 
strained through the woods and across the broad 
prairie. He and his brother Jonathan D. once 



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got lost in the thick woods of Hancock County, 
dining the year 1844, and, wandering aimlessly 
about, were finally chased b}' a big black bear. At 
last escaping, although sorely' I'lightened, they 
found their way iionie the next morning. Our 
subject, surviving the perils, sacrifices and priva- 
tions of the early days, now enjoys in the ap- 
proaching evening of liis life the comforts and 
luxuries denied iiim when a boy and can appreci- 
ate them fully, inasmuch as his worldly goods and 
present prosperity are the direct result of his per- 
sonal effort and excellent judgment. 



^pp BRAIIAM RICHWINP:, who is now living 
IMOi a retired life near Noblesville, was born 
Ipl on the 26th of November, 1818, in Rock- 
1^.1 ingliam County, Va. His father, Jacob 

Richwine, a native of Pennsylvania, was a slioe- 
maker by trade, but in later life followed farm- 
ing. In 1832 he emigrated with his family to 
Indiana and died in Wayne County at the age 
of sixty-two years. In politics he was a Democrat. 
His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary 
Smith, was born in Maryland, and her parents were 
natives of Germany. She died on the old farm 
in Rockingham County, Va., at the age of fifty- 
four. The family numbered five children, two of 
whom are yet living. 

Abraham Richwine was reared in the usual 
manner of farmer lads and remained with iiis fa- 
ther until the latter's deatli. He chose as a com- 
panion and helpmate on life's journey Miss Eliza- 
beth Crim, their union being celebrated in 1845. 
She'was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Copp) 
Crim, who were natives of Virginia and died in 
Wayne and Henry Counties, Ind., at the ages of 
sixty and seventy years respectively. Mrs. Rieii- 
wme was born in the Old Dominion, and died at 
her home in this county at the age of seventy- 
five years. Slie became tiie mother of four chil- 
dren, tiiree of whom are ^vet living: Mary, wlio is 
tlie widow of W. M. Essington and the mother of 
one daughter; Martha, at home; and George C, 



who is married, has three children, and resides in 
Noblesville. 

After his marriage, Mr. Richwine located in 
Wayne County, where lie lived for three years, and 
then came to Hamilton County. He purchased 
eight}- acres of land and took up his residence 
thereon, but afterward removed to a place near his 
present home, where he purchased two hundred 
and twenty acres of good land. To its cultiva- 
tion and development he devoted his energies, and 
as the result of his labors the farm yielded to biin 
a good income. About eight years ago he bought 
a country-seat near Noblesville, and has since oc- 
cupied his present residence. He is now prac- 
tically living retired, but still superintends his 
business interests. 

In early life Mr. Richwine was a Whig and cast 
his first Presidential vote for Gen. William Henry 
Harrison. At the organization of the Republican 
party he joined its ranks and has since fought 
under its banner. He attends the United Breth- 
ren Church, of which his wife was a member. He 
is a prominent citizen, whose upright life and 
sterling worth have gained for him high regard 
and won him the confidence and good-will of all 
witii whom business or social relations have 
brought liiin in contact. 



'^j^ixri^' 



RS. MARY DE HART, who resides on a 
farm in Noblesville Township, was born in 
.Shelby County, Ind., April 5, 1830, and 
is a daughter of Alfred and Mary (Gibbs) 
Phelps. Her father was born and reared in Salem, 
Mass., and came to Indiana on attaining his ma- 
jority. Here he entered land, and his children 
were all born in a little log cabin which he built 
and which was his first home in this community. 
Later he erected a fine frame residence, in which 
he made his home until his death, which occurred 
at the advanced age of eighty-six 3'ears. He was 
a Class-leader and minister of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church. He was recognized as one of na- 
ture's noblemen, and throughout the community 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



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His wife, who was born in Ohio, passed away on j 
tlie old homestead at tlie age of seventy-eight. 

Mary Phelps was educated in the district 
schools, but though her advantages in youth were 
limited she is now a highly educated, cultured j 
and refined lady. The days of her maidenhood 
weie spent under the parental roof, and in Sep- 
tember, 1848, she l)ecame the wife of .John DcIIait, 
who was born in Butler County, Ohio, September 
24, 1823. He was reared upon a farm until sev- | 
entecn years of age, and then with his widowed 
Muitlicr reinoM'd to Johnson County, Ind., where 
111- livf(l until his marriage. He then went to 
Kdinluug and became railroad agent at that 
place, holding the position for fourteen years, a 
trusted and faithful employe. On the expiration 
of that jjcriod he purchased one hundred and 
sixty acres of land and took up his residence on 
the farm which is now the home of his widow. He 
lived on this farm for thirty-two years. 

Five children, three sons and two daughters,were 
born to Mr. and Mrs. De Hart, and two sons and 
one daughter are yet living, namely: Milford L., 
who married Miss Lizzie Hutchins, by whom he 
has one son; Juliet, wife of E. N. Bales, by whom 
she has three children; and Otto L, a photographer 
of Nobles vi lie. 

Mr. Delhut built a handsome country residence 
about eighteen years ago and made of his farm 
one of the best in the neighborhood. He was a 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and 
w.as a progressive and public-spirited citizen, who 
manifested a commendable interest in everything 
l)ertaining to the general welfare. His death oc- 
curred on the home farm October 20. 1892. 

"God in His wisdom has recalled 
The boon His love had given ; 
And though the body slumbers here, 
The soul is safe in Heaven." 

Mr. De Hart possessed many excellencies of char- 
acter. He was upright and honorable in all things 
and had the entire confidence of the community, 
lie is not only sadly missed in the home circle, 
hut the loss is mourned by a large circle of warm 
friends and acquaintances. 

Mrs. De Hart is also a member of the Metliodist 
Episcoi)al Chuioli. She expects soon to leave the 



farm and remove to Noblesville. The family is 
one of prominence in the eommunity, and its 
members are leaders in business and social circles. 
Their names well deserve a jilace on the pages of 
Hamilton Couiitv. 



\I/,-^ ENRY J. liUoNNENBEKG. Among the 
jljij men wlio have devoted their energies to 
ijW^ the occupation of agriculture, prominent 
(^}} mention belongs to the gentleman whose 
name introduces this brief life sketch. A repre- 
sentative of a well known and honored pioneer 
family, his successful life throws an added lustre 
upon the name he bears. Now in the prime of 
his Useful exislciu'c, he lias acliicvcd a success 
wliicli does not always reward the efforts of those 
far older than he. Thoroughly ellicient in every 
department of farm work, he has made of his 
chosen occupation a science, and tlirough tlie 
proper rotation of crops and fertilization of the 
soil has been enabled to secure the very greatest 
results from every acre of the property. 

The ancestry and parentage of our subject 
are given in the biographical sketch of Micliael 
Bi'onnenherg, which appears clsewheie in this 
volume. A native of Madison County. Ind., he 
was born June 29, 1849, and passed his childhood 
years in his father's home, becoming at an early 
age familiar with the details of farm work. In 
the eoninion schools of the district he received the 
rudiments of his education, and the knowledge 
he there obtained has been subseepientlv extended 
through observation and experience. Having be- 
come familiar m youth with agriculture, it was 
natural that upon choosing an oecu|iation he de- 
cided to enter upon the career of a farmer. 

Mr. Bronnenberg remained in the parental 
home and aided his father in clearing and im- 
proving the farm until his marriage. This im- 
portant event took place on the 9th of M.ay, 1871, 
and united him with Miss Augusta Wolf, a native 
of Indiana. Nine children have been born of 
the union, .as follows: Harry \'., Thurlow W., 
Herman, .lesse K.. Ernest. Lillian, lieba, Mildred 



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and Lawrence. Upon commencing in business for 
himself, Mr. Bronnenberg received eighty acres 
from liis father and $4,000 in cash, and from that 
beginning he lias worked his wa3' to prosperity 
and success, being at the present time the owner 
of two hundred and thirty-two acres of highly 
cultivated hmd. 

While Mv. Uronnenberg is not actively con- 
nected with the political affairs of his community, 
he takes an intelligent interest in both local and 
national issues, and favors the principles advo- 
cated by the Republican party, giving his support 
to the candidates of that political organization. 
In social and business circles he is highly re- 
garded by all with whom he has been brought in 
contact, and his friends are as numerous as his ac- 
quaintances. 



AVID W. KINZER, who is engaged in 
general merchandising in Carmel. was 
(Q^^ born a mile east of this village, in Dela- 
ware Township, in 1835. His grand- 
father, ,Iohn Kinzer, emigrated to Ohio in quite 
an early day, locating in Clinton County, and 
became an extensive farmer. He wedded Mary 
Deerdoff, and their children were .Jacob, David, 
John; Sarah, wife of John Bailey, and Margaret, 
wife of David Ockerman. The grandfather died 
about 184,5, and his wife died about 1«68, when 
nearly one hundred years of age. They were 
members of the Dunkard Church. 

John Kinzer, Jr., father of our subject, was 
born in 1804, educated in the district schools, and 
in 1828 came to Hamilton County, where he 
worked as a farm hand for two years, when he en- 
tered land from the Government. In 1830 ho 
married Ruth, daughter of William and Mary 
(Moffit) Wilkinson. He always followed farming 
and accumulated about eight hundred and eighty 
acres of land. His death occurred when about 
fifty years of age. He voted with the Whig part_y. 
The children of the Kinzer family are William; 
Mary, wife of Sylvanus Carey; David. Jacob, Levi; 



Sarah A., wife of Lewis Metsker; and Ira John. 
The mother of this family was born in Randolph 
County, Ind., and her parents were natives of Ire- 
land and England, respectively. They came to 
America when young, working their passage on 
the vessel. 

Mr. Kinzer of this sketch was educated in the 
district schools, and remained with his mother 
until he had reached manhood. He then received 
eighty acres from his father's estate and began 
farming. At the age of twenty-three, he was 
united in marriage with Miss Miriam Phelps, 
daughter of Eli and Lottie (Carey) Phelps. She 
was born in Delaware Township, and her parents 
were natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Kinzer 
have two children, Willie A. and Jessie E., 
who were students in the high school of Carmel, 
while the former attended the business college of 
Danville. 

For eleven years after his marriage, Mr. Kinzer 
engaged in farming, and then went to Westfleld, 
where he carried on a drug store for a year. On 
coming to Carmel, he had a drug store for a 
year, and then embarked in general merchandis- 
ing. For a few years he was in partnership, after 
which he purchased his partner's interest, and has 
since been alone. He occupies a store room 
22x40 feet, and carries a stock worth about 12,000. 
From the beginning his trade has constantly in- 
creased, and he is now doing a good business. In 
connection with his store he owns one hundred 
and sixty acres of fine farming land in Delaware 
Townsliip. In politics, he is a supporter of the 
Prohibition party. 

jlL ON. WILLIAM C. FLEMING is one of 
|r jil the oldest surviving pif)neers of Madison 
^Vj^ County. He is a native of Virginia, hav- 
(^, ing been born at Fairmont, that state, on 
the 18th of January, 1825, of which place his 
father was also a native. The grandfather, Booz 
Fleming, was born in Delaware, and served in the 
Revolutionary War from 1778 until its close; his 
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of Scotcli-Irisb descent. They settled in Delaware 
before the Revolutionary AVar. . In 177'.) llic 
j;randfather located and laid out the town of Fair- 
mont, Monongahela Count}', now Marion County, 
W. Va. Brooks Fleming, the late Governor of 
A'irginia, belonged to the same family. The grand- 
father died in l.S.iO. The father was reared a 
fanner, and ciinic In Indiana in 1881. It was a 
nieniorablu tri|), full of hardships. Building a 
llatboat, it was Inuiii'hed in the Monongahela 
River and floated dnwn llic Oliio River to Boone 
County, Ky., opposite Rising Sun, Ind., where his 
wife's father lived. From there they traveled in 
wagons hauled by oxen to Middlctown, Henry 
County, where one hundred and sixty acres of land 
weie purchased, and on which he resided until 
18;i(). when he bought three hundred and twenty 
.icrcs in the northeast corner of Adams Township, 
Madison County, which he cleared and improved. 
In 1858 he sold his property and removed to Rich- 
ardson County, Neb., where he resided until 1866, 
when he returned to Indiana and resided on a 
farm in Lafayette Township, Madison County, for 
many years. He died at the home of a daughter 
in Henry County, at the age of eighty-seven years. 
He was born Mavch 7, 1796, and while in Virginia. 
as well as Indiana, was a captain of militia. He 
was a member of the Presbyterian Chuich. Mr. 
Fleming's mother was Sarah Fox, who was born in 
Loudoun County, \'a. She was the daughter of 
Amos Fox, who was a First Sergeant in the War of 
1812. From F'airmont, Va., he came down the 
Ohio River to Boone County, Ky., and from there 
to Henry County, Ind., where he died. The 
mother died at Mr. Fleming's home at the age of 
eighty-three years. She was born in 180 Land 
w.a» the mother of fourteen children. 

William C. Fleming remained in \irginia until 
six years of ago. He came from the picturesque val- 
ley of the Monongahela with his parents, down the 
river in a boat and across the country in a wagon. 
In 1836 he located in Madison County. He had 
learned to read and spell in Virginia and attended 
the common schools, which in Indiana in those 
days were held in log houses which were furnished 
with log benches to sit on, and later attended the 
County Seminary at New Castle. At the age of 



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I twenty Mr. Fleming taught four- or live terms of 
three-months school in the piimitive country 
school houses. In l.s.")ii he was the Democratic 
candidate to the convention to revise the State 
Constitution, but was defeated; and in 1852 was 
elected as a member of the Legislature of Indiana. 
At the age o^ twenty-six he engaged in merchan- 
dising at Chesterfield, which he continued until 

I 1851, when he returned to the Adams Township 
farm, and resumed farming for fom uais, when 
he removed to Richardson County, Neb. lie pre- 
empted one hundred and sixty acres of land, and 
subsequently bought twenty acres more. He 
erected a farm house of cotton wood. In 1858 he 
was elected on the Democratic lirkct to the Legis- 
lature, polling a larger vote tli:iii any other man 
on the ticket. He was a candidate for Speaker of 
the House, but was defeated by Bennett, Repub- 
lican, by only three votes. Two Democratic mem- 
bers were absent, and two Whigs did not vote, 
else the result would have been different. About 
the middle of the session Bennett was called to 
Nebraska City, and Mr. Fleming was elected 
Speaker, pro to».. and served as such the remainder 
of the session. At this time Ihrrc existed great 
rivalry between the si'clions (if the territory di- 
vided by the Platte River, .•ind this culniiiiated in 
breaking up the pi>eceding .-(•>>ioii. In I.SGO Mr. 
Fleming was a candidate for mfuilicr of the Terri- 
torial Council, but he was counted out by throw- 
ing out two precincts in the Indian Reservation. 
Had they been counted his majority would have 
been fift^'-five. While in the Legislature he intro- 
duced the bill which chartered the first raili(jad in 
Nebraska. 

In 1861 Mr. Fleming returned to Indiana and 
located in Union Township, Madison County, 
where he engaged in the grain business, at Ches- 
terfield, until 1865, when he Vas appointed Clerk 
of the Court. In the same year he was nominated 
by the Democrats for that office, was elected and 
performed the duties until vl870. He was re-nom- 
inated, but declined. He exchanged a farm for 
the Moss Island Mills near Anderson, which he 
operated for a time, and then removed to one of 
his farms in Fall Creek Township. In 1888 he 
returned to Anderson and was a|)p(>int('d to the 



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office of Justice of the Peace. In 1890 he was 
continued in office by election. Mr. Fleming is 
peculiarly fitter! for the office, having read law 
under Judge Kilgore, of Delaware County. He 
was admitted to the Bar at Omaha, and obtained 
much practical knowledge while Clerk of the 
Courts. He has always been a Democrat, and has 
taken an active part in politics. He has been 
Cliairman of the County Committee, a member at 
different times, and frequently a delegate to county 
and state conventions. He was also a delegate to 
the New York Convention that nominated Sey- 
mour and Blair. 

Mr. Fleming was married in Madison County in 
1855 to Miss Catharine Thumma, who was born 
in Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Chris- 
topher Tliumma, a Madison County farmer. She 
died January 1 1 , 1892. They had three children, all 
residents of Anderson : A. Willard, deputy assessor 
of Anderson Township; Ida M., wife of Dr. Bal- 
lenger; and John C, a printer. 

Mr. Fleming is a Past Master of the Free & 
Accepted Masons, and Past High Priest of the 
Royal Arch Masons. He has always been a prom- 
inent factoi- in the affairs of Anderson, and has 
lived to see it grow from a struggling village of a 
hundred to a bustling city of twenty-five tliousand 
people. 



^^*HOMAS HIDAY, who follows farming on 
//!^s\ section 4, Green Township, Madison Coun- 
\^J ty, was born on the farm which is still 
his home November 28, 1829. His grandfather, 
John J. Hiday, was born in Germany and settled 
in Franklin County, Ind., when the state was yet 
a territory. About? 1818 he came to Madison 
County and located on the old homestead. He 
served as a ranger in the War of 1812. His fam- 
ily numbered one son and three daughters: Henry, 
Catherine, Susan and Polly. 

Henry Hida}', father of our subject, was born in 
Kentucky in 1797, and with his father came to 
the Hoosier State. He cut and blazed a road to 
the farm and liere entered eighty acres of raw 



land, which he transformed into a very produc- 
tive and valuable tract. When the land came 
into market he purchased an additional eighty 
acres and soon had a good home. He was united in 
marriage with Mary Winn, and they had five 
sons and four daughters, their sons being Jacob, 
John, Thomas, Joseph and Archibald. All served 
for three years or more in the array, the first three 
in the Twelfth Indiana, Joseph in tlie Thirty-sec- 
ond Iowa, and Archibald in the Eleventh Indiana 
Infantry. All were married and reared families. 
The daughters were Nancy, Margaret, Betsy J. and 
Jlaiy L. After the death of his first wife, Mr. 
Iliday married Polly Burdett. He was a strong 
Whig and afterward a Republican. At the age of 
seventy-six he was called to his final rest. 

Our subject has always resided upon the old 
homestead, of which he now owns one iiundred 
and forty-six acres. It is improved with a good 
brick residence and all the accessories of a model 
farm, and the owner ranks among the leading ag- 
riculturists of the community. His education was 
acquired in the [)rimitive log schoolhouse. In 
August, 1862, he joined the boys in blue of Com- 
pany G, Twelfth Indiana Infantrj^ and partici- 
pated in tw^enty-two engagements, including the 
battles of Richmond, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission 
Ridge, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Buzzard's Ruost, 
Ringgold, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, 
Savannah. Dallas and Bentonville. He was with 
his regiment in every engagement and was always 
found at his post of duty faithfully defending 
the Old Flag. He several times refused promo- 
tion, being content to serve as a private. While 
in front of Atl.anta, he remarked to his Colonel 
one day that he did not come south to stay in the 
trenches, but to shoot rebels, and was given permis- 
sion by his officer to leave the trenches, a privi- 
lege allowed no others. He was with Sherman in 
the famous march to the sea, and also took part in 
the Grand Review at Washington in June, 1865, 
his regiment leading. 

In 1850 Mr. Ilid.-^y was united in marriage with 
Sarah J., daughter of John and Jane (Passles) 
Doty. Their union has been blessed with two 
children: Charles, and Angeline, wife of John 
Cottrell. The family is one of prominence in the 



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community, and its members ranli liigli in social 
circles. Since iiis return from tiie war, Mr. Huiay 
has devoted himself untirinj^ly lo his farm labors. 
Ill politics lie is a stalwart Republican. Socially' 
he is a inemlK'r of the Masonic fraternity and the 
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OLOMON PKRRY. 

rty owners and 



ig the large prop- 
;e and respected 
\/_j'! citizens of Alexandria there is none who 
~' is more prominent than he whose name 
heads this sketch. He was born in Monroe Town- 
ship, of the county in which lie now resides, 
October '.I. ls:!ll, his father, Allan Perry, hav- 
ing been born in the Old North Slate in 1790, 
and was a paiticipaiit in the War of 1,S12. 
lie ua,- one of a large family, the members of 
which moved to different portions of the country, 



w in many states 
Allan Perry, upon 
) Ohio and then to 
I «:!(!, lo Madison 
I on which the sub- 



aiid their descendants ai 
and territories of the l"ni 
leaving his native state, w 
.Milb.ii, Ind., and later. 
County and ■settle.] on tin 
jcct of this sketch was bt)rn three years later, and 
where the father died in 1860. On this farm, 
which is now a part of Alexandria, the father suc- 
cessfully followed the plow, and at the time of his 
death lefta goodly estate. His wife was Elizabeth 
Griffin, a Virginia lady, whose parents were both 
born in Ireland, and upon coming to this country 
settled in the Old Dominion. In an early day 
the father entered land in that stale and became a 
well-to-do farmer. His wife died in 18G8, at the 
age of seventy-six years, and up to the d.ay of 
her death she possessed a remarkable memory; she 
could tell the date of birth of each of her large 
family of children and about fifty grandchildren, 
and could tell the date of the death of those who 
had "gone before." In fact.it is said that she 
could give the date of the birth of all her neigh- 
bors' children as well. 

Solomon Perry was the youngest of eight sons 
and two daughters, eight of whom are still living. 
His eldest brother, Andrew, went to Mi.ssouri a 




quarter of a century ago and is 
William was a farmer all his lif 
age of seventy years; San 
famous "Forty-niners" ilia 
California, and there diecl; Amos is an old bach- 
elor, is well to do and is a resident of Alexandria; 
Allan is a miller of Indianapolis; Morris went to 
Missouri many years ago, became a .ludge and 
eventually one of the wealthiest farmers of the 
state; Daniel was a blacksmith, and died in Alex- 
andria in 1878; Elizabeth married James Vinson, 
a farmer, and is now a widow residing in Alexan- 
dria; Ruth Ann ni.irrieil I leiiiy ( leary, and after his 
death married .lohn Smitson, her present and third 
husband being Frank .Sigler, of Franklin, Ind. 
Solomon Perry spent his early days on his father's 
farm, and was given the advantages of the common 
pioneer schools of his day. At the age of eigh- 
teen he began learning the caipentcr's trade, and 
after becoming proficient followed this occupa- 
tion for about a quarter of a century, and for 
some time operated a planing mill on his farm, 
three miles from Alexandria. For about .seven 
years thereafter be was in the hardware business 
in Alexandria, but sold out in 1891. Besides this, 
he was connected with many other enterprises of 
the city, and when the town began to boom it 
made him a rich man. He built and owns the 
Temple Hotel and brick buildings adjoining it on 
Washington Street; he built and owns the brick 
block on Harrison Street, and aside from this has 
several small houses in the south part of the town 
and a good deal of vacant propert3', his rents 
alone bringing him in from .^300 to I^-IOO per 
month. 

In 18(J2 Mr. Perry was man led lo Jliss Sarah 
Elizabeth Free, who was born in Anderson, Ind.. 
and came to Alexandria with liei' parents when 
twelve years of age. Of ten children born to them, 
seven are now living. Nora married Harmon Mar- 
cle, who is in the livery business at Frankton, Ind.; 
Randolph died in infancy; William is married and 
resides in Alexandria; Melville died at the age of 
seventeen years; Emeline still makes her home 
with her parents; the others are Daisy D., Ed- 
ward, Clyde (who died when four years and a half 
old), Solomon, .Jr., and Ethel. All the members of 



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the Perry family have been Democrats, and he has 
ever pinned his faith to that party, by which he 
was at one time elected a Justice of tiie Peace of 
his township, but he has never desired or accepted 
any other official position, his large business in- 
terests completely occupying his time and atten- 
tion to the exclusion of all others. In 1862 he 
Ijec.ime a member ol the Masonic fraternity, and 
has held various positions in his lodge. He has 
been a member of tlie Christian Church since 
he was seventeen years old, and he has ever 
been an active worker in the church and Sunday- 
school, as he has also been in the cause of temper- 
ance, in which he is a devout believer. Of late 
years he has given much thought and time to the 
study of spiritual life, and has some original and 
intelligent ideas on the subject. Mr. Perry has 
passed a useful life, and the high position he 
holds in the estimation of all who know him is 
well deserved. He is one of the prominent men 
of Alexandria, and his social ciiaraeter and pleas- 
ant ways predispose every one in his f.ivor, and 
make him a man among men. 



"T^ OBERT W. McFARLAND, an enterprising 
lU/ citizen and practical general agriculturist 
IK'^ and stock-raiser of Anderson Township, 
^j Madison County, Ind., is numbered among 
the worthy [lioneers of the state, and arriving in 
Indiana in the early days, has actively partici- 
pated in the changing scenes of the last half-cen- 
tury. Sharing in tlie privations and sacrifices 
of long ago, he has lived to witness the wonderful 
progress and unvarying prosperity of to-day. 
Our subject, a native of East Tennessee, was born 
in Greene County, February 9, 1827. His par- 
ents, James and Cecelia (Mitchell) McFarland, 
were old-time and highly respected residents of 
Tennessee. The father and mother were natives 
of Virginia, and descendants of a line of upright 
and honored ancestors, energetic and industrious. 
Tlie paternal ancestors, of Scotch-Irish descent,have 
given to America some of iier most useful sons 
and daugliters, the McFarlands being known from 



the Atlantic to the Pacific coast as bright, intelli- 
gent and sturdy citizens, winning their upward 
way to positions of useful influence. James H. 
McFarland, the father, in about 1835, in company 
with his wife and family, emigrated from Tennes- 
see to the state of Indiana, and for a short time 
located in Rush County. 

The McFarlands finally made tlieir permanent 
home in Madison County, about three miles west 
of Alexandria, where the father, purchasing from 
the Government one hundred and sixty acres of 
land at $1.25 per acre, immediately settled upon 
the same. The new homestead was in the dense 
woods, and at night the howling of the wolves 
was disagreeably near. Undismayed, the father 
built a log cabin, and for three years devoted 
himself to the clearing of the land. At the ex- 
piration of this time, the wife and mother sick- 
ened and died, leaving to her husband's care 
eight motherless sons. Having now to look after 
his household in addition to his other cares, the 
fatlier proceeded more slowly and sadly with the 
improvement of the old farm. Of the brothers 
who gathered in the home, the following are yet 
living: James M., Robert W., Harvey F. and Har- 
rison C. In the latter years of the father's life 
he removed to Page County, Iowa, where at a 
good old age he passed away, mourned by many 
friends. 

Our subject was reared to man's estate in 
Madison County, and enjoyed the benefit of in- 
struction in the public schools of his home local- 
ity. At seventeen years of age, apprenticed to 
learn the harness and saddlery trade with George 
Millspaugh, he served faithfully four years, and 
subsequently worked for Mr. Millspaugh two 
years as journeyman, receiving as wages 1200 per 
year, and board. Later Mr. McFarland was re- 
ceived into partnership by Mr. Millspaugh, an ar- 
rangement which endured some length of time. 
Finally our subject became sole proiuietor of the 
profitable business, and ran it entirely upon his 
own account for a number of years. 

Mr. McFarland, in time deciding to engage in 
the pursuit of agriculture, resigned the active du- 
ties of his trade. He owns one hundred and nine- 
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of cultivation, and well improved with excellent 
;ii;d commodious buildings. Upon October 6, 
l.s,')0, Robert W. McFarland and Miss Marietta 
I'liillips were united in marriage. The estimable 
wife of (lur sul)ject was a native of Kentucky and 
■A l;ul\ III' worth and intelligence; eight children 
lilessed the union: Lydia A., wife of Albert Harri- 
son; Frances, wife of F. M. Morrison; Nancy A., 
wife of .Tesse Free; James il.; Marietta, wife of 
Ahmzo Slan-; Robert M.; Sarah, wife (,f William 
Slarr; and llanison M. A eonslanf n'Mileiit of 
Ills present locality throughout tlic^c changing 
years, Mr. McFarland has materially aidiMJ in the 
upward i)rogress of tlie county, .•uid is widely 
known as a public-spirited citizen of sterling integ- 
lity of character. A strong Democrat and an 
cainest advocate of the party of the people, he is 
intelligently posted in matters of mutual welfare, 
and is ever ready to do his share in local improve- 



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J'OIIN P. CONDO, an enterprising pioneer 
j business man of Madison Couuly, Ind., 
I and an honored citizen of Alexandria, 
' owning large property interests within the 

corporate limits, has long been identified with the 
progressof the state. Arriving thii-ty-seven years 
ago in Alexandria, then a small country village, 
our subject, a young man full of hope and am- 
bition, embarked in the furniture and cabinet- 
making business, and, continuously devoting him- 
self to the demands of a large and rapidly 
increasing trade, to-day conducts the oldest and 
largest furniture house in Madison County. The 
career of jNIr. Condo, a veteran of the late Civil 
War, has been distinguished by loyally tn his 

have made his word as good as his bond. Our sub- 
ject, a native of Aaronsburgh, Centre County. Pa., 
w.as born April 26, 1830. His father, Joseph 
Condo, likewise a native of Pennsylvania, was 
born in York County in l.so:!. The paternal 
grandfather, .hu-oli Condo. liorn m the same state 
and county, was the son of an liislimaii, who in 



very early life emigrated to the United Stales, 
locating in Pennsylvania, and gave to the old 
Quaker State a line of descendants, true and patri- 
otic citizens and brave defenders of the Hag of 
ourCnion. This Irish foivfather n.airie.l a lady 
from Holland, \vho>e family were tillei> of the 
soil and all in comfortable circumstances. In re- 
ligious belief they were Lutherans, politically old- 
line Democrats, and reared up to usefulness nine 
children, seven sons and two daughters. 

The eldest lirolln'r of the father, John Condo, 
located in Wayne County, Ind. His son John 
had two sons who were preachers. One went to 
Missouri and was killed in a cyclone. The other, 
Samuel by name, was a minister of Toledo, Ohio. 
Byron, the son of .lohn Condo, was a professoi of 
music, and journeyed to Italy to complete his 
studies. The second brother of the father, Daniel, 
was a farmei', who lived and died in Penn.sylvania. 
The third bi-other wa> a >ucce,->ful farmer of Lima, 
Ohio. ,Iacob lived in Ohio; Nicholas passed away 
in Pennsylvania, his lifetime home; Samuel was a 
blacksmith and remained until his death in the 
(Quaker State. The two sisters married, and later 
die<l in Pennsylvania. The mother, Annie (Poor- 
niHu) t'ondo, was a native of Pennsylvania, as 
was also her father, Nicholas Poorman, an ener- 
getic man and upright citizen. The two brothers 
of the mother, .lohn and Jacob Poorman, were 
well known and highly respected. Willi.-im Poor- 
man, a son of .lohn, was a memliei- of Congress 
I for many years. Calvin J\)orman,a son of Jacob, 
is a prominent politician of the Quaker State. 
The parents of our subject passed away in 

P. was the third of the seven brothers who blessed 
the home of the parents. There were also four sis- 
ters. William, who is childless, is a farmer and me- 
chanic of Pennsylvani.'i; .lacob, also a farmer and 
mechanic, re.-ides in Centic County, Pa.; he li.ad 
children but they died \oung. Israel, a blacksmith 
of Centre County, Pa., was a soldier in the Army 
of the Potomac during the Civil War. George was 
for years employed by the Pan Handle Railroad, 
with headquarters at Indianapolis, where he died 
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PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



l)rominent railroad man, and lives in Indianapolis. 
Robert, a meelianic, makes his home in Centre 
Count_y, and has one daughter. Charles, the 
youngest son, and brother of our subject, lives at 
Kokomo, Ind. Of the sisters, two survive; both 
are married and are in Centre County, Pa. 

Our subject remained upon his father's farm 
until seventeen years of age, and liaving receired 
only a limited education, then went to Aarous- 
burgh. Pa., where lie learned the cabinet-makers' 
trade. lie soon after embarked in the lumber 
liusiness on the banks of tlie Susquehanna River. 
In 1853 John P. Condo and Miss Mary A. London 
were united in marriage. Mrs. Condo, born in 
Clearfield County, Pa., was the daughter of Man- 
ley London, a native of Massachusetts. Her pa- 
ternal grandfather was an Englishman. Mr. and 
Mrs. London emigrated from New England to 
Rock Island, 111., wliere they afterward died, the 
father having long been a prosperous farmer of 
his locality. Directly after their marriage, Mr. 
and Mrs. Condo located in Wayne County, Ind., 
and in Centerville our subject engaged in the 
cabinet-making business. In 1856, locating in 
Alexandria, Mr. Condo has by steady persistence 
and close application to business made a hand- 
some fortune, and is numbered among the pioneers 
of his line of trade in the state. October 12, 

1864, animated by true patriotism, our subject en- 
listed in Company D, Thirty-fourth Indiana 
Infantry, as a private, and, leaving the manage- 
ment of his business to his wife, went to the front. 
Mr. Condo, forwarded to Texas, was stationed on 
Brazius Island and detailed to the Quartermasters' 
department. Serving faithfully until August, 

1865, he received injuries to his eyes that for 
years rendered him almost totally blind. With 
the invaluable assistance of his wife, he continued 
business, and, finally taking treatment for his 
trouble, iiis sight was partially restored. 

In early life a Whig, and from the formation of 
tiie Republican party an adherentof its principles, 
our subject has ever been a stanch advocate of 
progress and reform, but has never aspired to 
hold political positions. In 1857, affiliating witii 
the Ancient Free <fe Accepted Masons, he has 
served as Junior and Senior Warden and Junior 



Deacon of his lodge. He was one of the charter 
members of the chapter, and is likewise a Knight 
Templar. Of the seven children who clustered in 
the home of our subject and his estimable wife, 
five are now surviving. Jennie is the wife of 
Charles C. Oipe, a carriage manufacturer of Alex- 
andria. The eldest son, Joseph C, was educated at 
DePauw University, Greencastle, and for the past 
eleven years has been a partner in his father's 
large business, now conducted under the name of 
John P. Condo & Sou. Joseph Condo manages 
the interests of the Arm with great ability, and is 
a leading citizen of Alexandria. He was mar- 
ried to the daugliter of Thomas Mead, of Marion, 
some six years ago, but she died from the 
effects of inhaling the fumes of natural g.as. Fra- 
ternally, he is a member of the Ancient Free 
& Accepted Masons, and is Senior Warden of 
the blue lodge, and a Knight Templar. The 
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Condo, 
Maud, married Oliver P. Overman, a prosperous 
grain dealer at Sweitzer, Ind. She is an accom- 
plished lady, a graduate of the Alexandria iiigh 
schools. William Condo is in the employ of his 
father and brother. Anna, a graduate of the Alex- 
andria schools, is now the Assistant Cashier of the 
Commercial Bank of Alexandria, and is a young 
lady of exceptional business ability. Eleanor died 
at twenty years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Condo re- 
side with their family on South Harrison Street, 
in one of the handsomest houses of Alexandria, 
and, occupying positions of useful influence. 
command the esteem aiid high regard of a wide 
acquaintance. 



G 



HARLES OURSLER. The business enter, 
prises of Nobles ville have an able repre- 
sentative in the subject of this sketch, who 
is the owner and proprietor of a boot and shoe 
store, and occupies a position among the foremost 
citizens of the place. From the inception of his 
now flourishing establishment, in 1876, until 
the present time, l»e has enjoyed a steady prosper- 
ity, which proves the possession on his part of 
high talents and excellent judgment, as well as an 



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appreciation of those qualities on tlie part of the 
people of Noblesville and the surrounding country. 

The ancestors of our subject were of Scotcli 
lineage, and his parents, Charles and Elizabeth (Au- 
gusta)Oursler, were natives of Ohio, who emigrated 
from the Buckeye State to Indiana. In Putnam 
Count.y, this state, the subject of this sketch opened 
his eyes to the light in l.H.')7, and here spent the 
first twelve years of his life. Removing thence 
to Hendricks County, lie sojourned there for three 
years, meantime attending the district schools and 
acquiring a practical education. At about the age 
of fifteen lie came to Indianapolis and remained 
here for a few years. 

Removing to Kansas in 1858, Mr. Oursler spent 
<)M(! year in Leavenworth, and afterward began in 
business for himself in Plaintield, Ind., remaining 
in that city four years. In 1863 he came to 
Niiblesville, where he embarked in mercantile i)ur- 
,-uils and conducted a nourishing business in that 
line until 1868. Again moving westward, he set- 
tled in the northwestern part of Kansas, where he 
engaged in stock-raising for three years, meeting 
with fair success in that department of agriculture. 
In 1871 he returned to Hamilton County, where 
he lias since made his home. 

The boot and shoe store which JSIr. Oursler es- 
tablished in 1876 is now numbered among the 
nourishing enterprises of Noblesville. The pres- 
ent store building, erected In 1882, is a substan- 
tial two-story brick structure, 15x120 feet in di- 
mensions, and equipped with a well assorted stock 
of hoots and shoes. In addition to the manage- 
ment of the store, Mr. Oursler engages as a 
breeder of fine trotting horses of the Ilamble- 
tduian strain. He is the owner of a good trotting 
horse, "Leckwood," eight j'ears old, and having a 
record of 2:28^, sired by "John E. Woods," a Ham- 
bletonian horse. He also owns a one-half in- 
terest in "Spring Heel," a three-year-old colt, 
>iie(l by "Haw Patch," and which bids fair 
to be a horse of more than ordinary speed. 
Among his other colts may be mentioned "Oak- 
wood," a two-year-old colt, sired by "Leckwood," 
"American .Star." He owns a yearling filly, "Nancy 
Wood," sired by"Leckwood" which already proves 
the possession of great speed and endurance. All 



of the horses owned by Mr. Oursler 
wonderful powers of endurance and srood speed, 

and his stud is one of the lliiest in the country. 
Although not actively connected with the pub- 
lic affairs of the city, Mr. Oursler never fails to 
deposit a straight Republican vote at every elec- 
tion. Socially he affiliates with Nol)lesville 
r.odge. I. 0.0. F. In the winter of 1802 he mar- 
ried Miss Fannie .1.. daughter of J. G. and Percilia 
McMahan, of Hamilton County, Ind., and they 
are the parents of two sons, Frank I), and A'oss ii. 

■ ILLIAM H. BEAUCHAMP, a prominent 
citizen and life-time resident of Indiana, 
has long been identified with the various 
interests of Washington Township, Hamilton 
County, and is well known as a self-made man of 
business ability and enterprise. A little more than 
a half-century ago, in a pioneer home in Wayne 
County, upon December 28, 1840, was born our 
subject, the son and grandson of very early set- 
tlers of the state. His parents, .Tesse and Nancy 
(Dickover) Beauchamp, were widely known and 
highly respected, and tog(!ther shared the struggles 
and trials incident to life in a comparatively new 
country. Jesse Beauchamp, however, was inured 
to hardships and privations by many years of 
pioneer experience. 

Born in the state of South Carolina, the father 
was only two years of age when with his ))arents 
he took the long journey from his birthplace to 
far off Indiana. The i)aternal grandfather, a native 
of sunny France, was a man of resolution and 
great personal courage. He was likewise ambi- 
tious, and when only a lad decided to make his fu- 
ture home in America. Safely crossing the ocean 
he reached his longed for destination and located 
in South Carolina, where he remained for some 
length of time. It was in 1814 that Grandfather 
and Grandmother Beauchamp, with their family, 
traveled by team to Indiana, then literally a wilder- 
ness inhabited only by Indians and wild animals, 
which roamed at their ])lejisure through the woods- 
and across the broad prairies. 

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tered with zeal into tlie adventures and everyday 
toil common to those days, and sturdily cleared, 
cultivated and improved a farm witli rude log 
buildings. He was a vigorous man, of wonderful 
physical endurance. He died in middle life. 
.Jesse remained with his parents until about 1 
twentj'-eight j'ears old. He received instruction 
in the common branches of study in the little 
subscription school of the neighborhood, and, a 
great reader and close observer, constantly added 
to his fund of information. Trained from his 
youth into a practical knowledge of agriculture 
he worked out by the day upon adjacent farms 
for a number of years, at the same time rendering 
an}' needed assistance in the care of the old 
homestead. 

In tlie early part of 1839 Jesse Beaucliamp 
wedded Miss Nancy Dickover, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Jacob Dickover. The home of the par- 
ents was blessed with seven children, all of whom 
lived to adult age and were in the order of their 
birth, William H., Ira W., Mary J., Lovina A., 
Lydia E., Louisa E. and Levi E. The mother of 
these brothers and sisters, still living and seventy- 
three years of age, is in excellent health, mind and 
body. She is a valued member of the Wesleyan 
Methodist Church, beloved b}' all who know her. 
The father, after or about the time of his mar- 
riage, entered one hundred and sixty acres of land 
in Washington Township and cleared and tilled 
the fertile soil of the old farm, on which our sub- 
ject resides, until within a year of his demise. 

Father Beauchamp was a man of note, popular 
with his friends and neighbors, and for many 
years served with great acceptability to the gen- 
eral public as Justice of the Peace. He was a 
highly esteemed member of the Wesleyan Method- 
ist Church and was a liberal giver to the poor 
and needy. Politically in early life a Whig, he 
was later a Republican and devoted to the inter- 
ests of his party. He died upon the 8th of Au- 
gust, 1893, aged eighty years and seven months, 
surviving to witness the wonderful growth and 
progress of Indiana, his constant home for almost 
seventy-nine changing years. Our subject re- 
maining with his parents until twenty years of 
age, received an excellent education for those days 



and could, if he had desired, have taught school, 
but preferred to devote his time to agricultural 
pursuits. 

In the year 18C0, William II. Beauchamp was 
united in marriage with Miss Lydia Roberts, 
daughter of John and Sarah (Bottleman) Roberts. 
The Robertses were descendants of English ances- 
try, but the Bottlemans were originally from Ger- 
many. Unto the union of our subject and his ac- 
complished wife have been born five children: 
Florence A., married ; Etta J.; Charles W., deceased ; 
Frank D. and Lawrence O. Mrs. Beauchamp is a 
devout member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church 
and active in good works. Mr. Beauchamp is not 
connected with any denomination, but is politi- 
cally a strong Republican, taking a deep interest 
in all matters of local and national welfare. 

When beginning life for himself our subject re- 
ceived from his father forty acres of land, to 
which he added from time to time and now 
owns one hundred and seven acres, highly cul- 
tivated and well improved with attractive and 
commodious buildings. Always a hard working 
man, industriously winning his way upward, Mr. 
Beauchamp has been distinguished by the broad 
intelligence and liberal spirit as a man and citizen, 
which have endeared him to many friends and 
gained him universal esteem. 



\fS*s AVID CONRAD, a prosperous farmer of Mad- 
County, and the owner of one hundred 
and fourteen acres in Stony Creek Town- 
ship, was born in Huntington County, N. J., De- 
cember 19, 1829. His father, Charles, was born in 
eastern Pennsylvania in 1803, and was reared in a 
small town, where his father followed the trade of 
a moulder, and afterward engaged in agricultural 
pursuits. In his youth he received a common 
school education, and after starting out in active 
life for himself, saved his earnings and with these 
and his household effects, crossed the mountains 
to Ohio, locating in Clermont County. The jour- 
ney was made in wagons, which contained the fam- 
ily, as well as provisions, bedding and other nee- 



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their long ovoii.iiul trip. The 
e momitnins was iiindc on the 
Piku, running from Indiana to 



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<]., and 



W: 



It was during llie year 1833 that settlement 
was made in Clermont County, hut after a short 
sojourn there tlie family removed to Warren 
CouMly, t^'ii iiuh's friim I.elianiin. In September, 
1S:!'.», they (ince more took up their westward jour- 
ney, and, eoming to Indiana, purchased one hun- 
dred and sixty acres of wholly unimproved land 
in Madison County. In 1845 the father returned 

and soon afterwar<l dieil, his mortal remains be- 
ing laid away in the cemetery at Goshen. In pol- 
ities he was a Whig, and while not at all (jartisan 
in his preferences, he nevertheless adhered stanch- 
ly to Ills ehwsen |Kirty. lie was a man of great 
piety and was identilied with the Methodist 
Church. 

In Huntington County, N. .1., in KS28, occurred 
the marriage of Charles Conrad to Miss Mary 
IIutTman, daughter of Adams and Sarah (Apgon) 
Huffman. Her father, who was a native of Hunt- 
ington County, N. J., was a farmer by occupation, 
and removed to Clermont County, Ohio, where he 
purchased a small unimproved farm and passed 
his remaining days. He had seven children, of 
whom Mary was the eldest. In his community he 
was highly esteemed, and in his death the Meth- 
odist Church lost one of its most devoted rnem- 
bei-s. His daughter, our subject's mother, died in 
April, 1878. She was also a member of the Meth- 
txlist Church, and was a lady possessing many no- 
lile ipialities that endeared her to all witli whom 
she was brought in contact. 

The parental famil}' included nine children, one 
of whom died in infancy. The others are: The sub- 
ject of this sketch; Peter, who enlisted in the 
liiidu army as a member of the Seventy-second 
Illinois Infantry, and was killed at the battle 
(if Kenesaw Mountain; Elias, deceased; Sarah 
Ann, the widow of I. Busby, further mention of 
whom is made on another page; Jonathan, who 
died at the age of twenty-one jeavs; Zack, who 
lives on the old homestead in Madison County; 



William, a lumber dealer in Kichmond. 
Mathias, deceased. 

A mere child when taken by his parents to Ohio, 
our subject spent a few years in Clermont Count}', 
and thence removed to Warren County. As may 
be well understood, he enjoyed but few advantages 
for acquiring a practical, much less an ornamental 
or classical, education. The common schools at 
that time were not of a very elevated character, 
and afforded meagre opportunities of laying a 
broad foundation for the useful superstructure of 
knowledge, which the superior facilities of the 
present day render so easy of access. But few as 
were the advantages afforded him, his ever-active 
mind and great love of learning, and, above all, 
his determination and perseverance, more than 
compensated for the difficulties under which he la- 
bored. With the assistance of these qualities he 
was enabled to store his mind with a fund of in- 
formation such as few persons accpiire, even under 
circumstances the most favorable. 

After the family located in Indiana, our sub- 
ject taught school in Madison County during 
the winter seasons, while his summers were de- 
voted to work on the farm. In June, 1853, he 
was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daughter 
of Jesse Gwinn, and a native of Madison County. 
They were the parents of seven children, two of 
whom died in infancy. The others are: Mary S., 
the wife of George Wright, a resident of Lapel; 
Laura M., the wife of R. K. Aldred, of Stony Creek 
Township; Jonathan and Ira, deceased, and El- 
bert, who resides with his parents. 

At the time of his marriage our sul)ject owned 
eighty acres, and upon it he located, engaging in 
the cultivation of the place for a number of years. 
From 1863 until July, 1865, he was proprietor of 
a general store in Fishersburgh, and also for a 
number of years engaged as a dealer in grain. In 
1853 he was elected Township Clerk and offici- 
ated in that capacity for seven j^ears, being elected 
to the ofHce on the Independent ticket. He 
served as Township Trustee from 1860 to 1864, and 
again from 1884 to 1888, and has also filled other 
prominent positions. Through his efforts the post- 
ofBce was established at Lapel, new schoolhouses 
were built (first frame, and afterward brick), roads 



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were opened and improved, and other improve- 
ments made. A member of tlie Metliodist Cliurch, 
he has served as its Trustee, and is now Superin- 
tendent of the Sunday-school. 



'ilJOIIX L. JONES. An extensive traveler, 
botli in the llnited States and in lands be- 
yond the seas, Mr. Jones has, through obser- 
%df' vation of, and contact with, the people of 
otiier nations, gained a breadth of knowledge not 
often acquired. At present he resides in Madison 
County, where he owns a valuable farm upon sec- 
tion 23, Lafayette Township. His elegant resi- 
dence and broad acres are a standing monument 
to his thrift and industry, and will attest to his 
genius and ability long after he shall have closed 
his eyes upon earthly scenes. 

In Madison County, Va., the subject of this 
sketch was born on the 11th of February, 1824. He 
is the son of William and Elizabeth (Crow) Jones, 
both of whom wei'e natives of the Old Dominion. 
His maternalgrandfather, William Crow, was a sol- 
dier in the War of 1812, and was one of the val- 
iant men wlio served in the defense of our country 
against the encroaching power of Great Britain. 
When two years of age John L. Jones was taken 
by his parents to Rockingham County, Va., where 
he was reared to a sturdy and vigorous manhood, 
being from childhood interested in agricultural 
pursuits. He received the rudiments of his edu- 
cation in the schools of Virginia, and, having 
been an extensive reader, has successfully endeav- 
ored to keep posted upon the general topics of 
the day. 

In 1851 Mr. Jones removed from Virginia to 
Missouri, and in the spring of the following year 
crossed the plains via the old Carson route, in com- 
pany with Dr. Cunningham, with whom he en- 
gaged in partnership in the stock business. The 
journey from Independence, Mo., to Sacramento, 
Cal., consumed six months and three days, and 
the two men while en route to the latter city 



passed through Hangtown, now known by the 
name of Placerville. 

While in Sacramento Mr. Jones engaged for a 
short time in the drug business in partnership 
with Dr. Cunningham, and also followed mining 
and trading. From that port he shipped to Hong 
Kong, China, and subsequently made a trip to Can- 
ton, China, becoming familiar with the customs 
and habits of the people of the Sunset Land. He 
also took passage on a sailing vessel for Australia, 
where he sojourned for a short time. 

Returning to Indiana in the summer of 18,59 
via the Isthmus of Panama and New York City, 
Mr. Jones first visited Henry County, where his 
father had settled during his absence in the west. 
In that county and in neighboring states he re- 
sided until shortly after his marriage. This inter- 
esting event occurred December 29, 1861, the bride 
being Sarah Andes, a native of Virginia and the 
daugther of Jonathan and Annie Andes, the for- 
mer deceased, and the latter a resident of Holt 
County, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Jones became the 
parents of eight children, of whom five are living: 
Harrison L.; Harriet F., the wife of Elmer Hughel; 
John W., D. Russell and Walter A. The eldest 
daughter, Laura, is deceased, and two children 
died in infancy. Mrs. Sarah Jones died in Decem- 
ber, 1874. 

The present estimable wife of Mr. Jones, wlio 
has nobly co-operated with him in all his enter- 
prises, and to wliom a large portion of his success 
may with justice be attributed, was Miss Sarah 
Lowman, a native of Rockinghim County, Va., 
who was reared in Augusta County, that state. 
Four children were born of this union: Minnie: 
Bertha, deceased; Homer and Dale Cleveland. 
The year 1862 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Jones 
in Madison Count3' and his location upon the farm 
where he lias since resided. At that time but a 
small part of the property had been cleared, and 
the improvements now noticeable are the result of 
his energy and enterprise. The elegant brick resi- 
dence now adorning the place was erected in 
1874-75. Mr. Jones is the owner of four hundred 
and eighty-three acres, of which two hundred and 
eighteen are comprised in the home farm. 

To all the public questions of the day Mr. Jones 





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gives his tiiougiitful attention, and is a man of 
firm convictions and great energy. In ])oIitics, lie 
adheres to tlie principles of tlie Democratic party, 
and lias been elected upon lliat ticket to various 
positions i.>f trust and respdiisiliility. For many 
years lie tilled the pcisitioii of Trustee of Lafayette 
Township, in which he served with elliciency and 
fidelity to tlie interests of his fellow-citizens. He 
also filled the position of County Commissioner 
for three years, and has occu|)icd other posts of 
honor. Mr. .lones at one lime owned li\e liundred 
and sixty-five acres, l>ut has conveyed to his chil- 
dren all Init two hundred and eighteen acres. 



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^REMILIUS BEESON. It 
(^;\ gratification that tiie hio: 



ith 



[icere 
""Its 
^^^' the history of a brave pioneer who has as- 
sisted in transforming the wilderness into the 
beautiful and prosperous state which Indiana is to- 
day. Thomas Beeson, the father of our, subject, 
was one of the large number of men of sterling 
worth wlio in ISU!, came from the east or south- 
east to Indiana prior to its assuming the dignity 
of a state, and who by their wisdom, enterprise 
and energy, developed its wonderful natural re- 
sources, until to-d.a.v it ranks with the proudest 
slates of the Union. 

These brave men cauie to Indiana willi nothing 
to aid them in their conquest of tlie wilderness 
gave courageous hearts and strong, willing hands. 
They gloriously conquered, however, and to them 
is due all honor for the labors so nobly performed 
and for the solid and sure foundation which they 
laid of a great commonwealth. Thomas Beeson 
was born in Guilford County, N. C, and remained 
there until 1816, when he made his way to the 
lloosier State, and settled in tlie wilds of Wayne 
County. He followed agrieultural pursuits, and 
after residing there for six years, bought one hun- 
dred and sixtj' acres, for which he paid 1360. 
Twelve acres of this tr.act were cultivated. He was 
verj' successful in his chosen occupation, and in the 
course of time became the owner of nine hundred 
acres. In politics he supiiorted the prineii)les of 
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the Democratic party. He passed away in 1882, 
when seventy-live years of age. He married Miss 
Emie Starbeck, a native of Guilford County, N. 
C, who died in 1887. Benjamin Beeson, grand- 
father of our subject, was a native of the Old 
^'orlll Stale and of Irish descent. Reuben Star- 
beck, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was 
also tiorn in North Carolina. 

Of the ten children born to his parents, three of 



wnoin are now iivmii. oiir siuijeci wa> loiuiii in 
order of birth, lie lirst saw the li.nht of day in 
Wayne County, Ind., October 12, 1822, and his 
early life was ^)assed amid the rude surioundings 
of pioneer life. His scholastic training was re- 
ceived ill the siiliscription schools of those d.ays, 
the log schoolhon^r which lie attended being two 
miles from his home. Tntil twenty-eight years of 
age he remained with his parents and then com- 
menced farming for himself. On the 20th of De- 
cember. 1818, he married Miss Katherine, daughter 
of William Frundrau, who was a native of the 
Keystone State but removed to AVayne County, 
Ind., at an early date. 

After Ins marriage our subject brought his bride 
to Madison County, Ind. This was on the loth 
of January, 18-19, and they .settled in I'ipe Creek 
Township, on the farm of one hundred and eighty 
acres that he now owns. The original purchase 
was only one hundred and tweiit}' acres, however, 
and for this he paid x7..")0 per acre. This was 
nearly all heavy timber with but few improve- 
ments, but after many years of industry and perse- 
verance they saw the heavy forest gradually change 
into fertile fields and the log cabin and other 
primitive structures into commodious buildings. 
All his life thus far h.as been passed in tilling the 
soil, aixl he h.is prospered and made money. Until 
the 30th of May, 1888, Mr. Bee.son made his home 
on this farm, but at that date he purchased a com- 
fortable residence in the town of Fiankton, where 
he has resided since, practically retiicd from farm 
duties. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bee.son lia\e no children of their 
own, but have been foster-parents to seven, as fol- 
lows: Malinda Haskett, now Mrs. Fallow; Henry 
Ferguson, residing at Elwood: .lane lY'iguson, now 
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Bennerfield, whose death occurred at the age of 
Iwentj'-five; Nora Kauffman, living at home; Ed 
Fundrau, residing at Frankton; and Joseph Has- 
liett, now of liie stale of Ohio. Mr. Beeson has 
been guardian of several children and executor 
of a number of estates. He votes the Democratic 
ticket and is a man of generous impulses, giving 
freely of his means to all worthy enterprises. He 
has a host of warm personal friends and is a most 
wortiiv citizen. 



ps^ AMUEL CAvSSELL. There are favorable 
^^^ opportunities in men's lives which, if taken 
(ll^Jl) advantage of, will take them far along the 
road 'toward the consummation of their 
ideals, and, too, there are those who have a strange 
intuition of that time and avail themselves of it. 
But never does this mysterious aid come to those 
without ambition and fixed purpose. Determined 
effort invites success. Included in the narrow cir- 
cle of men who have fought the battle successfully 
is Samuel Cassell, who is the proprietor of Cassell 
Park and Fairview Addition to Alexandria. He 
was born in Fayette County, Ind., August 22, 
1829, his parents, Jacob and Eleanor (Allen) Cas- 
sell, having both been born in Tennessee. His pa- 
ternal grandparents were both native Germans 
and came to this country about 1800. Here they 
spent the rest of their days, being for many years 
connected with the Ciiristian Church. They lived 
for some time in Tennessee, and in 1827 came 
with their family to Rush County, Ind., where 
they became prominently connected with the 
agricultural interests. The grandfather died in 
Rush County at the age of seventy-five years. He 
was the only one of his family to come to America, 
therefore but little is known of his ancestors. 

Jacob Cassell was the fourth child in his fa- 
ther's family. Mary married, lived and died in 
Tennessee; Susan married a Mr. Carter, moved to 
Iowa and died there; Peter settled on Pike Creek 
near Alexandria, in Madison County, Ind., became 
quite wealthy and died there; Jennie married 
Beniamin Walker, and settled on a farm between 



Alexandria and Anderson, but died in Anderson; 
Thena married a Mr. Hale, and went to Iowa, where 
she died; Barbara married John Chitwood, moved 
to Wisconsin and there died; Malinda married 
John Turner, of Rush County, went to Missouri 
and there spent the rest of her days; John lived 
for a time on the old homestead in Rush County, 
then sold it and went to Iowa and later to Cali- 
fornia, where he was lost sight of; another sister, 
Sarah, married a man by the name of Holt, in 
Rush County, and died there. Jacob Cassell was 
married in Tennessee to Miss Eleanor Allen, the 
daughter of Samuel Allen, who was an Irishman 
by birth and who married an English lady. They 
died in Tennessee. Besides Mrs. Cassell they, had 
four sons: Andrew, John, William and Jackson, 
Soon after Mr. Cassell 's marriage thej' started on 
horseback with all their earthly possessions for In- 
diana and for a time resided in Fayette County, but 
afterwards went to Rush County, and in 1834 went 
to Madison County and in the vicinity of Alexan- 
dria they accumulated quite a fortune. In 1871 
Mr. Cassell sold his four hundred acre farm and 
moved to Vincennes, Ind., where he ac(iuired a 
large property, and there he died in 1884, leaving 
a fortune of $50,000. His widow survived him 
until 1891, dying at the age of eighty-three years. 
Samuel Cassell was one of the six children in 
the parental family. James C, born in Februaiv, 
1828, was a man of good education; he taught 
school for twenty years, and was a prosperous farm- 
er one mile south of Alexandria, where he died in 
1871. His three sons are now in the drug busi- 
ness in Anderson. Elizabeth J. married Lewis 
Hinchman, a son of one of the early pioneers of 
Madison County; she was left a widow in Vin- 
cennes and afterwards married Oliver Cadwalder, 
and died in that city; Oliver II. P. lived in Madison 
County until 1870, then went to Vincennes and 
died a wealthy man. Saloma E. married Robert 
Langsdale and died in Vincennes. J. W. had 
quite a remarkable career. He was a graduate 
of the College of Pittsburgh, Pa., of the In- 
diana State University, and for many years there- 
after he was a teacher and one of Indiana's most 
noted scholars. He saved a snug sura of money 
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into the wholesale grocery business in Vincennes. 
He is now the proprietor of one of the largest 
establishments in the state and in this and in real- 
estate speculations he has made a fortune, owning 
largo tracts of land in the heart of tiie great phos- 
phate fields of Florida, as well as extensive orange 
groves in tliat state, his fortune being estimated to 
amount to from §5,000,000 to * 10,000,000. 

Samuel Cassell was about five years old when 
hi.s parents came to the vicinity of Alexandria 
and there he grew up on a farm, receiving but the 
common education which seemed to be the lot of 
the ordinary pioneer farmer's boy. He .seemed a 
natural mechanic, and picked up the trade of a car- 
penter, at which lie worked for some years. He 
bought his first piece of land three miles soutii- 
east of Alexandria in 1851, which he afterwards 
sold, and bought the farm adjoining the little vil- 
lage of Alexandria, uhichhe laid out in three ad- 
ditions to the town. The first he called Samuel 
Cassell Addition, all of which he sold off, then 
put the balance on the market and called it Ciis- 
sell's Park Addition, retaining a tract on which he 
eventually intends to erect a college or some edu- 
cational institution lo be dedicated as Cassell's 
T'niversity. He retired from his farm in 1874, 
and since that time has resided in his beautiful 
home in Alexandria or at his summer home at 
wliat is known as AVest Saratoga Springs, in Pike 
Count}', twenty-one miles from Vincennes, which 
place he has owned for several years. Some of the 
most valuable mineral springs in the west are lo- 
cated on this properly. He also owns a tine farm 
in Jasper County, 111. 

Mr. Cassell was married January 1, 1852, lo 
Miss Sarah F. McNeer, who was born in Fall Creek, 
Ind., April 9, 1833, a daughter of Valentine C. 
JlcXeer, who was a native of Greenbrier County, 
A'a., and of Scotch ancestry, his wife having been 
of (ierman descent. They had four sons: Kizer 
W. who died in Kan,sas in 1881; Valentine C, who 
is a wealthy resident of Tuscola, III., and quite a 
factor in society; Andrew D., who is well-to-do and 
is an implement dealer of Hastings, Neb.; and 
Oliver P., who died in -Nebraska several years ago. 

Mr. and Mrs. Cassell have had five children 
born to them, onl}' one of whom survives. Mary 



A. died January 22, 1874, at the age of twenty- 
one years; Oliver W. died February 1, 1874, at the 
age of sixteen years and eleven months; Laura F. 
died January 19, 1874; Charles E. was born in 1878 
and died in 1880; and Emma K. is a graduate of 
Vincennes University. She is an artist and mu.si- 
cian of considerable ability, and is now the wife of 
Harry G. Hays, a large lumber merchant of Alex- 
andria. .Mr. and Mrs. Cassell were exemplar}- 
members of the Christian Ciiurch, and he has been 
a life-long Democrat in politics but has never been 
an office-holder, except from the year 1874 to 
1879, when he held the position of Justice of the 
Peace. He is a noble and useful citizen, and his 
tastes are decidedl}' domestic, much of his time be- 
ing spent at his beautiful home. He has been ex- 
ceptionally prosperous, and when it is said that he 
fully deserves his good luck all is told. Mrs. 
Cassell, after a lingering illness of six months, de- 
parted this life at iicr home September 26, 1893, 
aged sixty years, live months and seventeen daj's. 



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J ALTER N. EVANS, a capitalist and promi- 
nent citizen of Noblesville, is widely 
, ^ known as a public-spirited man of execu- 
tive ability and enterprise. A constant resident 
of his present locality for many years, he has suc- 
cessfully promoted various leading interests of 
the cit}', and. intimately associated with the up- 
ward progress of Hamilton County, has likewise 
held with fidelity a responsible official [)osition. 
Mr. Evans is a native of Kentucky, an<l was liorn 
in Harrison County, May 14, 1827. He was 
named in honor of his paternal grandfather, Wal- 
ter Evans, who was born in Wales in 1765. The 
grandfather in youth emigrated to the United 
States and made his home in Pennsylvania, later 
the birthplace of the father, Jonathan Evans. 

The mother, Susan Barnett, a native of Mary- 
land, born in 1803, was the daughter of James 
Barnett, an upright and industrious citizen, and 
the descendant of an intelligent and thrifty 
ancestry. The falhcr, a cooper by trade, removed 
to Kentuckv in youth, but later journeyed to In- 



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diana, in 1836, settling permanently in Hamilton 
County, wlien that portion of the state was almost 
a traciiless wilderness. Walter N. was the second [ 
son and one of the ten children who blessed the 
frontier liome. Spending the days of childhood 
in Harrison County, he attended the common 
schools of the district and afterward enjoyed the 
benefit of a two years' course of instruction in the 
Blooniington (Ind.) College, which he entered at 
eighteen years of age. 

Soon after attaining liis majority our subject 
began business as a merchant in Palatine, Han- 
cock County, Ind., and for the ten succeeding 
years successfully handled merchandise. In 1851 
Mr. Evans located in Noblesville, and, opening a 
large general store, prosperously conducted his 
mercantile establishment until 1891, when he sold 
out and retired from that line of business. In 
1856, in company with his brother, J. L. Evans, 
our subject created the first steam flouring-mill in 
Hamilton County, and successfully ran the mill 
for a number of years. In 1862 the brothers 
built the first and only packing house in Nobles- 
ville, and until 1872 continued in its manage- 
ment. Mr. Evans has of late years pi'ominently 
identified himself with the real-estate interests of 
Noblesville, and laid out four additions to the 
city. 

Our subject was a charter member of the Gas 
and Improvement Company, which he aided in 
organizing, and is a Director of the same. In 
1882 he was elected County Clerk of Hamilton 
County as a candidate of the Democratic ticket 
and received a majority of fift_y-six, having over- 
come a former Repul)lican majority of fourteen 
hundred. He served with etliciency four years, 
but refused a nomination for a second term, pre- 
ferring the occupations of private life. In the 
3'ear 1852 Walter N. Evans was united in marriage 
with Miss Nancy Potter, a native of Hamilton 
Count}'. The estimable wife of our subject was 
the daughter of Wilder P. Potter, a native of New 
York, but a pioneer of Hamilton County and a 
man widely known and highly respected. 

Mr. and Mrs. Evans welcomed to their hearts 
and home a family of four children, two sons and 
two daughters. A. L., the eldest born, is a pros- 



perous resident of Connersville, Ind.; W. L. is en- 
gaged in business in Noblesville; Maggie is the 
wife of Lucius Lybrand, manager of the Terre 
Haute Carriage and Buggy Company, Terre Haute. 
Ind.; Fannie is the wife of Benjamin Booth, and 
resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Lucius 
Lybrand have one son, Walter A. Lybrand, the 
only grandson of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. 
P>ans reside on Conner Street, in a massive brick 
residence built bj' our subject in 1854. The 
home is pleasantly located amid beautiful sur- 
roundings, and within its hospitable walls gather 
many old-time friends and acquaintances, and here 
return the sons and daughters, frequent visitors to 
the scenes of their childhood. 



ji OSEPH N. FUNK, an enterprising and thor- 
I oughly practical general agriculturist, own- 




valuable and highly cultivated farm 
fJ located upon section 13, Lafayette Town- 
ship, Madison County, Ind., is a son of worthy 
pioneer settlers and was born in Henry County 
December 2G, 1843. His parents, Joseph and 
Sarah (Rader) F'uuk, were both native Virginians 
and were born in Rockingham County. The pa- 
ternal grandfather, a man of courage and patriot- 
ism, participated bravely in the War of 1812 and 
was known as a man of sterling integrity and 
strong character. 

Joseph Funk, the father of oui subject, in 
company with his excellent wife, emigrated from 
Virginia to Indiana and located in Wayne County 
in 1831, when the surrounding country was 
sparsely settled. In 1833 the parents made their 
home in Henry County, and settled in the woods 
of Jefferson Township in a little log cabin, where 
they shared the ditHculties and privations endured 
by the early residents of a new country. In 1866 
the parents finally removed to Madison County, 
and located in Richland Township near the home 
of our subject. Upon January 24, 1877, the be- 
loved wife and mother passed away. The husband 
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eighty-two years of age when, upon March 30, 
1888, he entered into rest. Of the hirge family 
who blessed the parental home, five now survive. 
The eldest, Pamelia K., wife of Js'ewton Jones, 
resides in Grant County, Ind.: .Inlin .1. is a citizen 
of Richland Township; William II. lives in Gage 
County, Neb.; Joseph N. is our subject; Nancy J. is 
the wife of Henry Jones, of fJrant County, Ind. 
Our subject was reared in Henry County amid the 
priiiiitive scenes of the early days and ably aided 
in the clearini:- and cultivating of the old family 
homestead. He received his education in tlie sub- 
scription and public schools of Henry Count}', 
first attending when a very little lad the humble 
log-cabin schoolhouse witli its slali seats and 
desks of rough boards, supported from beneath by 
wooden pegs driven into the walls. He was well 
advanced in his teens before he enjoyed the bene- 
fit of instruction in the public schools, l)ut he glad- 
ly availed himself of tlieii- extended opportuni- 
ties. A man of broad intelligence and a reader, 
he has materially added to his stock of knowledge 
obtained when young and is mainly self educated. 

l'|)ou March 2, 1876, were united in marriage 
Josei)li N. Funk and Miss Virginia C. Kesler, a na- 
tive of Virginia, who was bom in Shenandoah 
County, November 27, 1856. The estimable wife 
of our subject, a lady of worth and intelligence, 
was the daughter of John and Rose A. Kesler, the 
father being a native of Pennsylvania, and the 
mother of Virginia. 

AVhen Mrs. Funk was only a little girl she was 
deprived by death of both parents, and at about 
fifteen j'ears of age accompanied her aunt, Mrs. 
Helsley, to Henry County, Ind., later removing 
to Madison County, where she married. Into their 
pleasant home our subject and his good wife wel- 
comed five children: Robert, Lee, Josie, Callie and 
Everet. Mr. Funk settled on his present farm in 
1879 and has resided here continuously^ ever since. 
He owns one hundred and sixt}- acres of land, 
some of the best in the state. Energetic, enter- 
prising and possessed of excellent business ability, 
he has been financially prospered and occupies a 
position of useful influence. He is fraternally as- 
sociated with the Ancient, Free & Accepted Ma- 
sons and has a host of friends amona' the order. 



Politically a strong Democrat and an ardent ad- 
vocate of the principles of the party, he gives 
earnest consideration to the questions of the 
hour an<l, a liberal-spirited citizen, is an ever- 
ready aid in matters of mutual welfare. I'rom 
his earliest youth intimately .issociatrd with the 
upward growth and prosperity of the stale. .Mr. 
Funk has been identified with the promotion of 
various local interests, and as a friend and ncigh- 
lior coinninuds high esteem and is MUinbciiMl among 



J()HN W. DURFIJNGER, a self-made man 
who has been prominently identified with 
' the interests of Nohlesville, has for a num- 
_ ber of years carried on operations at that 
place as a contr.'iftor and builder. He is also con- 
nected with various other business interests, and 
the communitj- has found in him a progressive and 
valued citizen. He was born June 28, 1851, and 
is a son of Daniel and Martha (Frybarger) Durf- 
linger. The father was a native of Ohio, and 
came from New Lf)ndon, Madison County, to In- 
diana. In early life he was a faitner and after- 
wards became a grain merchant. His death oc- 
curred in Noblesville in 1854. His wife was born 
near Goshen, Ohio, and died at the age of fifty- 
four. 

The subject of this sketch was one of a family 
of five children, three of whom are yet living. 
He was only two years of age when his parents 
came to Noblesville, and here he was reared and 
educated, no event of S|)ecial importance occurring 
during his youth. On Christmas Day of 1876, he 
was united in marriage with Miss Tillie Howe, a 
native of Noblesville. Two children were born of 
their union, but one daughter died at the age of 
seven years. Stella is still with her parents. 

After his marriage, Mr. Durflinger worked at 
his trade of carpentering, which he had previously 
learned, having served an apprenticeship of one 
year. On all sides is seen the work of his hands. 
He built nearly every house on the north side of 
1 the city. Faithful to his contracts, he always re- 



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ceived a liberal i)atronage and therefore secured a 
good income. His present home, just outside the 
city of Noblesville, was erected in 1891. In con- 
nection with his other interests, he owns stock in 
the g;is company, the First National Bank and the 
water works. 

In politics, Mr. Durflinger is an inflexible ad- 
herent of the Democracy, and an active worker in 
its interest. He has served as Chairman of the 
Democratic Committee, and has been delegate to 
various conventions. His first Presidential vote 
was cast for Horace (Jreeley. Himself and wife 
are faithful attendants on the services of the 
Christian Church, with which they hold member- 
ship. Mr. Durtlinger started out in life for him- 
self without a dollar, but by persistent effort and 
good management he has overcome the obstacles 
in his path and worked his way upward to a posi- 
tion of affluence. His success is merited and his 
example is well worthy of emulation. 

' ij OSEPH BOOTH, a retired agriculturist and 
I successful stock-raiser, for many years con- 
-^J; ducting one of the finest farms of Hamilton 
^^f^ County, now resides in Noblesville, and 
after a long career of busy usefulness, mainly 
devoted to the tilling of the soil, enjoys a rest 
from business cares. He, however, retains his 
ownership of the four hundred and forty acres of 
the old homestead, whose cultivation he personally 
superintended so many years and which is now one 
of the best pieces of agricultural property in this 
part of the state. Mr. Booth is also interested in 
the real estate of Noblesville, and has acquired a 
handsome competence. 

Our subject is a native of the sunny south and 
was born in Stokes County, N. C, October 24, 
1818. His father, George Booth, a Virginian by 
birth, in early manhood made his home in North 
Carolina and later emigrated to Indiana, where he 
died at an advanced age. He was a man of courage 
and resolution, and fought with bravery in the 
War of 1812. The mother of our subject, Mary 
(Mackinaly) Booth, was alM) a native of North 



Carolina and a descendant of pioneer settlers of 
the old Tar State. .Joseph Booth was only a boy 
when, with his parents, he came to Hamilton 
County, where his father cleared and cultivated a 
homestead. Here our subject attended the district 
school and aided his parents in the work of the 
farm, gaining the practical knowledge, whicli be- 
came his best capital in life. 

Self-reliantly attaining to manhood, Mr. Booth 
entered into agricultural pursuits upon his own 
account, and a successful farmer, contin ued actively 
sowing, planting and stock-raising until within a 
comparatively brief period. The old homestead, 
well improved with commodious and substantial 
buildings, houses some of the finest high grade 
stock bred in Hamilton County. The broad acres, 
year after year golden with a bounteous harvest, 
attest the thrift and energetic industiy, the wise 
care and management which transformed the 
original wilderness into productive fields, and 
made the model Booth farm one of the best 
known landmarks of Hamilton Count3'. Our 
subject as a farmer and citizen early in life identi- 
fied himself wiiJi the upward growth and pro- 
gressive interests of his neighborhood and town- 
ship, and is accounted a man of broad intelligence 
and enterprise, thoroughly posted in the questions 
of the hour. 

In the year 1860, in Pike County, Ind., were 
united in marriage Joseph Booth and Miss Hannah 
Huff, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Aaron 
Huff, a prominent pioneer settler of Pike County 
and a man highly respected by all wiio knew him. 
The union of our subject and his estimable wife 
was blessed by the birth of four children, two 
sons and two daughters. Aaron is a leading phy- 
sician of Noblesville; William is a successful at- 
torney-at-law; Lydia is the wife of Ellwood Wilson, 
a prosperous merchant; Drucilla is at home. Mr. 
and Mrs. Booth are devout members of the United 
Brethren Church and, sincere Christians, trained 
their family up to an observance of religious duties. 

In their pleasant residence in Noblesville, not 
very far distant from the old home farm and near 
their sons and daughters, our subject and his 
worthy wife are tranquilly passing the evening of 
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governmental affairs, and long ago a Whig, has been 
from the formation of the party a steadfast 
l\0|Hihlic:ui. 



OSCAR ARDERY, M. D., an able physician 
ami surjjfeon now successfully engaged in 
tlic pinciicc of the medical profession in 
AiukMSdii. Iii'l.. i- a native of the state and was 
boni in 1 )fi;il ui- County, January 5, 1859. Dr. 
Ardoi V >ot.tU'il in his present locality September 
111. l.ss'.i. ;uid in tlie comparatively brief time 
wliioh h:l^s since elapsed has gained an extended 
liclH of practice and enjoys the confidence of 
the general public, as well .as possessing the high 
esteem of a wide acquaintance. The fatiier of our 
subject, born February 3, 18.34, was also a native 
of Indiana and spent his entire life witliin the 
borders of the state, passing away at the early age 
of forty-two years, Januar3' 16, 1876. A farmer 
and stock-raiser by occupation, he had lived a 
life of usefulness, and being a man of upright 
ch.Tracter, his death was deeply mourned. 

The paternal grandfather, James Ardery, was 
numbered amOng the very early settlers of Indi- 
ana and was a man of unusual enterprise and 
spirit. Born February 14, 1793, he was a coura- 
geous soldier of the War of 1812 and fought un- 
der (icn. William Henry Harrison at Ft. Meigs, 
Lake Erie. The great-grandfather, John Ardery, 
a weaver by trade, emigrated from C'ounty Ty- 
rone, Ireland, to tiie United States and settled in 
Kentucky in tlie jnoneer d.ays. The paternal 
great-giandinollu'r was a Scotch lady of excellent 
education and superior abilitj', and trained her 
children to habits of thrifty industry. Great- 
grandfather Ardery for seven years served with 
distinction .as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 
During this length of time, uncomplainingly bear- 
ing privations and suffering with heroic endur- 
ance, he lived to witness the firm estal)lishment of 
a national existence, for which he had iieriled his 
life. 

The imithcr of our suliject, Elizabeth Catherine 
(Kemper) Arderv. was lM>rn in Rush Coiintv. Iiid.. 



it Dr. Ai- 
.1 entered 
<\v<\ wife, 
nuaiv 1.3, 
til onlv a 



January 24, 1838, and was one cif the eleven chil- 
dren of Arthur Smith and Patience (Bryant) 
Kemper, natives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mr?. 
Kemper were united in marriage January 21. I«l',». 
and journeying by wagon, came to Rush County, 
Ind., October 10, 1834. Sharing the [)ioiieer ex- 
periences of their new home, they eared tenderly 
for their large family of sens luid (laughters and 
reared them to self-reliant indu-liy. 'flic [latei- 
nal grandfather and grandmnlliei- of the mother 
were John and Judith Kemper, of ( Jarraiil County. 
Ky. This maternal great-grandfa 
dery was born November 27, 17."i 
into rest January 22, 1833. His 
born August 3, 1760, passed a\v;i 
1834, the two being separated by 
twelvemonth. 

Dr. Ardery remained iii his hiithplace until 
seventeen 3'ears of age, and attended the common 
schools of Decatur County during his boyhood. 
He later enjoyed more extended oijportuuities for 
study, and finally deciding to adopt a profession, 
first lead law. He, iiowever, soon abandoned his 
legal studies and entered the department of med- 
icine in the State University of Michigan, from 
which he was graduated on tlie completion of his 
course in 1883. From September, 1885, to 1889, 
our subject was actively engaged in the practice 
of his profession in New Cumberland, Ind., and 
from that part of the state removed during the 
latter year to Anderson, where he is now perma- 
nently located and numbered among the skillful 
surgeons and representative young piiysicians of 
the city. Dr. Ardery is, as were his ancestors l)e- 
fore lum, both progressive and liberal, and by 
study and reading keeps himself fully posted in 
scientific advancement and research. 

(^ur subject is a valued member of the Indiana 
State Medical and the Madison County Medical 
Societies, and is fraternally associated witli the 
Knights of the M.accabees. He is politically a Re- 
publican .and devoted to the interests of the party, 
but. engrossed by the demands of professional life, 
li.as no desire for public office. His career and 
profession offer liim many opportunities to benefit 
others, and his benevolence and kindliness are 
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to an enviable position as a piiysician and sur- 
geon, lias apparently a yet brighter future before 
him, and into the we.iring round of a doctor's life 
carries with him the hearty good wishes of a host 
of friends. 



J I OIIN W. WILKINSON. It IS doubtless ow- 
I ing to tlie industrious and persevering 
manner with which Mr. Wilkinson has ad- 
' hered to the pursuits of agriculture that 
he has risen to such a substantial position in the 
farming affairs of Hamilton County. His life has 
been spent within the confines of Delaware ToM'n- 
ship, and, as a natural result, he is much interested 
in the progress and development of the section, 
and has done his full share in making it the mag- 
nificent farming region that it now is. 

Born December 15, 1839, in Delaware Town- 
ship, Hamilton County, our subject is the son of 
David and Rachel (KUer) Wilkinson. His pater- 
ternal grandfather, William Wilkinson, was born 
in Ireland, and, emigrating to the United States, 
located in North Carolina, where he followed the 
trades of a tanner and blacksmith, and also devoted 
considerable attention to carpentry and farming 
pursuits. One of the wealthiest and most promi- 
ment men of his community, he became the owner 
of a large tract of land and many slaves, but, as 
the results of slavery became more apparent year 
by 3'ear, he advocated abolition, and determined 
to remove from North Carolina. 

Coming to Hamilton County, Ind.. about 1822, 
Grandfather Wilkinson entered about sixteen hun- 
dred acres, after which he returned to North Car- 
olina in order to bring his family to the new home, 
but, being taken ill, he died befoie they started 
northward. His widow, who.se maiden name was 
Mary Moffltl, afterward came to this state with 
her children, and settled upon what is now known 
as the W. W. Rooker farm. She built the first 
brick house in the township, and became widely 
known as one of the pioneer women of the coun- 
ty. Her children were as follows: Margaret: Han- 



nah, Mrs. Silas Molfitt, deceased; Ruth, wife of 
John Kinzer; Elizabeth, who died at the age of 
seventeen; William and David. 

David Wilkinson was born in North Carolina 
in 1807, and in his youth accompanied his mother 
to Indiana, remaining with her until his marriage. 
That important event was solemnized in Delaware 
Township and united him with Rachel, daughter 
of Joseph Eller. They became the parents of six 
children, two of whom died in infancy, the others 
being: Maigaret, the wife of Forris Sanders; John 
W., David E. and Charles I. When the estate 
was divided he received his share of the propert}'. 
and devoted considerable attention to cultivat- 
ing the farm, in connection with which he also 
followed the occupation of a general machinist 
and cabinet-maker. In his political principles he 
was a Democrat, linn in his allegiance to his chosen 
party. His wife died in May, 1886. and he passed 
away February 22, 1888. 

Upon starting out as an independent farmer, 
our subject received one hundred and six .acres 
from his father, and here he has since resided. 
Coming into possession of more land from his fa- 
ther at a later date, he held the title to three hun- 
dred and forty-one acres, of which he has given 
his daughter seventy-five acres. In this county 
he married Miss Nancy Hartman, the ceremony 
being performed March 9, 1864. Mrs. Wilkinson 
is the daughter of Zebulon and Eliza (Britton) 
Hartman. who were early settlers of Hamilton 
County. Unto this union there have been born 
four children, one of whom died in infancy. The 
otheis are: Edisto, who was a student in the 
State Normal School at Terre Haute and married 
Maggie Cole; Eliza A., wife of William W. War- 
ren; and Elmer, who is attending sciiool at Rush- 
ville, Ind. 

Having been identified with the [H'Ogress of 
Hamilton County for many years, Mr. Wilkinson 
is one of its most influential citizens, and, as a 
farmer, is recognized as one of the most success- 
ful in the township. While not an active worker 
in politics, he is firm in his allegiance to Repub- 
lican principles. He and his wife hold member- 
ship in the Methodist Episcopal Church, to the 
support of which they are liberal contributors. 



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Irr^i tlie farmers of Madison County, Ind., lead 
jt, feueli modest and quiet lives as to be sel- 
dom heard of outside of their own townsiiip. 
They are doing fine work in their own commu- 
nity but do not care to mingle in the more public 
matters of political life, and devote all their time 
and energies to the cultivation of their farms and 
the development of the resources of their vicinity'. 
Such men deserve more mention than they ordi- 
narily' receive, and we are glad to here present 
one of them in the person of Francis M. Hoppes, 
who resides on section 29, Anderson Towushii). 
lie is prominent in social, agricultural and church 
iireles, and has long been identified with all move- 
ments of importance in this part of the county. 
Here he was born December 18, 1850, to the mnr- 
ringe of Alfred and Mahala ,). Hoppes. 

Alfred Ilopijes came with his parents to INIadi- 
soii County, Inil., when a youth, was one of the 
earl\ >ettlers. and did a great deal of pioneer 
work, lie settled in the wilds of Anderson Town- 
ship in a log cabin and there passed the remain- 
der of his days. His marriage resulted in the 
birth of the following children: .John H., Jacob, 
Isaac, Francis M.; Annie, wife of William Davis; 
,l:uie, wife of Phineas Kindle; Nancy, wife of 
Christian Lout; Rhoda, wife of George Stanley; 
and Sarah, wife of James Stinson. The father w'as 
a hard-working man, and in his death, which oc- 
curred July 20, 1892, the county not only lost one 
of its esteemed and worthy pioneers, but one of 
its honored and esteemed citizens. He was a mem- 
ber of the Church of God and took a deep interest 
ill religious matters, as he did with all other laud- 
alile enterprises. He was a .lefFersonian Democrat 
in politics. 

Francis M. Hoppes. the original of this notice, 
was reared amid rude surroundings and was early 
trained to the duties of farm life. He remembers 
pioneer days, has attended many log rollings and 
cabin raisings, and has contributed his share to- 
wards the improvement and progress of the 
county. He assisted his father in clearing the 
farm, and his first scholastic training was received 
in a log-cabin schoolhouse wiili the old-fashioned 
furniture. Later a frame scliool house was erected. 



but the educational facilities were not of the best, 
and our subject is mainly self educated. In the 
month of April, 1873, he was married to Miss 
Mary L. Brown, daughter of William Lrown, for- 
merly of this county. Ten children were born 
to our subject's union and are named ;is fol- 
lows: Emma F. (deceased) Cary A., Minnie .1., 
Ollie G., Charles C, Thomas (';., Myrtle M.. .\cy 
R., Lizzie J. and Edward L. 

Mr. Hoppes is the owner of one liundred and 
four acres of valuable land and has it under a 
good state of cultivation. In carrying on his line 
farm he does not lose sight of the stock-raising 
industry, as the fine animals on his |)lace abun- 
dantly testify. He settled on his present property 
in 1881 and is one of the prosperous and progress- 
ive men of his section. He has held a number of 
local oHices; he was Road Supervisor two 3'ears, and 
has been faithful to eveiy trust reposed in him. 
He is clerk in the Church of God, to which hecon- 
tributes liberally of his means. In politics he is a 
Democrat. 

,^s^ OLOMON C. CALL, a thoroughly practi- 
^!^^ cal general agriculturist and successful 
\J-ll) s^ock-raiser of Boone Township, Madison 
County, Ind., who is a native of his present 
locality, and was born January 19, 1841, has 
from his earliest youth been identilied with the 
rapid growth and progressive interests of his 
birthplace. The Call family is of sturdy German 
ancestry, an enterprising forefather emigrating to 
America in an early day, and in the United States 
founding the branch of the Calls from which our 
subject is descended. The paternal grandparents, 
making their home in North Carolina, there reared 
to u.seful industry a family of sous and daugh- 
ters. The father. .lolin Call, born in North Caro- 
lina, ambitiously journeyed to the farther west 
when n young man, and became one of the pioneer 
settlers of Madison County, Ind. Clearing, culti- 
vating and improving his homestead, he shared in 
the sacrifices and privations of the early days, and 
after a life of busv usefulness, passed awav in 



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1874, mourned by all who knew him. A kind 
neighbor, sincere friend, and an excellent husband 
and father, he commanded the esteem of the entire 
comnninity by which he was surrounded, and with 
wliicli lie had rejoiced in the wonderful develop- 
ment and transformation of the prairieland into 
fertile farms and flourishing villages. 

The mother, Mary (Chaplin) Call, was tlie 
daughter of a sailor, the family residing on Albe- 
marle Sound. Our subject attended the district 
school of his neighboriiood,and received his entire 
education in Boone Township. From his early 
boyiiood, he assisted in the work of the farm, and 
attained to manhood energetic and self-reliant. 
.Shortly after reaching his majority, Solomon C. 
Call, answering to the appeals of the Government, 
in the month of August, 1862, enlisted in 'Com- 
pany G, Seventy-fifth Indiana Infantry, being 
mustered into the service of the Union at Indian- 
apolis a few days later, August 6, 1862. Our sub- 
ject enlisted for a term of three years, and, for- 
warded to the front, participated in numerous 
skirmishes, likewise engaging in many of the de- 
cisive battles of the long campaign. Constantly 
exposed to the vicissitudes of war, and daily in 
peril of capture and death, Mr. Call bore liimself 
with courage on the field, and passed faithfully 
through a long period of active service without 
being absent from dut^', until he was wounded at 
Chickamauga. The war ending, our subject was 
mustered out in June, 186.5, and after an absence 
from home of two years and ten months, with a 
happy heart sought the old farm where the father 
and mother anxiously awaited his coining. 

After his return to Madison County, our sub- 
ject for three years worked at his trade of a car- 
penter, but at the exjjiration of this length of time 
removing to a farm in Boone Townshij), he has 
ever since devoted his time to the pursuit of agri- 
culture, and is numbered among the prosperous 
and substantial tillers of the soil in Madison 
County. In 1868 Solomon C. Call and Miss Caro- 
line Ball were united in marriage. The estimable 
wife of our subject was the daughter of William 
Ball, an early settler and well known resident of 
Madison County. The union of Mr. and IMrs. 
Call has been blessed by the birth of five chil- 



dren, one of whom died at the age of three years. 
The surviving are: William, Everett, Elsie and 
Mary, all at home with their i)arents, bright and 
intelligent young people, favorites with a wide 
acquaintance. Fraternally our subject is a valued 
member of the Grand Army of the Republic, 
and affiliates with Howard Post at Summitville, 
Ind. Politically, Mr. Call is a strong Republican, 
but has never aspired to hold political office, be- 
ing satisfied to do his duty as a private citiz^i. 
Intelligently posted in matters of mutual welfare, 
he is ever ready to assist in local enterprises, and 
as a business man and neighbor commands the 
high regard of a host of life-time friends. 



/^, APT. JAMES W. BOONE owns and occu- 
(li ^^ pies a handsome country-seat near Nobles- 
^^^ ville. He was one of the honored veterans 
of the late war, and well deserves representation in 
this history. Indiana numbers him among her na- 
tive sons. He was born December 8, 1828, in Wayne 
County, and tradition says that his ancestors 
were also those of Daniel Boone. His father, Ovid 
Boone, was a native of Kentucky, wiio followed 
farming and died at the age of thirty-three, when 
the Captain was a lad of five summers. His wife, 
who bore the maiden name of Ruth Baltimore, 
was born in Kentucky, and died in Madison Coun- 
ty, Ind., at the age of sixt3'-three. Her people 
were pioneers of Wayne County. 

James W. Boone lived at home until thirteen 
years of age, and then worked on neighboring 
farms through the summer, while in the winter he 
attended the district schools. He was married De- 
cember 11,1851, to Paulina Keefer, who w.as born 
in Wayne Township, Hamilton County, April 21, 
1833. She died at the age of fifty years. Twelve 
children were born of that marriage, of whom the 
following are still living: Virgil J., who is married 
and h.as four children; ,Ruth A., who is married 
and hjis two children; Philip F., who is married 
and has two children; Jennie, who is married and 
has one child; Lena V., who is also married; 
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1892, Capt. Boone was united in marriage with 
Mis. Jennie Watt, wlio was born in this county, ! 
;ui<l is a daughter of John J. and Lavina(Den- , 
wi.ldie) Bryant. Her father was a native of But- 
ki' County, Ohio, and came to Indiana about 1847. j 
His parents were William and Nancy A. (Metcalt) 
l!r\ant. The former was born in Bedford, Va., 
;iii(l was a blacksmith. lie died in Butler County, 
Ohio, about 18.3;i. and his wife died in Bartliolo- 
niow County, hid., at the aiie ol" ciiihty-threc. 
.lohn J. i'.iyaiU was <,»(_■ (,f seven cliildren: he was 
rtvued on a farm, and at the a<jo of nineteen, be- 
ijan learning the millwright's trade. lie also 
learned blacksniithing, which he followed thirty 
years. About twenty years ago he was crippled, 
and has since worked at shoe-making. He was mar- 
ried April 12, 1846, to the mother of Mrs. Boone, 
who died in Marshall County, Ind., at the age of 
sixty-two years. After her death, Mr. Bryant was 
again m;irried. The Watt family numbered seven 
children, of whom six arc yet living: Bertha E., 
Carrie A., Robert N., Charles E., I.avina J., Sarah 
A. and one who died in infancy. 

After his first marriage.Capt. Boone located upon 
his farm, then a tract of wild lainl. and built a log 
house. He abandoned farming on entering the 
service. On the IGlli of August, 1861, he joined 
Company E, Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry, under 
Col. Thomas J. Harrison, aiid served until March, 
1863. After tiie war, he returned to his old home 
and lived upon a farm for some time, after which 
he retired and purchased his present beautiful 
home. In 1.SS7, he retired from active life and 
removed to Xoblesville, but since his second mar- 
riage he has occupied the fine countr}- home. 

In early life Capt. Boone was an old line Whig, 
and voted first for Gen. Seott. In 1856, he sup- 
ported Eremont, aiid was a Republican until 
Grant's second term, when he joined the Green- 
back party. Eour years ago he became a Demo- 
crat. He has filled a number of local offices, and 
was twice candidate for County Treasurer. lie is 
a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, 
and affiliates with Lodge No. 318, A. E. & A. M. 
He and his wife hold membership with the Pres- 
byterian Church, and are prominent and infiuential 
citizens of the community. Although he began 



life empty-handed, he has worked his way up- 
ward, overcoming the difficulties and obstacles in 
his path, and has acquired a handsome competence, 
which now enables him to live retired, and sur- 
rounds him with all the comforts of life. 



in CI 



,^^ LIVER C. ELLIOTT, who is farmint 
I I Township, IS u native of Wayne County, 
•^^ Ind., born in 1814. His parents were Ab- 
salom and Polly (Maxwell) Elliott, and his pater- 
nal grandparents were Jacob and Mary (Peel) Ell- 
iott. Jacob was a son of Exuni and Catherine 
(Lamb) Elliott. The former was born in North 
Carolina, of Irish parentage, and w.-is a farmer. In 
18 IC he emigrated to Wayne County, Ind., and 
entered one hundred and sixty acres of (Govern- 
ment land near Richmond. Jacob I^lliott was the 
eldest son in a largt; family. He was born in 
North Carolina in 1793, and there married the 
daughter of Mark Peel. They had ten children: 
Jonathan, Absalom, Gulannah. Solomon. Cather- 
ine, Exum, Rachel, Mark, Mary and Ruth. On 
going to Wayne County, the father entered sixty 
acres of Government land in one tract, and after 
selling that entered a (juarter-section elsewhere. 
Both he and his wife spent their remaining days 
in Wayne County. 

Absalom Elliott was born in 1813 in North 
Carolina, and in Wayne County he was reared and 
educated. Eor a few years after attaining his ma- 
jority he rented land, and then came to Hamilton 
County, where he entered one hundred and sixty 
acres in Washington Township, after which he re- 
turned to Wayne County. Later, he sold that 
property and bought a farm in Hancock County, 
Ind., where he lived for some years. He th(!n re- 
turned to Wayne County, where he remained un- 
til going to Illinois. Three years were spent in 
Vermilion County, that state, and in 18.58 he came 
to Hamilton County, purchasing the eighty-acre 
farm on which our subject now resides. Through- 
out his business career he followed fanning, but 
for the past eleven years he lived retired, until 
his death, October 24, 181)3. I n 183(; he wedded 



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P0II3', daughter of John and Hannah Maxwell, and 
a native of Wayne County. Her fatlier was born 
in Scotland, and the mother in Tennessee. Mr. 
and Mrs. Elliott have four children: Emily, wife 
of Michael Newby; Maria, wife of Thomas P. 
Johnson; Oliver C; and Mary J., wife of Thomas 
Painter. 

Under the parental roof our subject was reared 
to manhood, and the district schools afforded him 
his educational privileges. On attaining his ma- 
jority he led to the marriage altar Martha J. Hus- 
sey, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Hussey. Their 
home is blessed with four children: Sarah M., 
Frederick, Thomas and Harriet, and the .family 
circle yet remains unbroken. 

After his marriage, Mr. Elliott purchased forty 
acres of land and rented the remainder of his 
father's farm. He now has all of the old home- 
stead, and his possessions aggregate one liundred 
and ninety-five acres. The well tilled fields indi- 
cate his thrift, and the improvements upon the 
place stand as monuments to his enterprise and 
diligence. He has led a busy and useful life, yet 
has found time to serve his township for two 
terms as Trustee. He was elected in 1880 by the 
Republican party, of which he is a stanch advo- 
cate. He belongs to the Friends' Cliurch of Pop- 
lar Ridge, and is now serving as Elder. 



JOHN VV. LOVETT. One of the citizens of 
Anderson who have distinguished them- 
' selves in political, professional and business 
^_^ affairs is John W. Lovett, who is a native 
of Decatur County, Ind., having been born near 
Greensburg on the 22d of September, 1847. He 
is tlie son of David Lovett, a pioneer citizen of 
Decatur County. He was eminently a successful 
business man. He was President of the Citizens' 
National Bank of Greensburg, and died while at 
liis desk in the bank on the 5tli of August, 1892, 
being at that lime eiglity-three years of age. 

John W. Lovett was educated in the common- 
schools until fifteen ^ears of age, when he entered 



the army as a volunteer in the One Hundred and 
Thirty-fourth Indiana Regiment. Upon his re- 
turn home, at the close of the war, he entered As- 
bury (now Du Pauw) University at Greencastle, 
from which he graduated in the classical course 
in 1869. He tlien went upon the staff of tlie Cin- 
cinnati Gazette as a special correspondent in charge 
of their Indiana department, with headquarters at 
Indianapolis. After serving the Gazette for two 
years satisfactorily to the management and witii 
credit to himself, Mr. Lovett went to Washington, 
D. C, and studied law, graduating from the law 
department of Georgetown University. He then 
returned t j Indiana, and on the 24th of December, 
1872, he was married to Miss Ella, only daughter 
of Gov. Will Cumback, of Greensburg. Two chil- 
dren resulted from the union, Nellie G. and Lou- 
ise, the former a graduate of the Female College 
at Bergen Point, N. J. 

On the 1st of January, 1873, Mr. Lovett located 
at Anderson and began the practice of law, enter- 
ing into partnership with Col. Milton S. Robinson, 
late Judge of the State Appellate Court. They 
were associated together until Judge Robinson 
went on the Bench in 1891, when Mr. Lovett 
formed a partnership with Sanford M. Keltner, 
which lasted until May, 1893, when Mr. Lovett re- 
tired to give his entire time and attention to his 
private business affairs, which had assumed hirge 
proportions. 

When natural gas was first discovered in this 
district, Mr. Lovett became much interested in its 
development in Anderson, and handled some 
*300,000 worth of g.as property. He has been large- 
ly instrumental in building up Anderson, among 
the best buildings he has erected being the Robin- 
son & Lovett Block, the block on the corner of 
Eighth and Main Streets, the Iron Block on Eighth 
east of Main Street, the Anderson Hotel, and many 
cottages He also built the Gas City Opera House, 
at Gas City. He has been a liberal contributor to 
tlie funds used in locating important industries 
and fostering them wlien located. Mr. Lovett 
platted llie South Park Addition and Lovett's first 
addition, and was President of the Irondale Real- 
estate Company, which laid out four hundred lots. 
He is tlie Manager of the East Anderson Land 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAIMIICAL RECORD. 



Company, stock of which is lield by leading and 
representative men of tlie state and nation. 

and .sine- attaining his niMJoiily, has \n-cu an arl- 
ivP advocate of the principles of that party. 
Iiider the auspices of the State C'entral Committee, 
he has frequently canvassed the state. In 1890 
he was a candidate on the state ticket for the 
(illice of Attorney' ( ieneral, l)ut the Democrats car- 
rying the stale he was defeated along with his 
fellow-candidates. 



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now deceased 



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I^^YLVANl'S CAREY, who resides in Car- 
^^ rael, was horn in Clinton County, Ohio, in 
l[l^|i 1833. His great-grandparents were Sam- 
uel and Mai-y Carey, who were of English 
descent. He was a farmer by occupation, a Whig 
in i)olitics, and a member of the Friends' Church, 
lioth he and his wife died about 1829. Their 
children were: .lohn, Elias. Sanuicl, .lonnthan, 
Rai-hcl, Cynthia and Sarah, .lonathan Carey, 
grandfather of onr subject, was born on a farm in 
Pennsylvania, and on reaching manhood went to 
Virginia, where he married Ruth Bond. Later, he 
went witli his family to Ohio. He attended school 
lor only two weeks, yet through his own efforts 
ac(iiiiied a liberal education and obtained a good 
knowledge of the higher mathematics and medicine. 
He taught school and practiced medicine tor many 
years, but was a cabinet-inaker by trade. His wife 
was an intelligent lady, and held the position of 
Secretary in the Friends' Church for years. In 
1-833 they settled in a dense forest, two miles west 
of where Carmel now stands, and their nearest 
trading point was Indianapolis. Mr. Care}' en- 
tered a large Ir.act of land, carried on cabinet-mak- 
ing, and also had the first wagon and repair shop 
in this neighborhood. His wife was a direct de- 
scendant of the noted Oeorge Fox, of England, 
who was the founder of the Friends' Cliiiich. Mr. 
and Mrs. Carey had twelve children: /lines. Sam- 
uel, I'.enjainin; iSIarv, wife of Andrew Harold; 
Charlotte, wife of Eli Phelps; Sylvanus; Hannah, 
wife of Isaac Harold; Cyrus. Lemuel, Isaac, and 



two who died in ehildl d. All 

with the excel)! ion of Isaac. 

Samuel Carey, father of our suhj.'cl. was born 
in N'irgiuia, and in his yoiifli went lo Ohio, and 
there married Sarah, daughter of .lohn and Mary 
Phelps. She was born in Virginia, as were her 
parents, and lier grandfather and uncle were 
Revolutionary soldiers. The grandfather was 
never heard from, but the son returned after fight- 
ing seven years for the independence of his coun- 
try. Samuel Carey settled among the Indians on 
two hundred acres of Government land, and ex- 
perienced the usual hardships of frontier life. He 
owned a third interest in the lirsl sawmill in the 
neighborhood, which he carried on in connection 
with his farm work. He was a very active mem- 
ber of the Friends' Chuich, and in politics was a 
Whig. He died in 1862, and his wife died in 
August, 1892, at the age of eighty-four. They 
had nine children: .lohn F., of Arizona; Ruth, 
wife of William Warren; Sylvanus; Maria, de- 
ceased, wife of Joel Day; Martin F., deceased; 
Martha, wife of E. Dixon: Lemuel: Sarah .1., de- 
ceased, wife of Dr. I). Harold; and Saiimel I'>.. who 
died at the age of ten. 

In the old log schoolhoiise, with its puncheon 
floor, immense fireplace, wood and stick chimney 
and greased paper windows, .S>'lvanus Carey began 
his education, which was completed in a select 
school. In his youth he learned the carpenter's 
trade with his father. At the age of tweutj^-two 
he wedded Mary Kinzer, daughter of John and 
Ruth Kinzer, and they became the parents of four 
children: Rhoda, wife of Joseph A. Roberts; Ettie, 
who died at the age of nine years; Clinton II. 
and Lizzie S. 

After his marriage Mr. Carey began farming on 
forty acres of land, and a year later embarked in 
general merchandising with ^lijah King, with 
whom he continued six years. He then resumed 
farming and stock-raising, and accumulated over 
five hundred acres, but in 1873 lost over $25,000 
by going security. In 1872 he was chosen Count}- 
Commissioner, and for six years held tliat office, 
I during which time the court house and jail were 
built, and an addition made to the county poor- 
house. Since casting his first Presidential vote for 



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John C. Fremont, he has been a stalwart Republi- 
can. Socially, he is a Royal Arch Mason, and be- 
longs to the Odd Fellows' lodge atCarmeland the 
encampment of Nobles ville. The name of Carey 
is inse|)arably connected with the history of Ham- 
ilton County, and our subject, like his father, has 
been prominently identified with the upbuilding 
of the community in which lie resides. 



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Jl^ARVEY HALLKNBECK, who was a lead- 
jfjV ing citizen of enterprise and executive 
/^^ ability, long known as one of tlie promi- 
(^ nent business men of Lafayette Township, 
Madison County, Ind., was a native of the state 
of New York, and was born in Schenectady No- 
vember 17, 1842. His parents, Jeremiah and 
Eliza Hallenbeck, early and influential settlers of 
the Empire State, were the descendants of indus- 
tuious and energetic ancestors, intimately associated 
with tlie early history of our country. Our sub- 
ject remained in his native state until sixteen j'cars 
of age, and then determined to try his fortunes 
in the farther west, and journeying to Michigan, 
for a number of years was there variously engaged, 
making his home in and about Jackson. Ambitious 
to acquire an extended education, he studied and 
improved every available opportunity to make his 
upward way, and although mainly self-educated, 
enjoyed the benefit of a limited attendance at the 
State University at Ann Arbor. He subsequently 
became a scliool teacher, and taught several terms 
during the winter seasons in Michigan, and in 
1863, removing to Madison County, Ind., here 
year after year successfully continued in his voca- 
tion of an instructor, combining with his duties 
as a teacher the pursuit of agriculture. 

After a time. Mr. Hallenbeck engaged in the 
hardware business at Wilkinson, Ind., with P. K. 
May, the firm name being Hallenbeck & Ma_v. For 
two years the partnership prosperously continued, 
and then our subject sold out liis interest to Mr. 
May and returned to Madison County. Mr. Hal- 
lenbeck now made a new departure, devoting his 
efforts to the general mercantile business in Lin- 



wood, and from the first met with gratifying suc- 
cess, his sales rapidlj' increasing and liis trade 
extending over a large territory. He later took a 
partner, John U. Tliomas, the firm name being 
Hallenbeck & Thomas. Owing to his f.iiling 
health, our subject afterward sold out his interest 
in this business to Peter McGill, the present part- 
ner of Mr. Thomas. While in the mercantile line 
Mr. Hallenbeck received the appointment of Post- 
master of Linwood, and was also agent for the 
Big Four Railroad Company. Yet in the fuHl 
strength of an ambitious and capable manhood, 
and with an apparently long career of usefulness 
before him. Harvey Hallenbeck was stricken with 
mortal illness, and upon May 4, 1893, passed away 
mourned as a public loss. A man of earnest pur- 
pose, excellent judgment and business methods, he 
was recognized as a citizen of broad intelligence 
and sterling integrity, and commanded the confi- 
dence of all who knew him. 

Upon December 25, 1865, Harvey Hallenbeck 
and Miss Mary M. Gilmore were united in mar- 
riage. Tlie estimable wife of our subject was a 
native of Madison Count}', Ind., and tlie daughter 
of Morris and Elizabeth (Blazer) Gilmore, pioneer 
settlers of Adams Township. They began their 
residence in Fall Creek in a humble little log 
cabin in the heart of the woods, and later Mr. 
Gilmore built the first brick house in Adams Town- 
ship. The father of Mr. Hallenbeck was a native 
Virginian and the mother was born in Ohio. They 
both passed away in Adams Township and entered 
into rest mourned by all who knew them. A 
happy family had gathered in the little home in 
the woods, some of whom have since "gone be- 
fore." The surviving brothers and sisters are 
George, Roman, Van, John, Mary M. (Mrs. Hallen- 
beck), and Evaline L. The parents were repre- 
sentative pioneers, meeting privations and sacri- 
fices with cheerful courage, and through industrious 
effort making their way steadily upward to a com- 
fortable competence and assured success. They 
were valued members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, active in good work and ready aids in 
benevolent enterprise. Eight children, six of 
whom are yet surviving, blessed the union of Mr. 
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Kvaline L., wife of Frank Garriott; William O.; 
Elizabeth, tiie wife of Dr. J. P. Julian, of Wil- 
liinsoti, liid.: MdiTLs and Cclia E. Mr. Ilallcn- 
l)ccl< was a duvoted husband and father, a kind 
noiglibor and true friend, and in every walii of 
life sought to do his duly. lie was identified 
H-ith the Kniglits of Honor, and enjoyed pleasant 
fraternal relations with tlie local oider. Mrs. Hal- 
lenbeck resides in the lionie in Lafayette 'I'own- 
ship and owns one liundred and twenty-four acres 
of valuable land, highly cultivated and finely 
imjiroved with an attractive residence, coinuiodi- 
ous and substantial barns and sheds. She is a 
devout nie.iiber of tiie Christian Cliurrb, and 
foremost in matters of benevolence. Mr. and 
Mrs. Ilallenbeck were a unit in their advanced 
and liberal ideas. Tlie\' botli advocated educa- 
tional extension, and gave to their sous and 
daugliters good opportunities to worlliily lit them- 
selves for any position of useful inlluenieto which 
they might he called. 



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\I/,_ ORTON .1. D()F,S(_)N. a successful general 
jlljl! agriculturist and stock-raiser located in 
/iW^' Boone Township, Madison County, Ind., 
(^) is a native of the state and county, and, 
born in May, 1845, in Van Buren Township, has 
long been associated with the upward growtii and 
leading interests of his present locality. His fa- 
tiier, John Dobson, was a native of the sunny 
south and was l)orn in Nortli Carolina, wliere tlm 
paternal grandparents liad early made their home. 
The grandfather and grandmother enterprisingly 
emigrated to the farther west when John was onl}- 
a little lad. and settled in the state of Indiana 
while yet the Indians were not infrequent visitors 
to the settlements of the wliite brethren. The fa- 
ther gained a limited education in the [jioneer 
schools of Hush County, and also assisted in the 
clearing, cult! v.ating and improving of the old 
honnstead. lie made farming the pursuit of his 
lite and was highly respected by a wide accpiaint- 
ance, and passed away in the year 1807. The 
Dobson family were of industrious, hard-working 



Irish ancestry. Grandfather .lehu Dobson was 
born in North Carolina, and the forefather who 
founded the branch from which our subject is de- 
scended emigrated from the ICmerald Isle in a 
very earlj- day in tlie history of our country. The 
good mother, Elizabeth (^'inson) Dobson, was the 
daughter of Joshua and Mary (.Smith) Vinson, 
the N'insons being of an old M:uyl;nid family 
bighl\ esteemed for their worth •■uid ability. 

Horton J. Dobson was the third of six .sons and 
daughters who blessed the home of the parents, 
John and Elizabeth Dobson. AVliile a young l)oy 
lie enjoyed the benefits of instruction in the dis- 
trict school of the home neighborhood, and reared 
m .Madison County, energetically engaged in ag- 
ricultural pursuits upon his father's farm until the 
Civil War disturbed the land. Answering to the 
call of the (Jovernuient for more troops, our suli- 
ject. then only a youtli of .sevenleeii. enlisted in 
the service of the Union, and entering Company 
K, One Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, 
under Col. Charles Parrish, was mustered in at Ko- 
koino, Ind., in the month of March. ISfU. Imme- 
diately forwarded to the front and assigned to the 
Twenty-third Corps under General Schofield, the 
regiment actively partici|)ated in the Georgia cam- 
paign. Mr. Dobson, alwa3^s on duty and in the 
thickest of numerous skimishes and decisive bat- 
tles, escaped the perils of capture and death and 
l)assed through the many dangers incidental to 
war without a wound. After long and faitliful 
.service our subject was mustered out at Charlotte, 
X. C, December 2, 18(;,'). and returned at once to 
his Indiana home. In a brief lime he again en- 
tered upon the round of agricultural duties and 
has since continuously and profitably followed the 
avocation of a farmer. 

In the month of December,! 867, were united mar- 
riage Horton J. Dobson and Miss Nancy .\. .Morris, a 
daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Ringer) Mor- 
ris. The Morris family were long time residents 
of Indiana, and the father w.as a native of the 
state. The mother was the descendant of early set- 
tlers of Ohio, the Ringers being numbered among 
the substantial citizens of the Buckeye State. The 
pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Dolison was brigiit- 
ened by the birth of seven intelligent children, six 



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of whom yet survive, and they have self-reliantly 
fitted themselves to occupy with honor any posi- 
sion of trust to which they may be called. The 
eldest born, .Tohn F., married Elizabeth Wilson 
and lives in Fairmount, Ind.; George M. died at 
the age of seven years; Harvey, Mar}', Effle, Bertha 
and Olive A. are all at home. The entire family 
are members of the German Baptist (Dunkard) 
Church. Mr. Dobson is a Deacon of the church 
and all are valued aids in the religious and benev- 
olent enterprises of the denomination. Our sub- 
ject is politically a Republican and an ardent ad- 
vocate of the party. A true American citizen, he 
is ever ready to do his share in local improvements 
and, deeply interested in matters of mutual wel- 
fare, is numbered among the substantial citizens of 
Madison County. 

C^^HOMAS WHITMORE, a loyal citizen and 
m^i\ brave veteran of the late Civil War, a well 
V^^^ known and long tune resident of Hamilton 
County, Ind., holds the responsible position of 
Road Supervisor of Washington Township, and 
gives to the duties of office the careful attention 
and unvaiying fidelity which have distinguished 
him in all the work of his life. Our subject is a na- 
tive of Indiana, and was born in Dearborn Coun- 
ty on the 14th of April, 1821; he is the son of 
pioneer settlers, Henry and Elizabeth (Foster) 
Whitmore. The father was born in Virginia, the 
Whitmores having made their home in the Old 
Dominion in a very early day. The mother was 
a native of Pennsylvania and the descendant of a 
useful and honored ancestry, possessing habits of 
sturdy thrift and industry. 

Grandfather James Foster, also born in the 
Quaker State, removed with his family to Indiana 
when the state was a wilderness. He was a farmer 
by occupation and, a man of physical endurance 
and temperate living, survived to a good old age. 
His daughter, Elizabeth, mother of our subject, 
was reared among pioneer scenes and was well 
fitted to bear the privations and sacrifices inciden- 
tal to life in a new country. The union of the 



parents was blessed b}' the birth of two children, 
William, and Thomas our subject. Mr. Whitmore 
remained with his mother until nineteen years of 
age; he was married very early in life, before at- 
taining his majority. His first wife, Sarah E. flat- 
ten, daughter of .Jacob and Nancy Hatten. lived 
to bear her husband twelve children, two of whom 
died in infancy. 

The sons and daughters who survived to mature 
age were in order of their birth: Henry, Maiy A., 
Cyrus, Sarah A., Nancy, Elizabeth, Catherine, 
lilien, Thomas J. and Samuel A. The five eldest 
are all deceased. The mother of these brothers and 
sisters possessed only a limited education, but a 
devoted wife and parent, a kind friend and neigh- 
bor, was deeply mourned when at forty-nine 
years age she passed away. Thomas Whitmore 
was later united in marriage with Miss Charity 
Jessup, daughter of Enoch and Anna Jessup. 
Four children blessed the second marriage: Han- 
nah v., Ada A., Isaac M. and Elmer O. Mrs. Whit- 
more, a lady of intelligent ability, received only 
limited advantages for an education but has well 
improved her opportunities for instruction. In 
earlier years she was a member of the Friends' 
Church. 

Our subject began life for himself working by 
the day and month. He received on an average 
thirty-seven and a-half cents per day for farm 
labor. He was forty 3'ears of age when, answering 
to the call of the Government, he enlisted in Com- 
pany H, Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry, and in 
the fall of 1861, entered the service of his coun- 
try. The first battle in which he actively partici- 
pated was Shiloii, then followed the engagement 
at Perrysville, the fights at Stone River and Mis- 
sion Ridge, and the continuous battle from Ring- 
gold to Atlanta. Upon the 22d of -June, 1864, 
Mr. Whitmore was severely wounded at the 
engagement of Kenesaw, and from that time was 
never able to do active duty. He was shot in the 
hip and crippled for life, now receiving $12 iien- 
sion, one-third of the sum to which he is justly en- 
titled. 

Our subject was honorably discharged from the 
service in May, 1865, and after he returned home 
from the arm}- was long unable to do any kind of 




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work and has lU'vci' ncdvcrcd his 
strength. lie has, liowcvcr, liy pruclcnl 
meiit hcconu' the invni'i- ot' lurly acres 

County. As Road Supervisor of Washington 
Township lie lias served tlie ])ublic efficiently, and 
a prominent man of his home locality, is recf)Siiizod 

neighbor and a thoroughly h.ynl citizen. .Mr. 
Wliitmore is fratern;illy a.ssociated with the An- 
cient Free & Accepted Masons, and is connected 
with the Grand Army of the Republic, being an 
honored member of P'airfax Post, and he much 
enjoys the reunions ,,r the oidei-. lie is politically 
a Kepubliean, and a faithful adherent of the party 
of progress and reform, taking an active interest 
in the local and national issues of the Government, 
in whose jusl cause he saeriliced so much. 



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struction in the nearest sub- 



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Robbins has devoted 1 



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^^f' pursuit of agriculture and is numbered 
among the pros{)erous farmers of Washington 
Township. Horn wilhin the borders of Randol])!! 
County, N. ('., upon the 21st of April, 1824, our 
subject is the son of George and Marium (Rich) 
Robbins, both natives of the old Tar State. The 
paternal grandfather, Jolin Robbins, was likewise 
born in North Carolina, and was a life-long farmer 
and a man of sterling integrity. He married Eliza- 
beth Towery, also a native of North Carolina, and 
a woman of fair education for those early days. 
He owned an extensive homestead and was a 
Whig in political affiliations. 

Unto the union of the paternal grandparents 
were born ten sons and daughters, who are named 
respectively: Bryant, Absalom, (Jeorge, Jessie, 
Isaac, John, Mike, Keziah, Mary and Sallie. The 
members of the Robbins family were widely known 
and commanded general esteem in North Carolina, 
where George Robbins, like his father and grand- 
father, industriously engaged in the peaceful avo- 
cation of a farmer. His education was limited and 
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■A lifc-timc resident (,f North Car- 
olina. She received onlv a few months' schooling, 
but possessed superior qualities of head and heart, 
and was a woman of intelligence and ability. 

at the age of sixty-live, mourned by all who knew 
her. The father also died at the age of about 
sixty-five. In politics he was a AVhig. A large 
family of fourteen childieii galhcreil in the home 
of till' parents. One ,lied in infancy, and those 
who attained years of maturity were: .loci. .John, 
George, Nathan, Clarkson. .Inlius, .Ic.srph. Ke/.iali, 
Mary, Nancy, \'ilot, l.ucindaand (':iniline. 

Joel Robbins remained with bis p:n-ents luitil he 
was twenty-six years of age. In childhood he ;it- 
tonded the schools of the home neighborhood and 
was early t^flined in the daily round of agricult- 
ural duties. After he attained to his majority he 
worked in the summers ;it anything he could lind 
to do, and also assisted his father in the care (jf 
the home farm. In l^iol he came to Hamilton 
County, Ind., and hired out by the day and 
month until he accumulated a little capital, which 
he invested in a fort,y-;icre ti:ii't, part of the lin(dy 
cultivated farm of one hundrc<l .acres now his 
home. He also owns fifty-seven acres in the sub- 
urb of Ilortonville, vvhich are desirably situated 
and are yearly increasing in v.alue. Mr. Robbins 
lives a retired life and is now enjoying the fruits 
of many years of hard work. 

When twenty-eig'.it ye:irs old, Joel Robbins was 
united in marriage with Miss Serena, daughter of 
Nicholas and Fanny (Low) Barker, natives of 
North Carolina. I'nto this union were born two 
children, one of whom died in infancy. Mary E. 
married Stephen Haworth, and is the mother of 
five children. Wedding a second time, Mr. Rob- 
bins married Mrs. i\Iary A. Long, a widow, and the 
daughter of Henry and Rebecca Marshall, natives 
of North C:uolin:i. This estimable lady died after 
having become the mother of one child, who died 
ill infancy. The third wife of our subject, Mrs. 
Ahava Carson, also a widow, was the daughter of 



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James and Julia A. (Willard) Williams, both of 
whom were born in North Carolina. The paternal 
grandfather of Mrs. Robbins was a native of Eng- 
land, and Grandmother Willard was born in Ger- 
many and early emigrated to the United States. 

In religious belief Mr. Robbins is a valued mem- 
ber and Elder of the Friends' Church, to which de- 
nomination both his first and second wives be- 
longed. Mrs. Aliava Robbins is also connected 
with the Society of Friends and is active in the 
religious and benevolent enterprises of her lo- 
cality. She is a lady of worth and is highly es- 
teemed by all who know lier. Receiving an ex- 
cellent education in girlhood, she has also im- 
proved herself by close observation and reading. 
By her first marriage she became the mother of six 
children, whom she trained to habits of useful- 
ness. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins occupy a high place 
in the regard of the community where they are 
now spending their declining years. Politically 
lie is a strong Republican and is posted on the 
vital questions of the day. He has ever been a 
liberal-spirited citizen, aiding in all local matters 
conducive to the public good. 



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I cFARLAND BLACK, a retired general 
l\ agriculturist and honored pioneer citizen 



of Anderson Township, Madison County, 
Ind., is a native of the state, and, born 
in Franklin County May 27, 1823, has been 
throughout his entire life an eye-witness of the 
changing scenes in the wonderful growth and 
ra[)id development of this part of the great west. 
An intelligent observer, and possessed of an ex- 
cellent memory, Mr. Black has a store of inter- 
esting reminiscences of the days when Indiana, 
a comparative wilderness, was sparsely settled with 
the whites, and the red men, deer and wolves 
roamed across the broad prairies or concealed 
themselves in the dense woods covering a large 
area of the state. 

■Our subject was a son of John and Margaret 
(Pctrie) Black, energetic and enterprising settlers, 



well fitted to endure the privations and discom- 
forts of the frontier days upon the borders of 
civilization. A long-lime resident of section 6, 
Anderson Township, Mr. Black prosperously en- 
gaged in general agriculture and stock-raising, but 
now in the approaching evening of his days is en- 
joying a well earned rest and the fruits of a life 
of busy toil. He was a little boy when his parents 
removed from his birthplace to Union County, 
where the father ran a small hotel in Dunlaiis- 
ville for a few years, and then bought a farm in 
the same county. Upon this farm the father set- 
tled and remained until his death. 

McFarland Black was reared principally in 
Union County, and received his education in the 
neighboring school of the district, held in a rude 
little log cabin. To the instruction of these early 
days our subject afterward added a general fund 
of information gained by reading and observation. 
He was from his boyhood trained up to assist in 
the daily routine of farming work, and became 
a practical agriculturist, thorough!}' versed in 
the clearing and cultivation of tlic fertile soil. 
June 12, 1849, were united in marriage jMcKarlaiid 
Black and Miss Mary Wood, a native of Union 
County, Ind., who was born August 13, 1832. 
The estimable wife of our subject was the daugh- 
ter of William and Sarah (Little) Wood, both de- 
scendants of a long line of industrious and in- 
telligent Irish ancestors, and born in the North 
of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Wood were numbered 
among the early pioneers of Union Counlj', and 
settled in the woods, then abounding in wild game 
and frequently resounding to the cries of the 
prairie wolves. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Black 
was blessed by the birth of five children, four of 
whom are living: George; Mar^', wife of Thomas 
Stephens; Harriet, wife of C. K. MeCuliough; and 
Ida. Sarah is deceased. 

In 18G1 our subject, with his wife and family, 
removed to Madison County, making Ins home 
in Richland Township. In the spring of 1882 
Mr. Black located on his present valuable farm of 
two hundred and sixty-eight and a-hnlf acres, 
situated in Anderson Township. Successful as an 
agriculturist and stock-raiser, Mr. Black has been 
financially prospered and has amassed a comfort- 



POKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



437 



able competence. He is fraternally a member of 
the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, and is po- ' 
litically a Democrat and an ardent advocate of the 
|)arty. He has been frecpiontly urged to become 
a candidate for ]i(iliticnl I'dsilions of trust, but 
prefers tlie retireiiicnt of piiv:itc life. In relii;i(iiis 
adiliations lie an(i liis wife are members of the 
Metliodist Episcopal Cliurch, and he is a liberal 
giver in belialf of good works and benevolent en- 
terprises. He and his wurtliy wife enjoy a wide 
acquaintance and ooiiiniaud the esteem of a liost 
of old-time friends. Possessed of sterling integ- 
rity and earnest resolution, our subject has won 
his u|)ward way unaided, and may with pleasure 
review his early efforts crowned with prosperous 
results. 

^OE K. FADEI.V. an enterprising citizen, 
prominent lousiness man and well known 
slioe dealer of Anderson, Madison County^ 
Ind., is now successfully handling a line 
shoe trade, one of the best and longest estab- 
lished in the county. A native of the state, our 
subject was born in Henry County, May 17, 1853, 
and has spent his entire life of unvarying and en- 
ei-getic industry within Indiana. He was the son 
of (ieorge Kadely, a native of the sunny south, 
and was born in ^'irginia in 182(). 'I'lie father 
was reared and educated in the Old Dominion, 
but as he approached mature age determined to 
try his fortunes in the farther west. Emigrating [ 
to Indiana a young man, ambitious and resolute, 
(ieorge Fadely established himself at his trade of 
a blacksmith and soon had manj' customers. He is 
\et living, and at sixty-seven years of age is en- 
joying a well earned rest among his old-time 
acquaintances and friends, with whom he shared 
the struggles and privations of pioneer days. 

The P'adely family are noted for their lon- 
gevity. Grandfather Fadely having but recent- 
ly passed aw.ay, at the advanced age of eighty- 
four. His good wile is now eighty-seven 3'eais 
old. The mother of our subject, Mrs. Ange- 
liiu' (Hart) Fadely, is a native of Indiana, and 



was born in Middletown. The maternal grand- 
father, .Tohn Hart, was one of the hardy and am- 
bitious pioneers of Henry County. lie and his 
devoted wife were companions for three-score 
years; and tranfpiilly sharing the joys and sor- 
rows of life, both survived to reaeli four-score 
and four years. Grandfather and (Jrandmother 
Hart were widely known, the venerable couple 
receiving the high esteem and confidence of the 
peo|)le among whom tiiey liad dwelt for so 
many clianging seasons. The niotliei-. re.'iied to 
womaniiood in her native c(unity, was there 
married, and settled down to wedded life among 
the association.s of her childhood. She had re- 
ceived her education in the primitive subscription 
schools of those days, and, trained to the orderly 
ways of the household, was well fitted to care for 
a home of her ovvn. 

.loe F. Fadely is the seconil of tlie seven chil- 
dren now surviving wiio once gathered in the 
home of the parents. Our subject remained in 
Henry County until nineteen years of age. He 
alftended the common school of his home district 
in boyhood, but was early apprenticed to learn the 
trade of a plasterer ; and from fifteen years of 
.age until thirty' devoted his time to this business. 
During his fifteen years of work as plasterer Mr. 
Fadely was financially prospered, contracting for 
large amounts of work in Anderson and elsewhere, 
and frequently employing as manyjis fifteen men. 
Our subject was clerk in the dry-goods store of 
1). W. Campbell for three years, and then pur- 
chased a half-interest with Amzi Thomas in the shoe 
business. He subsequently bought out his partner 
and for four years conducted a large and success- 
ful business alone. C. R. Wilson then bought the 
stock and good-will of the business, but unfortu- 
nately failed, and Mr. Fadely again resumed 
charge of the shoe store; continuing from that 
time, he has built up a fine trade, and, carrying a 
complete and well assorted stock of goods, now 
commands a business trade second to none in iiis 
locality. 

In the month of September, 1871. .loe Fadely 
and Miss Sarah J. Young, of Marion, (iranl Coun- 
ty, were united in marriage. Mrs. Fadely was the 
daughter of Henry and Mary (Frye) Young, 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



highly respected residents of the state. Mr. Young 
was a native of Pennsylvania, and his excellent 
wife was born in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. P'adely 
have been blessed by the birth of one sou, a 
blight, intelligent youth, now a student in tlie 
high school. Our subject began his married life 
on a capital of 12.00, and through energetic 
enterprise and excellent judgment, has won his 
upward way to a business position among the 
moneyed men of the county. Mr. Fadely is 
identified with the Knights of Pythias, and is a 
cliarter member of the Anderson lodge. He is 
also a charter member of the Red Men, and is 
likewise a charter member of the Golden Eagle 
order. Our subject belongs to two secret bene- 
ficiary orders, the Royal Arcanum and the Na- 
tional Union, and is a popular man in these 
various orders and .associations. 



■vi^DWAKl) C. II11.LIGOS8, for two tenns'an 
|U] efficient .lustice of the Peace of Lafayette 
jL-:^ Township, Madison County, Ind., and a 
prominent general agriculturist and successful 
stock-raiser, pleasantly located upon section 26, 
has for many changing years been closely identi- 
fied with the progressive interests and rapid ad- 
vancement of the state. Our subject, a native of 
Brown County, Ohio, and born July 7, 1831, is a son 
of George B. and Mary C. (Vandement) Hilligoss, 
both natives of Kentucky, but very early settlers 
of southern Oliio. Edward C, reared to manhood 
in his native state and county, grew up amid 
scenes of frontier life, his parents being pioneers 
of their locality and sharing in the sacrifices and 
privations incidental to a residence in a new 
countrj'. He attended school in a little log cabin 
of Brown County, where the children, after a long 
walk over rough roads, seated themselves upon 
split logs and wrote on a desk made from a board 
supported by wooden pegs driven into the walls. 
A huge fireplace covered one side of the room, 
whose chimney was made of clay. Greased paper 
served for window panes and on dark days ad- 
mitted but a very feeble light. The subscription 



school gave place in time to the public schools, 
where later Mr. Hilligoss received more advanced 
instruction and became himself a teacher, devoting 
the early years of manhood to this avocation in 
both Ohio and Indiana. 

Our subject has been a great reader all his life 
and aimed to keep himself well posted in the 
topics of the day. He was a successful teacher 
but has for a long time given his entire attention 
to agricultural pursuits. Upon May 18, 1850, 
were united in marriage Edward C. Hilligoss and 
Miss Nancy A. Spires, a native of Brown County, 
Ohio,and born November 17, 1831. Mrs. Hilligoss 
was the daughter of John and Rebecca (Hill) 
Spires, pioneers of southern Ohio, the native state 
of the mother, the father being a Marylander 
by birth. Her paternal giandfather was a brave 
Revolutionaiy soldier, and the maternal grand- 
father fought with courage in the War of 1812. 
Of the children who gathered about the fireside 
of Mr. and Mrs. Spires the following survive: 
Mahala, now the widow of Dr. Samuel Pratzer, re- 
siding in Litchfield, 111.; Nancy A., Mrs. Hilligoss; 
Elizabeth, wife of James McBeth, of Hammeisville, 
Ohio; Drusilla, wife of Henry Trisler, also a resi- 
dent of Hammersville. Elmer lives in Washington 
State and Lafayette in Hammersville. In 1852, 
Mr. Hilligoss with his wife and one child came to 
Madison Count}' and settled in Lafayette Town 
ship, more than a quarter-century later, in 1878, 
making his home upon his present farm of eighty 
valuable acres, all under a high slate of cultiva- 
tion and well improved with substantial and com- 
modious buildings. Mr. Hilligoss is now the sole 
representative of his father's family with the ex- 
ception of his sister Sophia, the wife of James 
Matchett, now residing in Oregon. 

Unto our subject and his estimable wife have 
been born ten children, eight of whom are living. 
Mary R., the wife of William Summers, resides in 
Alexandria, Ind. John B. is a citizen of Lafayette 
Township. Sophia, the wife of Ransom Call, 
makes her home in Anderson, Ind. William T. is 
a resident of Lafayette Township. America J., 
wife of D. B. Alley, lives in Anderson, Ind. Elmer 
O. is at home in Lafayette Township. Allie, wife 
of C. A. Williams, is a resident of Lafayette Town- 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



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ship. James W. is with his fatlier upon the home 
f;iiin. Mr. Hilligoss is essentially' a self-made man, 
and together with iiis wife, a true lielj)niate and 
life companion, has successfully won his upward 
way to financial prosperity and a position of use- 
fulness and inlhiencc. Together the husband and 
wife faced the rude experiences of early days 
when their home was in the dense woods far from 
neighl)ors. Together they recall the times when 
the deer, wild turkeys and wolves were abundant, 
and settleis not infrequently received visits from 
the red men, who yet lingered upon the borders of 
civilization. Their days of privation long since 
ended, and still spared to each other, they enjoy the 
comforts of later years, well earned by honest toil 
and persistent industry. Mr. and Mrs. Hilligoss 
are valued members of the Christian Church and 
nvti active in good works. Our subject is politically 
a Democrat and a firm believer in the doctrines of 
Thomas Jefferson. While serving as .lustice of the 
I'eace, his decisions accorded with law and evidence 
and were seldom appealed to a higher court. As 
a friend, citizen and official, the career of Edward 
C. Hilligoss, unstaineiJ by word or act of dis- 
honesty, jiresents an enviable record of faithful 



duty 



performed. 



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•;ILEY ELLIS. Among the farming com- 
munity of Madison County no name is 
better or more favorably known than that 
of Wiley Ellis, who may be said to have been 
rcfired to the calling of an agriculturist, for his 
tirst duties in this line were discharged on the 
farm on which he now resides, and of which he is 
the owner, when he was a lad undei' the di- 
rection of his worthy father, who was a man of 
sound, intelligent and practical views, and reared 
his sons to have a wholesome respect for labor. 
On the 12th of July, 182L he was born in Davie 
County, JC. C, of which state both his parents, 
James and Margaret (Phillips) Ellis, were also na- 
tives. In 1846 our subject decided to seek a home 
in the northwest, and eventually found himself 
located in the then wilderness of Madison County, 



Ind, 



ut liking that region lie rcniauied only 
one year, at the end of which time lie leturned to 
the old home in the Old North State. However, 
during his short stay in Indiana he ac(iiiired a 
liking for the freedom and independence of the 
west, and it also offered better opportunities for 
a man to succeed in life, and after a year's time 
he returned to this section and settled (m the farm 
on which he now resides. Although he endured 
many privations for a time, he was reasonably con- 
tented and prosperous, and in time saw his land 
converted from a wilderness into well cultivated 
fields, and a comfortable residence takes the place 
of the log cabin in which he tirst lived. A family 
of eight children w.as given to our subject's iiar- 
ents, of whom Wiley was the youngest. 

Wiley Ellis continued to make his jiarents' 
house his home until he was about twenty-three 
years of age, at which time he commenced agricul- 
tural pursuits on his own rcs|)onsibility, and, be- 
ing energetic, thrilty and far-seeing, his efforts 
have been crowned with success and he is now 
the owner of eighty acres of excellent hinrl. on 
which is a very comfortable and pleasant home. 
He is one of the old settlers of his section and 
from the time of his earliest residence here has 
identified himself with every interest of the coun- 
ty, ))olitical, social and business, and is justify ac- 
counted one of her substantial men of affairs, and 
one of her law-abiding and public-spirited citizens. 
His walk thus far through life has been marked 
by the utmost propriety, an earnest regard fvv 
the feeling and views of others, and he has ever 
held to a rigid code of lionoi-. His career tlius far 
has been unmarked by any unusual occurrence 
outside the chosen channels of his business, and 
although a stanch sujiijorter of Democratic |)rinci- 
ples, he has never sought political [)referinent, the 
duties of his farm fully occupying his time and at- 
tention. 

November 9, 1841, witnes.sed the celebration of 
his marriage to Miss Sarah J. Oldfield, a daughter 
of William and Celia Oldtield, who were born in 
the state of Maryland, and tfi their union a fam- 
ily of six children has been given, three of whom 
are living at the present time. William Thomas, 
born September 1. 18.")2, is now deceased; Oliver 



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Franklin, who was born on the 29th of Aug- 
ust, 1854, is now a resident of Omaha, Neb.; 
Ira, who was born on the 27th of May, 1856, 
is a resident of I31air, Neb.; Albert, who is de- 
ceased, was born June 24, 1858; Willis S., who 
was born August 17, 1861, became a school teach- 
er at the age of seventeen years, was Superinten- 
dent SIX years, and is now Deputy Secretary of 
State, residing in Indianapolis; and James C, 
deceased, was born October 18, 1864. The El- 
lises are liighly regarded in the community in 
which they reside, and Mr. Ellis has always been a 
model citizen. 



J'OHN N. PAHR, M. D., a successful physi- 
I cian, enjoying an extended practice in Jo- 
I lietville, Hamilton County, combines with 
' tlie duties of the medical profession the of- 
fices of the ministry and has-been present at the 
birth, baptism, death-bed and funeral services of 
various members of the church. Our subject, a 
native of Indiana, and born in Boone County, 
October 6, 1837, was the son of John and Martha 
(Burrow) Parr, natives of Tennessee. The patei'- 
nal grandfather, Mathias Parr, was born in Ger- 
many and came to this country in a very early 
day. He was a farmer by occupation, and set- 
tied in Sullivan County on a small homestead, 
and married a young German lady, a resident of 
Tennessee. I'nto the grandparents were born 
four sturdy sons and two daughters. The names 
of the daughters are unknown; the sons were in 
order of birth: Jacob, Mathew, David, and John, 
tiie father of our subject. 

Mathias Parr was well educated in his mother 
tongue, and was a devout member of the Lutheran 
Church. He survived to reach four-score years 
and calmly entfcred into rest, possessing the re- 
sjiect of all who knew him. The father of our 
subject received only brief schooling, but was a 
great reader and kept himself intelligently posted 
in the affairs of the day. He was a popular man, 
and held with ability the offices of Township Trus- 



tee and Assessor. During his residence in Tenn- 
essee he followed the pursuit of agriculture, and 
when later he removed to Boone County, Ind., 
entered from the Government, in 1831, the one 
hundred and sixt^- acies of land winch he cleared 
and cultivated, making his lifetime residence 
thereon. Politically a strong Democrat, he never 
voted any other ticket, and a consistent Christian, 
was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Cluirch 
fi'om his early years. He died in 1890, at the ad- 
vanced age of eighty-three years. 

The devoted wife and mother, Martha G. (Bur- 
row) Parr, was of German descent, and located 
in Indiana in an early day. She enjoj'ed only the 
most limited educational advantages, and, like her 
husband, was a member of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church from her youth. The mother, be- 
loved by all who knew her, entered into rest in 
1873, aged fifty-eight years. The parents were 
blessed by the birth of six children: William P., 
Martha G., John N. (our subject), Mary J. (de- 
ceased), Emma and Thomas J. John N. remained 
upon the farm of his father until nineteen jears 
old, and, assisting in agricultuial duties, also at- 
tended the district school a few months every 
year. He later entered Asbury College, at Green- 
castle, Ind., receiving the benefit of two terms of 
study, and afterward taught tiiree years. He sub- 
sequently was admitted into the North Indiana 
Conference as a minister, and for three years de- 
voted himself to preaching. 

At the expiration of that time. Dr. Parr suf- 
fered so severely from laryngitis and l^ronchitis 
that he was obliged to abandon his ministerial 
career. Entering the office of his brother. Dr. W. 
P. Parr, at Jolietville, he read medicine, and later 
took his first course of lectures at Jefferson Medi- 
cal College at Philadelphia. Our subject gradu- 
ated from Ohio Medical College, and located in 
Jolietville in the spring of 1866, and took a post- 
graduate medical course in Chicago in 1881. 
Since, constantly engaged in the duties of his pro- 
fession in Jolietville, Dr. Parr fully possesses the 
confidence of the general public and enjoys a 
large practice, extending out into the surrounding 
countiy. Keeping fully abreast of the times and 
being a physician of progressive ideas, he is an ac- 



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live member of the county and state medical socie- 
ties and regularly devotes a portion of his valu- j 
able time to scientific research. 

March 12, 1863, John N. Parr and INIiss Emily 
A. Sims were united in marriage. This estimable 
lady was the daughter of Rev. .lames D. and Lu- 
cinda (Smith) Sims, natives of South Carolina. 
She had received good educational advantages 
ill the common branches of study, was a val- 
ued member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
and was deeply mourned by a large circle of 
friends when, in the dawning of womanhood, she 
passed awav, August 21, 1«(M, twenty-one years 
of age. 1!\- this union our suhjcct liad no cliil- j 
di-en. lie wedded a second time, maiiying De- 
cember 20, 18()7, Miss Maggie E. Shipman, daugh- 
ter of Joiin and .Julia (llogan) Shipman. Tiie 
llogans were Kentuckiaiis, tlic Shipinaiis of New 
England ancestry, and born in Couiu'cticut. The 
second marriage was blessed by tiie birtli of two 
children,. John A. and Thomas E.; .John A. is study- 
ing dentistry and will graduate in 18!».5. Thomas 
E. is taking a course in medicine and will also 
graduate in 1895. 

The sons' have before them the promise of an 
enviable future and a life of honored usefulness. 
Mis. Parr is a cultured lady of ability, and is 
known ;is a great reader. She is a prominent 
member of the Mctliodist Episcopal Church and is 
foremost in benevolent enterprises. Her father 
was a very successful merchant of Hrvanville, Ky., 
highly regarded as a man of sterling integrity of 
cliaiactcr. Dr. Parr lias sucpessfully practiced in 
.lolietviUc for tliirt\- years, and during this time 
has occupied tiie pulpit as a local minister, preach- 
ing whenever his medical duties allowed him to 
do so. He has married numerous young couples, 
received them into the Methodist Episcopal Churcii 
and welcomed their children into the world, bap- 
tized them later, and, on several occasions, has 
presided at their funerals, and in his complex 
duties of physician and minister has been brought 
very near the hearts of the people of his congre- 
gation, by whom he is universally esteemed and 
honored. Dr. Parr is a valued member of the An- 
cient Free tt Accepted Masons, the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Honor, 



and in the various orders possesses many warm 
friends, and has filled with efllciency all the impor- 
tant oHices. lie has likewise been tiie able Superin- 
tendent of the Sunday-school connected with the 
home church for a period of twenty years. Polit- 
ically a strong Democrat, he was a canilidate on 
that ticket in 1881, but, although he ran far aliead 
of his party, could not win in so strong a Repub- 
lican county and was defeated by a small major- 
ity. Dr. Parr has been for some years a member 
of the American InstituU' of ( lui^tiaii Philosophy 
and has written a nunilicr of valuable articles for 
the journal of the association. A self-made mail! 
energetic and enterprising, he has acliieved finan- 
cial prosperity, and now owns one hundred and 
twenty finely improved acres of fanning land, 
town property, bank stock and other securities, 
assuring him a comfortalile competence and a po- 
sition of wealtli and intluence. Devoting his life 
to the physical and spiritual needs of others, he 
will leave behind liim a record unsullied by word 
or deed, and will long be remembered for the 
good, unselfishly aceoiiipli>.hi'cl. 



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^^ I ETON .1. r.LOIXiKTT is President of tlie 
\ Clyde Window ( llass Company, one of the 
leading industries of Frankton, Ind. He 
was born in Clyde, Wayne County. N. Y., 
Jlarch 26, 1852, and is a .son of .lohn M. and Per- 
melia (Tuttle) Blodgett. Ho came from an old 
Massachusetts family, and the ancesti y is noted for 
longevity. The father was a siioemaker. He 
died February 23. 1888, at the age of seventy- 
five years. He was twice married, and had in all 
twelve children. The mother of our subject died 
April 4, 1872. The grandfather. Nathan Blodgett, 
was a native of Stoningtoii, Conn., and in 1820 
went to New York. He was -a. inaiuifacturer of 
potassium. 

Milton .1. Blodgett is the youngest of eight 
children born of his f.atlier's lirst marriage. At 
the age of fourteen lie went to work in a glass 
factory, and learned the trade, lieiiig there 
employed until 1880. He was pro|)rietor of 
a glazing establislimenl from 1879 to 1890. 
He built up a fine trade, and was very successful. 



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In 1889, he was elected Supervisor of Wayne 
County, N. Y., on the Democratic ticket. Wliile 
holding that ottice, he went to Miincie, Ind., 
where, in company with .lohn Luciv and Fred 
Dossier, both of Cl3'de, N. Y., he organized the 
Clyde Window Glass Company. Inducements 
were offered to tlie company to locate in Frank- 
ton, and Ihey came to this place May 23, 1890. 
They have prospered in their business interests, 
and from the public receive a liberal i)alronage, 
which yields them a good income. The company 
was incorporated under the laws of Indiana in the 
spring of I8S9. Tiiey have just completed a new 
factory, and will double their capacity, making 
sixteen .pots in both factories. 

On the 3d of January, 1876, Mr. Blodgett mar- 
ried Josephine Van Amburg, daughter of John 
and Louisa (Clapper) Van Amburg, natives of 
(xalen, N. Y. They have two children, Gertrude 
II. and Harry C. In social circles, the family holds 
an enviable position, and the household is the 
abode of hospitality. 

Mr. Blodgett is a supporter of the Democratic 
party, and while serving on the Board of Super- 
visors, proved a capable and efficient member. 
He takes considerable interest in civic societies, is 
a Knigiit Templar Mason, and belongs to the An- 
cient Order of United Workmen. He is a man of 
broad and liberal views, progressive and public 
spirited, a very courteous and genial gentleman, 
and makes friends wherever he goes. Although 
his residence in this community is of comparatively 
short duration, he is recognized as one of the rep- 
resentative and popular citizens, and it is with 
pleasure that we present to our readers this record 
of his life. 



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^rS^HKD A. HOUSE, who engages in general 
j( J) farming on section 20, has the honor of be- 
^^ ing a native of White River Township, 
Hamilton County, his birth having- occurred here 
April 15, 1852. His father, George House, was 
born in Virginia, and married Lucy King, a native 
of Ohio. Afterward he came to this countj-, lo- 
cating on wild land in White River Townslii|), 



where he built a log cabin and spent his entire 
life. He died at the age of about fifty-five, and 
his wife passed away when fifty-seven years old. 

In the district schools our subject acquired his 
education, and upon the farm was reared to man- 
hood. At the age of twenty-two he began trav- 
eling, and for two years was thus employed, after 
which he returned to the old homestead, in the fall 
of 187(), and began farming in his own inter- 
est. January 17, 1878, he married Miss Lovenia 
Armstrong, who was born in Hamilton County, 
Ind., and is a daughter of A. F. and Harriet E. Arm- 
strong. The father was a native of Kentucky and 
was of Irish descent. His death occurred in this 
county. His widow is still living, and makes her 
home with Mr. House. She had four children, a 
son and three daughters. Four children have 
graced the union of our subject and his wife, all 
boys, namely: Zadie O., Cal E., Chancy C. and Ber- 
lie B. 

After his marriage, Mr. House located upon the 
farm which is now his home and here lived until 
going to Perkinsville, where be embarked in gen- 
eral merchandising. For eight years he carried 
on business along that line, enjoying a good trade. 
At the expiration of that period he returned to 
his farm, and for the past three years has devoted 
his time and attention exclusively to its cultiv.a- 
tion. In 1882 he built the fine residence, sup- 
planting the log cabin in which he had previously 
lived. He has also made other good improve- 
ments upon the first place, in fact the farm is com- 
plete in all its appointments. He now has six 
hundred and forty acres of land in Stanton 
Count}', Kan., besides village property in Perkins- 
ville, his home farm of one hundred and sixty 
acres, and a half-interest in an eighty-acre tract. 

Mr. and Mrs. House hold membership with the 
Methodist Episcopal Church and are active work- 
ers in its interests. For eight years he has served 
as Superintendent of the Sunday-school and has 
also oliiciated as Class-leader and Steward of the 
church. Charitable and benevolent, he takes an 
active part in religious Work, and the educational 
and moral interests of the communitj' find in him 
a friend. He is a man of progressive ideas, and 
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brought him a handsome competence. He is also 
interested in North Carolina mining property and 
is a slocliiiolder in tlie gas company of Perkins- 
vil.le.^His entire life has been passed in this ooni- 
niunity,andiu tiie history of his native (•(iiinly he 
will deserves represeiitatiim. In pulitics lie li;is 
been a life-long Republican. 



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HKNSIIAW. ()MC( 
il pi.ineers ,,f AlcxMudiiM is Soth I!. 
iMishaw, who is MOW a retired incrcliant 
id is living in the enjoyment of abund- 
ant means and in the friendship of a host of 
friends whom his correct mode of living has gathr 
ered about hiiri. lie was born near < ireensboro, 
Henry County. Ind., May :^, l.s:!7. a son of .labe/. 
Ilenshaw, who was born in the Old .North State 
about 1812 and was the only son of Scth lleiislnnv, 
who was born on Nantucket Island, during (jr not 
far from the close of the great American Revolu- 
tion. Although but little is known of the early 
proiicnilorsof tlie family, tradition has it that they 
were Irish Mud were very early settlers of Nan- 
tucUel Island. It is also known, as far b.aek as can 
be traced, that they were members of the Quaker 
Church, and were quite prominent in the councils 
of that church. Karly in life the grandfather, Seth 
Ilenshaw, went to North Carolina, in which state 
he followed the occupation of merchandising, in 
wliich he accumulated a large fortune for that 
day. In its early history he became a member of 
the Free Soil party, and was one of the very first 
to advocate the immediate and unconditional abo- 
lition of human slavery, an institution he abhorred 
from the depth of his kind, humane and honest 
(Juaker heart. Whether he left the state that 
countenanced as lawful the traffic in human beings 
for that cause, or for the purpose of bettering his 
financial condition in a free state, is unknown, but 
it is more than likely that the former reason had 
much to do with his coming to Indiana in 1834. 
He brought with him a fortune of about 115,000, 
which was considered ample at that time, and com- 
menced merehandisina; in (Treensboro. continuin<i 



up to within five or six years of liis death, which 
occurred in 18().5, thus living to see slavery abol- 
ished, a measures he hail advocated for more than 
three-score years of his life and at a time when to 
do so was to render one very unpopular, lie had 
two brothers, Benjamin and ,Ie.sse, the former of 
whom was a farmer, and the latter owned and op- 
erated a woolen mill. 

.labez Henshaw was the only son of his parents. 
l)uthe had five sisters: Dinah, who man ied Cal- 
vin Macy, a farmer; Amelia, who married Obediah 
KUiott, also a farmer; Melinda, who married Na- 
than Baldwin, a farmer; Hannah, who married Si- 
las Small, a carriage maker by trade; and JNIary, 
who married Elisha Bronson.also a carriage maker. 
The two last mentioned are the only ones now liv- 
ing, .labez Henshaw was reared to a mereanlile 
life in the store of his father, and afteruar.l fol- 
lowed it until one year prior to iiis death, wliieb 
occurred in 1844, at which time he retired to his 
farm not far from (ireensboro. Mary Lamb, his 
wife, was the daughter of nenry Lamb, who was of 
English ancestry and a prominent and well-to-do 
Quaker farmer and one of the pioneers of Hamil- 
ton County, Ind., having moved to that section 
from North Carolina about 1835, and died there 
about 1862. Mrs. Ilenshaw had four brothers: 
r.ungess, Salathiel, Benjamin and .\llen, all now 
deceased. Mrs. Henshaw died about 1866, having 
become the mother of three .sons and one daugh- 
ter: Henry, who died at the age of twenty-one 
years; Elkanah, a farmer near Alexandria; Han- 
nah, who married Frank Lowery, a car|)eiiter of 
Cadiz, Ind., and died about 1883, and Seth B. 

The subject of this sketch started out to make 
Ins own wa}- in life at the early age of thirteen 
years, and began learning the trade of a carriage 
maker, at which he spent eighteen monthii in 
Greensboro and Newcastle. This business' hfTw-' 
ever, did not suit his tastes, and he gave it up to 
enter the store of Joseph Wood, at Knightstown, 
where he spent one year; then it dawned upon 
him that he had but a very limited education, and 
he came to the wise determination to go to school 
in order to better fit himself for the business af- 
fairs of life, and to this end gave u() his position 
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he pursued the paths of learning for some time. 
In 1855 he went to Minnesota, but not liking the 
country or the outlook he returned to his native 
state and again entered school, this time at Yellow 
Springs, Oiiio, where he spent one _year. He then 
taught school iu Henry County, and in October, 
1859, he led to the altar Miss Mary J., daughter 
of Peter and Susan Rich, who died when she was 
quite young. She had four brothers: Frank, Jo- 
seph, Clarkson and Jordan. Frank is a farmer of 
Boone County, Ind.; Clarkson died of consump- 
tion at the age of eigliteen; Joseph went to Cali- 
fornia overland in 1857, and died in Santa Bar- 
bara in 1883, leaving a widow and two children. 
He was a wagon manufacturer and was well-to-do; 
Jordan was a soldier during the Civil War and was 
killed at the battle of Champion Hills. In June, 
1859, IMr. Henshaw came to Alexandria and en- 
tered the store of Wolfe & Sherman as clerk, on a 
salary of $400 per year, and in October the same 
j'ear returned to Greensboro and was married, and 
on this sum he supported his family and laid up 
some monej- besides. He remained with this firm 
until the death of Mr. Sherman in 1864, when he 
succeeded him in the firm, having saved about 
$500, whicli he put in the business and went in debt 
for tlie balance. He prospered, for he was careful and 
prudent, and his connection with .Mr. Wolfe con- 
tinued harmoniously for about a quarter of a cen- 
tury, at the end of which time, in 1888, he re- 
tired from active mercantile business. However, 
he still has large property interests with the heirs 
of Ins old partner. Since his retirement from mer- 
cantile life he has led quite a retired life and has 
looked after his properly interests, but for more 
than a year was Secretary of the Alexandria Win- 
dow Glass Company. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Henshaw six children have 
been given: Lillian, born in 1860, died when thir- 
teen months old. Gertrude, born in 1864, married 
AV. S. Ellis, who is the present Deputy Secretary 
of the state of Indiana, by whom she has one 
child, George, who is three years old; Abigail 
Ruth was born in 1866 and became the wife of 
William R. McNairy, a salesman in a men's fur- 
nishing store at Anderson; Frank, born in 1869, 
is a salesman in a store in Alexandria: Frederick. I 



born in 1872, is a teaelier in the public schools of 
the district; and Seth B., Jr., was born in 1874 
and is a brickmason by trade. Mr. Henshaw gave 
all his children liberal educational advantages. He 
has since 1862 been a Democrat in politics, but he 
is in no sense of the word a politician, although he 
held the office of Townshii) Trustee for four years. 
He had a birtliright in the Quaker Church, but as 
he married outside of that faith he forfeited this 
right, and is now a member of no church but a be- 
liever in the Universalist doctrine. He became a 
Mason in 1860, a member of Alexandria Lodge 
No. 235, of which he is Secretary, belongs to Alex- 
ander Chapter No. 99, and Anderson Cominand- 
ery No. 32. He is one of the substantial residents 
of Alexandria, and has always been considered one 
of its first citizens and a man whose reputation 
for honor, veracity and conscientious regard for 
the proprieties of life cannot be questioned. 



1^ OBERT C. SHEPHERD, an enterprising and 
IL^ prosperous general agriculturist and stock- 
M>\ raiser of Madison County, Ind., is a lead. 
^ ing citizen of Anderson Township, and 
aside from the cultivation of an extensive and val- 
uable farm profitably engages iu the dairy busi- 
ness, and is widely known as one of the progress- 
ive and substantial men of the count\-. The home 
of our subject, upon section 5, is located most de- 
sirably, and witii the fine improvements, commo- 
dious and substantial, presents a scene of thrift 
and plenty, the Shepherd farm being one of the 
best in the township. Mr. Shepherd, a man of 
abilit3' and bright intelligence, is a native of the 
sunny south and was born in Maryland, Caroline 
County, August 24, 1841. His father and mother, 
H. and Jane Shepherd, were likewise natives of 
Maryland, and were the descendants of a long line 
of worthy ancestois whose interests were associated 
with the progress and rapid advancement of the 
United States. The father passed away when our 
subject was but a little boy, and he had scarcely 
arrived at fifteen years of age when he was doubly 
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He had received but limited advantages for an 
education in tiie district sciiool, hut had been 
trained to habits of thrifty industry ;iiid, only a 
youth wlien cast upon liis own resources, was man- 
ly and self-reliant. 

In the spring of 1«(!;!, Mr. Slu'pliord. uiio Iiad 
then attained to man's estate, deiermiiKMl U> try 
his fortunes at the nortli and journeyed lo Indi- 
ana, locating in Delaware County. lie reniained 
in tliat part of the state but a brief time, in the fol- 
lowing fall removing to Madison County, and 
here receiving employment in a sawmill, contin- 
ued as a hand in the mill for eighteen months. 
He subsequently obtained more remunerative work 
as a cari)enter, in which occupation he was en- 
gaged for three summers, and working at (irst as 
a journeyman, liecame well known as a contractor 
and builder. In I he year l«7(l he piactically 
aliandoued liis li;ide for tlie pursuit of agricul- 
lure, settling upon the farm where he now resides 
and which he has conducted prosperously for 
twenty-three years. Upon April 10, 1870, were 
united in marriage Robert C. Shepherd and Miss 
Leauah Treadway, a native of Madison County 
and the daughter of Moses C. and Martha M. 
Treadwa}', who were among the first settlers of 
Madison County, locating in the woods in the 
very early days and for many years residing in a 
log cabin, about which many a night the , wolves 
howled. Game of every description was plentiful 
and venison could be procured witliin a short dis- 
tance of the home. 

Unto our subject and his estimable wife was 
born a family of eight sons and daughters, seven 
of wlioin are now living: James AV., Thomas C, 
Charles W.. Alzora V., Leanali M., Jessie A. and 
Bertha A. One little one died in infancy. The 
old farm, improved with modern buildings, sub- 
stautial and commodious, contains three hundred 
and fifty-flve acres of highly cultivated land, some 
of the best in the state. A man of energy, Mr. 
Shepherd energetically aided in the improvement 
of the roads and helped to lay many thousand 
rods of tile upon his valuable farm. He built his 
handsome residence in 1883 and furnished it 
tastefully, and in their later years Mr. and Mrs. 
Shepherd enjoy both comforts and luxuries denied 



them in early life. Our subject was formerly 
identified with the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, but is not now actively connected with 
the order. Politically a Republican and deeply 
interested in all tlu^ vital issues of the day, Mr. 
Shei)lierd is a true American citizen, loyal and en- 
terprising, and commands the high esteem and 
confidence of a large circle of old-time friends 
and neighbors. 

^^ URBAN BKALL. The philosophy of snc- 
(l( ^, cess in life is an interesting study and af- 
^^^' fords a lesson from which others can profit. 
In choosing a pursuit in life, taste, mental gifts, op- 
portunity and disposition to labor should be con- 
sidered, as any young man who has a disposi- 
tion to become a resjiectable and useful citizen 
desires to succeed therein. On the 30th of July, 
1826, a boy^ was born in Wayne County, 
Ind., who grew up to sturdy manhood, ambi- 
tious to excel and possessing much energy and 
determination, attributes which are essential to 
success in any calling. This boy was Curran 
Beall, whose parents were William and Susan 
(Cornelius) Beall, the former of whom was born 
in Kentucky, and the latter in Virginia. The pa- 
ternal ancestors are said to be of .Scotch-Irish birth, 
and the mother's people are of English lineage. 
The subject of this sketch comes of good old 
fighting stock, for his (ireat-grandfather Beall was 
a soldier of the Revolution, and the paternal 
grandfather took an active part in the War of 
1812. William Beall came from his native state 
to Wayne County, Ind., in 1816, when a single 
man, and was among the pioneer settlers of this 
section. He was Industrious and ambitious and 
succeeded in making a good home for his family 
before his death occurred. Of the family of chil- 
dren born to himself and wife, four survive: Cur- 
ran, Hannah N., Brutus and Susan. Those deceased 
are William, Marian, Amanda and one who died 
in infancy. 

Up to the age of twenty-one years Curran Beall 
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amid the rude and wild siuTOimdings of pioneer 
life. His time was occupied in discluirging tlie 
numerous duties of tlie farm and in attending 
the primitive schools of his day, which occupation 
not only developed him mentally, but also phy- 
sically, and started him on his career througii 
life with a well balanced organization. Many a 
time he lias followed the old wooden mold-board 
plow behind a team of oxen, breaking up new 
land, and that his life was a busy one, can be in- 
feri'ed from the fact that he assisted his father to 
improve two farms. The schoolhouse where he 
received his first start in the paths of learning was 
a log structure; the window lights consisted of 
greased paper, and the floor was made of puncheons. 
The last schoolhouse he attended, however, was 
an improvement on this one, although the old 
slab benches were still used. The greater part of 
his education has been acquired through self ap- 
plication, for he has alwaj'S been a great reader, 
and has remembered what he has read. 

In 1847 Mr. Beall came to Madison Count3', 
Ind., and soon after settled on the farm on which 
lie is now residing, which at that time was heavily 
covered with timber, and on which a little log 
cabin had been erected. In this primitive struc- 
ture he lived for many years industriously tilling 
his land, which he converted from a forest into a 
a well cultivated tract of land. As his means in- 
creased he improved his farm in the way of build- 
ings, and now has a good and comfortable home 
and is surrounded by all that goes to make life en- 
joyable. He was first married May .31, 18.53, to 
Miss Jane Gunder, who bore him six children, two 
of whom are living, Archibald and Curran. On 
the 7tli (if .January, 1880, he took for his second 
wife Mrs. Mary E. Coburn, who was born in Mad- 
ison County, Ind., August 20, 1843, a daughter of 
Henry and Sidney (Purget) Mustard, the father 
born in Ohio, and the mother in Virginia. The fa- 
ther oame to Madison County, Ind.. in 1832 and was 
an early settler in Richland Township, where Mrs. 
Beall was reared. She was first married to Joseph 
Coburn, by whom she had a daughter, Laura, wife 
of Archibald Beall. Mr. Beall has alwaj's mani- 
fested much interest in the affairs of his county and 
has served in the caiiacity of Justice of the Peace, 



but aside from this never filled an official posi- 
tion, although he has often been urged to do so by 
his numerous friends, the quiet and peace of home 
being preferred by him to the turmoil and strife 
of political life. He has always been a stanch 
Democrat and has ever favored all movements 
tending to benefit or elevate hislocalitj' or society 
generally. He recalls many stirring incidents of 
his youth, for the country was at that time not 
only wild, but was full of wild game; and deer 
frequently fell a victim to his skill with the rifle. 
He is the owner of a fine farm of two hundred 
and thirteen acres and has one hundred and sixty 
acres in a good state of cultivation. He is a use- 
ful and law-abiding citizen and one who has the 
respect of all. 



'^v^\ ATHIAS B. HUGHEL, an extensive gen- 
eral agriculturist and successful stock- 
raiser, prosperously conducting a highly 
improved farm located in Anderson 
Township, Madison County, Ind., has for three- 
score and three years been a residentof the county, 
and was reared amid the pioneer scenes of the 
frontier days. A prominent citizen, winning his 
upward way to a position of useful influence, Mr. 
Hughel is essentially a self-made man, and com- 
mands the high regard of all who know him. A na- 
tive of Clarke County, Ohio, he was born December 
20, 1826. His parents, Ephraim and Susan (Low- 
man) Hughel, were the children of Ohio pioneers, 
the father being a native of the Buckeye State, 
while the mother was but a very little girl when 
her parents, coming from Pennsylvania, where 
she was born, made that jiart of the then far west 
their home. Growing up amid the rugged experi- 
ences of those early days in Ohio, the father and 
mother received some education in the little sub- 
scription schools of their home neighborhoods, 
and arriving at mature age hopeful, energetic 
and self-reliant, united their fortunes, at first set- 
tling down to married life among old friends and 
associations. In 1830 they determined to remove 
to the adjacent state of Indiana, and with tli'eir 



POHTRAIT AND BlX.K APlllCAL EIX'OHD 



family 
peniia 



way to Madison County, their 



Both tlie patfiiKil mihI iiiahTiial anrcsioi^ pos- 
sessed tlie resoliilidii ami eiiiliiraiici' \vhi<-h well 
titled tlieni for their residence in a new and unset- 
tled country, wiiere privations and sacrifices were 
their daily pf)rtion. A maternal uncle of Malhias 
n. fought iHMVrly in llie War of 1SI2, en-raginj;: 
in Ontario in the hattle of the Thames, under 
the renowned (ieneral Harrison. 

Mathias 15. remained in Imliana until six- 
teen years of atre, when he jouriicM'd to Clarke 
County. Ohio, and couliiiued there until is:,!, 
then reluriiinii to .Madison County. Ind.. since 
then his permanent home. He attended the log 
schoolhouse of the district during his boyhood, 
and well improved the limited opportunities for 
an edue.'ition in the ruch- i>aliiii. with t Ih" pun<-heon 

its quaint old fireplace, oc('upying almost the en- 
tire side of the building. Attaining to a self- 
leliant and enterprising manhood, our subject de- 
cided to take unto himself a wife, and upon Sep- 
tember 2:>, IS.-,,-,, Malhias 1!. liughel and Miss Me- 
h.itabel Stephenson were united in marriage. The 
estimable wife of our subject, a native of Madison 
Count}', was the daughter of Samuel and Rebecca 
Stephenson, old pioneers and highly respected citi- 
zens. Twelve children, eight of the .sons and 
daughters yet surviving, blessed the union of Mr. 
and Mrs. Hughel: Rebecca J., wife of A. H. Ma- 
lone; Alonzo, .Samuel, Klmer; Helle, wife of As- 
buiy Moore; l'. Grant, Clarence and Lydia. The 
devoted wife and mother passed awaj- June 12, 
]f<80, deeply mourned by all who knew her. She 
was a devout member of tiie Christian Church 
and a woman of noble character. In her death 
the frieixis and relatives met with an iirepiualile 
loss. 

In 18.57, Mr. Hughel settled on his present val- 
uable homestead, section 17, Anderson Townsiiip, 
and with energetic enterprise entered into the 
clearing, cultivation and improvement of the 
broad and fertile acres. His first purchase w.as 
one hundred and sixteen acres, fifty of which 
were partially cleared, and to this land he h,-is 
since added until lie now owns three hundred and 



ninety acres, three hundred and nine of wliieh are 
under a high state of cultivalion. With the ex- 
ception of a few years spent in painting, our sub- 
ject lias been an agriculturist all his life, and has 
been more than ordinarily successful, winning 
his way upward unaided to an .assured financial 
success and ;i position of useful influence, com- 
manding the .-stcem .and eonlid.Mico of the en- 
lire eommiini ty ill which his busy life has been 
mostly pas.sed. Politically a Democrat, Mr. Hughel 
desires the public welfare, and, being a good citi- 
zen with a liberal spirit, aids in all matters lend- 
ing to Ihe promotion of mutual enterprise and 
in pr.ivements. The grundf.ather of our subject, 
Richard Hughel, was a native of Kentucky, and 
came to Ohio in 1806; his wife, Jane Baker, came 
from New Jersey, and going to Ohio in her child- 
hood, settled in Butler Counlv. 



iiy^ ADISON ISHOOKS. T 



ograi)hies of 



f 111 •■''"^■'■■'■^•''''"' 'uen who without the influence 
* li\ of wealth or the prestige of family have 
'■'J attained to positions of usefulness and 

honor, serve the two-fold i)urpose of encourag- 
ing the young and paying a well merited compli- 
ment to the man himself. Not only has .Mr. 
Brooks gained tin: confidence of his acquaintances, 
but he has also been a very successful business 
man, having at one time been the owner of moie 
than twenty-five hundred acres of land. He lia.s 
given to his children and grandchildren about 
fourteen hundred acres and still retains in his pos- 
session about ten hundred and fifty acres, all of 
which, with the exception of three hundred acres 
in Hancock and Madison Counties, is located in 
Hamilton County. 

In tracing the family history, we find that the 
grandfather of our subject, Williain Brooks, was 
born in England and emigrated to this country in 
early life, sojourning for a tinu in M.aryl.and and 
from there moving to North Carolina, lie was a 
soldier in the Revolutionar}- War and a man of 
prominence in his community. t)ur subjecfs 
father, John Brooks, was born in Norih ( .iroiina 



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and married Elizabeth Heath, a native of that 
state. In the fall of 1814 he brought his family 
to Indiana, and for a short time resided in Frank- 
lin County, removing thence to Jefferson County. 
In 1832 he cast in his lot with the pioneers of Han- 
cock County, where he Entered land near the Ham- 
ilton County line. He gave his attention to clear- 
ing and cultivating the farm until, at the age of 
sixty-five, he departed this life. His wife died at 
the age of eighty-two. 

Born in North Carolina September 5, 1814, our 
subject was only two months old when he was 
brought by his parents to Indiana. His boyhood 
days were spent in Jefferson County, where he 
continued to reside until March, 18.53, moving at 
that time to Fall Creek Township, Hamilton 
County. In January, 1853, he purchased the farm 
where he has since resided, and which at the time 
of purchase consisted of one hundred and forty- 
nine acres. Of this property only fifty acres had 
been cleared, and the farm was destitute of build- 
ings save an old log cabin. As time passed by 
Mr. Brooks erected suitable buildings and placed 
the soil under excellent cultivation. In addition 
to what he now owns, he has aided his children 
financially, and it has been his pride to give each 
of his sons a substantial start in life, which they 
have fully justified. 

Tlie first marriage of Mr. Brooks occurred Aug- 
ust 8, 1833, and united him with Miss Nancy 
Brooks, a native of North Carolina, but at the 
time of her marriage a resident of Jefferson 
County. Mrs. Nancy Brooks died in August, 
1854, leaving nine children, as follows: Elizabeth, 
wife of A.J. Myers, of Fall Creek Township; S. 
M., also a resident of Fall Creek Township; Eli, 
whose home is in Noblesville Township; Clarinda, 
who resides with her father; Robert, a prisoner at 
Andersonville during^the late war, who died at 
Anna])olis, Md., while en route home; Christie 
Ann, the wife of William Virgen, of Delaware 
Township; Melvin, a soldier in the Civil War, 
who soon after returning home from the army 
was accidentall}^ killed in a gravel pit; Emily, de- 
ceased, formerly the wife of Samuel Myers; and 
Jasper N., of Marion County. One child died in 
infancy. 



December 20,1855, ^.v. Brooks married Mrs. Mary 
J. Hare, of Noblesville, daughter of Isaac Hurlick. 
She died in 1873, after having become the mother 
of four children. Melancthon resides with his 
father; Joseph Augustus lives in Fall Creek Town- 
ship, and Albert in Indianapolis; one died un- 
named. March 20, 1877, Mr. Brooks and Miss 
Elizabeth Jane Barnard were uiiitiMl in mnniMgc. 
Mrs. Brooks is a native of Noitii C iirulina niid a 
daughter of Jesse Barnard, who, ujion migrating 
north, settled in Hancock County, Ind. 

A Whig during the existence of that party. Mr. 
Brooks cast his ballot for William Henry Harrison 
for President, and has always been a Republican 
since the formation of the party. In liis religious 
belief he is a Methodist, and supports that denom- 
ination in all its enterprises. He willingly aids 
every project calculated to advance the interests 
of the community, and is regarded as one of the 
most prominent citizens of Hamilton County, as 
well as one of its honored pioneers. 



\'f^HILIP A. CHILDERS, a representative gen- 
eral agriculturist and stock-raiser of La- 
^ fayette Township; is a native of Madison 
[ County, and from his earliest youth has 
been associated with the history and upward 
growth of this part of the state, and, widely 
known, possesses the higii regard of all his fellow- 
townsmen. The son of the pioneer settlers, 
Alfred and Mary (Keller) Childers, our subject 
was born December 8, 1844. His father was a 
native of Ohio, but the mother was of soutiiern 
birth and by nativity a Virginian. The paterniil 
gnind|)areiits emigrated with their family from 
Ohio to Indiana in a very early day, and entered 
with courage and ambition into the development 
of their new home in Madison County. The 
father of our subject, then a young man begin- 
ning life for himself, resided for a time in Adams 
Township, then removed to Iowa, where lie mar- 
ried. Not long after entering into the bonds of 
matrimony, Alfred Childers with his young wife 
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Adams Township in a primitive log cabin. There 
the parents together spent many happy years, 
sharing many trials and |)rivations which they 
bore with cheerful and liopcfiil ])aticnct'. The 
father died in the iiriiiic of life, passing away in 
IM-IH. 

Tiie mother survived thirty-five years, and en- 
tered into rest in July, 1883. Of the family who 
once gathered about the fireside of the iiarents 
hut tliree are now living. Jane is the widow of Rile 
Surlu'r; Mary is the wife of Edward Bevelhimer; 
and Pliilip A. The widowed mother subsequently 
remarried, wedding C. A. Betterton, by wlioni she 
had one daughter, Eliza, deceased. Philip A., 
our subject, was a little only lad four years of 
age when death deprived him of a father's care. 
Not long after this bereavement, the motiicr with 
her family removed to Lafayette Township, where 
Mr. C'hilders attained to mature age. Reared amid 
the scenes of pioneer life, be resided upon a. farm 
in the heart of the woods, througii which then 
roamed deer, wild turkeys and other game. 
Trained from liis earliest youth up to liabils of 
self-reliance, and thoroughly grounded in the 
daily round of agricultural life, our subject grew 
up manly, intelligent and energetic, and was well 
fitted to make his own way in life. He had re- 
ceived the advantages for instruction offered by 
the schools of tlie home neighborhood, and profited 
bv the same, reading and studying in all avail- 
able moments. His life has been mainly devoted 
to the cultivation of the soil, Mr. Childers 
fioiiig a thoroughly practical agriculturist and 
authority on all matters connected with farming. 
He was, however, for some years engaged upon 
two different lines of railway as freight brakes- 
man. 

Owing to the untimely demise of his father, 
our subject shouldered heavy responsibilities in 
his youth, having to aid in the care and support 
of the other members of the family. In time he 
desired to make a home of his own. and upon 
January 23, 1874, Philii. A. Childers and Miss 
Elizabeth Hannah were united in marriage. The 
accomplished wife of our subject, a lady of intel- 
ligent ability, w.as the daughter of James Hannah, 
now deceased. The pleasant home of Mr. 



and Mrs. Childers was blessed by the birth of 
five children, four of whom arc now living. 
They are in the order of their liirtli: Nettie E., 
Mary C, Chloe E., James C.. and I'.ertlia, deceased. 
Our subject owns eighty acres of valuable land, 
which he has brought up fi'om a wild state to 
high cultivation and improved with excellent and 
substantial buildings. I'olitically a Democrat, 
and deeply mleiested in both local and national 
issues, he has never been desirous of public office, 
but does his duty intelligently at the polls, and, a 
public-spirited man, is ever ready to lend a help- 
ing hand in all matters of mutual welfare. Asso- 
ciated from boyhood with the changing scenes of 
Indiana's progress, Mr. Childers enjoys a wide 
acquaintance in Madison County and possesses a 
host of long time friends. The wife of our sub- 
ject departed this life some years ago. 



OIIN R. COLLINS, who is engaged in gen- 
eral farming on section 27, Clay Township, 
Hamilton County, was born in New York, 
^^ifj August 7, 1 83 1 , and traces his ancestry back 
to Jedediah Collins, whose father was of Irish de- 
scent and emigrated to America in 1610. In the 
line of direct descent are: Jedediah, born in 1(560; 
John, in 1685; Hezekiah, in September, 1715; 
Jedediah, December 24, 1751; and Solomon, born 
THarch 17, 1766, in Rhode Island; the latter being 
the grandfather of our subject. Throughout his 
life he followed farming, and was a member of 
the Friends' Church. His children were: Eliza- 
beth, wife of Jonathan Teft; Solomon, Hezekiah, 
Stephen P., Mrs. Sarah West, Nathan; Emma, 
wife of James K. Larkin; Martha and Anna. 
Several members of the family removed to where 
Elgin, III., now stands long before the (iovern- 
ment survey was made. Solomon Collins emi- 
grated to New York about 1808, and spent his 
entire life near Utica. 

Hezekiah Collins, father of our subject, was 
born in 1798, and at the age of twenty-eight mar- 
ried Rhoda Kinyon. For many years he success- 
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after his maii-iage until 1836, when he embarked 
in niercliandising. Several _years later he went to 
Cayuga County, N. Y., where he carried on farm- 
ing until coming to Indiana in 1850. He liere 
bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, 
which he owned until selling to our subject in 
1870. Tliree children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
Collins: Susan, wife of Judge David Moss; Mar- 
tlia, wlio died at the age of sixteen; and John R. 
The mother died in 1831, and in 1835 the fatlier 
married Jerusha Bowne. After her deatli he wedded 
Mary Underbill, l\y whom he had seven children: 
Hannah J. and .Saral), twins; Anna M.; Jerusha; 
J^lizalteth, wife of l^r. J. D. Garner; Edward H., 
of C^armel; and Robert, of Fortville. Only the 
last two are living. Sarali, Anna and Hannah 
were for many years prominent teachers. The 
father was an active member of tiie Friends' 
Cliurcli, and in politics was a Whig and Republi- 
can. Prior to the war his home was a station on 
the famous underground railroad. He died Feb- 
ruary 27, 1877, and his last wife made her home 
witli our subject until her death, October 23, 

John R. Collins at the age of twenty-one 
rented his father's farm and began life for himself. 
He was educated in a high school in New York, 
and the Poughkeepsie Quaker School, and for sev- 
eral terms was engaged in teaching. At the age 
of thirty-two, in this county, he married Elizabeth, 
daughter of Alfred T. and Henrietta (Todd) Jes- 
sup, who was born in Hamilton County, while her 
parents were natives of Wayne and Marion Coun- 
ties, Ind., respectively. Her grandfather was an 
American sea captain, and wliile smuggling sugar 
into France during the French Revolution was 
captured and held a prisoner two years. He served 
in tlie War of 1812, and while he was in the 
ti-enclies before Baltimore the British landed on 
his farm and destroyed all his property. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Collins were born six children: 
•leruslia, wife of Albert Carey; Robert H., Rhoda, 
and three wiio died in infancy. Rlioda is a grad- 
uate of the Carmel High Scliool, is a highly ac- 
complished young lady, and keeps house for lier 
fatlier. The mother died January 20, 1875. 

Mr. Collins is a member of the Friends' Church, 



and in politics is a Republican. In 1870 lie was 
elected Justice of the Peace, and held the oflice 
four terms. He has been Chairman of tlie Clay- 
Township Republican Committee. He i)re|)ared 
the papers for the eight-mile pike road which 
passes his house, and in company witli Mr. Jeffries 
got up the papers for tlie C. it P. gravel road, 
He owns a tine farm of one hundred and sixty 
acres, and is a representative farmer and leading 
citizen of the community, who takes an active in- 
terest in everything pertaining to the [lublic wel- 
fare. 



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HARLES I). SMITH, is tlie genial pm- 
prietor of the Altoona Hotel of Frank- 
ton, of which he has been in charge since 
the 11th of January, 1893. As he is widely and 
favorably known in this community we feel assured 
that the record of his life will prove of interest to 
many of our readers. A native of Massachusetts, 
lie was born in Cheshire, February 22, 1853, and 
is a son of Charles D. and Eliza (Wilson) Smith. 
The parents were natives of New Jersey, and from 
Massachusetts removed to Pittsburg, Pa., in 1860. 
There the succeeding five years were passed, after 
which the father engaged in keeping hotel in Cin- 
cinnati for six years. He was also connected with 
the stock yards of that place. Returning to New 
Jersey on the expiration of that period, he has 
since there made bis Home. In early life he be- 
came a glass blower and still follows that business, 
being now the oldest glass blower in the factory. 
Although he has reached his sixty-seventh year, 
he is still hale and hearty. 

The paternal grandparents of our subject were 
Joseph D. and Mary (Mossbrook) Smith, and the 
former was a sea captain. The maternal grand- 
parents were Sooy and Julia Wilson, the former 
also a sea captain. On retiring from that life he 
engaged in the hotel business in Pleasant Mills. 
N. J., for thirty years. The family is of English 
origin and its members' were connected witli the 
Society of Friends. 

Charles D. Smith, whose name heads this record, 
was the eldest of a family of three children. No 







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event of special importance occurred during his 
childlaood and youtli, whieli were quietly passed 
in his parents' home. Wiien a youtii of sixteen, 
he began learning tlie trade of glass l)lovving, which 
lie followed in New Jersey and I'ittsburg, I'a. 
Wiien a young man of twenty-two, lie left tlie 
parental roof. The year 1887 witnessed his arrival 
in Indiana, lie spent three years in Muncic, and 

on the ex|iirati if that jieriod came U> l^'raiikhm. 

ill .June, 1890, a;ul engaged with tiie Clyde Glass 
Works as foreman, where he continued until em- 
barking in tlie hotel business, as before stated. 

Mr. Smith was united in marriage in April. 
1887, with Mrs. Kizzie E. Dix, a daughter of 
William Ruck and Jt^niima (Morgan) Ruck, who 
were natives of Millville, N. J., and still reside in 
that place. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have a daughter, 
Edna. They are highly respected people, well 
known throughout this community. Socially, Mr. 
Smith is connected with the Knights of Pythias, 
the Order of Red Men and the Knights of Labor. 
He votes the Democratic ticket. 



^8=^ OLOMON MYERS. During the year 181G, 
^^^ at an cai-Iy period in the history of Madi- 
\\l£_^' **-'" County, Mr. Myers settled upon sec- 
tion 2, liiion Township, where he has 
since resided. Al that time tiie land was covered 
with a deiisi' foiest growth, and it was his task to 
clear the land and turn the lust furrows in tlie 
virgin soil. Tlie work of iinpioving the farni was 
a ditlicult task, but with undaunted perseverance 
!u' labored until he achieved success. He is a man 
of |irogressive spirit and excellent judgment, and 
in his farming operations displays tact, energy and 
capabilities of a high order. 

Mr. Myers is a member of a family whose rep- 
resentatives have for generations been well known 
in their various communities, being men of patri- 
otic spirit and keen discrimination. Both his pa- 
ternal and maternal grandfathers were Revolu- 
tionary soldiers, lie was born in Wayne County, 
hid., on tlie 17th of February, 1824, to the union 
of (iideon and Catherine (Crull) Myers, natives 
22 



of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. In 1820, 
when a young maii. Gideon Myers niigral(Ml to In- 
diana, settling ill Wayne County, where lie was 
married. For a tiim- he lesided iii a block house 
built by the white settlers to iiroteet themselves 
from the Indians, and there he followed his trade 
of a tanner. Later he located one and one-fourth 
miles due south of Caiiibrid.ue. where he eondueled 
a tannery for over a ([uarler of a century, bei.ii;- 
the (list tanner residing in Wayne County. 

In connection with his extensive operations as a 
tanner, Gideon Myers also engaged in farming 
pursuits, meeting with -ood sueress as a tiller of 
the soil. In his old age. he removed to .Milton. 
where his death occurred in 18()8. Two of his 
children survive: Michael, who is a resident of 
Kansas; and Solomon, of this sketch. The latter 
was reared to manhood in Wayne County, Iiid., 
amid scenes of pioneer life, and he fri'(|nently saw- 
bears, deer and other wild animals. He i-eceived 
a rudimentary education in a log caliin. which was 
utilized for a schoolhouse, and which, with its 
puncheon floors, slab scats and greased paper for 
windows, was in harmony with its ininiitive en- 
vironments. 

When a child six years old, Mr. Myers began 
grinding bark in the tannery, and four years later 
he commenced to learn the regular tr.'ide in the 
shop, being thus engaged for six years. After- 
ward he was employed in farming pursuits, and 
occasionally worked in a tannery. He was lirst 
married to Miss Louisa Reagan, who became the 
mother of six children, three of whom are now 
living. They are: Laura, wife of Henry Sclilegel; 
Emma, who married John Hupp; and Mary, the 
wife of Meredith Stanley, Jr. Mrs. Loui.sa Myers 
died in 1872, and our subject w.as married again, 
on the 1st of March, 1873, choosing as his wife 
Mrs. Sarah E. Martin, the widow of Henry Martin. 
Mrs. Myers was born in Wayne County, Ind., 
June 28, 1837, being a daughter of William and 
Olive (Smith) White. Her parents, who were na- 
tives of Tennessee and South Carolina, respective- 
ly, were early settlers of Wayne County. Ind., and 
afterward resided in Hancock County, coming 
thence to Madison County about 1848. 

By her first marriage Mrs. Myers has three chil- 



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dren, Marion, Charles and Florence, the latter be- 
ing the wife of Joseph Wampler. Her union with 
Mr. Myers has resulted in the birth of three chil- 
dren, namely: George M., Ida M. and Maud. Mrs. 
Myers is one of eleven children, the others being: 
Hiram, Silas, Frankhn (deceased), Henry; Martha, 
wife of Adam Feighner; Macey; Rachel, who mar- 
ried Monroe Cunningiiam; John; Samuel; and 
Lizzie, who is the wife of John Johnson. 

The landed possessions of Mr. Myers consist of 
three hundred and fifty-five acres of well improved 
land, which lie has gained by industry and per- 
severance. One eighty-acre tract which he now 
owns was entered from the Government in 1834, 
under the administi-ation of President Jackson, 
the deed having been secured by the father of our 
subject. Mr. Myers settled upon his present farm 
in 1846. His first home was a log cabin, rudely 
constructed, and containing very few articles of 
furniture. As time passed by, he was rewarded 
by a Large measure of success. The land was 
cleared, the soil tilled, orchards planted, substan- 
tial outbuildings erected, modern farming ma- 
chinery introduced, and a comfortable residence 
erected. 

Public-spirited and progressive, Mr. Myers fa- 
vors all measures which tend to promote tlie wel- 
fare of the community, and gives his support to 
the principles advocated by the Democratic party. 
He served as Trustee of Union Township for one 
term, and has filled other positions of local promi- 
nence, in all of which he has labored indefatigablj'^ 
in the interests of his fellow-citizens. He is a 
man who enjoys to a rare extent the confidence 
of his associates, and his position is among the 
most substantial farmers of Union Township. 

J(0NATI1AN CAREY, wlio is engaged in 
general farming and stock-raising on section 
2.5, owns one of the fine farms of White 
^^^_^ River Township, and throughout tlie com- 
munity lie is recognized as one of the leading and 
influential agriculturists. He was born May 29, 
1840, in this township, and is a worthy represen- 
tative of an honored pioneer family. His father. 



Joshua H. Carey, was born in Maryland, and 
when a boy came to Indiana with his parents, Jon- 
athan and Rebecca Carey, who were also natives 
of Maryland. The grandfather of our subject 
died at the age of seventy-three, and his wife in 
her seventy-first year. 

Joshua was one of a large family, of whom two 
are yet living. At the age of twenty-four he 
married Delilah Hire, and located upon a farm, 
which he continued to cultivate until his death at 
the age of seventy-two years. His wife passed 
away at the age of thirty-six. They were the 
parents of seven children, of whom Jonathan and 
three sisters are yet living. 

Our subject was reared upon the home farm, 
and in the district schools acquired his education. 
He remained under the parental roof until after 
the breaking out of the late war, when, on the 
18th of August, 1862, he enlisted in the service as 
a member of Company D, One Hundred and First 
Indiana Infantry. He continued with his regi- 
ment for eighteen months, and was in fifteen bat- 
tles. He was wounded by a stray shot, which 
caused him the loss of his left arm, and he re- 
mained in the hospital from July 20, 1864, until 
March 7, 1865. He now draws a pension of -SSG 
per month. 

Mr. Carey then returned to his father's house 
and engaged in horse-breeding. He was married on 
Christmas Day of 1865 to Miss Isabel A., daugh- 
ter of George and Lucy House. The young couple 
began their domestic life upon a rented farm in 
this locality, but after six months returned to the 
old homestead. Subsequently Mr. Carey purchas- 
ed sixty acres of land, at his father's death in- 
hetited eighteen acres and bought out the interest 
of the other heirs, amounting to one hundred 
acres. Since that time he has extended the bound- 
aries of his farm by additional purchases, until it 
now comprises two hundred and forty acres, under 
a high state of cultivation and well improved, 
besides eighty acres belonging to his wife. In 
connection with general fanning, he is engaged in 
importing and breeding Clyde horses. 

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Carey have been born six 
children: George S., who married Lizzie Downham; 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIIICAL RECORD. 



one daughter; Rosa R., wife of John Wise; Joshua 
G., Bessie K. and Ellis Larue. The Cavoy family 
is one of the most pr<isi)erous, proniim'nt am) hmi- 
orable in the county. 

Mr. and Mrs. Carey are members of the Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church, and take an active part in 
all good work. Charit;ifile and lienevolent, the 
poor and needy find iii Ihon a fiicnd. Mv. (.'-Avvy 
is a member of Cicoro Tost \,i. l'iiT. ('•. A. K'.. and 
has been a stalwart KcpuMirau in [lolitirs .^ince 
casting his first vote for Abraham j.ineiiln. 



'^€#i#^li-^"i^ll^^i 



W OT E. ALEXANDER, !\L 1)., ranks among 
J (^ the leading medical practitioners of I'oii- 
/I^V dleton and Madison (Jounty, and his high 
reputation is justly deserved. He was born in 
Mifflin County, Pa., August 28, 1853, and traces 
his ancestry back to John Alexander, who was 
born in Lenark, Ireland, but was of Greek origin. 
His father, Donald Alexander, was king of the 
Isles. James Alexander, the great-grandfather of 
oui- subject, and the second son of John, was born 
in(ilasgow, Scotland, and came to America in 
1736, locating in West Nottingham, Pa., where he 
lived and died. He served in the commissary de- 
partment of Washington's army at Valley- Foige, 
and for his services ret'civcd sixteen hundred 
acres of land which he located in ^Mifflin County, 
Pa. His death occurred in 171)1. He mairied 
Rosa Reed, and had a fanuly of seven sons and 
four daughters. One of the former, Robert Alex- 
ander, w.as. born in Milllin ('(Uinty, Pa., in I7(;(), 
and married Elizabeth Mi-Cliiie. He served as 
Justice of the Peace for forty-live years. Only 
two cases came before him and they were settled 
without cost. In 1833 he was sent to the State 
Legislature, receiving the largest majority ever 
given a Democrat in his district, but he firmly re- 
fused all further official honors. He was an active 
member and Elder of the Presbyterian Church, 
and an honored, iiifluential man. His death oc- 
curred in August, 18-13. 

Cyrus Alexander, father of our sul)ject, was one 
of six sons and four daughters. He and his twin 



brother, Silas, were born in Mifflin County, Pa.. 
September 30, 1807. P.y occupation he was a far- 
mer and owned lifl.Mn hundivil anvs of vmIK^v 
land. In politics lie was rM>t a I Iciiiociat, then a 
Whig and afterwards :i Ki'publican. Of the I'rrs- 
byteiian Churcli he too was a faithful member, 
and died in that failli in Si'ptcmbcr, is.s'.). p,y his 
marriage to Mary lirown. he hail nine children, 
six of whom reached matmo yeai>: Robert .M., 
James B., Robert li., Cyrn> R., Adolplius F.. Sam- 
uel, Ira, Sidney and Lot V.. All are now deceased 
with the exceptiou of our subject; James 15., a 
physician of Hartford, Ind.; and Adolphus F., a 
Presbyterian minister of Pennsylvania. The 
mother of this family was born in Jlifflin County, 
Pa., in February, 1814, and was a daughter of 
Thomas Brown, a Pentrsylvania farmer of Scotch 
origin, who served as an ollicer in the Revolution- 
ary War. 

Dr. Alexander, whose name heads this record, 
was educated in Washington and Jefferson Col- 
leges, graduating from the latter institution af- 
ter completing the classical course, in the Class 
of '70. Taking up the study of medicine, he 
pursued two courses of lectures in the t'ni versify 
of Pennsylvania, and w.as graduated in 187L In 
the spring of that year he located in Pittsburg, 
spending one year in the Western Pennsylvania 
Hospital. In 1875 he w.as in the Phil.adelphia 
Dispensary, and while there passed the examina- 
tion for the I'nited States Navy service. In 1876 
he was appointed and served six months in quar- 
antine duty on the western coast of Florida, after 
which he was stationed on board the receiving 
ship, "Portsmouth." In the spring of 1877, he re- 
signed and went to Fayette County, Ind.. where 
he practiced until February. 187;>. since which 
time he has been a member of the Tuedical fiater- 
nity of Pendleton. 

On the 5th of November of that same year, the 
Doctor married Carrie B., daughter of Evan and 
Samantha (Boyd) Hughes, of Cambridge, Ind. 
They have a pleasant home in this city, where 
they are both widely and favorably known. The 
Doctor is a prominent and active Odd Fellow. 
He belongs to the Madison County Medical So- 
ciety, the Indiana State Medical Society and the 



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Mississippi Valley Medical Society, and has made 
some valuable contributions to medical journals. 
He keeps well abreast of everything connected 
with ills profession, and the large and lucrative 
practice which he enjoys is a just tribute to his 
merit. 



J^OHN H. HESTER, an lionored veteran of 
the late war, now follows farming on sec- 
! tion 9, Pipe Creek Township, Madison 
__ ' County. He was born in North Carolina, 
December 16, 1843, and his parents, John and 
Melinda (Crews) Hester, were natives of the same 
state. They came to Indiana in 1845, and located 
in Shelby County on Christmas Day. The father 
is a successful farmer and owns two hundred and 
thirty-five acres of good land. He first purchased 
forty acres, an unbroken tract, and transformed it 
into rich and fertile fields. He was a member of 
the Christian Church, and a prominent citizen. 
His death occurred January 25, 1891, and his wife 
died during the early childhood of our subject, 
who was the second in a family of six children. 

John H. Hester began life for himself at the age 
of nineteen, and has always followed farming. 
On the 14th of August, 1862, he enlisted in Com- 
pany H, Sixteenth Indiana Infantry, Third Divi- 
sion, Thirteenth Army Corps, was mustered in at 
Indianapolis and went immediately to Richmond, 
Ky. At the battle at that place his regiment suf- 
fered severely. Thej' were sent to Memphis, then 
to Arkansas Post, and participated in the entire 
siege of Vicksburg, took part in the battle of Jack- 
son, then returned to Vicksburg, and on transports 
went to New Oileans, where they were put in the 
cavalry department under General Banks. Then 
came the Red River expedition, and the battle of 
Pleasant Hill and all the engagements of that 
campaign. Returning to New Orleans, the troops 
were sent to Donaldsville, where they did guard 
duty and fought the guerrillas. Mr. Hester was 
discharged June :U), 1865, after three years' faith- 
ful service. 

On the 7th of .lanuary, 1866, our subject wedded 



Nancy L., daughter of John W. and Eliza (Golden) 
Brown, natives of Hamilton County, Ohio, the 
former born October 30, 1818, and the latter Sep- 
tember 20, 1826. They were married March 31. 
1842, and had nine children, of whom Mrs. Hester 
is the eldest. All are living. Robert Brown, the 
grandfather, was one of the first settlers of Shelby 
County. He there spent his last days and died at 
the advanced age of ninety-seven. Unto Mr. and 
Mrs. Hester were born seven children: James 
Edward, born February 10, 1867; George Wash- 
ington, September 17, 1868; Mary L., May 30, 
1870; Eliza E., born April 18, 1872; Sarah C, 
September 22, 1876; Jasper Newton, January 3, 
1870; and Gertrude Melinda Josephine, born July 
19, 1881. 

Mr. and Mrs. Hester hold membership with the 
Baptist Church, and are prominent and worthy 
people, who have many warm friends throughout 
the community. In' politics, he is a Democrat. 
He is a prosperous agriculturist and has owned 
and operated his present farm since 1888. One of 
the valiant defenders of his country during the 
late war, he is alike true in times of peace, and the 
community finds in him one of its best citizens. 



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^Tr^^ICHARD C. MENDENHALL, of Carmel, 
\hgif was born in Delaware Township, Hamilton 
liim County, on the bank of Cool Creek, Oc- 
\^ tober 7, 1831, and is a son of Benjamin 
and Mary (Cam])bell) Mendenhali. The great- 
grandfather, John Mendenhali, was a resident of 
Wales, and had three sons who emigrated to North 
Carolina before the Revolution, John, William 
and Richard. The last-named, the grandfather of 
our subject, married Sarah E., daughter of Obe- 
diah Harris, and soon after went to Greene County, 
Ohio, where he entered Government land on the 
reservation, clearing and improving one hundred 
and sixty acres. Later, he came to Hamilton 
Countj', and improved a fine farm of two hun- 
dred and forty acres, here making his home until 
his death, at the age of eighty-four. He was a 
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politics. His wife survived hira a few months, and 
passed away at the age of eighty-lhiee. Their 
children were Henjamin, Ohediah. Ira, David and 
James. 

lienjaniin Mendenliall in his youth made a 
study of surveying, and afterwards carried on a 
linseed oil mill in Ohio. In that state he wedded 
Mary Campbell, a native of South Carolina, and a 
daughter of Raliih C. and Sarali (Ilaskett) Camp- 
bell, who were natives of Scotland and members 
of tlie Friends' Churcii. After living for iwenty 
years in Greene County, Ohio, the}' came to Ham- 
ilton County, where the father died at the age of 
eighty-two, and his wife at the age of eigiity- 
fotir. In 1826 Mr. Mendenhall made tlie first set- 
tlement on Cool Creek. He had entered two hun- 
dred and forty acres of land and i)lanted an or- 
chard. He built the first sawmill in Delaware 
Township, and for some time the lumber to build 
Noblesville and Indianapolis was obtained from 
liis mill. He was the organizer of the Richland 
Friends' Church, and was a Whig in politics. He 
had made arrangements to build a linseed oil mill, 
but died in Sejiteinber, 183;3, before its completion. 
His wife passed away in KSdS, at the age of sev- 
enty-two. Their children were: Zebula; Ira, de- 
ceased; Lydia, wife of Thom.as Hazel; Rebecca, 
wife of Ilinchman Haines; Sarah, wife of William 
Haines; Carrie, deceased; Elizabeth, wife of I. W. 
Stanton; and our subject. 

R. C. Mendenhall was educated in a log school- 
house, and when but a child began life for him- 
self. He never had a store-bought suit until eigh- 
teen _years of age. For a number of years he 
worked in a distillery, and drove cattle to Indian- 
apolis when there were only two butcher shops in 
the city. Before his marriage he accumulated con- 
siderable money. 

At the age of twenty-five Mr. Mendenhall wed- 
ded Moris, daughter of William and Elizabeth 
(West) Wilkinson. Her parents were natives of 
Noitli Carolina, and early settlers of this county, 
where the daughter was born. Mr. and Mrs. Men- 
denhall had three children: Sarah, wife of Ed. 
Cooper, of San Diego, Cal.; Cliarles, who wedded 
Mary Edson; and .Mliert, who married .lennie 
Ilinshaw. The mother died in 18G3. and Mr. Men- 



denhall afterward married Mrs. Eliza J. (Clayton) 
Wies. They are both members of the White Chapel 
Methodist Church. 

Mr. Mendenhall was a charter meniber of Pon- 
tius Lodge No. 6;5, I. O. O. F., and is now the ol.l- 
est member of Carmel Lodge No. 101, I.O. O. F., 
in which he has held all the otlires. During the 
war he was a stanch Aliolitimiist. and is now a Pro- 
hibitionist. 



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^t^LIAS STFAirr. an honored citi/.en owii- 
IjU ing a highly cultivated farm in Washing- 
/ j L-^ ton Township, Hamilton County, Ind., is 
numbered among the representative general agri- 
culturists and ])rosperous business men of his lo- 
cality. Our subject was born in Chatham Cnunty, 
N.C.,on tiie 12thof September, 1830, and was the 
descendant of very early residents of the old Tar 
State. The paternal great-grandfather, Alexander 
Stuart, of famous English ancestry, was a native 
of Pennsylvania, and removed in a very early day 
from the Quaker Slate to North Carolina, where 
he passed away. His sun. the [laternal grandfather 
of Elias, was born in North Carolina, and through- 
out his life was eng.aged in tlic pursuit of general 
agriculture. 

Grandfather .lohn Stuart married Miss Elizalieth 
Dixon, who bore him these eight sons and daugh- 
ters: Naomi, Dinah, Solomon, Alexander, Elizabeth, 
Simon, Benjamin (the father of our subject), and 
Hannah. Grandmother Stuart was a woman of 
superior ability and fair education. She was a 
devoted Christian, a noble character, and a devout 
member of the Friends' Church, and died in North 
Carolina .at the age of forty years, deeply mourned. 
The grandfather wedded a second time, mar- 
rying Miss Mary Stout, a most estimable lady, 
who became the mother of one son, Charles, who is 
married and living in Iowa. The paternal grand- 
father was an ardent Whig and a member of the 
Friends' Church. He was well educated and was 
a prominent man of his day, and. possessed of a 
wonderfully vigorous constitution, survived to 
reach ninety-one years. 

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his entire life in North Carolina. He received in 
ciiildhood the benefit of instruction in the home 
schools, and attaining to manhood, ambitious and 
self-reliant, began life for himself. He married' 
Miss Sarah Newlin, daughter of Jacob and Ruth 
(Vestal) Newlin, both natives of North Carolina. 
The parents were blessed by the birth of seven 
sons and daughters, of whom the eldest was Alfred. 
The second son was Elias, our subject; then fol- 
lowed -Jolin, Ruth, Ann, Emma and David N. The 
mother was, like her iuisband, a member of the 
Friends' Churcli, and was prominent in the good 
works and social and benevolent enterprises of her 
home locality. She died at the age of sixty-five 
years, beloved by all who knew her. The father, 
politically a Whig, took an active part in public 
affairs and survived to the age of seventy-two 
years. 

In the fall of 1851, our subject, who had then 
just reached his majority, went to Hendricks 
County, Ind., and two years later entered into 
matiimony, in 1853 being wedded to Miss Adaline 
W. Kendall, daughter of James G. and .Sallie D. 
(Reals) Kendall, both natives of North Carolina. 
Into the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart 
came nine children, of whom Newton G., deceased, 
was the eldest. Ellis R., deceased, -was the second 
born. The seven surviving are, .John K., Aaron J., 
Newlin B., Laura M., Julia E., Milo H. and Ella J. 
Mr. Stuart removed with his family to Washing- 
ton Township, Hamilton County, in 1854, and 
bought tiie farm on which he lives. He dili- 
gently improved his land and added to the origi- 
nal homestead until he now owns two hundred 
and forty acres, finely cultivated and among the 
best farms of the township, being worth at present 
fully $75 per acre. 

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart occupy a high position in 
their home community, are valued members in the 
Friends' Church, and active aids in religious work 
and charitable enterprises. Mr. Stuart holds a 
birthright in the Societ}' of Friends, to which his 
forefathers belonged from the early daj'S. He is 
politicallj' a stanch Republican, a man of broad 
intelligence and liberal spirit, and is a true Ameri- 
can cilizen, thoroughly ])osted in both local and 
national issues. lie and his worthy wife pos- 



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sess a wide acquaintance and many friends, and 
enjoy the esteem of the general public of Wash- 
ington Township. 

I RS. MARTHA STEPHENS, widow of Al- 
(\ fred Stephens, is a lady of far more than 
the ordinary executive ability, and has 
become widely known for the push and 
enterprise she has shown, for her interest in agri- 
cultural pursuits, for the deep interest she mani- 
fests in the welfare of the Christian Church, of 
which she has long been a member and to which 
she is a most liberal contributor, and for her natu- 
ral kindness of heart and numerous noble impulses. 
She is a native of RushCounty. lud., born May 3, 
1835, and the daughter of Andrew and Siua (Gar- 
ten) Hinchman, natives of the Old Dominion. 

The parents were reared in their nati\ie state, 
and after their marriage they removed to Rush 
County, Ind., where Xhey were among the pioneer 
settlers. There they remained until 1839, when 
the father removed with his family to Madison 
County, this state, and settled in Richland Town- 
ship, where he was again among the pioneers. He 
purchased land, improved it, and there passed the 
remainder of his days, his death occurring on the 
24th of October, 1851. His first home was a log 
cabin in Madison Countj"^, but after many hard- 
ships and privations he became one of the substan- 
tial farmers of his neighborhood. All his property 
was the accumulations of years of hard work, for 
he was a self-made man and started with limited 
means. 

Mrs. Martha Stephens was reared amid scenes of 
pioneer life and she attended the subscription 
schools held in the old log-cabin schoolhouse of 
early days. On the 9th of November, 1853, she 
was married to Alfred Stephens, a native of 
Fayette County, Ind., and the son of Samuel 
and Mary Stephens. When but a small boy Mr. 
Stephens removed with his parents to Madison 
County, Ind., and settled with them in Richland 
Township, where he grew to mature years. He as- 
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home place and subsequently married our subject. 
P'our children were born of this union, tliree of 
wlioin survive: .lohn. Lewis and .losephine, llie 
latter the wife of Brazelton Kindle. 

For ;i number of years after their marriage Mr. 
:uhI .Mrs. Stephens resided in Richland Townsiiip. 
til is county, and there the former's death occurred 
<in the 9th of March, 18G8. This was the occasion 
of universal sorrow, for all felt the loss sustained 
by the <l('partiire of such a ni.in. Tlic li'sson which, 

cliildren by the example of a noble and honorable 
life was a model to his heirs of the steiling quali- 
ties that characterized a man who lived nearer to 
n.-itiire in its purity than to the artillccs of society. 
So passed :iw;iy from earth a good iiKiii. In his 
|)olitical views he advocated the principles of the 
Democratic party, and he took a decided interest 
in the progress and development of his section of 
the county. .V number of years ago Mi-s. Steph- 
ens removed to a farm on section -io. and made 
her home there until 1891, when she came to her 
present property. She owns a good farm of sixt)*- 
tive acres, has it under a good state of cultiva- 
tion, and is n lady of much [iiish and energy. .She 
has been .-i resident of Madison County many 
years, and saw the first train of cars that entered 
Andersoii, this being considered a great sight at 
that time. 



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ICIIAEL liRONNENIiERti. To this gen- 
leman. now a successful farmer of Kicli- 
land Township, belongs the distinction of 
having been the first white child born in 
Madison Count}'. From childhood, when the 
country was in the primeval condition of nature, 
to old age, when thriving towns dot the prairies 
and cultivated fields are yellow with the waving, 
ripening grain, he has been a witness of, and a 
participant in, the improvements of each passing 
year. 

Horn November 24, 1821, our subject is a son of 
Frederick Rronnenberg,a native of Germany, who, 
uiion emigrating to the United States, settled in 



Pennsylvania, and there married Barbara Easter, 
probably- a native of the Keystone State. About 
the year 1821, the father of our subject, accom- 
panied by his family, removed from Ohio to In- 
diana, settling near Chesterfield, Mndison County. 
on the White River. Erecting a sawmill and a 
gristmill, he engaged in operatinu tlicni until they 
were burned to the ground, lie ;ilso i-oiiductcd .-i 
tannery for a number of yeai-s. liaviui^ U-.-irnud the 
trade of a tanner in his youth. 

In a hewed log house, the Ih-oiinenberg family 
resided for some time aftei' coming to Lhiion 
Township, their first home, however, having been 
a log cabin. Still later they erected a two-story 
frame house, in which, prior to the opening of the 
Civil War, the liusband and father passed away. 
A man of enterprise and pluck. :\ good mechanic 
and an industrious miller, lie was titled for the 
pioneer task of heuing a home from the forest 
wastes. He served as a Commissioner of .Madison 
County, and was also the incvunbent of other pci- 
sitions, in which he rendered eflicient service to- 
ward piomoting the welfare of his fellow-citizens. 

Reared to manhood in Madison County, Michael 
Bronnenberg worked both in the tannery and upon 
the farm in his boyhood years. The school in 
which he gained the rudiments of his education 
was a primitive structure, made of logs, with a 
puncheon floor, and destitute of doors and win- 
dows, although greased paper coverinir an .aper- 
ture in the logs answered the purpose of the lat- 
ter. The writing desk consisted of a board rest- 
ing on wooden pins, while split poles with wooden 
legs were used for seats. The ambitious student 
who amid these surroundings sought to gain a 
thorough practical education was opposed by ob- 
stacles innumerable and seemingly insurmount- 
able. 

November 9, 1848, Mr .Bronnenberg married 
Miss F^-ancena Forkner, a native of Indiana, born 
September 17, 1826, and a daughter of the late 
Jesse Forkner, of Richland Township. Of this 
union there are six children living, namely: Carl 
C, Henry J.; Hannah, wife of Charles Malonc; 
Isaac; Ilulda, wife of Willard Hancock: and 
Weems. Rebecca A.. James F. and Samuel B., are 
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removed to his present farm, where he now has 
one of the finest estates in the county. At the 
time of settling liere, about thirt}- acres had been 
improved, and it has been his task to clear and 
cultivate the remaining acres. He is now the 
owner of nearly live hundred acres, in addition to 
which he has aided his children by giving tliem 
valuable property. 

Prominent in local matters, Mr. Bronnenberg 
aftilialcs with tiie Republican part}', but has never 
mingled actively in political affairs. His has been 
a busy and useful life, and he has been a tireless 
worker. In years gone hy, it was his custom, af- 
ter finishing tlie day's work, to clear his land, and 
much of his f;um was cleared between the hours 
of eight and eleven o'clock at night. Notwith- 
standing the fact that he has always been a hard- 
working man, he is vigorous, hale, and possesses 
the energy which was one of his most prominent 
characteristics in his prime. 



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^l\ RS. CYNTHA A. BALLARD, an intelli- 
I \V gent lady of fine business ability, and a 
I 'i.' long time resident of Washington Town- 
^ ship, ILarailton Count}', Ind., is widely 

known and highly esteemed. She is a native of 
Highland County, Ohio, and was born September 
24, 1848, in the home of the parents, Joseph P. and 
Elcey (Crawford) Estle. The father was. a native 
of Ohio, and the mother was born in Pennsylvania. 
The parents were married in Ohio, and for a few 
years after continued their residence in the Buck- 
eye State. They removed to Indiana, locating in 
Hamilton County when oui- subject was about 
three years old, and settled on a partly improved 
farm of forty acres. 

Upon the old Estle homestead, situated in Wash- 
ington Township, the parents spent the remain- 
der of their lives. The father belonged to the 
Democratic party, and took an active interest in 
the affairs of the day. He had received a com- 
mon-school education in early life, to which he 
had subsequently added a stock of knowledge 
gained by observation and reading. He was an 



earnest man of upright character, respected by all 
his friends and neighbors. The mother, the de- 
scendant of an intelligent and industrious ancestry, 
trained up to usefulness the large family which 
brightened her home. The ten sons and daughters 
who clustered about the family hearth were in 
order of birth: Susan, Elizabeth, Jessie, Nancy, 
Thomas, Jacob, Hannah, Jeremiah, Alexander and 
Cyntha. 

The brothers and sisters, arriving at adult age, 
married, had homes of their own and worthily oc- 
cupied positions of usefulness. Our subject at- 
tended the district school of her home neighbor- 
hood, and well improved her opportunities for 
study. She was taught in her youth the house- 
wifely arts and gained the knowledge of the 
ordinary work of everyday domestic life, wliieh 
well fitted her to successfully manage a house of 
her own. August 2, 1871, James F. Ballard and 
Miss Cyntha A. Estle were united in marriage, 
receiving the hearty congratulations of many 
friends. Mr. Ballard was a widower, and lived on 
the farm where our subject now resides, and which 
has been her permanent home for more than a 
score of years. 

The union of Mr. and Mrs. Ballard was blessed 
by the birth of a merry family of seven chil- 
dren. The sons and daughters were: Ambrose, 
Wilbur F., Julius O., Alpha R., James C, Nora 
Belle and Lora Dell. These brothers and sisters 
will enjoy every advantage for a good substantial 
education, and are worthily preparing themselves 
to occupy with honor any position of trust to 
which they may be called. Their father and the 
late husband of our subject, James F. Ballard, was 
born in North Carolina and came to Hamilton 
County, Ind., in 1848. He was reared a Friend, 
although he did notalliliate with any church. He 
was a stalwart Republican and always deeply in- 
terested in the success of his party. A man of ex- 
cellent business qualifications, he took a prominent 
position in the community where he had passed so 
many years of his life. 

A devoted husband and father, a kind friend 
and neighbor, and a public-spirited citizen, ever 
ready to assist in local improvements and enter- 
prises, the death of James F. Ballard, in October, 




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1891, was mourned as a public loss, aud his mera- 
oiy will lona: he orcen in tlie hearts of the man\' 
who h;i(l known liirn from hi- u:ii l.v yc;u> and re- 
jrarck'd bin] with ruspLTt and t-.-Un'm. Mrs. IWllard 
belongs to the Wesleyan Church, and, ac-tive in 
yood works, is a leader in the social and benevo- 
lent enterprises of tliat denomination. A ready 
aid to tiie unfortunate, her inllucncf tor i^ood is 
\\\(U'.\y felt in the outside woild, and in tlie home 
circle she is a devoted mother, earing tenderly for 
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KACK E. MAKER. Of many of the pio- 
) neers of Hamilton County it may be said 
that though "they rest from tlnur labors 
their works do follow tln'TM.'" Afterstrug- 
gles innumerable, after hardship-, and t,oil, they 
have entered into rest. "After life's fitful fever, 
they sleep well." Few residents of the county 
were so closely identified with its progress during 
a period covering more than half a century as was 
the subject of this sketch. At a ripe old age, when 
full of years and honors, lie closed his eyes upon 
the scenes of time, and his mortal remains were 
laid away in the cemetery at Noblesville. 

[n Onondaga County, N. Y., in 1801, the family 
of Archilus Maker was increased by the birth of a 
son, who was named Peace E. As the years passed 
by the child grew to man's stature, and gained a 
common-school education in the Empire State, 
which was his father's home until death. In 1833, 
attracted to the west by glowing rejjorts of its soil 
and climate, he journeyed hither and settled in 
Hamilton County, where he entered and cleared a 
tract of land. Upon this place he conducted farm- 
ing and stock-raising until the time of his demise. 
A man of accurate judgment and firm convictions, 
his prosperity was acquired, not through the aid 
of extraneous circumstances, but as a result of en- 
ergy, industry and discretion. In politics, he was 
a Whig until the organization of the Republican 
party, after which he afliliated with that organixa- 
lion. 

The marriage of Mr. Maker occurred November 
15, 1833, at which time he was united with Miss 



Rebecca Richey, who vvas born in Huron County, 
Ohio, December 2(j. 181(1. She was the daughter 
of William and the urandd.anuhter of .lohn Itichcy, 
liolh of whom were natives of rcnnsy I vania, and 
of Irish descent. Her mother bori; the niai(ien name 
of Margaret Burdue, and was born in Pennsylvania, 
being of Welsh descent. In an early day Mr. 
Richey migrated to Huron County, Ohio, and 
thence, when his daughter Kt'lieeea was eleven 
years old, lie removed to Indiana, settling in Ham- 
ilton County. 

Mrs. Maker was. therefore, idenlilied with the 
early history of this county, where she acquired 
her education in the primitive temples of learn- 
ing, and seated on a split log bench she endeav- 
ored to gain a knowledge of the three R's from the 
criule text-hooks of that time. She was married 
in Hamilton County, and here were born her three 
children: Mary, wife of Samuel Purcell, a resident 
of Marion County, Ind.; Seth R., who is engaged in 
farming in Hamilton County; and Horace, a farmer 
residing in Noblesville Townsliip, this county. In 
her religious belief, Mrs. .Maker is a devoted mem- 
ber of the Presbyterian Chinch, and is a geiicioiis 
contributor to church and benevolent enterprises. 
She is the owner of two valuable pieces of prop- 
erty, including her residence on Logan Street. 



OIIARLES F. IIENX, a prominent Ccrman- 
. American citizen, and a man of broad in- 
,^ telligence and executive ability, now con- 
ducting a farm located upon section 18, Lafay- 
ette Township, is numbered among the leading 
and progressive general agriculturists of Madison 
County. Mr. Henn is a native of Raden, (!er- 
many, and was born November '26, 1824. His 
father, Jacob Henn, a man of learning and scien- 
tific research, was an iron ore expert aud Director 
of the iron ore mines in Switzerland for a pri- 
vate corporation. When fourteen years of age, 
our subject went to Switzerland, where he re- 
mained a number of years. He had previously at- 
tended the excellent schools of the Fatherland, 



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but after making his home in Switzerland for 
three j'ears, enjoyed the benefit of extended in- 
struction in Delemont College, from which cele- 
brated institution of learning he graduated with 
honor. iMr. Ilenn has constantly added to his 
early stock of knowledge by reading, study and 
observation, and is well posted in the current 
affairs of the day, local and foreign. From the 
time he attained his majority, he determined to 
make his future residence in America, but it was 
not until 1851 that our subject finally set sail for 
the United States, embarking on a vessel at Havre. 
Mr. Henn was three weeks crossing the broad At- 
lantic, and landed safe and sound in the city of 
New York. Not tarrying long in the eastern 
metropolis, lie journeyed to the farther west, and 
remained for a time in Dayton, Ohio, where he 
followed his trade of a tailor, which lie had learned 
in the Old Country. 

Later locating in Indianapolis, Ind., he engaged 
in this latter cit_y in the pursuit of his trade for a 
short time, but in 1853 settled in Perkinsviile, Mad- 
ison County, and there followed the business of a 
tailor for a number of years. In 1882, Mr. Henn re- 
moved to his present farm, and has since devoted 
himself to the cultivation and improvement of 
his ninety-four fertile acres, now annually yielding 
an abundant harvest. Upon May 18, 1853, were 
united in marriage Charles F. Henn and Miss Mary 
L. (hardener, who was born in Switzerland, De- 
cember 13, 1835. The estimable and accomplished 
wife of our subject emigrated to America with her 
widowed mother when onl.y four years of age. 
They kept a store in Buffalo, N. Y., for a number 
of years, and later journeying to the south, spent 
about two years in Tennessee. They subsequently 
made their home in D.ayton, Oliio, in wliicli city 
Mrs. Henn met and married her liii.sliainl. 

Of the four children who have blessed the union 
of Mr. and Mrs. Henn, two are living, Ernestine and 
Albert. Our subject is a stalwart Republican and 
an ardent advocate of the principles of the party 
of reform and progress. During the German Revo- 
lution of 1849, he was a member of the Baden 
artillery, and actively participated in several bat- 
tles, taking sides with the Revolutionists He was 



captured and made a prisoner for many weeks, but 
escaped from his dangerous position. 

From his youth, Mr. Henn has been most favor- 
able to a Republican government, and thus, with 
thousands of others, became identified with the 
German Revolution of 1849, which through over- 
whelming force of numbers and candid expression 
of opinion wrought the great change involving 
larger freedom of thought and action in the Father- 
land. Our subject, a man of broad intelligence 
and liberal education, has financially prospered in 
his adopted coiintiy, with whose form of govern- 
ment and free institutions he is in full and gener- 
ous accord. He and his wife and family, possess- 
ing a wide acquaintance and many friends, occupy 
with honor positions of useful intluence, and com- 
mand the high regard of all who know them. 

EM. GULP, a civil engineer, of Anderson^ 
was born at Wellsville, Ohio, on the 20th 
of March, 1859. He is the son of Adam 
and Maggie (Mitchell) Gulp. His father, a native 
of Ohio, was well known as a teacher of vocal and 
instrumental music, and was a dealer in all kinds 
of musical instruments, having an extensive trade 
throughout his section of Ohio until his death, in 
1883, at forty-four years of age. The mother was 
a native of Jefferson County, and was the daugh- 
ter of James Mitchell, a prominent citizen of the 
county in early days, who served the people for 
fifteen years in the State Legislature. Grand- 
father Adam Culp was a Pennsylvanian, who 
moved to Ohio, and there continued to make his 
home until death. 

The rudimentary education of Mr. Culp was ob- 
tained in the common schools of AVellsville, Ohio, 
his native town. Later he took a technical course 
at the state school in Richmond, from which he 
was graduated in engineering in 1879. During 
the following year he was appointed one of the 
assistant engineers of the Chicago, Pittsburg, 
Youngstown and Cleveland Railroad in the con- 
struction department, and was located at Alliance, 
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Company to Erie, Pa., and took charge of the con- 
struction of the dock at that place, the work re- 
quiring eight moutlis. From there he entered tlie 
engineering department of tlie Cliicago & North- 
western Raih-oad. Later lie engaged as transit 
mail for the Chicago, Milwaukee A' St. I'aui, and 
was located at Aberdeen, Dak., until .laiuiary, 
ISSl. 

We iie.vl lind iNIr. Culp Division Engineer of 
tlie Chicago, Iiurlington A- Ndillicin K'aih-oad, 
with headquarters at Piniric Du Chicn. Wis. 
I'pon severing his eonuection willi thai company 
he went to East Liverpool, Ohio, and spent a year 
(■(instructing sewers. Later removing to Toledo, 
he became Division Engineer of the Toledo, St. 
Louis & Kansas City Railroad, remaining there for 
nlidut two years. He then went witli the I'liiled 
States Government Survey of Red l.iiUc in the 
Chippewa reservation in Minnesi)l:i. In Septem- 
ber, 1891, he came to Anderson :iiid took part in 
organizing the Anderson I'lcll i.'ailu.'iy, a laiUoad 
built around the city with ramilicaLions to e:ieh of 
the niaiiy factories, and acted as engineer of the 
same. In 1892 the common council aiipointed 
him civil engineer of Mie city of .\iidersoii, which 
posii,i,,n he now liolds. The rapid growth and 
development of the city makes the position a par- 
ticularly arduous and important one. 

Politically Mr. Culp is a Democrat, and an ac- 
tive worker for his (larty. He is a member in good 
standing of Ml. Moriah Masonic lodge. In Sep- 
leniber, 1883, he was united in marriage with Miss 
Claudia M. Perdue, of Minerva, Ohio, the daugli- 
ter of F. A. and .Tulia (Emkefer) Perdue. Tliey 
have two children: .Tulia Maruaret and Pauline. 



named Henry. The latter w;is bor 
minion, and was mariied in tli: 
Eleanor Barrett, who wa- .-iImi :i 
ginia. About lisdl ihis worthy 



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a AMUEL C. COWGILL. In tracing the 
?^ genealogy of the Cowgill family we find 
J) that it originated in the Highlands of 
Scotland, and was represented in America 
period long antedating the Revolutionary 
Henry Cowgill, the great-grandfather of 
-ubject, wa.s one of eight generations of Hen- 
Ihe grandfather of our subject being also 



native state and made their way to Ohio, settling 
in Highland County, near Hillsboro, where 
(Jrandfather Cowgill followed blacksmithing. He 
was a (Quaker in religion and a. Whig in politics. 
The parents of our subject, .loliii and l.ydia 
(Coflin) Cowgill, were natives of the Buckeye 
slate, both born in Highland County, and there 
resided until death. The father was a farmer by 
occupation, and becune tlie owner of about seven 
hundred acres of l.-ind, allhough when he first 
started he had only aliout forty acres. He was 
fairly well educated and was a (Juaker in his re- 
ligious views. In politics he aflilial-ed with the 
Republican party. He passed .iwny in l.ssc, ;ind 
his wife received her final summons m IS'.Mi. She 
was the daughter of Samuel and Din.a (Kenwor- 
thy) Coffin, natives of North Carolin.a. Mr. and 
Mrs. Coffin moved to Ohio aboiil 1^1 1, and in 
that state pa.ssed the closing years of their lives. 
Mr. and Mrs. Cowgill were married in l)(>cem- 
ber, 18.39, and five children were given them, viz.: 
Samuel C, our subject; Mary, wife of Samuel Ew- 
ing, now residing on the old homestead in High- 
land County, Ohio; Dinah, widow of William Un- 
thank, residing with her two children in Ohio; 
Edwin, who lives in Alexandria, Ind.; and David, 
in Ohio. The original of this notice was born in 
Highland County, Ohio, in 1840, and remained at 
home until 18(;9. He secured a good practical 
education in the common schools and took a pre- 
paratory course to enter college. In 18.')8 he en- 
I tered Earlham College, at Richmond, Ind., and 
was graduated from that institution in 18G4, sub- 
sequently taking a position in Spiceland Academy 
in Henry County. There he remained until the 
spring of 1869, occupying the chair of mathemat- 
ics and sciences, and then returned to Ohio, where 
he engaged in farming on part of the old home- 
stead in Highland Township. 

In 1872 Mr. Cowgill eng.-iged in the tile busi- 
ness in Ohio and continued this for three years, 
when he removed to Cadiz, Henry County, Ind., 
and thence to Summitville in 1880. He bought 



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out William Robb, and has since carried on the 
business, einployioj^ about seventy men. He now 
lias about $25,000, besides a good farm of one 
hundred and thirty-five acres. In polities he is a 
Republican, and socially is a Master Mason. In 
1869 he married Miss Caroline Macy, a native of 
Spiceland, Henr}- Count}', and the daughter of 
.Solomon Maey, a native of North Carolina. Seven 
cliildren have blessed their union: Luzena T., S. 
Macy, Mary, Josie, Clarkson, Anna and Paul. 
Our subject and his wife are worthy members of 
the Fairmount Quaker Church. 



(^^IIOMAS C. ALLEN, a prosperous general 
ffl^^ agriculturist, and a carpenter by trade, is 
^^^ now a leading citizen of Washington Town- 
ship, Hamilton County, Ind., and, widely known, 
is universally respected as a man of excellent bus- 
iness ability and sterling integrity. Born in 
North Carolina, Randolph County, May 13, 1830, 
our subject is the son of John and Martha (Clark) 
Allen, likewise natives of North Carolina. The 
l)aternal great-grandfather, an energetic and en- 
terprising native of Ireland, early emigrated to 
the United States, and locating in Pennsylvania, 
passed the remainder of his days in the Quaker 
State. The grandfather, Samuel Allen, born in 
Pennsylvania, removed with his mother to North 
Carolina while young, and received a fair educa- 
tion in the school of his home neighborhood. 

Later a tool-maker and also a manufacturer of 
coffins, guns and a variety of articles, Samuel Al- 
len was also a successful tiller of the soil and 
owned over eight hundred acres of land in the 
old Tar State. He was a natural genius in the 
liandling of tools, and built his own cellar walls 
for a house, burned the brick and laid them, and 
in short, he erected the entire dwelling. He ar- 
ranged a secret place in the cellar wall where he 
concealed his gold, and also made an aperture in 
liie heartli, so that by the removal of a few bricks 
he pould iiide there a little walnut box filled with 
gold. His remarkable skill as an artificer in 



metals is to be seen in a pair of cufif buttons man- 
ufactured from silver and carefully preserved by 
his descendants as a precious heirloom. He set 
out a peach orchard and lived to make peach 
brandy from a portion of the crop. 

Samuel Allen was a man of high princiiiles and 
possessed strong convictions of right and wrong. 
Although dwelling in a slave-holding community 
he never owned but two negroes in his life. He 
was a prominent member of the Quaker Church, 
and was politically a Whig. He lived to wit- 
ness many of the stirring scenes of the early days, 
and after a life of usefulness passed away at four- 
score years of age. The father of our subject, like 
the paternal grandfather, was an expert in the use 
of tools and made nearly all the implements he 
used in farming, and also manufactured barrels. 
He owned over thirteen hundred acres of valuable 
land in North Carolina, and was numbered among 
the substantial citizens of Randolph County. Like 
his father, he was politically a Whig, and was in 
religious affiliation a member of the Friends' 
Church. 

The parents were l)Oth well educated for the 
day and times of their birth. The father was 
an especially fine penman, his skill in handling 
a quill being on a par with the other work of 
his hands. His wife and the mother of our sub- 
ject, Martha (Clark) Allen, was the daughter of 
Daniel and Martha Clark. The maternal grand- 
father was born in Virginia, the maternal grand- 
mother being a native of North Carolina and the 
daughter of Hezekiah and Martha (Ellmore) San- 
ders. The great-grandmother, Martha Ellmore, 
was a Cherokee Indian. The mother, like her hus- 
band a member of the P'riends' Church, was a 
friend indeed to the poor and needy. She was an 
excellent nurse and doctored many who would 
otherwise have been uncared for. A truly noble 
woman, beloved by all who knew her, she entered 
into rest in 1866, aged about seventy-four years. 

Tiie father had preceded his wife to the better 
land ten years, passing away in 1856, about sev- 
enty-four years of age. ' After the war the wid- 
owed mother came to Washington Township and 
resided with her son until her death. Of the 
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eiits, four are now siuviving. They are in the or- 
der of birth, Samuel C. Hannah J., H. P. and Thom- 
as ('.. our suhjoc't. Tlie latter luivinu- remained 
Willi lii.s fatlier until twenty-one years of aji;e- 
he then received as a start in life tlie gift of a good 
hdise and one iuindred and thirty-six acres of 
laud. He improved liis farm with excellent build- 
ings and sold it for i|il,:300. This property is now 
wortli at least 1400 per acre. Later disposing of 
all his real estate in North Carolina, Mr. Allen, 
then about twenty-seven years of .age, journeyed 
to Indiana and located in Hamilton County with 
a l)ri)thci- about one year oldei'. 

After a short time our subject went Id Kansas 
and bought one hundred and eighty acres of land 
ill Lyons County, and then returned to Lidiana. He 
soon traveled back to North Carolina to settle up 
some money mailers, and while there the war 
broke out. Fiually, ui October. IStii. .Mr. Allen 
located permanently in Washington Township, 
and worked al his trade of a carpenter. He 
later exchanged his Kansas farm for >!400 and a 
forty-acre tract in Washington Township, where 
he then settled aii<l yet resides. To the original 
forty since adding another forty, our subject now 
owns a fine farm well improved with substantial 
-and attractive buildings, and the land, under a 
high state of cultivation, annually yields an abun- 
dant harvest. At the age of thirty-two years. 
November 3, 18(54, Thomas C. Allen was united 
in marriage with Miss Maiy Ann Stout. 

The accomiilished wife of our subject was the 
daughter of Robert and .lane Stout, highly re- 
spected residents of Washington Township, a 
sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. 
The pleasant home of INIr. and Mrs. Allen was 
brightened by the birth of seven children, one of 
whom died in infancy. Six suivived to adult age; 

is deceased; Cora E. teaches in the district school; 
Nettie J., John R. and Charles A. are at home. 
The intelligent sons and daughters, all single, 
worthily occupy positions of useful iiillueiice. Mr. 
and Mrs. Allen both received common-school edu- 
cations and have well improved their opportuni- 
ties ill life. They are devout members of the 
Friends' Church and are active in good works. 



Our subject is politically a Republican and a lib- 
eral-spinterl citizen, and takes an active interest in 
local and national issues. 



/^^:\FA)\iirK (;. WHITNEY. The intelligence 
[|| and al)ility shown by Mr. Whitney as a 

%i^{ progressive farmer and stockman, and the 
interest he has taken in the advancement of meas- 
ures for the good of Madison County, caused him 
long since to be classed as one of the leading citi- 
zens of his .section. 'Ihe properly tli;il he now 
owns has come .as the result of his own ertorls, and 
he deserves much credit for tlie determined way 
in which he faced and overcame difficulties that be- 
set his ]}ath. He comes of Welsh descent, and his 
ancestcns who first eainc to this country settled in 
the P^mpire State. Moses and Plnebe (Schoonover) 
W'hitney, his grandparents, were natives of Tioga 
County, N. Y. Thence the^- moved to Orange 
County, where they spent one year, and in 1814 
emigrated to Franklin County, Ind. The gran<l- 
fatlier was a prosperous I'.'irmer. He served in the 
War of 1812. 

Benjamin AVhitney, father of our subject. w;is 
born on the 19lh of .September, IHI,'.. in Frank- 
lin County, Ind., and resided in that county 
on his native farm until 188it. He then (^ame to 
Elwood, Madison County, and lived retired until 
his death, August 27, 1892. Like his father, he 
followed the occupation of a tiller of the soil, and 
met with substantial results. He received a com- 
mon-school education, and for several years en- 
gaged in teaching. A great reader and a close ob- 
server, lie was a man of good gene>al information. 
Mild in disposition, temperate in habits and char- 
itable to all, in his death the county lost one of 
its best citizens. lu politics he was a Democrat, 
and for many years he was Trustee, .lustice of the 
Peace, and a member of the School Board in Frank- 
lin County. The Christian Church found in him 
one of its most earnest workers, and he engaged in 
the ministry as an Elder for some time. 

.lanuary 9, 1838, Benjamin Whitney married 
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County, Pa., October 22, 1816. Her parents, 
James and Mary Jones, were also natives of the 
Keystone Slate, the former being of Welsli de- 
scent, lie became a prosperous farmer and gAvo. 
all his cliildren good educational advantages. 
The following children were boru to Mr. and 
Mrs. Whitney: William W., who died in infancy; 
Ann Maria, who died when twenty-one years of 
age; Benjamin D., a real-estate dealer in Elwood, 
Ind., who married Miss Rosa Knote, and has one 
child, Maude; and George G., the subject of this 
sketch. 

The last-named was born in Franklin County, 
Ind., February 8, 1840, and there resided with his 
parents until 1860. The incidents of his early life 
were not materiall}' different from those of other 
boys living on farjns. He was taught to work at 
anything necessary for him to do, and his scholas- 
tic training was received in the district school, 
where he gained a fair knowledge of the common 
branches. When twenty years of age, on the 21st 
of March, 1860, he married Miss Eliza A. Cottrell, 
who was born in Indiana January 22, 1840. Mrs. 
Whitney is the daughter of Bradbury and Mary 
(Douglas) Cottrell, natives of Boone County, N. 
Y., and Franklin County, Pa., respectively. Mr. 
Cottrell was a graduate of Yale College, and was a 
man of retiring disposition, but of fine mind. He 
was an attorney in the court of Franklin County, 
Ind., and died May 12, 1881, aged eighty-six. 

After his marriage, our subject rented a farm of 
his lather and continued to till the soil for ten 
years, when his health broke down and he was 
obliged to abandon farming. Later he engaged 
in handling stock, grain and implements at Cedar 
(irove, Ind., and in the year 1880 came to Madi- 
son County, where he first rented forty acres 
near his present home. In the year 1881 he 
bought the adjoining forty acres, and cleared 
the entire tract in four years. Soon afterward he 
bought thirty acres where he now lives, and since 
then he has bought twenty' acres, making ninety 
acres that he has cleared. Aside from this he has 
an undivided interest in his father's estate and 
property in Fairmount. He is a member of the 
C^hristian Church. Socially he is connected with 
the Masonic order, and has taken the third de- 



gree. In politics he is a Prohibitionist. He is a 
Notary Public, and for some time has been a mem- 
ber of the School Board. Five children have been 
born of this marriage. LaodeciaMay, a graduate of 
Brookville College, and the wife of John L. Arm- 
strong, has five children: Lena, Bertha, Pearl, Wil- 
ber and Gladys; Lee Rolland, who married Miss 
Jennie Phillips, was educated in Fairmount Acad- 
emy and the Indianapolis Business College, and is 
Principal of the Fairmount schools; Adriene Au- 
gusta, a graduate of Fairmount Academy and the 
Indianapolis Business College, is the wife of J.-N. 
Johnson, Cashier of the Citizens' Bank of Upland. 
Ind.; and Harry O., a graduate of Indianapolis 
Business College, is book-keeper for S. C. Cowgill, 
of Summitville. One child died in infancy. 



JOHN 11. DUSANG. This enterprising and 
well known resident of Madison County, is 
successfully conducting agricultural pur- 
suits in Union Township, where he owns 
one hundred and eighty-six acres. He is a native of 
Indiana, Clark County being the place of his birth, 
and July 14, 1834, the date thereof. His father. 
Samuel Dusang, a native of Maryland, traces his 
ancestry to France and Germany, while his mother 
whose maiden name was Mary Clark, was of Irish 
descent. Grandfather Dusang was one of those 
patriotic men who enlisted in the defense of the 
Colonies and succeeded in securing their liberty. 
Under the command of General Washington, he 
rendered faithful and efficient service in the 
Revolutionary War. 

In the fall of 1844, Samuel Dusang emigrated, 
in company with his parents, from Ohio to Dela- 
ware County, Ind., settling in the woods of Salem 
Township. There he built a log house, in whicli, 
destitute as it was of a tli)or, he lived for a time, 
later putting in a puncheon floor. He endured 
many hardships and obstacles in the prosecution 
of his labors, but was finally rewarded by securing 
a competency. During the early days of his set- 
tlement there, he was obliged to go to Brookville 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



In his community lie was a man of considerable 
iiifluonce, and bis standing was among tlie fore- 
most citizens of tiie county, i'or m |)eriod of 
tliii'ly-five years, he servoil ;is .h|^li(■(■ of the Peace, 
and in politics always alliliatcil with tlie Republi- 
cans. His death, which took place November 2(i, 
IS,s(;,:U the age of eighty-nine years, deprived 
the Christi;in Chiircli of one of its foremost niem- 
bcrs, and the county of one of its most jn'Ogressive 



In the p.-)icnlal f.'Unily. thr followinu-n.-inuMl 
children .survive: Amanda, wife of .1. K. Trimble; 
Loietta, the widow of Lewis tSmitli; Mary, wife of 
Klijah Stevens; John H.; Melissa, who married 
Wesley Herman, and Joseph. John IL, of this 
sketch, was reared to manhood amid pioneer scenes, 
and in boyhood was a student in the subscription 
schools of the townsliii). These were of a crude 
nature, offering meagre advantages to the ambi- 
tious bo3's and girls of that period, who sat upon 
uncomfortable ))cnches, and endeavored, witli tiie 
aid of a few text books, to gain a practical knowl- 
edge of the three R'.s. 

During the great gold excitement in California. 
Mr. Dusang journeyed thither in IM.'iK, and for ten 
years engaged in mining gold, while for one year 
he was occu])ied as a farmer. He traveled to the 
Pacific Coast, and also returned to New York, via 
the Isthmus route. Shortly after his return, on 
the ISth of Pebruaiy, l.sTI, he was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Elizabeth . I. ( iodn in, who was born 
in Delaware County, Ind., on the 11th of April, 
is.jd. Mrs. Dusang is the daughter of Dr. George 
\V. and Margaret (Dilts) Godwin, natives of Mary- 
land and Indiana respectively. Her fatlier was a 
pioneer physician and prominent citizen of In- 
diana, and for many 3'ears resided in Delaware 
County. He had two children by his first mar- 
riage, both deceased. By his second marriage 
there were five childreii. two of whom survive: 
Melvina, the widow of W. Makepeace, aiul Mrs. 
Dusang. By his third marriage, which united him 
with Mrs. Ransom Scott, he became the father of 
one daughter, Nettie. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Dusang 
have been born eight children, six living: Olho 
S.. Helena, Vernon L., Clay W., John G. and Cora 



M. Joseph B. and an infant unnamed are de- 
ceased. 

Successful in his business affairs, Mr. Dusang 
has accumulated one hundred and eighty-six acres 
of highly cultivated land, upon which he makes 
his home. He devotes his attention principally to 
the details of farming, although he also llnds time 
for local and township affairs of importance. He 
is a Republican in his political relations, believing 
the |)rinciples of that party best calculated to pro- 
mote the welfare of our country. In his religious 
belief, he is identified with the Christian Church, 
and contributes generously of his time and means 
to promote its good works. 



er of on 
County. 



Jl'OSIAH CANADAY is tl 
the finest farms of M:i 
embraces two hundred and eight acres of 
valuable land in I'ipe (Ireek Township, and 
he has there made his home for over twenty years. 
The residence is one of the iiandsomest in the lo- 
cality, and IS pleasantly silualccl witliiu a mile of 
Erankton. The large li;uu :ind <itlier ontl)uil<lings 
are models of convenience, and no accessory of a 
well appointed farm is lacking. 

'Ihe owner of this desirable projierty was born 
in Henry Count,y, Ind.. on the llth of Noveml)er, 
1835, and is a son of Caleb :iud Martha (Drig- 
gins) Canaday, who were natives of Virginia, and 
came to this state about I8;5H. In the usual man- 
ner of farmer lads our subject was reared, and on 
the 17th of Eebruary, l«<')<t. he led to the mar- 
riage altar Miss Mary, daughter of Lanty and 
Louisa (Brown) Roach, who were born in \'irginia. 
The maternal grandfather, Newton BroVn, came 
to Indiana in 1819, and was one of the first set- 
tlers of Iluntsville, where he resided until his 
death. He was a successful agriculturist, and 
a member of the Baptist Church. 

The ancestry of the Roach family is long-lived. 
and the grandfather, Isaac Hoach, reached the ad- 
vanced age of one hundred and four. The 
father of Mrs. Canaday was a carpenter by trade, 



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and after his emigration to tiie Hoosier State fol- 
lowed his chosen occupation near Anderson until 
1853. In 1860 he located on a farm near Frank- 
ton, and there remained until his death, which 
occurred October 18, 1887. He was a member of 
the Masonic fraternity, and an influential and 
highly resiiected citizen. His widow is now 
(1893) living in Frankton in the seventy-second 
year of her age. Jlrs. Canaday is the second in a 
family of four children, all of whom are living. 
1>3- her marriage, slie has become the mother 
of two children: Emma, who was born April 
22, 1864, and is the wife of Daniel Stout, a 
dealer in men's furnishing goods in Elwood; and 
Edwin 0., who was bora December 4, 1870, and 
now has charge of the farm. 

Botli Mr. and Mrs. Canaday are members of the 
Metliodist Episcopal Churcli. He may truly be 
called a self-made man, for he commenced life 
with a capital of only $300, and on that small 
foundation his fortune has been built. By deter- 
mination and perseverance he overcame the 
obstacles m lus path, and step by step worked 
his way upward to success. His life, indeed, has 
been an exemplary one. 



^!^,EORGE W. HEINY, a prominent young 
ill <^ agriculturist and enterprising citizen, pros- 
^^Jl perously conducting a large farm, a saw- 
mill and a tile factory, all located in Wayne Town- 
ship, Hamilton Count}', Ind., is a native of his 
present locality, and was born on Cliristmas Day, 
1848, on the old Heiny homestead. His father, 
Henry, and his paternal grandfather, Jacob, were 
l)ioneer settlers of Hamilton County. The grand- 
father survived to an advanced age, but the 
father entered into rest when twenty-four years 
old. A busy man, lie had combined the occupa- 
tions of a farmer and general merchant, and suc- 
cessfully managed a store at Clarksville. The 
motiier, who in maidenhood was Annetta Stichter, 
was a native of Schuylkill County, Pa., and was 
born in 1826, being the daughter of Samuel and 
]\Iagdalene (Medler) Stichter. The maternal grand- 



father of our subject spent his entire life in 
Pennsylvania. After his death the widowed 
grandmother removed to Indiana, aud passed 
away in Hamilton County, aged seventy-seven 
years. 

George W. Heiny was one of five children who 
blessed the home of the parents, two brothers and 
two sisters yet surviving. The youngest, Alice, 
is deceased. He was reared upon the old farm 
and educated in the schools of the district. When 
fourteen years of age his father died, after wliich 
he began the battle of life b}' working at general 
labor and doing whatever his hands could find 
to do.' An ambitious lad, he lost no opportunity 
of gaining knowledge, and attained to mature 
years self-reliant and industrious. August 15, 
1872, he was united in marriage with Miss Lu- 
cinda, the daughter of Charles and Catherine E. 
(Creiger) Boden, who located in Hamilton County, 
in 1856. Charles Boden was born in Saxony, 
Germany, February 16, 1816, and emigrated to 
this country when a young man. His wife, whom 
he married in C)hio, was a native of Montgomery 
County, and died at the home of Mrs. Heiny, aged 
sixty-six years. Mr. Boden still survives, and is 
numbered among tne substantial citizens and 
prominent agriculturists of Noblesville Town- 
ship, Hamilton County. Mrs. Heiny was one of 
ten children, six of whom are yet living. 

Our subject and his excellent wife have wel- 
comed to their hearts and home seven children, 
one of whom is deceased. Gracie Alice was born 
September 4, 1891, and died at birth. The surviv- 
ing sons and daughters, all yet at home with 
their father and mother, are in the order of their 
birth: Charles H., who was boru .January 9, 1873; 
Harry E., November 22, 1874; Leander, Novem- 
ber 17, 1876; Franklin G., March 27, 1879; Min- 
nie May, .June 27, 1881, and Flora C, February 
27, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Heiny are valued mem- 
bers of the Christian Church, and actively aid in 
the promotion and extension of religious influ- 
ences and enterprises. Immediately after his mar- 
riage our subject with his wife settled in Clarks- 
ville, where he was occupied variously for the 
succeeding six years. He then bought ninety 
acres of land and successfully engaged in the pur- 



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suit of general agriculture. lie had previously 
owned forty acres, which he sold. Later he formed 
a partnership with Samuel Ileiny in the manufac- 
ture of tile, and also profitably runs a sawmill, 
being, in fact, one of Mie busiest and most success- 
ful men in Hamilton County. 

Politically, Mr. Ileiny is a Republican and takes 
an active interest in local and national issues. 
Fraternally, he is associated with the Masonic 
(iiiler, beinji' a member of Lodge No. liO, at 
Clarksville, and he is also connected with tiie 
order of Red Men, No. 90, at Noblesville. He is 
a raember of the Countj' Detective Horse Thief 
Association, and throughout his life has ever been 
ready to lend a helping hand in all matters of 
impoitance. He and his worthy wilV and family 
occupy a liigh social ))osition and jiosscss ;i host of 
friends, tiie(l and true. 



^ANIEL (4C)KHLER, a leading business 
IJ)) man and prominent merchant tailor, en- 
<i^f^ joying a large patronage in Anderson, 
carries a choice variety of foreign and 
domestic goods, and sends out from his establish- 
ment the best work produced in his line of busi- 
ness in the city. Combining artistic taste, excel- 
lent judgment and long experience, he is uniform- 
ly successful in catering to the demands of his cus- 
tomers. He is a native of Als.ace, France, and 
was born January 1, 1844. He received his early 
training and schooling in his native land. There 
he also ac()uired the art of perfect tailoring, and 
while yet quite young, became an exi)ert at his 
trade, which he followed for some time in the Old 
Country. He followed his trade while in the 
army. 

In 1871, Daniel (loehlcr and Miss Marie -Tosepli- 
iiie Strcile, a native of Marseilles, France, were 
married, and the following year they emigrated 
to the United States. Mr. Goehler first engaged in 
business in Louisville, Ky., where he worked at 
his trade fen- about eighteen months, and then, not 
being satislied with his surroundings, removed to 
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Cincinnati, Ohio. He embarked in tlie tailoiing 
business in that city, renniining there for about 
three years. In May, 1877, removing to .Ander- 
son, heat once established himself in business as :i 
merchant tailor, and from Ihclirsi received an ex- 
cellent custom, the style and linishof his work be- 
ing higiily appreciated l)y the general public. 

Heginning in business with very limited capital, 
Mr. fioehler has by resolution and indomitable 
will, combined with nnvaryin.; iiolnsliy and judi- 
cious management, won his way In a po-,ili,,ii ,,f 
assured success, and now enjoys the res])ect of the 
people, among whom he has transacted business in 
a thoroughly honorable manner for more than six- 
teen years. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. 
(io.'liler has been blosed by the biilh of three 
daughters. Leonora, Ida and Nellie, who are ac- 
complished and popular young ladies. They have 
been given every opportunity to ac(|iiire the edu- 
cation wliich will worthily fit them for aii\- posi- 
tion of social prominence to which they may be 
called. 

Socially. :\Ir. (loehler is an ardent advocate of 
Masonry, and has for many years been a valued 
member of Mt. Moiiah Loil;^.-, A. V. A- \. M., and 
is also identified with AndiTson Chapter and An- 
derson Commander}-. He is connected with the 
Anderson Lodge of the Independent Order (jf 
Odd Fellows, and the P.enevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks, and in these various societies has 
formed an extended aeipiaintance and numerous 
friends. Politically a Democrat, he is a linn be- 
liever in the principles of his party, and takes an 
active interest in all matters pertaining to the 
|)ublic welfare, both local and national. 



ONATIIAN CAREY, owning one of the 
finest stock farms of Washington Town- 
ship, and a prominent citizen of Hamilton 

County, lud., is one of the pioneers of the 

state, and, early suffering the privations and hard- 
ships incidental to a new country, has prosper- 
ously won his upward way to an a-snred position 
of financial success and inlliieiice. iloin in High- 
land County, Ohio. March 10, 18;J1, our subject, 



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the third son of Zenas and Lydia (Haines) Carey, 
was only a little lad four years of a^e when with 
his parents he removed from his native state to 
Indiana. The paternal grandfather was a long- 
time resident of Virginia, and in the Old Dominion 
the father, Zenas, was born. Grandmother Carey 
was a daughter of Benjamin Bond, and her grand- 
parents, Benjamin Fox and his wife, were natives 
of England. 

Grandfather Carey emigrated to Highland 
County, Ohio, when the father was about eighteen 
years of age. The family settled upon a farm, 
and with energy entered into the cultivation of 
the fertile land. Zenas remained with his parents 
until he reached his majority, and tiien, marrying, 
began life upon his own account. The mother 
w.as the daughter of Enos Haines, a native Vir- 
ginian. The maternal grandmotlier, in maiden- 
hood. Miss Evans, was the daughter of Evan 
Evans, a native of Wales. The father and raotlier, 
with their family, came to Indiana in 1835, and 
settled on one hundred and sixtj' acres of Govern- 
ment land in Washington Township, and later 
acquired two other tracts of land, a forty and an 
eighty, in the same township. They lived for six 
weeks in what was called a rail-pen, and afterward 
in a log house. 

The mother, a devout Christian woman and a 
member of the Friends' Cluirch, died at a good 
old age upon tiie Indiana homestead in Washing- 
ton Township. Tlie father, an Elder and prom- 
inent member of the Friends' Church, was also a 
leading man of his neighborhood, taking an active 
l)art in local affairs. In early life a Whig, and 
later a Republican, he was well posted in public 
issues. Of the ten children born unto the father 
and mother, all save one ^-et survive. Jonathan 
remained upon the home farm assisting his parents 
until twentj'-three years of age, when he was 
united in marriage with Miss Eliza Ann McCool, 
second daughter of Gabriel and Elizabeth (Good- 
rich) McCool. The parents of Mrs. Carey were 
Virginians by birth, and early settlers of High- 
land Count}, Ohio, in which locality the estimable 
wife of our subject was born on the 25tli of De- 
cember, 1836. 

Mr. and Mrs. McCool removed with their familv 



to Indiana when their daughter, Eliza Ann, was 
sixteen years old, and located on a farm in Wash- 
ington Township. The McCools were valued 
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
the father was politically a Whig. Grandfather 
McCool, an energetic Irishman, emigrated from 
the Emerald Isle to America in an early day and 
settled in the sunny south. United in marriage 
March 11, 1851, Mr. and Mrs. Carey made their 
home on fort_y acres of land given our subject by 
his father. After a short time, however, Mr. 
Carey exchanged his first farm for another forty 
acres, where he now resides. Financially success- 
ful, the fine stock farm of two hundred and thirty- 
five acres now conducted by our subject is 
accounted one of the best in Hamilton County, 
its finely cultivated fields and thrifty appearance 
fully attesting the excellent management of the 
owner of the broad acres. 

Mr. and Mrs. Carey received their early educa- 
tion in a little log schoolhouse of their home 
district, but our subject later enjoyed the benefit 
of instruction in a private school. During the 
first j'ears of married life both liusband and wife 
endured many hardships. The countr}' was a 
comparative wilderness, where bear and deer were 
plenty but roads scarce and rough. Mr. Carey's 
father had to market his produce in Lawrence- 
burgh and Michigan City, and after hauling it 
those long distances frequently received only from 
thirty-five to thirty-eight cents per bushel. Mrs. 
Carey made the material for their clothing out of 
flax and wool, and many a time our subject went 
to Indianapolis barefooted and clad only in a linen 
shirt and pants. As time passed on their home 
was brightened by the birth of six children, all 
living and all married and in homes of their 
own, with the exception of the youngest son. 

Lydia F^mma, the wife of Louis Morford and 
the mother of six children, resides on her father's 
farm. Mary Alice, Mrs. Albert E. Jeffries, has 
seven children and also lives in Washington 
Township. Oliver M. is the husband of Marecis 
Ann, makes his home in Washington Town- 
ship and has one child. Walter, married to 
F^lora McLaudig, is the father of one child 
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beth, the wife of Eli N. Hinsbaw, is the mother of 
four children, all at home in Washington Town- 
ship. Charles C. is unmarried. These children and 
grandchildren, temperate in all things, were never 
inside of a saloon nor played a game of cards in 
their lives. Our subject, adhering to the religious 
liaiiiingof his youth, is a member of the Friends' 
Church, and politically belongs to the Republican 
party. A liberal spirited citizen and an active 
aid ill matters of local welfare, he coiiiiii:iii(ls the 
high esteem and thorough contideiice of a wide 
.accniaiiitaiicesliiu. 



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J I OIIN MATTHEW. Scotland has contrib- 
uted to the United States many of its most 
' enterprising and successful citizens, who 
^^ in the various professions and vocations of 
life have .achieved prominence, at the same time 
displaying the possession of the qualities of thrift, 
economy and acumen characteristic of the Scotch 
people. The subject of this sketch is a native of 
Fifesliire, Scotland, and is now a resident of Mad- 
ison County, where he owns and operates a farm 
on section 20, Richland Township. He was born 
.lune 11, 1815, and is a son of John and Margaret 
(Held) Matthew, both of whom were born in Scot- 
land. 

Roared to man's estate in the land of his birth, 
our subject, at the age of sixteen, commenced to 
learn the trade of a carpenter and joiner, at which 
he served an apprenticeship of four years. Sub- 
sequently he followed that trade as a journeyman. 
Meantime, he had received an excellent education 
in the parish .schools of Scotland, and after it be- 
came necessary for him to earn his livelihood, he 
still continued his studies, attending a night 
school. In 181(1 he tdoU passage on a sailing-ves- 
sel from Liverpool, .uid after an uneventful voy- 
age of thirty-tive days landed in New York City, 
whence he proceeded to Ross County, Ohio. 

A resident of Ro.ss County for ten years, Mr. 
Matthew engaged in the business of contracting 
and building, meeting with fair success. From 
the Uuckeye State in 1850 he came to Indiana 



and settled in Madison County, having purchased 
the farm upon which he has since resided in 1848. 
Through energy and successful management, he 
h.as acquired the ownership of four hundred and 
fourteen acres, and is one of the well-to-do farm- 
ers of the county. His first home here was a log 
house, in which he lived for a short time, remov- 
ing thence into another log structure, somewhat 
better than the fust. Some years ago he erected 
tiie residencr in wiiieli he has since made his home, 
and which is iiuiiibeied among the most substan- 
tial rural abodes of the township. 

The first marriage of Mr. Matthew united liim 
with iMi.ss Sarah Droyer, who bore him one daugh- 
ter, Sallie M., now the widow of Jacob I'.ush. of 
Highland County. Oliio. On the .".d of December, 
1840, IMr. Matthew married Miss Nancy .Middle- 
ton, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, March 5, 
1820, being the daughter of W. II. B. and Phcebe 
(I'.rown) Middleton. Tlie maternal ancestors of 
Mrs. !\Iatlhew were ^'irg^nians, whih' on lier fath- 
er's side she traced her lineage to Scotland. Her 
parents were early settlers of Ross County. Ohio, 
where they remained until death. They had live 
daughters, the others beside Mrs. Matthew being: 
Cynthia, Martha, Phwbe and Rebecca. 

The union of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew h.-is result- 
ed in the birth of eight children, as follows: 
John C; Agnes, wife of Frank Bickliam; Luther; 
]\Iaitha E.. who married Frank Tappaii; Frank, 
Edward; Minnie. Mrs. Benton Broiinenbeig; and 
Victoria, who is the wife of Herman llughel. The 
family is highly esteemed as one ot the most hos- 
pitable and progressive in the county, and occu- 
pies a high position in sot'ial circles. Since pur- 
chasing his present farm in 1818, .Mr. Matthew 
has been identified with the progre.ss of the town- 
ship, to which be has contributed his quota, as.sist- 
ing in the promotion of its various enterprises 
and aiding in its development. 

In his religious convictions a member of the 
Presbyterian Church, Mr. Matthew has long been 
identified with the best interests of this denomi- 
nation and has served as an Elder in the church 
at .Viiderson. In his political l)elief he is identi- 
fied with tlie Repulilican party, to the success of 
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has served as Trustee of Richland Township for 
one term, and also filled the position of Clerk of 
the township. Publie-s])irited and enterprising, 
he is a typical representative of the thrifty, intel- 
ligent and successful Scotch-American citizen, and 
worthily enjoys the confidence of his community. 



1/ AMES W. SULLIVAN, a leading citizen and 
I prosperous agriculturist of Boone Town- 
^^1: ship, Madison County, Ind., has for nearly 
^^-' two-score years been associated with the 
growth and upward progress of his present local- 
ity. Aside from his duties as a tiller of the soil, 
he has long been known as one of the successful 
teachers of the state, ;ind, a friend to educational 
advancement, has aided in the promotion of a 
higher grade of sciiolarship and instruction. Mr. 
Sullivan is a native of Indiana, and was born in 
Boone Township, Madison County, in the year 
1854. His father, Thomas Sullivan, born, reared 
and educated in West Virginia, there attained 
to manhood, but, following the tide of emigra- 
tion, later removed to tiie state of Indiana, wlieie, 
with his family, he made his permanent home. He 
was a man of upright character, hard-working and 
industrious, and by occupation was a farmer. In 
1850, upon leaving Virginia, he journeyed to 
Madison County and located in Boone Township; 
lie here- continued to reside until his death in 
1887. The mother of our subject, in her maiden- 
hood Miss Hannah Sayre, a native of the Old Do- 
minion, was the daughter of an old and highly 
respected Virginia family, and, early trained into 
habits of thrifty industry, was well fitted to as- 
sume the responsibilities of a wife and mother. 

Mrs. Hannah (Sayre) Sullivan, yetsurviving her 
husband, has now reached the advanced age of 
eighty-two, and after a long life of busy useful- 
ness is passing her^last days in peaceful rest, be- 
loved by all who know her. .lames W. Sulli- 
van was the seventh of the eight children who 
blessed the home'of the parents. To each of the 
sons and daughters the father and mother gave 
every possible advantage for an education their 
means afforded, and trained them up ^to self-reli- 
ant manhood and womanhood. Our subject reg- 



ularly attended the common schools of his home 
neighborhood, and completed a course of instuc- 
tion in Lebanon, Ohio, where he fitted himself for 
the avocation of a teacher. During his youth he 
was likewise trained into a full knowledge of 
agricultural duties, and reached mature age fully 
qualified to make his upward way in life. After 
returning from his course of study in Ohio, Mr. 
Sullivan taught school in the districts of Indiana 
for eight consecutive j^ears, and with this em- 
ployment profitably combined the pursuit of agri- 
culture. In 1878 he finally determined to try the 
farther west, and emigrated to Kansas, where he 
successfully taught for two years and likewise con- 
ducted a farm. 

Our subject, however, preferred his native state 
to Kansas, and in 1880 returned to Indiana, locat- 
ing upon the farm where he now resides. In 
1878 James Sullivan and Miss Eunice Hiatt were 
united in marriage. The estimable wife of our 
subject is the daughter of William and Rachael 
(Hodgson) Hiatt, pioneer settlers and highly re- 
spected citizens of Indiana, where Mrs. Sullivan 
was educated and grew up to womanhood. The 
six intelligent children who have brightened the 
home of Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan are in order of 
their birth: Paul, Ruel, Oraa; Thomas, deceased; 
Nellie and .John. The five surviving eliildren 
are all at home with their parents. Fraternally, 
our subject is a valued member of Independence 
Lodge No. 404, I. O. O. P., and politically is a 
strong Democrat, taking a prominent place in the 
local councils of the party. Elected as Trustee of 
his township, Mr. Sullivan has with ability, and 
to the universal satisfaction of the entire commu- 
nity, discharged the duties of his office, and he com- 
mands the sincere esteem of a wide circle of old 
acquaintances and life-time fiiends. 



eYRUS CAREY, long a prominent business 
man and representative general agricul- 
turist of Washington Township, Hamilton 
County, Ind., came to the Hoosicr State with his 
parents in a very early day, and, participating in 
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survived to enjoy the later prosperit^y which has 
blessed this part of the great west. Mr. Carey 
was born in Highland County, Ohio, October 13, 
1829. His parents, Zenas and Lj-dia (Haines) 
Carey, were long-time residents of the Buckeye 
State and well known in Highland County. Grand- 
father Carry made his home in Virginia in the 
cuily yvrus >,( liis married life, and there his son 
Zcna^ n:is Ikjiii. 1 he grandfather witli his fam- 
ily removed l<i Iliglihuid ('Miiiity. Oliio, when the 
father of (lur .-ulij.Tt was only eiglitern years of 

'I'he maternal great-grandfather was Evan Evans, 
a native of Wales. Grandmother Carey was a 
daughter of Benjamin Fox, and her grandparents 
were natives of England. The Haiiieses were na- 
tives of Virginia. The fatiier, Zenas Carey, re- 
mained on the Ohio farm witli tiie paternal grand- 
father until he had attained his majority, and soon 
after reachiiiu' his twenty-lirst birtliday was united 
in marriage with Miss Lydia Haines. Of the large 
family of ten children born unto the parents, all 
are yet living save one. The sons and daughters 
were: Eli; Mary; Cyrus, our subject; Jonathan, 
lluldn. llaniKih, Almeda, Deborah, Margaret and 
Lydia. 'I'lie mother received only a limited edu- 
caticui in the schools of tiie home neighborhood, 
hut was highly respected for lier native ability 
and kindly qualities, which endeared her to all 
with whom she came in contaet. Slie was a de- 
vout member of the Friends" Chiirt-li. an<l imssed 
away deeply mourned. 

The father attended the little school of his 
home district in tiie winter montlis. and aecpiired 
a good education in tiie common branchesof study. 
He was, like liis wife, a niemlier of the Friends' 
Cliurch, and was politically a Whig, and later a 
Republican, taking an active interest in the vital 
questions of the day, and in all matters tending 
to tlie promotion of public welfare was a liluial- 
spirited and progressive citizen. He came to In- 
diana in 18.35, and settled on a farm of one hun- 
dred and sixty acres, and was later numbered 
among the prominent general agriculturists of liis 
locality. Cyrus Carey began to learn the trade 
of a blacksmith when eighteen years of age, and 
had just arrived at his majoritv when ho was 



united in marriage witli Miss JIalinda Barker, 
daughter of John and Mary (Wells) Barker, both 
natives of North Carolina. 

The pleasant home of the yiuiig liiisli:iiiil .•ind 
wife was blessed with the presence of live chil- 
dren, one little one dying in iiir.-iney. The four 
wlio survived to adult age were: .lesse 15., who died 
September 25, 1858; Martha, who dietl February 
23, 1865; Emma and Ida M. The estimable wife 
of oursulijecl h:iil received a goo<l e.liication and 
taught school for one term. She was .-i member of 
the Friends' Churcli. hiulily ••stecmed. and was 
deeply mourned when -lie pMssed :nv;iy at the age 
of fifty years in IMT'.). A second lime entering 
the matrimonial relation, Mr. Carey wedded in 
1885 Miss Abigail Tomlinson. daughter of Milton 
and Hannah (Davis) Tomlinson, natives of North 
Carolina. Mrs. Carey, a lady of high worth and 
intelligence, has no children, Init, an active mem- 
ber of the Friends' Church, is foremost in good 
works and benevolent eiiteipii-es. She is widely 
known and oomm;uids the fiieiidsliip oT a lMig<' 
acquaintance. 

When our subjectcame wilh his pMicnts to In- 
diana he was quiti' younu,:ind began life for him- 
self as a renter on .'i larm. His r.-illier ga\e him 
forty acres of tiniberland. lie has now seventy 
acres, and also owns seventy valuable acres ad- 
joining Westfield, which are now fully worth $100 
)>er acre. The land, just outside the corpor;itc 

locations to be found. Mr. Carey had .as a capi- 
tal in life a fairly good education, but his years 
have been occui)ied with hard work, until now, re- 
tired from active duty, he enjo\ s in the evening 
of Ins days a well ciiiied rest, lie is, ;is have been 
the majority of his family, a member of the 
Friends' Cliurch, and is politically a stalwart Re- 
publican, intelligently jiosted in both local and 
national affairs. 

Mr. Carey is a genuine pliihiiitliropi>t. with uii- 
ostentation doing a very grand and noble work. 
He, assisted by both his first and liis present wife,, 
has given homes to and cared for thirty-live 
children, now all well provided for and scattered 
in various parts of the west, a number being in 
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and women, are occupying high positions of honor, 
and the good accomplished by our subject and. 
the two excellent women who lent their aid in the 
work can never be estimated until the final day. 
In various parts of our land grateful hearts re- 
member their kind acts, and to our subject no 
memories of the past can be more blessed. 



y.^ILLIAM MILTON KING. It is doubtless 
entirely owing to the industrious and per- 
'^^ severing manner witii which Mr. King has 
adhered to the pursuits of farming that he has 
arisen to such a substantial position in agricul- 
tural affairs in his section. The most of bis life 
has been spent within the confines of Madison 
County, and as a natural result he is much inter- 
ested in the progress and development of the 
section and has done his full share in making it 
the magnificent farming region that it now is. 
He was born in Wayne County, August 10, 1830, 
but his father, Daniel King, was a Virginian by 
birth, who spent a considerable portion of his boy- 
hood and early manhood in Kentucky, to which 
state lie was taken by his parents. At the age of 
twenty-one years he again made a change of loca- 
tion with his parents, this time locating in AVayne 
C;ount3', Ind., of which region they were among 
the very first settlers, and where they purchased 
a tract of Government land, cleared the same of 
the heavy timber witli which it was covered, and 
converted it, after many years of arduous labor, 
into a fine farm. The paternal grandfather, Jesse 
King, leared a familj^ of sixteen children, and at 
the time of his deatli was over eighty years of age. 
He was of English descent, and came of a long- 
lived family. 

Daniel King was united in marriage with Miss 
Maria McAlister, a daughter of Alexander and 
■Mary (Plackard) McAlister, both of whom were of 
Irish descent and natives of Pennsylvania. They 
were among the early settlers of Wayne County, 
and also of Madison County, whither they removed 
in 18.50, and here made their home from that time 



on ward. Of the seven.children born to Daniel King 
and wife, the subject of .this sketch was the seventh 
in order of birth and is one of the five surviving 
members, three of whom still reside in Wayne 
County, and one in Missouri. Upon arriving at 
years of maturity William M. King left home and 
commenced farming on his own responsibility, a 
calling to which he had been reared, but in 1860 
purchased a sawmill in Monroe Township and 
conducted a very successful business for about 
four years. About one year after giving up this 
business he engaged in the manufacture of til- 
ing, but as this was the first factor3' in Madison 
Count}', the people at that time were not awake to 
the immense advantages derived from tiling their 
land, therefore his enterprise was not patronized 
sufficiently to induce him to continue in the busi- 
ness, and he therefore flnaily gave it up and once 
more turned his attention to tilling the soil, which 
business he has successfully followed up to the 
present time. Through his own energy and per- 
severance he has become the owner of a farm of 
two hundred and eighty acres, which he first com- 
menced clearing in 1856, it being at that time 
heavily covered with timber and underbrush, an 
arduous task, but which he succeeded in accom- 
plishing after a time. His home is one of the 
most commodious and elegant farm residences in 
the county, is conveniently and tastefully ar- 
ranged and pleasantly situated on the pike, three 
and one-half miles from the city of Alexandria. 

In the year 1867 Mr. King came to the conclu- 
sion that it was not good for man to live alone, 
and wooed and won for his bride Miss Cynthia Ann 
Norris, a daughter of Stephen and Eleanor (Noble) 
Norris, natives of the Hoosier State and early pi- 
oneers of Madison County. This worthy couple 
also developed a fine farm from the wilderness of 
woods and here made their permanent home, be- 
coming well and favorably known to the residents 
of this section. The union of Mr. and Mrs. King 
resulted in the birth of four children, whom they 
named as follows: Wilder P., born November 30, 
1867; Daniel S., born November 30, 1869, and 
Maria and Eleanor (twins), born December 2, 1871. 
Mr. King has ever exercised his right of franchise 
in the interests of the Democratic [lart}', but has 



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never been particularly active in political affairs, 
and in no sense of the word is an otHce seeker. He 

and his intelligent wife are very pdpnhu- in the 
social circles of their section. 

r^^lIOMAS A. S'rp:PnENS, a prosperous gen- 
1 (■~\ eial agriculturist and enterprising citizen 
\_/ of Washington Township, Hamilton Coun- 
ty, Ind., is a native of ()hi(j. and was born in Cler- 
mont County .January ;'), 1832. His parents, Will- 
iam and Catherine (Lever) Stepiiens, were Lwtii 
natives of Pennsylvania, in which state the pater- 
nal grandfather was likewise born, reared and 
married, there passing away alter a long life of 
luisy usefulness. A farmer liy oicupation, he had 
devoted himself for many years to tiie tilling of 
the soil, and was numbered among tiie influential 
men and leading farmers of the (Quaker State. He 
gave his children excellent educational advan- 
tages, and his son William, the father of our sub- 
ject, was a superior scholar, and taught school 
successfulh^ several winters. 

The father remained with the gr.andparents un- 
til twenty-six years of age, wlien he n»um('d 
matrimonial bonds and began life foi- himself. 
Wedding Miss Catherine Lever, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. (leorge Lever, natives of Pennsylvania, 
William Stephens, with his wife, soon after re- 
moved to the farther west and located in Hamil- 
ton County, Ind., where he bonglil a farm. u|n)n 
which he constantly resided until his death many 
years after. He was tinancially successful and 
aside from the pursuit of agriculture, profitably 
ran a sawmill. He owned atone time over eight 
hundred acres of valuable land, but before his 
death divided his real estate among his eleven 
children, who were in the order of birth, Philip 
I,., Thomas A. (our subject), Mary J., Hester A., 
(ieorge L., Martha M., Harbara K., Catherine E., 
William, Sarah Emaline and .Tames E. 

The mother, an intelligent woman of education 
and culture, has been a valued member of the 
Methodist Epi.scopal Church from her youth and. 



481 

highly respected by old time friends and acquainl- 
1 ances, has now reached the advanced age of four- 
score and two years. The father, who entere<l into 
rest in 1879, aged seventy-six years, commaiided 
the eonlidence of the entire community by which 
he was surrounded, and occu|)ied with elliciency 
various positions of local trust, lie was for some 
time rownshi|> Trustee, and in the discharge of 
duties involved, alily promoted the best interests 
of his home locality. He was a c(jnsistent mem- 
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in po- 
litical afliliation was a steadfast Republican, giv- 
ing earnest heed to all nialtcrs connected with 
local and national go\ einnient. 

(Jur subject, until he had attained his majority, 
assisted his father on the old farm, and during 
the winter months attended school. When twenty- 
two years of ag<' lie t<iok iinlo liiniself a wife. 
Miss Mary .1. Paulsei, (laughter of Charles L. and 
Mary (Tafflinger) Paulsei, both natives of Rock- 
ingham County, Va. The pleasant home of Mr. 
and Mrs. Stephens was brightened by the birth 
of five children: Aiigeline, deceased; George, Mon- 
roe, Mollie and \\'illiani. Monroe and Mollie are 
married; Monroe lives in Lini'oln, Mo., and Mollie 
makes her home in Ilornton, I nd. . The e.xi'ellent 
wife of our subject is a member of the Wesleyan 
Methodist Church and active In good work. She 
was one of live daughters, and had one lirolh- 
er, Jeremiah Paulsei. Her si>l,is were .Martha. 
deceased; Lydia A., deceased; Kli/.aheth, and Mar- 
garet. 

Mr. Stephens began his married life upon an 
eighty-acre farm in the nortliwest.Tii part of Wash- 
ington Township, Hamilton County, the land, 
heavily timbered, being a gift from his father. 
After residing thereon eight years and improving 
the acreage, he sold the farm and then piiichaM'd 
the valuable homestead where he now lives. He 
owns one hundred and twenty highly cultivated 
acres, imiiroved with modern and substantial build- 
ings, and, financially prospered, possesses a com- 
petence. Having received a good coninion-sehool 
education Mr. Stephens when young taught >elio<jl 
seven or eight terms, but has mainly devoted him- 
self to agricultural pursuits. He is a reader, and 
; through the medium of the papers keeps himself 



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well posted on all the vital questions of the day. 
In the spring of 1865 our subject varied his oc- 
cupation of a farmer by enlisting: in Company G, 
(Jne Hundred and Forty-seventh Indiana Infantry, 
and left Indianapolis on the 8th of March, proceed- 
ing at once to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and moved up 
and down the Shenandoah Valley until the com- 
pany was mustered out of service, on the 8th of 
August, 1865. Immediately after the close of the 
war, Mr. Stephens returned home and resumed the 
cultivation of his farm, in which he has uninter- 
ruptedly continued ever since. Injuied while on 
duty, our subject now receives from the Govern- 
ment a pension of $12 per month. He has long 
been connected with the Wesleyan Methodist 
Church, and is a liberal supporter of the good 
cause. Never an office seeker, he takes an active 
interest in local and national affairs, and is a 
strong Republican. As a friend, neighbor and 
loyal citizen he is esteemed, and enjoys the high 
regard of many friends. 

J JOHN W. POLAND, of Frankton, who is 
connected with the Frankton Land & 
I Improvement Company, is a native of 
_ ' White Kiver Township, Hamilton County, 
and is a son of George and Elizabetii (Young- 
blood) Poland, natives of Virginia and Ohio, 
respectively. In 1820, the father came to 
Indiana, and in Hamilton County entered one 
hundred and twenty acres of land from the Gov- 
ernment. From time to time he made additional 
purchases, until he owned over four hundred 
acres of very valuable land. He was an honored 
pioneer and a very prominent and successful 
farmer. In religious belief he was a Methodist, 
and in politics was a Whig and Republican. He 
was actively interested in church work, politics 
and all matters pertaining to the welfare of the 
community. He was twice married, having five 
children by the first union and six by tiie last. 

Our subject, who was the third child by the 
second marriage, remained at home until eigliteen 
years of age, attended the common schools, and 



later pursued a two years' university course. He 
had intended continuing his studies longer, but he 
abandoned the text liook for the rifle, and joined 
the hoys in blue of Company E, Thirty-fourth 
Indiana Infantry, under General McGunis of the 
Thirteenth Array Corps. He enlisted September 4, 
1861, was drilled at Camp Anderson, then was sent 
to Kentucky, where he engaged in several skir- 
mishes. His first battle was at Island No. 10, and 
he was in every engagement along the river, 
including Port Gibson, Jackson, Champion Hills, 
Black River and the entire siege of Vicksburg. 
He then went to Duvall's Bluff and up White 
River, and took part in the last battle of the war 
at Palo Alto, Texas, against Curtis Smith. He was 
in thirty -seven battles. His first term expired, he 
immediately re-enlisted and was in the service 
four years, six months and twenty days; being 
promoted from a private to First Lieutenant. 
Brave and true, he was always found at his post 
of duty, and of his war record he may justly be 
proud. He was mustered out in Indianapolis, 
February 6, 1866. At the time of his re-enlist 
ment, of the one hundred and three of the com- 
pany which started out, only seventeen remained, 

After his return, Mr. Poland engaged in the dry- 
goods business in Perkinsville, Ind., in company 
with James M. Jackson, but this enterprise was not 
entirely successful, and in 1873 he was employed 
with Dr. Hoffman in the drug business. About a 
year later lie began clerking in the Boston Shoe 
Store of Muncie, Ind., and was afterwards a sales- 
man in the general store of Shimer & Shields, of 
Yorktown, for two years. He was then in the 
employ of Nickels & Makepeace, of Anderson, 
until 1883, when he engaged with J. M. Watkins 
in the hardware business for three years. He spent 
the same length of time with the firm of D. Cana- 
day & Son, of Frankton, and in March, 1893, he 
formed a connection with the Frankton Land & 
Improvement Company. 

On the 27tli of February, 1886, Mr. Poland 
wedded Mary J. Jackson, a daughter of James M. 
and Melinda S. (McCallister) Jackson, the former 
a native of Ohio, and the latter of Virginia. Her 
father when a boy came to Indiana with his father, 
Andrew Jackson, who was a relative of the presi- 




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PO^ITKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL KECORD. 



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dent of tliat name. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Foland 
liave been born two sons, James E. and Geoi-ge M. 
Our subject is a member of the Masonic frater- 
nity, and votes tlie Democratic ticket. He is an 
oiilcrprising and public-spirited citizen, liberal 
minded and progressive, and is a genial, true- 
hearted gentleman, who has a host of warm friends 
tlirtiughout the community iu which he now 
resides. 



p^C^UIRE NEWIJY, for many years a farmer 
^^ of .lackson Township, Hamilton County, 
lL/3' iiiifl'iowa resident of Arcadia, wasjborn in 
" — Owen County. Ind., in 1827. He is a son 
of .b>hii n'. Newljy. of Pulaski County. Ky.. horn 
ill 1.S(I2, who removed from the lilue ( irass Slate 
to Indiana in 182G, and with his wife and two 
children settled upon an eighty-acre farm in Owen 
C(uiiitv. Twelve months later, however, he re- 
turned to Kentucky, where he bought property 
and remained for three years. Again disposing of 
his laud, he once more sought a home in Hidiana, 
and in 1830 located in Marion County, nine miles 
iiutli of Indianapolis, where he purch.ased an un- 
improved farm of twenty acres. 

About 1832 our subject's father, iu partnership 
with a half-brother, Eldmund Newby, built a grist- 
mill on Williams' Creek, manufacturing all the 
material used in tlie construction of the building, 
with the exception of the balance wheel and 
spindle, which were of iron. After operating the 
mill for four years they sold it, and in the follow- 
ing year ( 183C) .lohn W. Newby came to Hamil- 
ton County and settled iu White River Townshi]). 
Here lie erected a round log cabin for the reception 
of his wife and six children, and in the second 
y(>ar of his residence in this township, built an ad- 
dition to his pioneer home, in whicii he lived until 
1812. Subseqiu^ntly he erected the substantial 
frame hou>|.. in which he resided until his death in 
18H1. The huihling, now one of the oldest in tiie 
county, still stiuids on the southeast ipiarter of 
section 22. 

Although his educational advantages were lim- 



ited (consisting of a luief attendance at the 
pioneer schools in youth, and seventeen days' 
attendance after his marriage), .lohn \V. NCwhy 
was a man of broad information, po.-tcd upon all 
topics of current and general history, aiul especi- 
ally well informed in political matters. A Wliig 
in early life, he became a Republican upon the or- 
ganization of that party and always afterward ad- 
hered to its princiijlcs. He served as Assessor in 
White River Township, and in other positions of 
|irominence. He was a member of the Christian 
Church, in which he officiated as an Elder for 
years. 

The paternal grand|iarcnts of our suliject were 
.John and Amy (Newby) Newby, natives of \'u- 
ginia, who removed from the Old Dominion to 
Kentucky after the close of the Revolutionary 
War, and settled on military hind in that state. 
His four-horse team was the first to cross the P.lue 
Ridge Mountains to Kentucky. By occupation a 
farmer, he followed that calling together with the 
trade of a car})entcr. When young he enlisted in 
the service of the Colonies during the Revolution- 
ary War, and was afterward a [lensioner of the 
(Tovernment. Politically a Whig, he was a man 
of prominence in the public affairs of his com- 
munity, and for a period of forty years served as 
.Justice of the Peace and Probate Judge of Pulaski 
County, Ky. He was an active member of the 
Baptist Church. Born about 17;30, he attained an 
advanced age and died when ninety-six. He was 
the son of a well kiK)wu English jockey, whose 
weight, with saddle, wa^ one hundred and forty 
pounds, and who, upon eiiiiurating to America, 
settled in Virginia. 

The mother of our suliject, Margaret (Iloltz- 
claw) Newby, was born in Rockingham County, 
Va., about 1801, being a daughter of .lacob Holtz- 
claw, a native of Pennsylvani.a and of (Jerman 
descent. At the age of about eight, she accom- 
panied her parents to Kentucky, riding on a pony 
across the mountains. In 1822 she became the 
wife of John W. Newby, whose death she sur- 
vived a number of 3ears. passing aw.ay in 1890 at 
the age of eighty-nine. 
j Our subject is the third of a family of ten. Eliz- 
abeth, the eldest, is the widow of John Kerr, by 



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whom sbe has two children, James and Peter. 
John, William and Franklin live in White River 
Township. Sarah married George Grisson and 
they became the parents of two children, Mar- 
garet and MoUie. She is now the wife of Rich- 
ard Jacobs, of Tipton County, Ind. Martha mar- 
ried Joseph Billheimer, of White River Township. 
Jane, the wife of Uarbon Hobbs, li.as four children, 
Cleminie, John, Abbie and William; she resides in 
White River Township. Jacob and Nancy died in 
childhood. 

In his infancy our subject was taken l)y liis par- 
ents to Marion County, where he remained until 
1.S36. He then settled upon an eighty-acre farm 
given him by his father. He afterward purchased 
eighty acres in White River Township and de- 
voted his attention to cultivating the property un- 
til 1870, when he sold it. Meantime, in 1867, he 
became a resident of Jackson Township, and after- 
ward engaged in fanning pursuits here until 1893, 
when he removed to Arcadia. He is the owner 
of one hundred acres of well improved land, in 
addition to village property. Politicall}- a Repub- 
lican, he served as County Commissioner, but has 
usually refused official honors. He is a member 
of the Christian Church, in which he formerl}' 
served as Deacon, and later as Trustee and Elder- 

In 1848 Mr. Newby married Mary J. Colip, a 
native of Hamilton County, Ind. Her parents, 
Jolin and Susan (Heer) Colip, natives of Virginia, 
removed from there to Ohio, and later came to 
Hamilton County, where they entered a tract of 
Governmen' land. Mrs. Mary J. Newby was a 
member of the Christian Church, in wiiich faith 
she died in December, 1874. She was the mother 
of nine children. John C, a resident of Sheridan, 
Hamilton County, married Mary Cluckner, and 
they have four children, Howard IL, Edward E., 
Carrie and Clark. He is a graduate of the Indian- 
apolis Medical Institute and a practicing physi- 
cian of Sheridan. Sarah E., a teacher by profession, 
married Eli 11. Roudebushand became the mother 
of two children, Blanche and Clyde; she is now 
deceased. Margaret J. married William H. Hines, 
a lumberman, residing in Cincinnati, Ohio, and 
they have three children, Bertha, Harry and Earl 
Garfield. William A. died when \oung, Nancy A. 



died at the age of eleven years, and Luella at the 
age of one. Julius S., a resident of Oklahoma, 
married Hester Miller, and has a family of seven 
children, Roah, Oran, Ernest, Lenna, Kittle, 
Ruth and Mary J. Mary A., deceased, was the wife 
of James M. Driver, of Arcadia; her four chil- 
dren are named, James T., Carrie B., Squire Frank- 
lin and Hazel Lee. Amanda D., wife of John S. 
Eiler, of Arcadia, has had four children, Lena E., 
Edna, Ruth and Arthur (deceased.) 

In 1887 Mr. Newby married Mrs. Mary E. Yan- 
ce}', a native of Marion Count3% Ind. Her par- 
ents, James and Nancy E. (Williams) Overb}', were 
natives of Kentucky, and removed from that state 
to Indiana. Their daughter, Mary E., first mar- 
ried Robert A. Yancey, by whom she had six chil- 
dren. Two died in infancy; Ora Ellen and Robert 
M. are also deceased. The surviving members of 
the familjf are: John E., who married Mary Gai- 
ser, of Tipton County, Ind., and Alliert M., a resi- 
dent of Warren County, Ind. 



(S^^HOMAS J. HARMESON, an influential citi- 
ijhf^^ i^en of Madison County, Ind., has held 
V^<' with marked ability various important po- 
sitions of local trust, and a long-time resident of 
Anderson Township, is numbered with the represen- 
tative and prosperous general agriculturists of this 
locality. Ml-. Harmeson is a native of Belmont 
County, Ohio, and was born August 26, 1832. 
He was the son of John and Parley A. (Miner) 
Harmeson, early and well known residents of Bel- 
mont County, Ohio. The father was born in 
Mar^iand, and the mother in Canada, and both 
were descendants of reputable and industrious an- 
cestors, who by earnest effort and upright lives won 
their way to usefulness and assured success. The 
parents were both ambitious and enterprising, and 
not long after the birth of their son Thomas J. 
decided to try their fortunes in a newer country 
and followed the increasing tide of emigration to 
the state of Indiana. They located at once in An- 
derson Township, i\Iadison County, where the 



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487 



father, buying a forty-acre tract of land, elected a 
loil cabin and entered witli eneriry into clcarins;, 
(•ultivatin<j and iraprovinsi llir l.-uiii. \n which lie 
hilcr added eighty acres |>iiich;isc(i from the (iov- 
eniinent. Tlie country was very sparsely settled, 
educational opportunities were limited, and par- 
ents and children shared in the many privations 
incidental to pioneer life. 

Eight sons and daughters clustered in the old 
home, . if whom the follow! iil; survive: William, 



.1., Na 
.■i A., . 



(wi 



.M( 



farmi 



(I .Mln( 



plough and a sickle — and had hut little coiK'cp- 
tuin of the modern machiues which ha\'e re- 
duced agricultural pursuits to a science. It is 
now a number of years since the good father 
entered into rest, mourned as a public loss. He 
was a typical pioneer, resolute, enterprising and 
hard-working, and was withal a man of sterling 
character and bright intelligence. Thomas, our 
subject, attained to man's estate upon the old 
farm in Anderson Township, and reared among the 
scenes of early days, grew up mnuly. earnest and 
energetic, well fitted to perfoiin his part in life 
worthily. During his boyhood Air. llarmeson 
walked three miles to tlielog .schoolhouse, where 
he received instruction in the ordinary branches 
of study, but his early education, necessarily limit- 
ed, was afterward increased by observation and 
reading. In the month of February, 1865, Thomas.!, 
llarmeson and Miss Mariah Whetstone were united 
in marriage. The estimable wife of our subject is 
a native of Ripley County, Ind., and the daugh- 
ter of Jonas and Jane Whetstone. 

The pleasant home has been brightened by the 
presence of merry sons and daughters, seven of 
whom yet survive. Alonzo is the eldest born; 
Sarah is the wife of II. A'anderveiier; the oth- 
ers are Tunnis F., Jonas E., Florence W. (wife 
of 15. Orebaugh), Clark M. and Chester R. In 
Mie year ISiu Mr. llarmeson settled willi his 
wife and family on his present v.-dualile farm, 
which he has developed from a wild condition 
to highly cultivated fields annually yielding an 
abundant harvest. The homestead, containing two , 



hundred and eiirhty-one aiTcs of land, is one 
of the best in its locality, an<l is likewise improved 
with excellent and commodious liuildings. resi- 
dence, barns and granary. A fiieiid to education- 
al advancement, Mr. llarmeson has been an elli- 
cient School Director, materially aiding in the up- 
ward progress of the schools of the distiicl, and as 
a Supervisor of the township ahl\- discharged the 
pul)!ic trusts reposed in him, and g.-ivc entire sat- 
isfaction to his fellow-citizens, lie was formerly 
President of the Anderson and Fall Creek Turn- 
pike Road, and has ever been interested in matters 
of mutual welfare. Politicaliv a Democrat and an 
ardent advocate of the party of the people, our sub- 
ject is likewise a devout member of the Lutheran 
( huich, of which he has long been a valued Trus- 
tee. True to each duty of the hour, a faithful 
friend and citizen. Mr. llarnu's.m justly enjoys the 
conlidencc of all who know him. 



•^^• 



^^ 



OSES D. HARMON, a prominent general 
agriculturist and successful stock-raiser of 
Madison County, Ind., possesses the high 
regard of the general public, and has held 
with efflciency various olHces of local trust. At 
present Trustee of Duck Creek Township, he dis- 
charges the responsible duties intrusted to his care 
with able fidelity, and elected in 1890, has for- 
warded many needed improvements and greatly 
facilitated the march of progress in his home lo- 
cality. Our subject, a native of the state, w.as 
born in Tipton County. SeptemlxM- ."i, l.sf.s. His 
f.allier, William P. Harmon, born in the sunny 
south in 18UG, and a native of >.'ortli Carolina, 
Chatham Count}', spent his early life there, and at 
twenty-four years of age emigrated to the farther 
west, and arrived in Indiana in 1830. Settling in 
AVayne County, he remained in that locality eigh- 
teen years, and during this tiiiie was an active par- 
ticipant in the changing scenes which transformed 
the wild prairie and timberland of Indiana into 
farms blossoming with bounteoul harvests. F'or 
some 3'ears he devoted himself to the occupation 
of a carpenter, and with the Incoming tide of 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



population found ready employment at his trade. 
After a time, however, he engaged in farming, and 
in 1848, removing to Tipton County, entered upon 
the cultivation of the valuable farm wliere he yet 
resides. The Harmon family are descendants of 
Saxon ancestry, but the paternal grandfather, 
George Harmon, was a native Virginian, removing 
in an early day to North Carolina. 

The mother of our subject, Mary (Leeson) Har- 
mon, was the daughter of Richard L. and Jane 
(Dooley) Leeson, the Leesons being of French an- 
cestry, although for many generations excellent 
and highly respected residents of the United States. 
The Dooleys are descendants of a long line of 
Irish forefathers who lived and died in Erin's 
Isle, and who, hard-working, enterprising men and 
women, won their upward way to positions of use- 
ful influence. Moses D. Harmon was the ninth 
child of the large family of sixteen sons and 
daughters born unto the parents. Of the circle of 
lirothers and sisters who once gathered about the 
family fireside, but four now survive. Our subjects 
attended the district schools of Elwood, and as- 
sisted his father in tlie daily round of agricultural 
work incidental to farming life, but intelligent 
and ambitious, desired more extended opportuni- 
ties of instruction. Finally, when nineteen years 
of age, Mr. Harmon entered Butler Universit3' 
at Indianapolis, and devoted himself to faithful 
study for twelve months. He afterward went to 
Minneapolis, where he taughtschool one term. Our 
subject then returning to Tipton County continued 
in his avocation as an instructor for a year, and 
subsequently located in Elwood, Ind., and taught 
there four consecutive years. With the exception 
of one year, during which time Mr. Harmon 
clerked in the grocery store of Ross & Co., at p]l- 
wood, he successfully taught for fifteen successive 
terms in Tipton and Madison Counties, Ind. 

Since 1880, devoting himself exclusively to the 
tilling of the soil and stock-raising, Mr. Harmon 
has prosperously won a comfortable competence, 
and is numbered among the substantial farmers of 
the county. He raises principally grain and hay, 
and handles some of the finest horses and cattle 
of his locality. During his residence in Elwood 
he was Treasurer of the School Board of that city, 



and was also Town Clerk for some time A friend 
to educational advancement, he aided in the pro- 
motion of higher grades of scholarship a'jd instruc- 
tion, and since liis election as Trustee of Duck 
Creek Township, has superintended the building 
of a new schoolhouse of modern design and con- 
veniently arranged, and managed the financial in- 
terests of the township in a manner most satis- 
factory to the general public. In April, 1870, 
Moses D. Harmon and Miss Inez Clendenen were 
united in marriage. The estimable wife of our sub- 
ject was the daughter of Huston and Elizabeth 
(Thompson) Clendenen, well known and highly re- 
spected residents of Indiana. Unto the union of 
Mr. and Mrs. Harmon have been born two bright 
and intelligent children, a son and a daughter, 
Jennie and William H., both at home. Our sub- 
ject and his excellent wife are valued members of 
the Christian (Disciples) Church, and Mr. Harmon 
is an Eider of the denomination. Fraternally as- 
sociated with Quincy Lodge No. 200, I. O. O. F., 
our subject has i)assed all the chairs, and is 
likewise a member of the Elwood P^ncampment, 
Politically a stalwart Republican and an ardent 
advocate of the party, he occupies a leading po- 
sition in the local councils, and is one of the most 
popular men of the township, where he possesses 
a host of sincere friends. 



hON. GEORGE F. CHITTENDEN points 
] with pardonable pride to a long list of dis- 
tinguished ancestors whose worth will be 



¥ 



considered in the narrative to follow. Dr. 
Chittenden's residence in Anderson dates from 
1859. He was born December 25, 1830, near 
Vevay, Switzerland County, Ind., a county abound- 
ing in natural scenery so nearly like that of the 
country of the Alps that its name is quite ajipro- 
priate. His father was John H. Chittenden, who 
was born in the state df New York, in Canan- 
daigua County. His grandfather was Lyman 
Chittenden, of Greenbush, N. Y. The first Chit- 
tenden to settle in this country was Lieuten- 



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ant William, of the royal navy. He located 
at Guilford, Conn., on Long Island Sound, in 
l(!;i'.1, and the .^ainc farm lias ever since been <)C(mi- 
[lied liy Cliittendens. 

This grandfather with his family came from 
Ontario, Canandaigua County to Buflahi in l.si:! 
by teams and sleighs. Then he went to Olcan 
Piiint, a pinery, where he >|ient a year in logging. 
lie got out Inmher wiih which to make rafts and 
tliese he floated down tlie Allegheny and Ohio 
l\ivers to Cincinnati. The first raft, which was 
sent down in charge of a friend, was never heard 
of after its departure. From Cincinnati the joui'- 
ney was continued down the river to what is now 
Switzerland County, at the site of Vevay. Here 
he engaged in building grist and saw mills, in con- 
nection with the maternal grandfather, Mitchell, 
l)y iiaine. Those were the rugged da3'S in southein 
Indiana, and nany hardshii)S were endured, but 
the wilderness was finally conquered by the hard}' 
pioneers. The grandfather later moved to Green- 
field, where he bought a large farm on which he 
resided nntil his death in 1842. The Doctor's fa- 
ther was reared in Vevay, where he married and 
operated a farm for many years. He subse- 
quently located at Ravenna, Ohio, where he died 
in 1889, at the age of eighty-nine. Dr. Chitten- 
den's mother was Mary A. Mitchell, who was born 
at Kingston, R. I. She was the daughter of Will- 
iam and Abagail (Worden) Mitchell, who settled 
at Vevay in 1814. Her father and two of his sons 
were in the War of 1812. He died at Madison, 
and the mother died at Vevay, Ind. Two of the 
relatives of Dr. Chittenden bearing that name 
were of the committee of six appointed to meet 
and confer with General Burgoyne at Benning- 
ton, Vt., during the Revolutionary War. Of the 
eminent Chittendens there may be named one who 
was Governor of Vermont for twent3'-one years, 
and his son Martin was a Governor three years 
.and a member of Congress thirteen years. .S. P. 
Chittenden, of New York, was a member of Con- 
gress and owned the old homestead, which is now 
occupied by his sisters. 

Dr. Chittenden's parents had ten children, six 
of whom grew to maturity. Lyman S. was a 
United Bretliren bishop, and Chaplain of the 



Twenty-fourth Indiana, the late Covernor llo- 
vey's regiment, and died in 1892. Willi.am 
II. died of cholera at Natchez, m l.sii). .I,,||„ 
\V.. is a farmer of Switzerland County. Arthur T.. 
deceased, was a farmer in .leffersoii County; James 
T., w.asan attorne^'-at-law. He and the late Hon 
George Friedly were children together, and went 
wc.-t .'ind entered the army togcthn-: he nilered 

w.as killed at the battle of Pea Ridge. Dr. Chit- 
tenden went after the remains, and to secure them 
had to go two hundred miles into the enemy's 
country. 

Dr. Chittenden was reared on a farm near Ve- 
vay, and his early education was obtained in one 
of those typical schoolhouses so simply described 
by Edward Egglestou in '-The Iloosier Schoolmas- 
ter," with hewed log slab benches to sit on, 
puncheon tloors and greased paper windows. 
After advancing as far as the "rule of three," a new 
teacher made his advent, who took such interest 
in him that an advancement resulted. At the 
age of fifteen years he entered the academy 
at Corydon, Ind., through which he worked his 
way. At this time, a brother, an educated man, 
assisted him by furnishing a man to help saw- 
tight barrel staves, for which there was a good de- 
mand on the river. In this manner he made 
money enough lo pay his way at Corydon. Here 
he formed friendships with Walter (J. Gresham and 
Judge LaFoUette, which were always cherished. 
After attending the academy for two years he 
taught school, during which time he met Dr. 
Levett, who persuaded him to stud\- medicine, 
and he began his tutelage under him, devoting his 
evenings to that work. In 1852 he entered the 
medical department of the University of Michi- 
gan, where he took one course, then practiced a 
year and entered the medical department of the 
Louisville University, where he was graduated 
with the degree of M. D. in 1855. He practiced 
at Milford, Dearborn County, until 1858, when he 
located in Madison County, at Chesterfield. In 
1859 he located in Anderson, which then had a 
po])ulation of about eight hundred people. lie 
entered into ])artnership with Dr. Hunt. 

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was among the first to respond, and in May, 1861, 
lie volunteered in tlie Sixteen tii Indiana Regi- 
ment, and was made Assistant Surgeon by Gov. 
Oliver P. Morton. His was the first appointment 
to tiiat position made in tlie state. His first ap- 
pointment was for the Eiglitli Regiment, but lie 
could not arrange his affairs to go with that com- 
mand and was assigned to the Sixteenth. He 
went to Washington and was on duty at Harper's 
Ferry, Ball's Bluff, Edward's Ferry, and was then 
sent down the Mississippi River. The regiment 
was engaged at Richmond, Kj'., against Kirby 
Smith and Br.agg, who had twent}' thousand men. 
All were captured, and when exchanged were sent 
to Memphis, from which place they went to Viclcs- 
burg, where they participated in the engagement 
and the siege which resulted in the surrender of 
that stronghold on the 4th of July, 1863, the en- 
gagements being Arkansas Post, Port Gibson, Ray- 
mond, Jackson, Champion Hill and Black River 
Bridge. During the siege he had the opportunity 
to make and cultivate the acquaintance of Gen- 
eral Grant. Later the command was sent into the 
Teche country, in Louisiana, to dislodge Gen. 
Dick Taylor. After serving as Assistant Surgeon 
for one year he was appointed Surgeon of the 
First Brigade, Fourth Division, Thirtieth Army 
Corps, commanded iiy General Burbridge, of Ken- 
tucky. In April, 1863, he was appointed Medical 
Director of the Fourth Division, but during the 
siege he was Surgeon of the Thirteenth Corps, 
and part of the time Inspector, with only one 
surgeon in the United States army over him. 
After the siege he returned to his division and 
there remained until his resignation in February, 
1864, on account of ill health. Then he was ap- 
pointed Fixamining Surgeon of the State Enroll- 
ment Bureau, which place he filled until the close 
of the war. Of Dr. Chittenden's war experiences, 
the battle of Arkansas Post was the most trying. 
He liad fifteen hundred wounded men to look 
after, and not until every surgeon had stopped for 
lack of subjects was there any rest taken. 

In May, 1865, Dr. Chittenden returned to An- 
derson and resumed the practice of medicine, 
which he has ever since continued: two years with 
Dr. Hunt, four years witii Dr. C. S. Burr, and 



twenty years with Dr. H. E. Jones. He is now 
practicing independent of partnership. He is the 
President of the Board of Examining Surgeons for 
pensions. 

Dr. Chittenden has participated somewhat in 
public affairs. In 1868 he was elected to the Leg- 
islature by the Republicans of Madison and Henry 
Counties, and served two sessions. He was as- 
signed to the following committees: Benevolent 
Institutions, Corporations (Chairman) and Insur- 
ance. He represented the Third Ward of Ander- 
son two terms in the City Council, and for eight 
years was one of the Commissioners of the State 
Insane Hospital. In 1874 he was ex-officio Building 
Commissioner in the erection of a new addition to 
the women's building. 

In 1856, Dr. Chittenden was married to Miss 
Amanda Brauham, who was tjorn in Vernon, Ind. 
They had three children: Carrie G. Cronyn, 
of Indianapolis; Edgar W., a medical student 
who will graduate from the Northwestern Uni- 
versity in the year 1894; Mattie, a musician 
and artist, at home. For thirty-six years Dr. 
Chittenden has been a member of the encamp- 
ment of Odd Fellows. He also belongs to the 
Grand Array, Knights of Honor, Anderson, Madi- 
son Count3% and the State and American Medical 
Associations, and in 1893, he was a delegate to the 
latter. 

In politics. Dr. Chittenden is a Republican. Al- 
though not a politician, he h.as never been de- 
feated for any office for which he ran. He was a 
fellow-delegate of Benjamin Harrison in the Na- 
lonal Convention of 1880, which nominated Gar- 
field. He was Chairman of the Republican 
County Committee for six years, and is a member 
of the Executive Committee. He is a member of 
the Presbyterian Church. Through his efforts the 
Pension Examining Board was located at Ander- 
son. Besides looking after his professional duties, 
Dr. Chittenden has engaged in successful real-estate 
operations, and the records show Chittenden's 
first, second and third additions. One of the 
handsomest business blocks in Anderson is the 
Chittenden-Netterville structure. He is a Direc- 
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81,000,000 capital. Di-. Chittenden is universally 
esteemed for his professional ability and sterling 
qualities as a citizen. 



ji^TERNANDO C. KLI>KR was \Hm> in IKl.l. 
iJ-Wg)) three miles from the site of liis present 
Ij^ residence, on section 35, Delaware Tovvn- 
sliip, Hamilton County. He is a son of Absalom and 
Elizabeth (Rooker) Elier, of whom extended men- 
tion is made elsevvliere in tins volume (see sketch of 
.lames W. Eller). He is of German descent, and 
the family was first represented in America by his 
great-grandfather, Leonard Eller. who was born in 
Cermany March 20. 17.54. Upon emigrating to 
the United Sl:iti's. he sdjonrned for a time in 
North Carolina, lenniving thence to the vicinity 
of Dayton, Ohio, and from there, coming to Ham- 
ilton County, Ind., in l.S2;5. Here he resided until 
his death in 1840. 

The grandparents of our sulijcct, -loseph and 
Rachel Eller, came to llamiltim County in an 
early day and located in Delaware Township, 
where, through industry and economy, they be- 
came the owners of about twelve hundred acres- 
of land. They had a family of twelve children, 
.Vbsalom, the father of our subject, being the 
second in order of birth. He was born near Daj-- 
ton, Ohio, April 3, 1815, and remained with his 
parents until his niariiage at the age of twenty- 
three. His wife was Ellizabeth, daughter of Will- 
iam D. and Ph(i>be (Iddings) Rooker, and a native 
of this stale. 

In the parental fam.ly lliere were eight children, 
Kernando C. being the third in respect to .age. 
He was reared to manhood on the home farm and 
received a common-school education, which fitted 
him for the accurate discharge of the duties inci- 
dent to a business career. At the age of twenty- 
seven he was united in marriage with Miss Lydia, 
daughter of .Joseph and Clarissa (McVay) Sanders, 
natives respectively of Ohio and Pennsylvania, 
and early pioneers of Jackson Township, Hamil- 
ton County, where she was born in 1811. 

At the time of his marriage, Mr Eller received 



from his father one hundred and thirteen acres 
of partly improved land, on which there was a 
rudely constructed log cabin. In spite of adverse 
surroundings and liardsliips, he w.-is enabled lo 
bring the propertj' to a high state of cultivation, 
and has added to the value of the i)lace by the 
erection of a commodious and neatly furnished 
biiek residence. He makes a speeiMlly of stock- 
laisiim, and breeds Ilaniblet.mian horses, .lersey 
catMc and Poland-C4iina hogs. 

During the Civil War Mr. Eller entered the 
liiion army, in 18(;4, enlisting as a ineml)er of 
Coiripnny A, One Hundred and Thirty-second In- 
diana Infantry, and engaging in guard duty until 
the expiration of his period of service. He was 
mustered out in September, 1864, at Indianapolis, 
and returned to his farm, where he has since re- 
sided. He is prominently connected with Ihirnt 
Hickory Post, C. A. R., at FishcrV Switch. In 
his political belief he is a Republican, and al- 
ways supports with his influence and ballot the 
principles of his chosen i)arty. He and his wife 
are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. They are the i)areiits of one son, luiiiam, 
who is at present a student in the high school at 
Fisher's Switch. 



INFIELD T. DURBIX. 



the linancial. 



\/\//l commercial and manufacturing affairs of 
^^ Anderson no man li.as occupied a larger 
part than the subject of this sketch, and yet his 
transactions have been so quietly and modestly 
carried on that the public generally does not realize 
their magnitude. Resides his active membership 
in the Citizens' Banking firm, Mr. Durbin is the 
President of the Anderson Foundry and Machine 
Works and gives the affairs of the concern his per- 
sonal attention. He is Vice-President of the J.W. 
Sefton Manuf.actunng Company; Vice-President of 
the State Bank of Indianapolis, and is interested 
in many minor enterprises and firms. With his 
multitudinous business cares he finds time to de- 
vote to church and political affairs. He' is one of 
the Trustees of the First Methodist Church and 
injects his correct business methods into the man- 



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agement. At the convention held at Minneapolis 
which re-nominatcd President Han-ison, he was a 
deleoate, and was honored by the convention with 
the Chairmanship of the committee which was sent 
to White Plains to notify Whitelaw Reid ofBcially of 
his nomination for the Vice-Presidency. Although 
in close personal relations with President Harrison 
during his incumbency, he declined to accept any 
office, preferring to pursue his business career and 
assist his friends in political preferment. 

Mr. Durbin was born at Lawrenceburg, Dear- 
born County, on the 4th of May, 1847. He is the 
son of William S. Durbin, who was a native of 
Kentucky. His father's brother was the celebrated 
Methodist minister, John P. Durbin, who was for 
so many years Secretary of Foreign Missions. Mr. 
Durbin's father was a tanner by occupation, who 
operated at Brookville and New Philadelphia, 
Washington County. In 1850 he located at New 
Albany, where he died in 1891, aged eighty-tive 
years. He was a devout member of the Methodist 
Church. In the Durbin family there were seven 
boys, six of whom served in the Union army. 
Winfield T. was the youngest of the family; John 
W. was a Lieutenant through the war in the One 
Hundred and Eighty-third Ohio Infantry, and 
was wounded through both thighs at Franklin, 
Tenn.; he resides in New Albany. W. N. was 
in the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Indiana 
Infantry, and resides in New Philadelphia; D. 
S. enlisted in the Thirteenth Indiana in April, 
1861, and was a member of Gen. R. S. Foster's 
staff, and is a resident of Indianapolis; H. H., of 
the Eighteenth Indiana Battery, is a contractor 
at Omaha; H. C. was first in the Kixteentii and 
then in the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Ind- 
iana, and resides at Indianapolis; and S. W., the 
eldest son, resides in Cliicago. 

W. T. Durbin was reared at New Philadelphia, 
Ind., and was educated in the common schools. 
In 1862 lie enlisted in Company B, Sixteenth Ind- 
iana Infantry, and joined his regiment at Camp 
Morton after the battle at Richmond, K,y. The 
regiment was dispatched to Memphis and Vicks- 
burg and was in the battle of Arkansas Post. In 
the expedition up the Yazoo River Mr. Durbin 
contracted sickness and was compelled to return 



home. He was discharged for physical disability 
in 1863. The next spring he assisted in organiz- 
ing Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth 
Indiana Infantry, but refused a commission, pre- 
ferring to serve in the ranks. The regiment was 
assigned to guard duty along the Nashville Rail- 
road in Tennessee. In the fall of. 1864 the regi- 
ment was mustered out and Mr. Durbin returned 
to New Philadelphia and there engaged in teach- 
ing school, and, like most teachers of those days, 
he had to board around among the scholars. In 
October, 1869, he went to Indianapolis and en- 
tered the emplo.y of Murphy, .Johnson & Co., 
wholesale dry-goods dealers. He was in charge of 
the firm's office for eight years out of ten of his 
employment. 

In 1879 Mr. Durbin came to Anderson and 
became a member of the firm of N. C. McCuUough 
& Co., operating tlie Citizen's Bank, which was 
organized in 1855 by N. C. McCuUough under its 
present name, and conducted by him until 1879. 
when Mr. Durbin and C. K. McCuUough were ad- 
mitted as partners. In 1881 C. K. McCuUough 
retired and D. F. Mustard took his place. Later 
Mr. Mustard and A. J. Brunt bought the Madison 
County Bank, and C. K. McCuUough returned to 
the Citizens' Bank, and later H. J. Daniels was 
admitted. Then occurred a consolidation of the 
Citizens' and Madison County Banks, the former 
name being retained, and N. C. McCuUough, W. 
T. Durbin, and H.J. Daniels being the owners — C. 
K. McCuUough dropping out — in connection with 
Mr. Brunt and Mr. Mustard of the absorbed Madi- 
son County Bank. The capital was increased to 
$50,000. Subsequently Mr. Daniels was appointed 
Postmaster and retired, and N. C. McCuUough 
died. The McCuUough estate retained the Mc- 
CuUough interest. 

In 1892 F. R.Brown took a partnership and tiie 
owners then were, besides Mr. Brown, Mr. Durbin, 
the McCuUough estate, Mr. Mustard and Mr. Brunt. 
The capital was increased to $150,000 with the ac- 
cumulated surplus added. The Citizens' Bank does 
a regular banking business in every respect. Mr. 
Durbin's other business connections are with the 
J. W. Sefton Manufacturing Company, makers of 
wooden ware and paper novelties; it lias a [ciid up 







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capital of 1200,000; he ovvnsa one-fourth interest 
in the Anderson Foundry and JIacliine Works, cap- 
ital $50,000; is V' ice-President of the State Bank 
of Indianapolis, capital -$200,000; is Treasurer of 
the Anderson Fuel and Supply Company, capital 
|i25,000; and is a member of the firm of Buck, 
Brickley & Co., and of the Palace Pharmacy. He 
has been a member and Treasurer of the Anderson 
School Board several years, during wliicli time the 
high school, Fletciier Place, Hazel Wood, and the 
Columbia school buildings have been erected, and 
they are creditable to liie city. In l.S'.Ki he platted 
ten acres in Fletcher Place .Addition, ivhich he 
sold at good prices. 

Mr. Durbin's order connections are: Comman- 
der of Major Ma3' Post, G. A. R.; Past Commander 
of Anderson Commandery No. 32, K. T; is Grand 
Captain General Knigiit Templar of Indiana; is 
a Thirty-second Degree Mason, and has been a mem- 
ber of the (ji-and Lodge, I. O. O. F. He is a member 
of the Metliodist Episcopal Church. Politically, 
Mr. Durbin is a straight Republican, in which 
parly he has achieved prominence, as indicated at 
the opening of the sketch. He has been a mem- 
ber of the State Central Committee and State 
Executive Committee, and was a Presidential 
Elector in 1888, and a delegate to the National 
Convention in 1892. 

On the 6th of Octolier, 1875, in Anderson, Mr. 
Durbin and Miss Bertha M. McCullough, daugh- 
ter of N. C. McCullough, were united in marriage. 
She was born and reared in Madison County, 
and was educated in and graduated from tiie Ox- 
ford (Ohio) Female College. Two children were 
born to their union, Fletcher M. and Marie, the 
latter dying in 189;{ at the age of eleven years. 



JJOHN DONNELLY. During the year 1877 
I Mr. Donnelly located in the city of Ander- 
I son, where he has since made his home, and 
of which he is one of the most influential 
and progressive citizens. Having engaged in 
various lines of business during tlie period of his 
residence here, lie has become insoiiarably con- 
nected with the progress of the city, and has 
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contributed to its material advancement, at the 
same time promoting his individual interests. At 
tlie present time lie is perhaps tlie most extensive 
real-estate operator and .agent of tlie plac(>, and is 
also the jiroprietor of one of the leading livery 
stables of the town. 

Mr. Donnelly has spent his entire life within 
the county of Madison, where he was born on the 
28th of September, 1865. He and his brother. 
James, now a resident of Anderson, are the only 
children of John and Julia Donnelly, natives of 
Ireland. Tlie fatJier settled in Madison County 
when about thirty-five years of age, and engaged 
in farming pursuits in Anderson and l?iehland 
Townships until his death, which occurred at the 
age of fifty-six years. His wife smvived him 
only about twelve months, passing away in 1872. 
They were worthy members of the farming com- 
munity, to whose intelligent efforts must be at- 
tributed much of the growth of the county. 

In his childhood the subject of this sketch ac- 
couipanied his parents from Anderson to Rich- 
land Tovvnship, where his education was acquired 
in the district schools! In the pursuit of knowl- 
edge, however, his progress was impeded by the 
lack of facilities, and also by the necessity of 
aiding in the farm work. At the age of twelve 
he came to the cit>- of Anderson, where lie lias 
since made his home. From _youth his commer- 
cial ability has been apparent, and he was a mere 
child when he engaged in buying produce and 
poultry, thus laying the foundation for future 
prosperity. 

Continuing that business succe.ssfully for a 
period of three 3'ears, or until he was fifteen, 
our subject then embarked in the grocery business 
in partnership with Oliver Davis, and, notwith- 
standing his youth, his venture proved a financial 
success. After spending one and one-half years 
in the grocery business, he disposed of his inter- 
ests, and opened a restaurant and also conducted 
a flourishing hotel business for two years and a- 
half. Again selling out, he went into the flour, 
feed and e.xchange business, conductinga flourish- 
ing trade for two years. His next enterprise was 
.IS a contractor, in which occupation lie continued 
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in that line of work, lie opened an office on East 
Ten til Street an ft has since conducted a large and 
profitable real-estate business. He also, as above 
stated, is proprietor of a livery stable at Anderson, 
whicli he purchased recently from Sell Brothers. 

Keen in business, Mr. Donnelly is also diplomat- 
ic in public affairs, and as a Democrat takes a 
deep interest in the success of his chosen party, 
in which he is an untiring worker and of which 
he is a prominent member. J-n every measure 
calculated to promote the welfare of the people 
he takes an intelligent interest, and is thoroughly 
posted upon all topics of interest, both in national 
and local affairs. 



f^^ ARY J. HAINES, a lady of worth and ex- 
cellent business ability, and a life-time 
resident of the state of Indiana, now pros- 
perously conducting the Locust Hill Farm, 
a valuable piece of agricultural property pleas- 
antly located in Clay Township, Hamilton County, 
Ind., was born upon this old iiomestead, one 
of the landmarks of the state, on the 28th of May, 
1839. Our subject was the daughter of James F. 
and Margaret H. (Ruddell) Haines, natives of the 
south, and descendants of upright and honored 
ancestors. The father was by birth a Virgin- 
ian, but the mother was born in the good old 
state of Kentucky, and each had been carefully 
reared to habits of useful tlirift and sturdy in- 
dustry. 

The paternal grandfather, Henry Haines, was a 
native of Germany, and a man of good judgment 
and enterprise, early resolved to try his fortune 
in the United States, where he arrived safe and 
sound after a long and wearisome journey across 
the broad Atlantic. He located in the sunny 
south, and he and his estimable wife, Han- 
nah (Blankenbigger) Haines, there welcomed to 
their hearts and homes a family of four sons and 
one daughter. James F., the father of our subject, 
was the eldest-born; then followed in order of birth 
Eliza, Robert, Henry and Marshall. The paternal 
grandmother, also a native <if (iermany, was an 



intelligent woman and a valued member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. She survived to a 
good old age and was beloved by all who knew her. 
The father, who received a good education for 
those earl\' da3's. remained with his parents until 
he was about twenty-six years of age, when 
he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret 
H. Ruddell, daughter of James and Jane Ruddell. 
both native Kentuckians, and of a family widel}- 
and favorably known in the Blue Grass State. 
The pleasant home of the parents was blessed by 
the birth of three children, Martha R., George W., 
and Mary .J., our subject. The mother, Mrs. James 
F. Haines, had received exceptional educational 
advantages in youth, and occupied a high position 
in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she 
was so many years a valued member. She also 
took an active part in various benevolent enter- 
prises, and her social influence was felt throughout 
her home neighborhood and locality. She lived to 
reach the advanced age of eighty-five years, then 
tranquilly entered into rest. 

The father, one of the pioneer settlers of Hamil- 
ton County, located in Clay Township in 1837, and 
fifty-six jears ago bought the farm upon which 
Miss Haines has made her home for over a half- 
century. The land was then covered with a heavy 
growth of timber, which required weeks and 
months of patient toil to clear. The father, doing 
all that hard work himself, transformed the forest 
into a farm, finely cultivated and yielding every 
year an abundant harvest. He owned during the 
last years of his life two hundred and sixty-five 
acres of valuable land, and was numbered among 
the shrewd and successful farmers of the county. 
For many years financially prospered, he made 
money very fast at times, and was renowned for 
his executive ability and good judgment. He was 
politically a Democrat, and, a great reader, was well 
posted in the affairs of the day. 

Mr. Haines was a consistent member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, and his daily walk 
of life was ever distinguished by sterling integrity 
of character, which won him the high respect of 
the general public and gave him a firm hold upon 
the sincere esteem of a wide ac(iuaintance. On 
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away, but his memory is yet green in tlio hearts of 
many friends. Our subject cared tenderly for her 
|)arcnts in their declining years, and continuing 
lier residence upon Locust ITill Farm, manages the 
one hundred and twenty finely cultivated acres 
with tlie judgment gained by practical experience 
and extended observation. The iiomestead, itn- 
provod with attractive and commodious buildings. 
is the abode of hospitality, known far and wide. 

AFiss Haines received a thorough common-school 
education and later graduated from the commer- 
cial course of the business college at Indianapo- 
lis. She is a devout member of the Christian 
Church, and a lady of generous nature and guided 
liy princi|)le, is a liberal giver in behalf of worthy 
enterprises. From her early childhood intimately 
associated with the changing scenes of Indiana, 
she is identified with its progressive advancement 
;ind has ever been a ready aid in all matters per- 
taining to local improvements and mutual welfare. 
A kind neighbor, a sincere friend, and a public- 
spirited citizen. Miss Haines commands the confi- 
dence of a large- circle of acquaintances and is uni- 
versally respected by the entire community of 
hi'i- life-time home. Clay Townshi|). She was No- 
tary Public for several years and was her father's 
business companion. 



^^LEXANDER BURDETT, a worthy repre- 
CSO sentative of the farming interests of INIad- 

11 li ison County, resides on section 1!), Fall 
(^ Creek Township, where he owns and oper- 

ates one hundred and thirteen acres of land. His 
hdine is a tine residence, and the place is improved 
with all the accessories and conveniences of a model 
farm. Our subject was born here April 22, 184.0, and 
is a son of Christopher and Mary (Shaul) Burdett. 
The grandfather, Joseph Burdett, who was a cabi- 
net-maker, lived and died in Greenbrier Coun- 
ty, W. Va. He had a family of six sons and two 
daughters, and three of the former came to Madi- 
son County. 

Christopher Burdett wa> horn in (M'cenbrier 



County, W. Va., and on horseback made the trip 
to this county, where he i)urcliased and improved 
two hundred and forty acres of Innd. He was a 
self-made man and accumulated a conii)etence. 
In politics he was a Whig and Republican. He 
died in March, 18.55, at the age of forty-five, 
leaving a widow and six children: Adeline Ward, 
of Boone County; .)ohn C; James L.. who en- 
listed in Company E, Thirty-ninth Indiana In- 
fantry, and died near Nashville, Tenn., in No- 
vember, 1862, after being sick for nine months, 
during which time John served in his place; 
Alex. Oliver H. and Dysey Alfnnt. The mother 
of this family was born in Ohio, and after Mr. 
Burdett's death became the wife of Henry Hiday. 

Upon the home farm our subject was born and 
reared, and in the district schools was educated. 
He was numbered among the boys in blue, enlist- 
ing August 2.5, 1863, in Company E, Thirty-ninth 
Indiana Infantry. He participated in the battles 
of Sparta, Spencer, Ringgold and Mission Ridge, 
the Alabama raid and the battles of Newnan and 
Cambleton. The regiment was re-organized in 
1864 as the Eighth Indiana Cavalry, after which 
he was with Sherman on his march to the sea and 
at Johnston's surrender near Durham Station, N. C, 
April 26, 1865. On the 25th of July, I860, he was 
mustered out at Lexington, N. C, and received 
his discharge in Indianapolis August 8, 1865. In 
the fall of 1864 he was sick in camji for a short 
time. 

An important event in the life of Mr. Burdett 
occurred October 14, 1869, when was celebrated 
his marriage "with Nancy K. Day, who was born 
in Clinton County, lnd.,and is a daughter of Syl- 
vanus and Jane (Ferguson) Day. Her father was 
a pioneer farmer of Clinton County, Ind., where 
he and his wife died, both being members of 
the Christian Church. They reared a family of 
three sons and nine daughters. The union of our 
subject and his wife has been blessed with two 
children, Fielden C. and Lula M. 

On his return from the war, Mr. Burdett de- 
voted his energies to agricultural pursuits, and in 
1870 began farming for himself on the old home- 
stead, where he lived until 1873. He then rented 
land until 1878. when he bought eighty acres of 



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his present farm, the boundaries of which lie has 
extended until it now comprises one hundred and 
thirteen acres. In politics he has been a life-long 
Republican, but has never been an aspirant for 
official honors. Socially, he is a member of the 
Knights of Pythias and Grand Army of the Re- 
public. His wife holds membership with tlieMetli- 
odist Episcopal Church, and both are people of 
sterling worth, whose many excellencies of char- 
acter have gained them high respect. 

AMES W. DAVIS, a prominent citizen and 
prosperous general agriculturist and stock- 
jj^lj raiser, residing upon section 30, Lafayette 
^^^^' Township, Madison County, Ind., has from 
his earliest boyhood been intimately associated 
witli the changing scenes in the growth and pros- 
perity of the state, in which he has dwelt continu- 
ously for over two-score years. Our subject, a 
native of Kentucky, and born in Fleming Coun- 
ty in 1847, was a son of Houston and Melinda 
Davis, both natives of Kentucky-, the paternal and 
maternal ancestors having settled in the Blue 
Grass State in a very early da_y. Houston Davis, 
reared and educated in the little subscription 
schools of his birthplace, and trained up to habits 
of useful industry, attained to manhood and mar- 
ried. I^nergetic and enterprising, be soon deter- 
mined to try his fortune in the farther west, and 
in 1854, with his wife and children, emigrated 
from Kentucky to Madison County, Ind., travel- 
ing hither in a covered wagon, and camping 
wherever night overtook them. Arriving safely 
at their destination, they settled in the eastern 
part of Lafayette Township, making their home in 
a little log cabin surrounded by dense woods. 
The country round about was almost a wilderness, 
hut the father, entering with zeal into the clearing, 
cultivating and improving of the broad acres of 
iiis homestead, soon wrought a transformation in 
the appearance of the locality. 

Tlie beloved mother did not survive her change 
of residence long, but ji.assed away on the Indiana 
farm, mourned by all who knew her. In the 



j year 1891 the father removed to the city of 
Muncie, Ind. He is now seventy-two years of age, 

I but hale and hearty, and throughout his long 
career of usefulness has alw.ays been known as a 
public-spirited citizen. Of the children who clus- 
tered about the fireside of the parents, five sur- 
vive: Polly A., wife of Solomon Tolbert; James 
W.; Charlotte, wife of Germon Reeves; Mary, wife 
of James Reeves; and Alice. Our subject was reared 
to man's estate in Madison County, and long be- 
fore reaching mature age, was thoroughly versed 
in the daily round of farming life, and was in fact 
a practical general agiiculturist, well fitted through 
the routine work of his youth to begin life for 
himself. He had received limited advantages in 
the school of the home district, and carefullj' im- 
proved every opportunitj- to gain instruction, but 

I through reading and observation is mainly self- 
educated. 

Upon the 13th of May, 1869, were united in 

! marriage James W. Davis and Miss Olive Little, a 

i native of Rush County, Ind., and a daughter of 
John and Ruhama Little. Mr. Little was a native 
of Butler County, Ohio, but the mother of Mrs. 
Davis was born in Rush County, Ind. AVlien thir- 
teen years of age, the estimable wife of our sub- 
ject removed with her parents to Madison County, 
then locating upon section 29, Lafa3'ette Town- 
ship, where the father still resides. Mrs. Little, a 

! lady of worth and intelligence, passed away deep- 
ly mourned, August 20, 1893. 

Of the children who gathered in the early home 

! of Mrs. Davis, with the exception of herself, one 

j child only now survives, a sister, Mary, wife of 
William Wilson. Mr. Little and Houston Davis, 
the father of our subject, are both valued mem- 
bers of the Christian Church, as were also their ex- 
cellent wives. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. 

' Davis has been blessed by the birth of three 
children: John A., William J. and Mary F. In 
about 1875, locating upon his piesent farm, our 
subject has since resided here continuously. He 

j owns ninety-five acres of valuable land under a 
high state of cultivation and well improved with 
substantial and commodious buildings. He and 
his wife, like their parents, are members of the 
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Mr. Davis officiates as a Deacon of tlieciuircli,an(] 
an ostcomed ofncial, is also a liberal giver in the 
support nnd extension of religious influence. Po- 
lilic;illv :ui Independent, he casts his vote without 
fear or favor, and intelligently posted, takes a 
deep interest in both local and national issues. A 
self-made man, lie has won his upward way to a 
high position of usefulness, and possessed of ster- 
ling integrity, commands the regard of all his fel- 



JlOHN ALLMAN. The farming community 
I of Madison County, Ind., has no better 
I representative than Mr. AUman, and his 
fine farm of one hundred and twenty-eight 
acres, on which he has resided since 1865, is one of 
the best kept and most productive of any through- 
out his section of the county. Not only is the 
land fertile, but it is also intelligently tilled, and 
every nook and cranny of it is in a high state of 
cultivation and shows without the shadow of a 
doubt that the proprietor is a man of i)rogressive 
and intelligent views, especially upon matters per- 
taining to his line of endeavor. 

Our subject is a native of Hamilton County, 
Ind., his birth occurring there on the •idtli of .lune, 
l,s:!7. his i)arents being Levi and Catherine (Mur- 
ray) Allinan, both of whom were born in the Old 
Dominion. Very little is known of the paternal 
grandparents, for Levi AUman loft home at a very 
early day in search of Dame Fortune, and never 
returned. Like the majority of eastern youths, 
he luished westward, knowing full well that in the 
fertile farming regions of that section he stood a 
better chance of ac(piiring a competency than in 
the east, and he eventually made a .settlement on 
a tr.act of land in Hamilton Count}-, Ind., which at 
that time was heavily covered with timber, and he 
at once set about 'he arduous labor of clearing 
this land and putting it in a good farming condi- 
tion. A few yiars later he chose from among the 
settlers' daughters Miss Murrav. and with his 



young bride began ln)usekee|)ing on the land on 
which he first settled, and tin's they made their per- 
manent home until IKd:!, when tlicy sold this farm 
and purchased the land on whicli thfir s(.n .John, 
the subject of this sketch, is now living, with the 
expectation of moving there the following year, 
and while making arrangements for this change 
Mr. AUman w.is taken suddenly ill. and died on 
the !»tli of ,luly, 1864, at the age of fifty-two years. 
Of him it may with truth be said that he was a 
man of p.arts, a faithful friend, a loyal citizen and 
kind and considerate in his family. He was one 
of the pioneers of Hamilton County, and for many 
years had been connected with the I niird Hreth- 
ren Church. His widow survived him until IHHl. 
and died at the age of fifty-seven years. 

John Allman was the eldest of eight children 
born to this worthy couplr, and until he attained 
his majority remained witli ami assisted his par- 
ents in the duties of the laiin. He then com- 
menced the battle of life I'lu himself as an employe 
on the farm of Thoin.-is Moore, with whom he re- 
mained until he attained his twenty-fifth year, at 
which time, December 2.'), 1863, he was united in 
marriage with Miss I'luebe Arni(ield, a daugh- 
ter of Tilman and Mary .\nii ( I'ickard) Armfield. 
Their wedded life only lasted until May 19, 18i;4, 
when he was called upon to mourn his wife's 
death. November 10, 186.5, he took for his second 
wife Miss Maranda Moore, a daughter of Thomas 
and Jane Moore, native Virginians, but about one 
year later, December 5, 1866, his second wife died. 
On the 9th of October of the following year he 
was married to his present wife, Miss Leaner Perry, 
whose parents. William and .Margaret (Marsh) 
Perry, were Ohioans. but who removed to Indiana 
and were among the early settlers of Madison 
County. To this union ten children have been 
given: Phoebe Jane, who was born July .30, 1869, 
now the wife of Irvin Bear, of Monroe Township; 
David .Vsbery, who was born Oct obci- ■>\. IsTo.and 
is a resident of Van Buren Townshiii; Margaret, 
born April 2, 1872; Edna, who was born Septem- 
ber 12, 1874, and is the wife of Osrow Tomlinson, 
of Van Buren Township; William, who was born 
April 9. 187.5; Cora, August 25r 1877: John, 
Jannarv 27. 1879; Lorenzo, December 10. 1880; 



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Charles, September 16, 1883; arTd Myrtle, Aui^ust 
15, 1885. 

Mr. Allraan is one of the very pros|>eroiis agri- 
culturists of his seetion, has man}' warm friends • 
whom his correct mode of living has gathered 
aliout him, and is a law-abiding and public-spir- 
ited citizen, lie has always voted the Democratic 
ticlvet, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
Alexandria Lodge No. 235. He and his wife are 
worthy members of the Christian Church, and 
move in the liest social circles of their seetion. 



^^^^^m^ 



JOHN PERKINvS, a prominent citizen and 
leading general agriculturist, is a life-time 
resident of Madison County', Ind., and born 
October 17, 1838, has. long been identified 
with the histor3% upward growth and progressive 
interests of Anderson Township, his present lo- 
cality. His parents, George and Agnes (Allen) 
Perkins, were widely known and higlily respected 
for tlicir upriglit lives and genuine kindliness. 
The fatlier was a native of Knox County, Ohio, 
and had been reared and educated in his home 
state. A man of abilit}' and enterprise, lie deter- 
mined to try his fortunes in the newer field of 
Indiana, and removing hither with liis wife and 
family, settled in Adams Township, Madison Coun- 
ty, and remained there for a number of years. 
Later the family made tiieir home in Anderson 
Townsliip, a little southeast of tlie present site of 
Anderson City. Locating in the woods, the first 
care of the father was to erect a log cabin, in 
which, together with his wife and children, he 
found a comfortable shelter for many changing 
seasons. He afterward built a more commodious 
log house, and in the year 1856 constructed a 
substantial brick residence upon the old home- 
stead. During the Civil AVar the father removed 
to Illinois, and resided there a short time, then re- 
turned to Indiana and again made liis home in 
Madison Count}'. 

George Perkins finally went again to Illinois 
and settled once more In Claik County, where he 



died in September. 1889. A man of fine natural 
ability and excellent attainments, he had acquired 
many friends in his journey through life, and was 
mourned as a public loss when he entered into 
rest. A genuine pioneer, he had shared cheerfully 
in hardships and privations, and aided in the 
development of the great west. The union of the 
parents was blessed by the birth of twelve sons and 
daughters, of whom there are now surviving: Ma- 
tilda, Jane, Lucin da, Susan, John, William B., Henry 
and Frank. A public-spirited man, interested 
in both local and national issues, the father was 
also a devout Christian and a valued mem ber of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject, reared 
to manhood in Madison County, has been a life- 
long farmer, and was onl}^ a boy when he self- 
reliantly began the battle of life. He received his 
education in the primitive school of the home dis- 
trict, and when he could be spared, attended the 
little log schoolhouse, a landmark of the past. 
Upon May 29, 1856, John Perkins and Miss Cath- 
erine Hicks were united in marriage. The esti- 
mable wife of our subject was born April 16, 1835, 
and was the daughter of Samuel and Sophia 
(Shafer) Hicks. Mr. and Mrs. Hicks were both na- 
tives of Pennsylvania, and spent the early part of 
their married life in the Quaker State. When Mrs. 
Perkins was about one year old, her parents re- 
moved to Ohio, and three years subsequently made 
their home in Adams Township, Madison County, 
Ind., settling in the dense woods, their dwelling a 
humble log cabin, where not long after the beloved 
father died, mourned by all who knew him. 

Of the intelligent family who once clustered 
about the fireside of Mr. and Mrs. Hicks, the fol- 
lowing are yet surviving: Catherine (Mrs.Pcrkins). 
John, Samuel and Angeline. Mr. and Mrs. Per- 
kins have welcomed to their hearts and liome ten 
sons and daughters, of whom nine are living: 
Eliza, the wife of George Ilartzell; Sylvester; 
Alonzo, Oliver C, Matilda; Nora, wife of Zaclia- 
ria Clevenger; Melissa, wife of James Clevenger; 
Dellie and Cora M. These brothers and sisters, 
who have enjoyed good educational advantages, 
worthily occupy positions of usefulness, and are 
universally respected. Our subject has brought 
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and well improved the homestead with excellent 
and commodious buildings. Mrs. Perkins, a true 
hflpmate, has ably aided her husband in his life 
work, and together they share prosperity. The old 
log cabin wliere they passed many happy years 
has given place to a modern residence, commodi- 
ous and convenient. Tranquilly entering the 
evening of their age, our subject and his devoted 
wife may with pleasure recall the early years in 
which with energy, amiiition and enterprise, they 
won their upward way to assured success. 

WILLIAM (4. FKSLKR. The American peo- 
ple not only travel more extensively than 
any other nation, but they patronize to a 
greater extent the numerous establishments for ' 
tiie hire of horses and carriages. There are few 
enterprises that contribute a larger quota to the 
convenience of the residential and transient pub- 
lic than the wi'U appointed livery stable, and one 
of tlie niosl prominent in \'an Buren Township 
is that conducted by William G. Fesler. He 
carries a large assortment of carriages, buggies, 
phictons, etc.. in the newest and most fashionable 
styles, and these are constantly on hand for the 
use of the general public. Mr. Fesler is the son 
of David Fesler, and the grandson of George Fes- 
ler, who inherited sturdy German blood from his 
Teutonic ancestors. The latter was a native of the 
Keystone State, and was a mechanic by trade. 

David P'esler, father of our subject, was also a na- 
tive of Pennsylvania, born in Lebanffn County, 
in 1813, and there resided until about 18.32. From 
there he went to West Virginia, thence to Indiana, 
and finally located in Pipe Creek Township, this 
county, where he now resides. He is a stonemason 
by trade, but since 1864 he has been engaged in 
agricultural pursuits. Mr. P'esler has accumulated 
a fair share of this world's goods, and although he 
lost heavily at times and met with many dis- 
couragements, he persevered, and by industry and 
good management has now sufficient to enable him 
to pass his declining years in comfort. He has 
held many of the township and county offices, be- 



ing Assessor of Adams Township for many years, 
later County Assessor, and during the war times he 
was Deputy Sheriff. In politics he is a worthy 
Democrat, and in religion a Dunkard. Socially ho 
is a Mason. 

In the year 18:53 or '34. David Foler was mar- 
ried to Miss Elizabeth Landis. a natiyc of Penn- 
sylvania, born in ISl.'i. nnil the rl.-iughtei- of 
Ren Landis, who was born in the same state, 
and of (4erman extraction. Mrs. Fesler died in 
1888. She was an excellent woman and a most 
worthy member of the Dunkard Church. Their 
children were named in the order of their births 
as follows: Abraham, who died in infancy; Re- 
becca, wife of George W. Abbott, of Elwood, a 
lihicksmitli; Sarah, who died when two years of 
age; John A., who married Nancy Stanley; Will- 
iam (L; Mary C, wile of Anthony Silve^-, who re- 
sides in Frank ton, Ind. (Her first husband was 
Jacob Fox); Ben l■'.^ of Pi|)e Creek Township, 
who married Miss Ida Campbell; and Arabella, 
deceased, who was the wife of Frank F]tchison. 

William G. Fesler is a wide-awake young busi- 
iness man of Summitville, Ind., and as he has 
resided here ever since his birth, which occurred 
August 19, 1847, the people have had every op- 
portunity to judge of his character and (pialifica- 
tions as a man of affairs, and naught has ever been 
said derogatory to his honor. In the common 
schools of his native county he received a fair ed- 
ucation, and until 1872 made his home with his 
parents, working on the farm. He selected his 
wife in the person of Miss Emma Judd,a native of 
Madison County, Indiana, and the daughter of 
James and Margaret (Young) Judd. natives of the 
Iloosier State, and of Scotch descent. Mr. and 
Mrs. Fesler are the parents of five children, as fol- 
lows: Charley, a student at Angola, Ind.; F]v- 
eret, at home; one who died in infancy; and 
Ethel and Emmett, at home. 

In August, 1883, Mr. Fesler engaged in the liv- 
ery business in Summitville, and from that date 
until 1889 he increased his stock from |!80() to 
*2,000. Besides, he owns property in the towns of 
Elwood and Summitville, and a good farm in the 
township. He and JNIrs. Fesler attend the Chris- 
tian Church, in which they hold membership, and 



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Mr. B'esler is a Democrat in politics. He is now 
serving Ids third terra as a member of the city 
council. He shows his appreciation of secret or- 
ganizations by becoming a member of tlie Odd 
Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. 



]J^R. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN COFFIN, a 
I JJD retired jih^'sician of Westfleld, was born 
^1^ in Hamilton County, Ohio, August 10, 
1817. His father, whose name was also 
Benjamin Franklin, was a native of the island of 
Nantucket, having been born tiiere in about the 
year 1790, and was a son of Isaiah, who was born on 
the same island; his father, Micajah, was an Eng- 
lishman by birth, but early in. life removed to the 
island of Nantucket and engaged in maritime per- 
suits, and left this occupation as a legacy to the 
next two generations. The Doctor's father was 
both a sailor and a cooper in his youth, but about 
the year 1814 came to Ohio, settled in Cincin- 
nati, and died some four years later, in 1818. The 
mother of our subject, Hepsabah Paddack, was 
born in 1790, on the island of Nantucket, and was 
the daughter of Joseph Paddack, also a native of 
Nantucket, a seafaring man and a chairmaker by 
trade, who removed to Indiana when that state 
was on the frontier, and died in Union County. 

After the death of the Doctor's father, his 
mother married for her second husband Jacob 
Gumery, who also died, and she married Z. B. 
Webb. Tlie Doctor had two own brothers and one 
sister; tl)e brothers died young, one at the age of 
three, the other at the age of fifteen years. His 
sister, Sarah, married Harvey Moss, a plasterer and 
merchant residing in Dearborn County, Ind., where 
slie died many years ago. 

The Doctor passed his early years upon the 
faims of Ohio, and obtained such education from 
the pioneer schools as circumstances permitted. 
In 1843 he took up the study of medicine in Darke 
County, and in 1844 was admitted to the Botani- 
co-Medical College of Ohio, where he completed 
his studies in 1845. Early in that same year he 
commenced the practit;e of his profession at Salem, 
in Union County, remaining tiiere until 1847, 



when he moved to Brownsville, in tlie same coun- 
ty, and in the year following located atStrawtown, 
Hamilton County. For nine years, from 1851 to 
1860, he practiced in Indianapolis, then came to 
Westfleld, and continued up to 1889 the active 
and successful practice of his profession. Williin 
the past four years he has gradually withdrawn 
from active practice and devoted himself to his 
home. 

Our subject has been twice married, tlie first time 
November 23, 1837, to Miss Charity R. Bennett, a 
native of Hamilton County, Ohio, and the daugii- 
ter of one of the pioneers of the county. She died 
May 23, 1845, leaving no children. He married 
his present wife, Emily J. Harlan, May 25, 1849. 
She was born in Indiana August 7, 1830, and was 
the daughter of Nathan Harlan, a native of Ken- 
tucky, but of old Virginia stock. Nathan Harlan 
died in 1840; his brother George was for many 
years Justice of the Peace, and his brother Aaron 
was Recorder of Deeds. 

Mrs. Coffin had eight brothers, of whom four 
are living. George W., who was a soldier in tlie 
Civil War, is now a commission merchant in 
Illinois; Austin resides on the old homestead; 
John Milton is a veterinary surgeon and lives in 
Iowa; Martin V. was a soldier in the late war, was 
wounded at Big Shanty, and died in Chattanooga 
from the effects of his wounds. Doctor and Mrs. 
Coffin have been the parents of children named as 
follows: C. G., born January 14, 1850, at Straw- 
ton, Ind., died at Indianapolis November 26, 1853; 
Martha IL, born April 8, 1852, at Indianapolis, 
is now the wife of Leonard Wilde of Noblesville; 
Lucretia IM?, born at the same place December 7, 
1853, died March 2, 1855; Charles F., born in 
Marion County, Ind., June 2, 1866, is a graduate 
of DePauw University, and was a teacher at sixteen 
years of age; he was for one year the Principal of 
the Counersville schools and Superintendent of 
schools for three years in New Albany, and is now 
an Attorney in Indianapolis and Dean of the law 
department of DePauw University; Katie C, born 
August 30, 1868, is now the wife of C. F. Lufkin, 
of the Standard Oil Company, with headquarters 
at Lima, Olao. 

In the days of slavery Doctor Cotlin was a Free 






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.Soiler Abolitionist; after tlie war he identified him- . 
self with the Greenback party, and is a strong Pro- 
liil)itionist. lie has never aspired to i)olitical posi- 
tions, but was at one time a candidate for County 
Commissioner. For twenty years lie has been con- 
nected with the Methodist Church. Mrs. Coflin is 
a memlM'r of tlie Friends' Churcli. 



.i^^HOMAS S. EAST, a successful agriculturist 
7^^i of Union Township, is well known Ihrough- 
V^ out the length and lircridtli ot .Madison 
County, and his high reputation and material 
prosperity are tlie reward of unusual natural 
abilities, industriously applied. He is a native of 
Delaware County, Ind., and was born June 8, 
184'J, being a son of Anderson K. and Mary (Go- 
ings) East, natives of Virginia. His father taught 
school for a short time in the Buckeye State, 
whence he removed with his family to Delaware 
County, Ind., in 1833. Settling in Liberty Town- 
ship, of which he was a pioneer, he entered one 
liiindrcd and sixty acres of timberland. 



Shortly after locatiiig in Liberty Townsh 



An- 



derson R. East erected a log house, which w.as of a 
more substantial character than most pioneer 
homes. lie devoted his attention to the clearing 
and improving of his farm, which he brought 
under excellent tillage. .\ man of progressive 
spirit, he was interested in every measure for the 
promotion of the material welfare of the county, 
which in his death lo<t one of it,^ mo>l prominent 
citizens. For a number ol years he lilli-.l the po- 
sition of .School Examiner of Delaware County, 
and throughout his entire life was interested 
in educational matters, having taught his first 
school at the age of thirteen. He was a graduate 
of a medical college and was prominently known 
as an expert shorthand writer and a fine penman. 
As an evidence of his skill, it may be mentioned 
that lie wrote the Lord's prayer on a five-cent 



l.)f the familv 



if .\nderson H. 
vU\ C; -Vdaline 



the fol low- 
is the wife 



of B. C. Harter; William; Mrs. Caroline Spaar, a 
widow; Thomas S. and Is.aac. Tlio.se deceased 
are: Martha and John, who died in infancy; 
James; Elizabeth, Mrs. E. McCall; Crockett, who 
was killed in the liattle of (jeltyshurg; and 
Anderson. The father of this family was a .lack- 
sonian Democrat in politics and was public spir- 
ited and enterprising, favoring ;ill movements for 
the improvement of the county. 

Thomas S. East jiassed his boyhood and youth 
in Delaware Country, ind., and has devoted his 
life tlius far to agricultural pursuits. He re- 
ceived his scholastic training in the public schools, 
of his native county, and, being a great reader 
and a close observer, he is now considered one of 
the best informed men of his section. On the 3d 
of December, 1876, he married Miss Barbara J., 
daughter of Jacob Bronnenberg, who was one of 
the pioneers of Madison County. Five children 
were born to this union: Grace, Lena, Ernest, 
Raymond and Bessie. Mr. East owns two hun- 
dred and sixty acres of excellent land and has 
been iinusuallj- successful in his career as an agri- 
culturist. In December, 1877, he came to INLadi- 
son County and settled on the farm where he now 
lives. Industrious, enterprising and progressive, 
he has made a success of his calling and is a 
valued and influential citizen. 

In politics, Mr. East is identified with the 
People's party, the principles of which he advo- 
cates with fidelity. He has been (piite prominent 
in this movement, and in the fall of 1892 was the 
candidate of the People's party for Lieutenant- 
Governor of the state of Indiana. He is con- 
nected liiianci:ill\' with tlic American. Noncon- 
formist, a journal publi>lied at Indianapolis, and 
which is virtually the national organ of the 
People's party. He holds membership in the 
Christian Church, and is an active worker in that 
organization. Soci;illy he is a .Alnson and was 
formerly identified with the Odd Fellows. He 
was a charter meml)er of the Grange in Liberty 
Townsiiip, Delaware County, and for three years 
was State Organizer of the Farmers' Alliance and 
Industrial Union in Indiana. A man of self- 
respecting, energetic character, well dowered with 
firmness and decision, his conduct in all the rela- 



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lions of life has been sucli as to inspire the es- 
teem of all with whom he comes in contact, either 
in business or social circles. 



1@@©IE 



^Ps.. ANIEL COOK, M. D. Aside from being the 
I j] oldest physician of the locality in which he 
Ij!!!^ resides, Dr. Cook is one of the most prom- 
inent of the many well known gentlemen located 
in Fishersburgh. He is the son of Joel Cook, who 
was born in Virginia in 1792, and was there reared 
to manhood under the careful supervision of his 
(ierman progenitors. His early education was 
limited, although not from inclination, for he at- 
tended such schools as the jteriod afforded, and 
was an apt pupil. 

Upon attaining manhood, Joel Cook married 
Miss Nancy Farley, a native of Delaware and of 
Irish parentage. Mrs. Cook's mother, whose fam- 
ily name was McMullin, was born and reared 
in the city of Dublin, and emigrated to America 
at a very early dale. Of her it is said she spun, 
wove and made her own wedding gown, the warp 
of which was so fine that the entire suit could 
he with ease passed through a small gold ring; this 
was accomplished with absolutely no machinery 
other than that given by Dame Nature. The ven- 
erable Rev. John McMullin, who is rememberer! 
l\y many of the older residents as a pioneer Meth- 
odist minister, having charge of the circuit of 
which the then village of Anderson was a part, 
was a relative of the maternal grandsire of our 
subject. 

The paternal grandfather of Dr. Cook was a 
participant in both tlie Indian "Wars and the Rev- 
olution. In the latter war, it so happened that he 
was a Colonel in the army of America, while a 
brother was of the same rank in the British army. 
At the battle of the Horse Shoe, after the surrender 
of the British, it became the duty of the English 
lirother to surrender his sword to the other. He 
tendered it point first, and for this unsoldierly 
action received a blow from his brother's sword, 
and a command to reverse the article tendered. 
Witli cheeks aflame with luiinilialion. and with all 



his English spirit afire, he thrust his sword deep 
into the earth, and with a mighty blow with his 
foot broke the blade in twain. In years after, 
when the cause of liberty was fully sustained and 
our nation was at peace, these brothers became 
firm friends, and many an hour, seated by the old, 
broad fireplace, they spent in recalling the incident 
which in the glow of the fitful flickerings of the 
back log. arose, truly Ph(enix-like, in their mem- 
ories. 

The father of our subject migrated in 1!S34 to 
the then wilds of Hancock County, Ind. The 
land which he entered, a tract of one hundred acres, 
was, like its vast surroundings, a green forest, 
the abode of savage Indians and beasts. When he 
entered upon the perilous task of making a home 
for his family, his entire cash in hand consisted 
of two shillings, or twenty-five cents. To pay 
the amount necessary upon entering the land, every 
resource was called to hand, even the selling of 
the well known and loved Virginia bed clothing, 
the handiwork of his wife. 

With the co-operation of his entire family, space 
was soon cleared upon which to erect the log 
cabin and other necessary buildings. The crops 
were then sown, and while the grain was growing 
more lumber was felled. Time passed, and as Ihc le- 
sult of many years of toil, he could, as his life's 
sun was still lingering, look about him upon as 
well improved and comfortable a home as the 
great state of Indiana afforded. His entire active 
life was spent upon the home of his cieation, and 
though in years he added many additional acres, 
the best loved spot was that upon which he had 
tolled day and nighl in weary, though happy, 
times gone by. 

Politically, Joel Cook was a Democrat of the 
Jefferson school, and though his counsel and ad- 
vice were sought upon political matters, he was 
never an aspirant for office. An earnest Christian, 
he was for manj' years a member of the Baptist 
Church, which at his death, in 1871, lost one of its 
pillars and stanchest upholders. His wife died 
on the 2d of June, 1834, when only thirty-one 
years of age. Their living children are: Matthew 
F., a prominent farmer of Hancock County; Ada- 
line, Mrs. Benjamin ISIcCarthy, who resides in 



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North Anderson; John F., a wealthy and intluen- 
tial agriculturist of Hancock County. \'a., Mrs. 
Vclton, who resides in Ilcnry tOiinly. Ind.; ;ui(l 
Daniel, of this sketcii. 

Prior to the age of eigliteen, our subject was em- 
ployed upon his fatlier's farms, and attended sucli 
schools as the neighborhood afforded. Attheageof 
only twelve he commenced tiie stud}- of his chosen 
piofcssion, and when eigliteen began its practice. 
Wlicn a boy lie remornbcrs li;i ving attended twenty- 
seven log rollings in ms iniiiiy days, the Sabbath 
not being excepted. It was not until 1855 that 
the Doctor gave his entire attention to his profes- 
sion, he having occupied some time in buying, 
selling and exchanging various properties, which 
came into his possession. In tliis he was very 
siiccessful, and became quite wealthy, but through 
the betrayal of supposed fi lends, he at one time 
lost *105,000. This loss might have been averted 
had he preferred to choose dishonest means of 
self-preservation, which he wns urged to do liy his 
intimate associates. He, however, became penni- 
less, sacrificing wealth instead of honor. 

In 1875 our subject's reversed fortunes came to 
an end, and he again began ascen<ling the ladder 
of wealth, and by excellent judgment in his in- 
vestments and by fair and honest methods he 
again ranks among the well-to-do citizens of this 
community. His success has been due to his own 
unaided efforts and brilliant ability. He has given 
largely to religious and charitable institutions, as 
as well as a helping iiand to those in need individ- 
ually. His kindly, cheering manner is well known 
among his numberless friends, and it can be truly 
said none stand higher in the estimation of the 
masses than does he. 

Politically the Doctor is a Democrat, and al- 
though living in a community of adverse politi- 
cal views, his opinions are well respected. He is a 
member t)f the Methodist Church, and toward the 
erection of their handsome new edifice he was a 
large contributor. His first marriage was to Miss 
Ksther, daughter of Thomas Shelton, of Madison 
County, and two children were born of the union. 
Thomas, a resident of Ma(lis<in County, and Mary 
jV., wife of Alexander Hair, of Hamilton County. 
The mother of these children died in 1850. and 



theDoctor mxrried again in 185 I , his wife being 
Elizabeth .T., daughter of Setli Walker. They 
became the parents of the following named chil- 
dren: Seth; Virginia, the wife of (Jeorge Dun- 
ham, whose sketch is picsented elsewliere in this 
volunu'; Klizabcth .1., .Mrs. E. R. Kambo. who 
resides in Lapel; Dr. .loel, of Madison County; 
Martha E., the wife of .lohn Bodenhorn; Lu- 
staey, Mrs. L. L. Horlon, of Lapel; Ralph W., an 
enterprising business man of Anderson; and 
Henrietta, wife of Dr. .1. H. Mocjie. One child 
died in infancy. The third marriage of tlie Doc- 
tor united him with Miss Eveline, daughter of 
Rev. James E. Ellison, of Charleston, W. Va. 

t^ANIEL RHOADS, an enterprising citizen. 
JJ prominent general agriculturist and stock- 
raiser, and active member of the Anderson 
Dressed Beef Company, is a ret)resenlative busi- 
ness man of Anderson Township, Madison County, 
Ind., and has long been identified with the pro- 
gressive interests and rapid advancement of the 
state. Our subject, a native of Montgomery Coun- 
ty, Ohio, and born November 8, 1839, is the son of. 
Benneville and Mary Rhoads, who for years made 
their home in the Buckeye State. The father and 
mother were both natives of Buck County, Pa., 
and were the descendants of lines of sturdy an- 
cestors who from the early settlement of the United 
States had been numbered among the self-respecting 
upright and industrious citizens materially aiding 
in the preservation of national existence and pros- 
perity. Spending the days of boyhood in his na- 
tive state and county, Daniel Rhoads attended the 
district schools of Moritgomery County, Ohio, and 
reared upon his fatlier's farm, w.as thoroughlj- 
trained in a practical knowledge of the pursuit 
of agriculture, and day after day through the 
spring, summer and autumn was busy sowing, 
plowing, reaping and harvesting, and when he 
could be spared, well improving the golden mo- 
ments in the public schools of the neighborhood. 
Our subject was a boy of ambitious enterprise 
from his earliest vears, and carefuUv supplemented 



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the limited education lie received at school with 
the knowledge gained by observation. He was an 
intelligent and quick-witted youth, and at matur- 
ity was self-reliant and courageous, read3- to win 
liis upward way to an assured success. He learned 
the business of a butcher, but has almost his entire 
life devoted himself to farming duties. Upon 
April 24, 1862, in the state of Ohio, were united 
in marriage Daniel Rlioads and Miss Catherine 
Geyer, a native of Ohio, but the remote descend- 
ant of a long line of German ancestry. This estim- 
able lady bore her husband a famil_y of children, of 
whom three survive. John F. was the eldest born; 
.Joseph is deceased; the others are Charles C. H. 
and P^mma B. The estimable wife of our subject, af- 
ter walking side by side witli her husband for thir- 
ty years, and ever a most faithful and loving lielp- 
mate and mother, passed away mourned hy all who 
knew her October 28, 1892. She was a woman of 
examplary character and a devout member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1874, following 
the tide of emigration to the farther west, Mr. 
Rhoads journeyed to Indiana and located in An- 
derson Township, where with his famil\' he lias 
continued to reside. 

Our subject owns seventy-seven valuable acres 
of land brought up to a high state of profitable 
cultivation and further improved with excellent 
and substantial buildings. Aside from his occu- 
pation as a tiller of the soil, Mr. Rhoads buys 
and collects tlie stock for the Anderson Dressed 
Beef Company, in which he holds a one-fifth in- 
terest. Managing the work of his department 
with executive ability and clear judgment, our 
subject is recognized as one of the leading busi- 
ness men of Anderson Township. He is a mem- 
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has 
efticiently served as Steward of that religious de- 
nomination for many years. Politically a Repub- 
lican and intelligently posted on all the vital ques- 
tions of the day, he is ever ready to do his full 
duty as a man and citizen. During the Civil War 
Mr. Rhoads enlisted in the hundred-day service 
and was actively engaged in Baltimore and other 
parts of Maryland. Our subject is identified with 
the Grand Army Post at Anderson. General 
Rhoads, the brother of our subject, is the manufac- 



turer of the celebrated Rhoads wagon, made at 
Anderson. The business of the Anderson Dress- 
ed Beef Compan}', from the first an assured 
i success, has met with popular favor and now com- 
mands an extensive trade covering a large terri- 
tory. Mr. Rhoads handles his line of work with 
the touch of an expert and greatly contributes to 
the success of the venture. 



JOSEPH B. MALOTT, a farmer residing in 
Jackson Township, Hamilton Countj-, has 
been a resident of Indiana during his en- 
tire life, and with the ex<;eption of one 
year has always lived in the vicinity of his pres- 
ent home. His father, .Joseph Malott, was born in 
Maryland about 1800, and was a stalwart youth 
of twenty when he migrated to the wilderness of 
Kentucky, where he remained for twelve years. 
There about 1825 he married Elizabeth, daughter 
of Horace and Katie Blancliard, all natives of the 
Blue Grass State. 

Removing to Ohio, the father of our subject 
spent eight years in Ripley County, after which 
he removed to Brown County, Ind., and from 
there came to Hamilton County in 1836. He lo- 
cated upon section 6, Jackson Township, where 
he conducted farming pursuits until his death, 
about 1863. A man of energy and perseverance, 
he accumulated considerable property, and at his 
death was numbered among the moneyed men of 
the county. In politics, he was a Democrat, but 
not active in the party. For many years he served 
as Class-leader and exhorter in the New School 
Methodist Church. He inherited to a large de- 
gree the thrift of his Scotch ancestors, combined 
with the versatility of the French, and was es- 
teemed by all to whom he was known. His par- 
ents, Isaac and Lydia J. Malott, were both natives 
of Maryland. 

In the parental family there were seven children, 
our subject being next to the youngest. The oth- 
ers were: Ellen (Mrs. AVilliam Winders), deceased; 
John, who lives in Jackson I'owiiship; Horace, 



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who served iu the Union array and died in the 
hospital; Rebecca, the wife of M. Winders; 
Thomas, formerly a lesident of Kansas Cit3', Kan., | 
hilt now deceased; and Asa, who lives in Scott j 
County, liid. The subject of this notice was born i 
in Hush County, Ind., in 1835, and was only one 
year old when his parents brought liiin to Ilaniil- j 
ton County. He remained on the home farm in 1 
.lackson Township until 1856, when he rented a 
farm and operated as a tenant for two years. His | 
first purchase comprised forty acres, located four 
n)iles west of Arcadia and partially improved. 
After residing on that place for ten years, he dis- 
posed ' of the property and bought one hundred 
ami sixty acres situated one mile north of his 
former estate. 

In March, 1873, after having cleared thirty 
acres of the farm, Mr. Malott sold the place and 
bought the land comprising his present farm. It 
was then heavily timbered, and it was only after 
arduous toil that the soil was placed under good 
cultivation. Mr. Malott is now the owner of one 
hundred acres, of which eighty acres are under 
cultivation. The success attained by him and the 
prosperity ho now enjoys may be attributed to his 
sterling qualities and perseverance. With the ex- 
ception of $700 received from his father's estate, 
all his |)OSsessions have been secured by his un- 
aided toil and represent many years of unre- 
mitting labor. 

The marriage of Mr. Malott occurred in I860 
and united him with Miss Mary Ann Hoadruck, a 
native of Indiana and the daughter of Zale and 
.Icannette (Taylor) Roadiuck, who were born in 
Ohio. Her paternal grandfather, L. Roadruck, 
;i native of Virginia, served in the War of 1812, 
and in connection with farming pursuits also 
(illiciated as a preacher in the Dunkard Church. He 
rc.Tched the great age of one hundred and four. 
The Hoadruck family is of (ierman descent. The 
maternal grandfather of Mrs. Malott was William 
Taylor, a native of Ireland, who oniigraled to 
America, lirst settling in Oiiin mikI iiflcrward 
coming to Indiana. 

Mr. and Mrs. Malott are the parent* of nine 
children, of whom the two eldest, Isaac and 
Thomas, died in childhood. Of the others we 



note the following: Zacy lives on the home farm 
which he .assists in cultivating; he man led Sarah 
Noble, and they have one child, Dovey; Susan is 
the wife of Oliver Mundel, and the mother of two 
children, Flossie and one not yet named; Laytoii, 
a resident of Hamilton County, married Allie 
Knop, and they are the parents of two children, 
Orville and Pearl; Minnie married Oresta Smith, 
and they have one son, Hubert C; Cliloe .1. is 
single; Audra A. and Arniinda are deceased. 

While not an active partisan, Mr. Malott is 
well informed concerning the local and national 
issues of the day, and is an advocate of the Demo- 
cratic party. He is interested in educational mat- 
ters and has served with etiiciency as Director 
of Schools. Socially, he is connected with the 
Masonic order, and belongs to Master Mason 
Lodge No. 310, at Deming, Ind. He was reared 
in the faith of the Methodist Episcoi)al Church, 
and his wife in the belief of the Dunkards, butshe 
is now a member of the Baptist Church. 



JjOSEPH H. CHAMBERS, a prominent citi- 
zen and successful general agriculturist 
, and stock-raiser, whose fine farm is desir. 
' ably located upon section 33, Lafayette 
Township, Madison County, Ind., is a native of 
the state and was born in Bartholomew County, 
January 4, 1845. His parents were Milton F, and 
Mary J. (Drybread) Chambers, early and well 
known residents of Madison County' and highly 
esteemed by old time friends and neighbors. Mrs. 
Chambers had been married previous to this to 
Thomas Canby, and she had one child by him, 
Melcena, now dead. The paternal grandparents 
were genuine pioneers of Indiana and in their 
humble frontier home of rude logs the father was 
born. The mother was a native of Ohio and was 
reared and educated in Indiana. Milton F. was 
an observant eye-witness of the beginning of the 
wonderful growth and rapid progress which iu 
three-score years have transformed Indiana from 
a literally howling wilderness into a line fanning 
countrv, rich in golden grain and luscious fruits 



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and tliickly dotted here and there with smiling 
villages. Tiie father in 1847 removed to Lafay- 
ette Township, and there locating, made a iiome 
in the southern part on a small clearing in the 
midst of the dense woods. A little log cabin 
first sheltered the family-, and with unfailing 
industry the father toiled early and late, clearing 
the land and cultivating the fertile soil. He sur- 
vived his i-emoval here but two years, dying in 
1849. He was a devoted husband and father, an 
excellent neighbor and true friend, and his demise 
was universally mourned. 

The widowed mother outlived her husband 
many years, and, beloved by all who knew her, 
entered into rest. But two of the children who 
once gathered about the family fireside now sur- 
vive, Julia A., wife of John Mikels, and our 
subject, Joseph H. Reared amid pioneer scenes, 
^Ir. Cliambers recalls the times when deer 
were plentiful in the woods all about the old 
homestead, and wild turkey and other game 
abounded. Owing to the early death of the 
father, our subject entered at a verj' youthful 
age upon the management of a farm, ancL was but 
thirteen years old when he successfully engaged in 
the sowing, ploughing, reai)ing, harvesting and 
daily routine of agricultural pursuits. He per- 
sonally cleared about eighteen acres of the estate 
and brought the land up to a high state of culti- 
vation, in time improving the old farm with excel- 
lent buildings, modern and commodious. His op- 
portunities for an education were necessarily limi- 
ted. He received instruction in the primitive 
school of his home district, held in a log cabin, 
with seats and desks of slabs. To the rudimentary 
education of his childhood Mr. Chambers after- 
ward added by reading and study, and, a self- 
made and self-educated man, has ambitiously won 
his upward way to success. 

Februar}' 1, 1866, Joseph H. Chambers and Miss 
Rebecca Pritchard were united in marriage. Mrs. 
Chambers was a native of Madison County and 
the daughter of Samuel Pritchard, an eavly settler 
of the county, but originally from the Carolinas. 
Our subject and his estimable wife were blessed 
by tlie birtii of five children: Mary I. (deceased), 
Martha ('.. Clarison, Annie K., and Chester A. 



Mr. and Mrs. Chambers occupy a position of use- 
ful influence, but are not connected witli any re- 
ligious denomination. The mother of our sub- 
ject was a valued member of the Christian Church, 
and her death was a loss to the denomination, as 
she vris always an active worker in beiialf of the 
good cause. Mr. Chambers is the owner of two 
hundred acres of valuable land, all under profita- 
ble cultivation. He has been financially pros- 
pered, and is numbered among the substantial 
men of the township. Politically" a Republican, 
he is actively interested in matters of public note, 
and, intelligently posted in l« th local and national 
issues, is a true American citizen, respected and 
esteemed by the entire community of his town- 
ship. 



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Jr OHN C. DRIVER, M. D., of Atlanta, was 
born in Decatur County, Ind., in 18.32. 
II He is the son of John Driver, who was 
v>^;' born in Bascomb County, N. C, in 1805, 
and removed thence to the territory of Indiana 
with his paients at the age of eleven years, set- 
tling near Aurora, in Ohio County. From there 
he went to Decatur County, and when a young 
man he located in Ft. Wayne, at the time 
when that now prosperous citj' was an Indian 
trading post. There he engaged as a drover. Re- 
turning to Decatur County, he continued to make 
it his home until about 18.35, when he removed to 
Rush County. 

In 1850, Mr. Driver, Sr., came to Hamilton 
County and settled iii Jackson Township, where 
he was engaged in farming pursuits until his 
death. Although a man of limited education, he 
was well informed upon all topics of general in- 
formation, and in his political beliefs identified 
himself with the Democratic party. In the United 
Presbyterian Church, of which he was an active 
member, he served as Trustee, and was regarded as 
a consistent Christian and upright man. He was 
the son of Mr. and .^Mrs. John Driver, natives of 
North Carolina. Grandfather Driver was a farmer 
by occupation and served iu the War of 1812. 
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daughter of Nathan Frakes, and a native of Ohio* 
She was reared in Indiana, having accompanied 
lier parents thither in lier girlhood. She i)ecanie 
tho mother of five children, our subject being-the 
third in order of birtli. Martha E. is the widow 
of James Wilson, and resides in ,)acI<son Town- 
ship, IlamiLton County; James T. is a resi- 
dent of Arcadia and tiie owner of considerable 
farming property; Margaret A. married William 
II. Deal, and lives in Illinois; Elizabeth J. is the 
wife of John C. Smith and resides in Illinois. 

At the age of three years our subject was taken 
to Rush County by his parents, with whom he con- 
tinued to live until 1850, meantime spending the 
summer seasons on the home farm and the winters 
in school. At the age of eighteen he secured a 
teacher's certificate, and followed the profession 
of teacher until 1855. For a time he attended 
school at Plainfield, Ind., and also studied medi- 
cine in the winter of 1855-56, subsequently taking 
a course of lectures in the medical department of 
the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. At 
once after completing his studies he com-nenced 
the practice of his profession at Buena Vista (now 
Atlanta) and has since conducted an extensive 
practice, both in this village and throughout the 
surrounding country. 

In 1857 Dr. Driver married Miss Delilah Wilson, 
who was born in Decatur County, Ind. She is the 
daughter of John and Matilda Wilson, natives of 
Kentucky, who removed thence to Decatur Count}', 
and from there went to Shelln County, and later 
settled in Tipton County, where .Mr. Wilson died. 
His widow now makes her Inune with Mrs. Driver. 
The Doctor and his wife have had six children, 
one of whom, Elizabeth A., died in childhood. 
Eliza J. IS the wife of Charles Hunter, of Hamil- 
ton County; Mary E. married Walter S. Cay lor, 
of El wood; John William McClellan married Jean 
Kay; Rosette is the wife of Calvin Goss, editor of 
the Atlanta Herald and the Arcadia Nev)s- Record; 
ilinnie is the wife of John Miller, of Tipton 
County. 

With every advance made In the science of 
medicine, the Doctor keeps fully informed, and is 
one of the most successful re[)resentatives of his 
profession in the countv. He is a meniber of the 



Hamilton County Medical Association. Although 
not a partisan, he is a strong syin|)alhizer with, 
and adherent of, the Democratic party. He and 
his wife are actively identified with the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. 



R.ANDREW J. CORNELIIJS. For many 
years Dr. Cornelius was a close student of 
the profession of medicine, and in his 
mission of healing the sick, his generous 
treatment of his patients, his liberality and kind- 
ness of heart won him not the respect alone, but 
the earnest regard of the large clientele which 
gathered around him. The family physician, he 
became also in scores of cases the family adviser 
in matters of business and affairs other than of a 
professional nature. At present he is engaged in 
merchandising in Chesterfield, and is likewise pro- 
prietor of a mercantile establishment in Anderson, 
Ind. He keeps well stocked establishments, and 
by energy and fair dealing has built up a pros- 
perous business. Being a gentleman of inish and 
enterprise, thoroughly conversant with the wants 
of the trade, Dr. Cornelius is popular alike with 
his patrons and trade competitors. He is a native 
of Wayne County, Ind., born December 11, 18.35. 
Dr. Cornelius' parents, Allen and Maria (Piatt) 
Cornelius, were natives of New Jersey, but al)out 
1824 they moved- to Wayne County, Ind., and 
there passed the remainder of their days. Our 
subject attended the district schools of Wayne 
and Randolph Counties, Ind., and subsequently a 
seminary at Winchester for some time. When 
seventeen years old he came to Chesterfield and 
began studying medicine with Dr. W. AV. Cornelius, 
a brother, and studied and practiced with him for 
about four years. For about four years after this 
he was in partnership with him. The Doctor w.as 
graduated from the Eclectic Medical College at 
Cincinnati, and he also attended part of a course of 
lectures ut Keokuk, Iowa. After graduating he 
l)racticed in Elwood about one year, and follow- 
ing that practiced for a time at Yorktown and 
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on the drug business, and later engaging in the 
same line of business in Montezuma, Parke Coun- 
ty, for some time. Quitting this business, he 
traveled in Iowa for about four years, and in 
1878 came to Chesterfield. 

Here he remained, and has been successfully 
engaged in merchandising ever since. All his 
business operations are conducted in a manner re- 
flecting the highest credit upon him. He is moder- 
ate in his prices and prompt in attending to orders, 
and is very popular in trade and social circles. 
He justly merits the large measure of success 
achieved by his skill and industry. He carries a 
general stock of merchandise and patent medicines, 
and IS a thorough and accurate druggist in all its 
branches. On the 6th of June, 1862, Dr. Cor- 
nelius was married to Miss Jane A. Williamson. 
For his second wife he chose Miss Lura E. Hall, 
who now presides over his pleasant and comfort- 
able home. For a number of years the Doctor 
served as Postmaster of Chesterfield, and filled 
that position in a very satisfactory manner. In 
politics he advocates the principles of- the Repub- 
lican party. He is public spirited and progressive 
and favors all measures pertaining to the welfare 
of the communit}'. 



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JMROD BENTLEY, a leading citizen and 
J rejjrcsentative general agriculturist and 
L stock-raiser of Duck Creek Township, 
Madison County, Ind., has been identified with 
the history and changing scenes of the state from 
his birth, and, a public spirited man, has ever been 
ready to lend a helping hand in all matters of 
public welfare. He was born in Hancock County, 
Ind., on January 4, 1837, and was the son of Nim- 
rod Bentley, a native of Kentucky, reared amid 
the stirring scenes and incidents of the pioneer 
days. The paternal grandparents, energetic and 
courageous people, participated in the thrilling ex- 
periences of border life in Kentucky, and fearless, 
enterprising and industrious, cared for the children 
who clustered about their fireside, and trained 
them up to seLf-roliani manhood and woman- 



hood. The father, spending the days of boyhood 
in his old Kentucky home, received only limited 
opportunities for an education, but attaining to 
ma»hood well fitted to care for liimself and a 
family, married and located in Indiana, where, in 
the full strength of manhood, and with :i|)iinren tly 
man3- years of usefulness before him,. he was sud- 
denly stricken down,and passed away three months 
before the birth of his son Nimrod, who was thus 
made fatherless ere he had entered upon the 
battlefield of the world. 

Our subject knows comparatively little of his 
paternal ancestors, save that the Bentleys, origi- 
nally of German descent, were numbered among 
the early settlers of the United States and took 
an active part in the progressive interests of Ken- 
tucky. The mother of Mr. Bentley wsis in maiden- 
hood Miss Mary Myers, a descendant of a long 
line of industrious, hard working and intelligent 
German ancestors, who, making their way to the 
United States, were here numbered among the 
substantial and law-abiding citizens, loyal to the 
countiy where they prospered and won their up- 
ward way to positions of useful influence. During 
his youth, our subject worked upon the farm for 
his mother, and also attended the district schools 
of Hancock County. When he was about twenty- 
two years of age, his devoted mother died, and 
now all alone in the world, Mr. Bentley engaged 
in the pursuit of agriculture upon his own ac- 
count, and for two years after continued his resi- 
dence upon the home farm. Our subject finally 
decided to leave Hancock County, and in about 
1861 removed to Madison County, settling in the 
woods of Duck Creek Township. Entering with 
energy into the clearing and improvement of his 
homestead, Mr. Bentley has brought up to a high 
state of cultivation his valuable acres, which an- 
nually yield a large crop of hay and gram, and 
shelter some of the best stock raised in tlie town- 
ship. 

Upon February 24, 1859, were united in mar- 
riage Nimrod Bentley and Miss Emiline Eaton, 
daughter of Jackson and Martha(McMullin) Eaton, 
of Shelby County, Ind. The union of our sub- 
ject and his estimable wife has been blessed by 
the birth of seven children, four of whom are de- 



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1; the three surviving are: Adda J., the wife 
of Frank Gritton, residing with Mr. Bentley; 
John and Josie B., also at home with their parents. 
Mr. and Mrs. Bentley are members of the I'niled 
IJrethron Church. ( )ur subject is Trustee of Knox 
C'haptI, and i> a prominent oHleer and liberal sup- 
|)orter of that religious body. Politically a Re- 
publican, he lias never sought oflice, but was made 
a candidate for Trustee by his friends, and was de- 
feated only by a ver3' small majni-ity. A man of 
sterling integrity' of character and cxcclicnt busi- 
ness ability, he and his good wife and family oc- 
cui)y a iiigh place in the home community, and 
enjoy the confidence and sincere esteem of a host 
of long time friends. 

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jfr^RANKLIN NEWBY, an influential citizen, 
|p(g)^ prosperous agriculturist and stock-raiser, 
/ill is favorably known throughout Hamilton 
Couniy as an enterprising man, progressive in his 
ideas and liberal in sentiment. For fully two-score 
years he has been identified with the leading inter- 
ests of White River Township, his present home. 
He is a native of Indiana, and was born in Marion 
County, September 18, 1831, the son of verj' early 
])ioneers of the state. His father, John W. Newby, 
locating in Marion Count}' in the frontier days, 
experienced the privations and sacrifices inciden- 
tal to life in a new and unsettled country. He 
was, however, well fitted to meet and overcome 
the dithculties which beset his path, aud, a man of 
courageous resolution, won his way to success. 

Reared upon the farm of his father, Franklin 
Xewbv participated in the rugged scenes of pio- 
neer life and, early inured to hard work, assisted 
in the daily round of agricultural toil, beginning 
the battle of life when a mere boy. He enjoyed 
instructions at the nearest school, which was held 
in a little log cabin in the home district. He 
improved his meagre 0()portunities to gain an 
education and has since added to his stock of early 
knowledge by reading and study. He remained 
with his parents until twenty-one years of age 
and shortly afterward assumed the cares and obli- 



gations of married life. Upon November 1.5, 1852, 
he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret 
Peck, who was born in White River Township, 
Hamilton Couiily, .Inly 111. l«:i;!. This estimable 
lady passed away upon the old home farm Sep- 
tember 24, 1891. 

After his marriage Mr. Newby with his young 
wife settled on one hundred and twenty acres of 
land, all wild with the exce|)tioii of twenty-two 
acres under partial cultivation, lie stiirled with 
eighty acres and to that amount added from year 
to year until he has accumulated one thousand acres 
of valuable land. His home farm, one of the 
finest in the county, is under a high state of culti- 
vation and improved with liandsoiiic .Miid com- 
modious buildings. Making general :it;ri(ulture 
the main pursuit of his life, he has been finan- 
cially successful and is to-day numbered among the 
leading and substantial citizens of Hamilton Coun- 
ty. The first house in which he made liis home 
after his marriage was a log structuic, 18x22 feet, 
and the counterpart of in.any then found within 
the borders of the state, irntil 18()() he resided 
in that humble log house, and then moved to the 
dwelling in which ho made his liome till l,Si»2. 

Five children blessed the union of .Mr. Newby 
and his first wife, Margaret. Three daughters and 
one son yet survive. Catherine E., the first born, 
married H. C. Lower, and has two children; Mar- 
garet V. married W. I*. Parker, and has tliii'e chil- 
dren; Martha is the wife of Ccorge W. Uulou, and 
is the mother of three children; .lolin ^V. married 
Anna Harvey, and they have two children; .lane 
C, now deceased, married C. C. .lack and left 
two children. The niothei- of this f:iiiiil\ was a 
devoted member of thi' Christinn Churc'h and an 
active worker in religious and benevolent enter- 
prises. Her parents were among the early settlers 
of White River Townshipand werehighly respect- 
ed liy their friends and neighbors, (irowing to 
womanhood in her birthplace, she was wedded at 
nineteen years of age. 

A second time enterin;;- the niMtriinonial bonds, 
Mr. Newby wedded, .September i;i, l.sii.'i. Mis. .Me- 
linda A. Mock, a native of White River Township 
and a lady of culture and broad intelligence. She 
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and was trained in housewifely arts in lier girl- 
hood. Her father and mother were intimately 
a.-sociated witii the upward growth of the town- 
sliip and are numbered with the honored pioneers 
(if Hamilton County. Our subjectand his accom- 
plished wife received upon their wedding the con- 
gratulations of a host of friends. P^ssentially a 
self-made man, Mr. Newby has entirely by his own 
efforts gained a handsomecompetence and won au 
eviable position among his fellow-citizens. Polit- 
ically he is a Republican and, a loyal man, is in- 
terested in all matters of local welfare, and thor- 
oughly posted in home and national issues. 

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^^P LP'RKD FORKNER, the efficient and popu- 
^yt-Jl j lar Trustee of Union Township, and one 

ij 14) of the foremost agriculturists of Madi- 
i^ son County, is the owner of a fine farm 

consisting of one hundred and forty acres, pleas- 
antly located on section 22. In his farming 
operations he combines energy with excellent 
judgment, and as a result of good management 
he has gained success financially and the name of 
being one of the most capable agriculturists of 
the county. He has passed his entire life in the 
Iloosier State, having been born in Henry County 
on the 30tU of October, 18.35. 

The parents of our subject, James and Lydia 
(Eliason) Forkner, were natives respectively of 
North Carolina and Kentucky, who, however, 
spent the greater portion of their lives in Indi- 
ana. In 1856, accompanied by their children, 
they removed fron Henry to Madison Count}', and 
settled on the farm now occupied by our subject. 
Here llie father engaged as a tiller of the soil 
until his death, which occurred in 1871. The 
wife and mother still survives (1893), having al- 
tauied to the advanced age of eighty-six. Of her 
cliildrcu, there are now three survivors, namely: 
Mrs. Henry Bronnenberg, Alfred and William A. 

Amid scenes of pioneer life in Indiana, Alfred 
Forkner grew to a stalwart manhood, and from 
boyhood he has been familiar with agricultural 
pursuits. In the schools of Ilenr}' County he 



gained the rudiments of his education, which, 
through reading and observation, has subsequently 
been extended. However, he was so busily em- 
ployed at home that he was unable to attend 
school regularly, and the average number of days 
that he attended each term was only twenty, 
fift}' days being the highest number. However, 
he is now a well informed and well read man, with 
firm convictions and opinions upon every matter 
of general interest. 

When ready to establish a liome of his own, 
Mr. Forkner was married, in 1865, to Miss Nancy 
.T. Thumma, a native of Indiana, and their union 
has resulted in the birth of three chifdren : Ella, 
Charles A. and Carey. Aside from his farming 
interests, Mr. F^orkner is prominent in public 
affairs, and is now serving his second term as 
Trustee of Union Township, a position in which 
he has rendered satisfactory service in behalf of 
his constituents. A Democrat in politics, he is 
however not partisan in his preferences, and is a 
man whose popularity is not limited to those whose 
opinions coincide with his own. 

Having witnessed the growth of Madison County 
from a sparsely settled community to a foremost 
place among the counties of Indiana, Mr. Fork- 
ner feels a deep interest in everything pertaining 
to the development of the county and the welfare 
of his fellow-citizens. He has gained material 
success, and that which is far better, an honored 
position among the successful farmers and public- 
spirited citizens of his locality. He enjoys the 
confidence of the people, and in business circles 
his name is the synonym of lionor and probity. 



ICAJAH SMITH, an enterprising and ex- 
tensive general agriculturist, owning a 
magnificent farm of four hundred and 
thirty-nine acres of some of the best land 
in Madison County, Ind., is a long-time resident 
of Boone Township, and for twenty years has been 
a noted stock-raiser, successfully handling blooded 
hogs, cattle and horses, and this fail will hold his 
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high grades of a choice variety. Our subject, a 
native of the state and county, was born in Mon- 
roe Townsliip, and was the son of James Smith, by 
hirth a Nortli Carolinian. The paternal grand- 
parents, Wright and Lydia Smith, were genuine 
soutlierners, tlie grandfather having been born in 
Virginia, and tlie grandmother in North Carolina. 
Tlie grandfather was among the first settlers of 
Rush County, Ind., and .lames, the second child, 
received his education in the common schools of 
that locality. Trained into agricultural duties, he 
worked a farm for his father until he began life 
for himself. The grandfather sold out his inter- 
ests in Rush County in a very early day, tlien set- 
tled on Lily Creek, Madison County, becoming 
one of the pioneers. James Smith, arriving at ma- 
ture age, married Miss Cynthia Chamness, daugh- 
ter of Micajah Chamness, Sr. 

Our subject, born July 10, 1846. was the second 
child who blessed the union of the parents, and 
was but tliree years of age when his mother passed 
away. Then removed to the home of the paternal 
■grandparents, Mr. Smith remained there until the 
close of the war. The grandfather entered into 
rest in 1863, but the grandmother, for a time sur- 
viving, our subject continued on the old home- 
stead. Mr. Smith attended the common schools of 
Hoone Township, and in the meantime worked in- 
dustriously upon the farm. During his childhood 
the country was but little more than a wilderness, 
but as our subject advanced in years, he became 
an important factor in the growth and upward 
progress of his native state. When an uiicle of 
Mr. Smith returned liome after the close of the 
war, he and our subject engaged in the stock busi- 
ness, but the next year dissolved the partnership, 
and Micajah selling iiis stock, went to Iowa to visit. 
After a few months in the Ha wkeye State, he came 
back to Indiana and settled in Roone Township, 
Madison County, since then his permanent home. 
For one season he worked for an uncle at II 
per day, then leased some ground and farmed and 
teamed for a twelvemonth. His uncle removed 
December I, 1867, to Anderson, Ind., when Mr. 
Smith, marrying, moved on his own farm. 

Our subject iiad fallen heir to forty acres of 
land and now bought his brother's interest in tiie 



home farm, and his grandfather gave him twenty 
acres. JSIaking various trades and purchases, Mr. 
Smith has acquired an extensive landed property, 
now owning the four hundred and thirty-nine 
valuable acres before mentioned. For some score 
of years engaged in buying and selling stock, 
he has achieved financial success. He is numbere'd 
among the substantial business men of Madison 
County, and is known as a leading stock-dealer of 
Indiana. He is a member of the Ohio Poland- 
China Record C(jmpany, and his si.x previous an- 
nual sales have been largely attended b\- promi- 
nent buyers of various portions of the >l:iti'. who 
find at these sales a choice variety of blooded 
hogs, cattle and horses. He is specially interested 
in Short-horn cattle, and his tine horse, " Non 
Plus," is among the best bred animals of America. 
He has a blooded mare," Daiihne," in Kentucky, 
breeding to" Lord Russell," owned by A. .1. Alex- 
ander, who stables a number of horses with unsur- 
passed records. In March 1891, our subject pur- 
chased " Daphne " for 1775, and in the same year 
bought at a large price four tliorouu;hbred mares. 
In January, 1886, he embarked with excellent 
financial results in the breeding of Poland-China 
hogs, and in handling a variety of stock has met 
with unprecedented success. 

In December, 1867, were united in mairi.age, Mi- 
cajah Smith and Miss Ann E. Sullivan, daughter 
of Thomas and Hannah (Sayre) Sullivan, natives 
of Virginia, and descendants of a family widely 
and favorably known. Three children blessed 
the union (ft our subject and his estimable wife. 
Thomas, the eldest born, is now attending his third 
term at Valparaiso College; Cora A. died Decem- 
ber 27, 1887; John F. is at home, but will enjoy 
the advantage of a course at Valparaiso College, 
entering next year. Mrs. Smith is a valued mem- 
ber of the Baptist Church and is prominent in the 
social, religious and benevolent work of the de- 
nomination. Our subject is a [ironounced Demo- 
crat and a firm supporter of the party of the 
people. He is absorbed in the affaiis of his ex- 
tensive business interests and has no desire to oc- 
cupy public office, but, intelligently posted in the 
affairs of the day, is ever ready to assist on local 
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pered, he has made many valuable improvements 
upon his farm, the stables being roomy, substan- 
tial and conveniently arranged. The handsome 
residence is lighted by gas supplied from the well 
located witliin the boundaries of ilie Smith Stock 
Farm, now conceded to bo one of the most at- 
tractive in tills part of Madison County. 



f?01IN II. DAVIS, a pioneer settler and 
IMominent citizen of Madison County, and 



til for the last score of years a constant resi- 
// dent of Lafayette Township, has since 1838 
been intimately associated with matters of public 
welfare, and held with marked ability- various im- 
portant positions of official trust. As Deputy 
Sheriff and Sheriff, and as the popular Deputy 
Treasurer of Madison County, Mr. Davis was 
prompt and efHcient in the discharge of duties in- 
volved, and made a record of faithful service un- 
surpassed for conscientious fidelity to the interests 
of the general public. Devoting his latter years 
mainly to the pursuit of agriculture, he cultivates 
a line farm, located upon section .30, the valuable 
Davis homestead being the abode of hospitality 
and one of the well known landmarks of the 
past. Our subject is a native of Montgomery 
County, Ohio, and, born May 30, ISl,"), is the son 
of Jesse and Sarah (Pegg) Davis. His parents 
were natives of North Carolina, and both were 
descendants of English ancestors, the maternal 
forefathers were, generation after generation, 
Quakers, people of intelligence and enterprise. 
While .John H. was yet an infant his father pur- 
chased a farm in Preble County, Ohio, and thither 
the family at once removed, settling permanentlj' 
in that part of the Buckeye State. Our subject, 
trained from his earliest childhood into the daily 
round of agricultural duties, attained to man- 
hood energetic, industrious and thoroughly self- 
reliant. 

Mr. Davis received his education in the httle 
subscription schools of the pioneer days in Ohio, 
the houses of instruction being fashioned out of 
rough logs and furnished with slabs for seats and 



desks. An ambitious young man, our subject 
while in his teens taught for a time, and later 
decided to emigrated to the adjoining state of 
Indiana. In 1838 he came to Madison County, 
and for a brief period clerked in Anderson, then 
a small village. He was employed in mercantile 
business, and through that channel made a wide 
acquaintance and gained many friends. Mr. Davis 
subsequentl}' was appointed Deputy Sheriff under 
B. Allen, the Sheriff of the county, and when Mr. 
Allen's term of office bad expired, was elected 
Sheriff, which responsible position he continued to 
hold the two succeeding terms, to the great satis- 
faction of the citizens of Madison County. Later, 
when B. Noland was County Treasurer, our sub- 
ject was appointed Deputy Treasurer, and again 
made for himself an enviable rciuitation as a re- 
liable and trustworthy official. He next settled 
on a farm in Anderson Township, and lived there 
for a number of years, after some time engaging 
in the milling business. In 1872, lie settled in 
Lafayette Township, upon the farm where he now 
resides, and which he has brought up from a wild 
condition to a highly prolitable state and well un- 
proved witli excellent .iiid commodious buildings. 
The one hundred and sii.ty .acre tract is among 
the best in the township, and annually yields an . 
abundant harvest. 

Soon after the expiration of his second term as 
Sheriff, Mr. Davis conducted a grocery store in 
Anderson, and continued in the business for about 
three years, and was also Postmaster of the village 
during this time. The grocery store was built on 
■ the same site now occupied by the White House 
dry-goods store. Upon .luly 5, 1846, were united 
in marriage John H. Davis and Miss Sarah Pugh. 
The union was blessed by the birth of two chil- 
dren, both sons. Franklin P. is deceased; Alvin IL, 
surviving, has a daughter, Carrie L. Decembers, 
1892, the beloved wife and devoted mother, who 
had been to her husband a true helpmate com- 
panion and counselor, passed away mourned by 
all who knew her. She was, a sincere Cliristian, 
foremost in good works and benevolent enterprises. 
Our subject is a valued member of the Methodist 
Protestant Church, and liberal in his support of 
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with the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, and 
was active in the order. Throughout iiis long 
carcur of busy and iionored usefulness as a citizen 
and official, tlie course of Mr. Davis has ever been 
distinguished by energetic enterprise and sterling 
integrity of character, and now in the evening of 
his days he may witli pleasure review a life of 
earnest purpose crowned with success, and rest 
secure in tiie confidence of a host of friends. 



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AVID TRANBARGEK, an etlicienl .lustice 
of the Peace located in Duck Creek Town- 
ship, Madison County-, Ind., is a citizen 
of excellent business ability, lie conducts witli 
profitable results a bi'ooni factory, and is likewise a 
successful and leading general agriculturist, owning 
a finely improved farm which annually yields 
ail abundant harvest. A man of tnlci piisc and an 
old-time resident of iiis present locality, our subject 
lias been intimately associated with the prominent 
interests of the county, and at one time ran a saw- 
mill. Mr. Tranbarger is a native of Virginia and 
was born in Washington County November 22, 
1826. His father, .lacob Tranbarger, born also in 
the Old Dominion in 1833, removed to Rush 
County. Ind.,. wlii'ie he lived for four years, 
and then permanently located in .Madison County, 
heie eontinuing t„ rc>i(le ujitil his death in ISlt). 
The paternal grandfather, David Tranbarger, in 
whose honor our subject was named, was born in 
(ierniany. but emigrating to America in an early 
day, made his home in A'irginia. The niother of 
our subject, Sarah (Conley) Tranbarger, was a 
descendant of highly respected ancestors and was a 
woman of worth and ability. David, the eldest 
child born unto the parents, accompanied them to 
Indiana when but six years of age. There were 
then no schools in the near neighborhood and our 
subject enjoyed only the opportunities of instruc- 
tion he received at home, his father employing 
>oine one especially to teach him. His education, 
therefore, was limited, but by close observation he 
supplied his deficiencies in book knowledge. 

Studying at home at night by the light of a 



hickory-bark fire, and through the day assisting 
his father in clearing the land of the forest growth, 
Mr. Tranbarger attained to eighteen years of age, 
and taught school in Tipton County, Ind. From 
Jarvis Brown, a tcai'lier of a select s,-|io,_,l, our 
subject received fiirlher inslruc-lion after the term 
of his school had closed. Diligently .Mr. Tranbar- 
ger applied himself in tiie golden moments, which 
increased his store of leaiiiing.aiid afterward, pass- 
ing a creditable examination, he rt'ceivcd a certif- 
icate to teach in Tipt.on County, and taught two 
more terms. He then engaged in sawmilling for 
a twelvemonth, and afterward devoted himself 
continuously to farming- until 18,')7, when he re- 
moved to Quincy (now Kiwood) and cnterefl into 
buying and shipping pork. In tin- occupation our 
subject profitably continued until \W>1, when he 
made his home in Duck Creek Township and 
again engaged in the sawmill business, remaining 
in the latter occupation foi- the succeeding three 
years. .4t the expiration of this period of time 
Mr. Tranbarger engaged prosperously in iiis pres- 
ent agricultural work, and in 18()8 beginning the 
manufacture of brooms, still conducts his factory. 
In the montli of April, 18.50. were united ill mar- 
riage David Tranbarger and Miss Ivmice Cook, 
daughter of Nathan Cook, a highly respected 
resident of Hamilton County, liid. Unto this 
union were born seven cliildien. ( )liver N. mar- 
ried Miss Josie Young and resides in .Aladison 
County; Miranda 10. is the wife of Williani Stret- 
cher and makes her home in Madison County; ].. 
A. married Miss Ann Lora, and lives in Clin- 
ton County; .lohii H. married Miss Emma Russ- 
ler. and is a citizen of Tipton Ciuinty. Ind.; 
Sarah O. is the wile of (ieorge liicker, of 
Tipton County; Seymour married Eva B. Rich- 
ard and lives in Delaware County; Mary E. died in 
infancy. The mother of these sons and daughters 
passed away in October, 1 8()(;. ( )iir subject wedded 
in 1867 Miss Mahala Lane, who survived until 
September 19, 1881, and upon May 17, 188.5, Mr. 
Tranbarger for the third time entered matrimonial 
bonds, then being united with JMiss Jemima 
Hickman, who is a most excellent lady of worth 
and intelliijence. 'The sons and dauehlers are 



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a successful teaclier and has followed the avo- 
cation of an instructor for twenty years. He lias 
likewise gained an extended reputation as a fine 
elocutionist. L. A. taught for a number of years 
and is now Deputy Auditor of Clinton County, 
Iiid. John ably served as Justice of the Peace 
and is Do|iuty Treasurer of Tipton County, 
lud. X. S. is a preacher of the United Breth- 
ren Church, and is located at Greentown, Howard 
County. Our subject is a valued member of the 
Ciiristian Church, and his good wife belongs to the 
Society of Friends, or Quakers. Mr. Tranbarger 
IS fraternally a member of Quincy Lodge No. 
130, A. F. & A. M. Politically a strong Democrat, 
a leader in the local councils of the party and ably 
discharging the duties of his office as Justice of the 
Peace, he commands the esteem and high regard of 
a host of old-time acquaintances and the general 
public. 



(ip^i LIAS STOUT, who was for many changing 
l^ 3ears a representative general agriculturist 
lA^^i of Washington Township, Hamilton County, 
Ind., is now retired from the active duties of life 
and is a highly esteemed resident of Eagletown, 
Ind. Mr. Stout is a native of tlie state and was 
born in Randolph County, April 17, 1822. His 
parents were Ephraini and Ruth (Howell) .Stout, 
pioneer settlers of Indiana. The father, a man of 
energy and enterprise, was a native of North 
Carolina, his father also being a native of the old 
Tar State, and a direct descendant of good old 
English stock. The father received a good com- 
mon-school education and was intelligently posted 
on the matters of the day. He was a cooper by 
trade, l)ut, arriving in Indiana, settled upon a 
farm in Howard County and followed the pursuit 
of agriculture until his death. 

Ephraim Stout was a member of the Friends' 
Church, and an able aid in all matters of benevo- 
lent enterprise. He was politically a Whig, and 
later a Republican, and was deeply interested in 
local and national issues. The mother, a most 
worthy woman, beloved by nil who knew liei, was 



of Irish descent. She was a sincere Christian and 
reared her family in the fear and admonition 
of the Loid. At the age of eighteen, variously 
employed, our subject began life for himself. 
Working at anything his hands could find to do, 
sometimes clearing up timber, Mr. Stout toiled in- 
dustriously until twenty-five years old in this 
miscellaneous occupation. He had in the mean- 
time really cleared all the ground where Russia- 
ville now stands. 

When twenty-five years of age Elias Stout was 
united in marriage with Miss Mary Chance, 
daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Clearwater) 
Chance, natives of Ohio. Unto this union were 
born four children, but one of whom is now 
living, Luther L., who married Mary Fisher, now 
deceased. Some time after the death of his 
estimable first wife Mr. Stout again married, his 
second wife being Mary Ellen Symons, who bore 
her husband two children, but one of whom 
survives, Clara Jane, wife of John Slater and re- 
siding in Westfield. The second wife was a valued 
member of the Friends' Church, and was deeply 
mourned when she passed away earl}' in life. Our 
subject a third time entering marriage relations 
was wedded to Mrs. Sarah Cameron, daughter of 
Joseph and Mary (Arthur) Dixon, of French 
descent. The third wife was connected with the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, and held a life mem- 
bership at the time of her death. 

Immediately succeeding his first marriage, Mr. 
Stout located on a forty-acre tract, which he had 
owned for some time. This land he cultivated 
patiently year after .year, bringing the fertile soil 
up to a high state of cultivation and well im- 
proving the homestead with good and substantial 
buildings. Working hard all his life, and sorely 
bereaved by death, our subject met all the re- 
verses and trials with resolute courage, and has 
now arrived at seventy-one years of age a hale 
and hearty man, and in the evening of his daj's 
is enjoying a well earned rest among old friends 
and acquaintances. He was reared a Quaker, 
having a birthright in that chiu'ch, and in political 
affiliation is a stalwart Republican, devoted to the 
interests of the party. A constant resident of the 
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history, Mr. Stout 



a fund of interesting 



it'iTiiniscences gai'iiereii from the experience of 
tliree-score and ten years within the Ijorders of 
Indiana. 

OALVIN NICHOLSON. The a.i,Micn;tiiral in- 
terests of Madison County have an honor- 
__ ' able and successful representative in the 
subject of this sketch, who is conducting farming 
pursuits upon his finely improved estate in Stony 
Creek Township. Now in the prime of his useful 
career, the success he has attained is attributable 
to the possession of an evenly balanced mind and 
indomitable perseverance. The most remarkable 
tiaits of his character are the wisdom and foresight 
with which he formulates his plans, and the energy 
and decision with which be executes them. He 
has met with many obstacles in the course of his 
busy life, but in every difficulty he has remained 
calm and resolute, proving that he possesses moral 
courage as well as physical. 

Our subject traces his ancestry to William 
Nicholson, a brave soldier in the War of 1812. 
During the opening year of that war, his son, 
Samuel, was born in New Jersey, and there he was 
reared on a farm, coming thence with his parents 
to Rush County, Ind., in 1822. In his youth he 
learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he fol- 
lowed for a time, but afterward embarked in farm- 
ing pursuits and continued thus engaged until the 
lime of his death, working his way from poverty 
to opulence solely through his unaided individual 
exertions. He had received hut little schooling, 
but through observation and reading became a 
well informed man, and iiis death, in October of 
1877, was a loss to bis community, whose interests 
were ever uppermost in his mind. Politically he 
was n Deiiiuerat, and always upheld party prin- 
ciples. 

In Madison County, Ind.. the subject of this 
sketch was born .laniiary 20. 1841. With but 
meagre educational advantages lie has worked his 
own way to a foremost position among the agri- 
culturists of this county. In October, 1863, he 
established a home of his own. beino; at that time 



united in marriage with Miss Lyda, daughter of 
John Anderson, of whom further mention is made 
in the biography of Edward J. Anderson, of Stony 
Creek Township. They were the parents of ten 
children, three of whom are deceased. ihfoilici> 
being: Nancy Ann, Sarah E., Orra I-:.. I.ydia M.. 
Chrity E., Bertha I. and Iva (i. 

The farming possessions of .Mr. .Xieholson ag- 
gregate one hundred acres of fertile and well im- 
proved land, upon which he engages in raising 
the various cereals. As lie thoroughly understands 
the proper rotation of crops and fertilization of 
the soil, he Las been enabled to secure the very 
best results from every acre of ground, lie is a 
man who is strictly temperate in his habits and he 
advocates the cause of Prohibition with fidelity 
and enthusiasm. In his religious belief, he and 
his wife are Methodists, being members of the 
church of that denomination in Lapel. 



jj| RS. MARY WALTERS. Women are often 
\\\ called the "weaker .sex," and although 



this is undeniably true as regards their 
physical make-up, yet intellectually and 
morally they are as strong as the "lords of 
creation." This is especially the case as regards 
Mrs. Mary Walters, for she has shown a degree of 
intelligence, shrewdness and good judgment in 
the management of her eiijlity-acic farm that 
would do credit to any man. Her farm i> locateci 
on section 2G, Richland Township, and although 
it is not as large as many, every portion of it is so 
carefully tilled and looked after that it yields a 
larger income than many more pretenticuis farms. 
She owes her nativity to Delaware County, Ind., 
where she was born on the 27th of February, 18.'5(). 
her parents being James and Susan (Drybread) 
Chambers, the former of whom immigrated willi 
his family to Delaware County, Ind., ;it an early 
day and settled in a little log lioiise on a wood- 
land farm, where for a number of ^ears they toiled 
incessantly to keep the wolf from the door, clear 
and improve their farm and lay by something for 
a rainy day. In time their expectations and hopes 



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were realized, but the father did not live long to 
enjoy his prosperity, for he died on the farm where 
he had toiled so faithfully and earnestly, on the 
9th of April, 1843. Of the children born to him- 
self and wife the following survive: George, 
Mary (Mrs. Walters), Smith, and Julia, wife of 
Miles Walters. Elizabetli, now deceased, was the 
wife of Samuel Ricker. Mr. Chambers was a local 
minister of the Cliristian Cliurch, was a devout and 
earnest expounder of the Gospel, and his many 
noble attributes of heart and head won him a host 
of friends, whom he retained to the day of his 
death. 

On tlie old liorae farm amid the wild scenes of 
pioneer life in Delaware County, Mrs. Walters 
spent her childhood, girlhood and early woman- 
hood. She received such educational advantages 
as could be had at that time, which were by no 
means of the best, for the schools at that time were 
conducted almost exclusively in log cabins, and 
were presided over by teachers whose learning 
extended but little be3^ond the three R's. Mrs. 
Walters, however, was bright and intelligent and 
made the most of her opportunities. On the 30th 
of January, 1856, she was united in marriage to 
Daniel Walters, a native of the Old Dominion' 
who had come to Indiana with his parents when a 
boy, and, like his wife, was reared ou a pioneer 
farm. Soon after their marriage they set up an 
establishment of their own in Richland Township, 
Madison County, Ind., and there lived a com- 
fortable, happy and busy life until the untinielj- 
and lamented death of the head of the house, 
November 21, 1866. Their farm was a woodland 
one and required a great deal of hard work to 
clear it and get it in good farming condition, but 
Mr. Walters was industrious, pushing and enter- 
prising, and prior to his death succeeded in greatly 
improving it in various ways. He erected a good 
hewed log house and good outbuildings for his 
stock, and without doubt had he lived would have 
become a wealthy man. In the domestic circle he 
was kind, considerate and affectionate, and as a 
neighbor he was accommodating, as a friend faith- 
ful, and as a citizen loyal and public spirited. He 
endeavored to follow the teachings of the Golden 
Kule, and was an earnest and devoted member 



of the Christian Church, in which he officiated as 
Deacon. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Walters a 
daughter was given, Rosetta, who became the wife 
of Isaac Cummins, by whom she has three children, 
Joseph S., William C. and Walter S. Mrs. Walters 
has resided on and continued to look after the 
interests of her farm ever since the death of her 
husband, and has done well flnancially. She is a 
membei of the Christian Ciuirch and has many 
friends in the section in which she resides. 



^s^ AMUEL M. HANGEK, a well-to-do farmer 
^^^ and stock-raiser of Stony Creek Township^ 
i^/^l Madison County, was born in this town- 
ship, near the village of Fishersburgh, in 
1841, and has passed his entire life in the commu- 
nity where be now resides. He is the son of the 
well known pioneer, William Hanger, to whom be- 
longs the distinction of being the oldest resident 
of tliis township, and who now survives, though 
in feeble health. Amid the wild scenes of fron- 
tier life, with deer and wolves running at will 
through the dense forests and Indians peopling 
the little hamlets, Samuel M. grew to a sturdy 
manhood, gaining in his youth such training as 
admirably fitted him for the battle of life. Be- 
tween fifty and sixty days he spent in the primi- 
tive log schoolhouse, two and one-half miles from 
his father's home, and in that little room, with its 
slab benches and puncheon floor, he laid the foun- 
dation of his subsequent knowledge. As years 
passed by. better facilities were provided for the 
acquirement of a practical education, and of these 
he availed himself to the utmost. It was his de- 
sire upon completing the studies of the common 
schools to enter college and obtain a classical edu- 
cation, but his father dissuaded him from attempt- 
ing the project. 

The only son in a family of seven children, the 
services of our subject were called into requisition 
early in life, and he was thoroughly drilled in 
eveiy line of agricultural work. His mother died 
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hisfallicr have lived together upon the old home- 
stead engaged in fanning. He assisted in clear- 
ing tlie land, and through careful management 
and diligent efforts he has acquired a competency, 
and is one of the successful agriculturists of the 
county. He is the owner of three hundred and 
I went^'-seven acres of land, which is devoted to the 
raising of cereals. 

The marri.agc of IMr. Hanger occurred in 1H73, 
uniting him with Miss Elizabeth O., daughter of 
Sihis r.usliy, a resident of Jackson Township. Mad- 
ison County. They are the parents of three sons 
and three daughters: Onier W., Laura E., Bessie 
A., Grace J., Ethel lona and Ervin. Politically 
a Republican, Mr. Hanger has never been an office- 
seeker, preferring to devote his attention exclu- 
sively to agriculture. At the age of fifteen years 
he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
(if which he lias since been an active member. 
Physically, he is delicate and has never entirely 
recovered from the effects of an attack of spinal 
fever some years ago. The nobility of character 
he has ever displayed, and the wisdom governing 
his conduct, have inspired unbounded confidence 
in his disposition .-ind lidiior un the part of his 
fiieiids, ;uid his cnlirc cin-le of acquaintances con- 
cede to him ahilitics of the highest order, unim- 
peachalile integrity and intlexilile firmness of pur- 
pose. 



^.XRY .1. r.K()NXENBER(;. T 
nenbergs aie among the oldest 
known citizens of Madison Coi 
the subject of this sketch is on 



id best 
ly. and 
of the 

most successful of those bearing that name. A 
native of Madison County, he was born on the 
28th of December. 18 17. He is the son of Jacob 
Bronnenberg, who was born in Madison County, 
Ohio, and the grandson of Frederick Bronnenberg, 
a native of Germany, who came to America at the 
age of fourteen to escape the tyranny of seven 
years' service in the army. In coming to this 
country he was assisted by his grandmother. lie 
located in Pennsylvania and worked as a tanner. 



After his marriage in that state he settled in Ohio. 
and later removed still further west. 

While en route from Ohio to Illinois one of the 
oxen gave out, and while waiting for it to recover 
the family becanii' sick and coiitinucd ill. Mr. 
Bronnenberg then coiicliidcd to lake a chiini whcic 
they were stopi)iiig, on White River, near what is 
now Chesterfield. He built a tannery, a mill and 
a distillery, improved five hundred acres of land, 

county, ;ind was one of the (irst commissluners. lie 
lived to be ninety years of age. 

Our subject's father was reaied upon a farm, and 
in order to attend school w.'is obliged to walk 
eight miles. When he reached mnnluiod he cle.-ired 
a farm in Richland Township, where he owned four 
hundred acres. He became a i>roiuinent man in 
the county, and was a Comini.ssioner for two terms. 
In 1H85 he moved to Anderson. Five years after- 
ward he died, in the faith of the Churcli of (uid. 
with which he was identified. He was always a 
Democrat. Mr. Bronnenberg's mother was Nancy, 
the daughter of Samuel Cobruii, a native of Ohio. 
Her grandfather was a native of Iri'land. who llrst 
located in Ohio and later in Kicliland Town^hi|), 
where he followed farming. In early days he en- 
gaged in dealing in hogs and sold thousands of 
them in Cincinnati. The mother died in 1891. 
She had eight children, all of whom are living. 

Henry J., the oldest of the family, was reared 
on the Richland farm which he assisted in improv- 
ing. He attended the district schools and later 
was a student in the Anderson High School. In 
18fi;) he came to Anderson and became Deputy 
Recorder under James Mohan. Later he bought 
the Boston shoe store and a livery stable on Main 
Street. After engaging in various enterprises he 
bought the Doxey heading factorv. at Anderson, 
and later built factories at Marion. Sunimitville 
and (ireenflcld. The capacity of the mills was 
two million five hundred thousand, and the entire 
product was sold to the Standard Oil Company. 
After conducting this business seven years he sold 
it to J. L. Kilgoe. 

Later Mr. Bronnenberg sujierintended the build- 
ing of the Doxey Oi)era House, the most imposing 



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building of the kind in tlie state outbide of Indian- 
apolis. It was destroyed by fire in 1893. In 1«86 
lie built the Bionnenberg Block on Main Street, 
ninety feet front, and two stories high. In 1887 he 
was a stockholder in the company for the first gas 
well, and was also an organizer of the Board of 
Trade and an officer of the Board of Directors. 
Afterward he was an organizer and Director of the 
Citizens' Gas Company and its superintendent and 
general manager. 

On the 22d of August, 1888, Mr. Bronnenberg 
was injured at the strawboard gas well by being 
struck by a piece of pipe, which threw him thirty 
feet. His right arm was broken and his side badly 
bruised, and he has been incapacitated for man- 
ual labor ever since. His injuries were received 
while working as a representative of the Board of 
Trade, and although disabled, lie continued to 
serve as a Director for several years. He has been 
energetic in assisting in the erection of factories. 
He has served the people as a member of the 
Council, being elected to that position on the 
Democratic ticket. Socially, he is a Master Mason, 
identified with the Royal Arch and the Knights 
Templar. He is also a member of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows and the Order of Red Men. 

In 1875 Mr. Bronnenberg married Miss Anna 
B. Gregory, who was born in Rising Sun, Ind. 
She is the daughter of Hon. W. H. Gregory, a 
newspaper publisher of that place, and at one time 
a member of the Legislature. They have three 
children. Pearl, Stella and Hugh. 



JAMES G. MoSHANE, a self-made man 
and enterprising farmer of Clay Township, 
Ilainilton County, was born in the year 
1819, in Harrison County, Ky. His grand- 
father, Edward McShane, was of Scotch parentage, 
and had several sons in the Revolutionary War, 
aud once, while taking provisions to the sol- 
diers at camp, reached there just before a battle, 
and shouldering a gun, helped defeat the British. 
Robert McShane, a brother of the grandfather 
of our subject, was a sea captain and was captured 



by the Algerians. With his family, Edward Mc- 
Shane removed to Virginia and later to Harrison 
County, Ky., where his death occurred. 

Francis McShane, father of our subject, was 
born in New Jersey in 1782. After his father's 
death, he went to live with an uncle in Pennsyl- 
vania, where he remained until he had attained 
his majority. He then returned to Kentucky, 
and married Theodosia, daughter of Joseph and 
Margaret (Pouge) Graj'. For a few 3'eais he 
rented, and in 1825 brought his family to Hamil- 
ton County, Ind., locating on the farm which is 
now the home of his son James G. He built a log 
cabin, 16x18 feet, with a puncheon floor, and 
began the development of the one hundred and 
sixty acres which he had entered from the Govern- 
ment. There he made a good farm. Later he 
entered one hundred and sixty acres in Boone 
County. In early life, Mr. McShane was a Baptist 
but afterwards became a Presbyterian. His vote 
supported the Whig party. He died in 1842, and 
his wife was called to her final rest in 1866, at the 
age of eighty-four. They had three children: 
James G.; Edward, deceased; and Sarah, wife of 
Riley Bond. 

In the district schools of the neighborhood, 
James G. McShane was educated, and upon the 
home farm remained until his marriage, at the age 
of twenty-two, to Martha J. vSilvey, daughter of 
William and Nancy (Mosley) Silvey. She was 
born in MarionCounty inl824, and her parents were 
natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. 
In an early day they came to Indiana and entered 
land on the outskirts of Indianapolis, where the 
father now lies buried. His children were: Thomas, 
deceased; Martha; and Anna, wife of John B. 
Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. McShane have a family of 
four children: Nancy E., who became the wife of 
Joseph Power, and after his death married Lewis 
O. Miller; William Francis, who married Sarah A. 
Fouike, and was a soldier of the late war, enlist- 
ing when only seventeen years of age; Dr. John 
T., of Indianapolis, who married Alice Cole; and 
Jennie, who became the wife of Jacob Vert, and 
since his death has married William Strickland. 

Mr. McShane first rented a part of the old home- 
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of it on liis father's death. Subsequently he 
bought out the other licirs, and has made addi- 
iiiiiial purchases until he now owns over four 
luindred acres in tiiis country, besides some property 
ill Iowa. He has always followed farming and 
stDck-raising, and has been very successful in his 
undertakings. Politically, he was a Wliig until 
tliii organization of the Republican party, <>! wliich 
lie has since been an advocate. Iliiiisi'lf and wife 
liold membership with the JNIelhodist Episcopal 
(Imrch, and are highly respected people, whose 
fiicnda throughout the cfiniinuiiity are many. 



ERRY T. HOUSE 
foli<nvpd farm 
energies to tliat 



who throughout life 
Mg and now devotes his 
occupation in Green 



jtt Township, has the honor of being a native 
of Madison County, his birth having occurred in 
Stony Creek Township, on the 31st of September, 
1858. He is one of ten children liorn unto Will- 
iam R. and Maria Ann (Norris) House. The pa- 
ternal grandparents were Cleorge and Ann M. 
(Kiee) House. The former was a Maryland far- 
mer. Tiiey reared four children: Perry, William 
H., Rebecca and Martha E. Johnson. 

The father of our subject was born in Erederick 
County, Md.. May 4, 1820, and in 1853 came to 
Madison County, purchasing eighty acres of rail- 
road land, which he cleared and improved. In 1864 
he settled on one hundred acres on section 22, 
(ireen Township, which his labors have trans- 
formed into a productive and valuable farm. He 
married Miss Norris, daughter of Charles and 
Elizabeth (Skeggs) Norris, natives of Maryland, 
who came to Madison Count \ in l^^.'! 2, locating on 
a farm in Stony Creek T()wn,->luii. Her fatiier was 
killed by a train in the Union depot in Indiana- 
polis, but the mother still survives. Unto Mr. and 
Mrs. House were born the following children: 
Dr. George II. E., of Indianapolis; Samuel C, of 
St. Louis; Mrs. Martha E. Graham and Sarah J., 
lioth deceased; Charles E., a merchant of Spring- 
lield. 111.; Perry T.. of this sketch; Mrs. Susan R. 
Pierce, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Laura Nicholson, of 



Falrmount; Jefferson C, a teacher; and Mrs. Addie 
Raymer. The parents of this family have been 
life members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
In politics, Mr. House was a Whig, but since the 
organization of the Republican party has been one 
of its supporters. He is a self-educated and self- 
made man, who started out in life empty handed 
and has worked his w;iy upward iiuaidcd. 

In the district schools of Ihi^ ncighliurhood Per- 
ry T. House acquired his education. Midst play 
and work his boyhood days were passed, no event 
of special importance occurring during his youth. 
As a companion and helpmate on life's journey he 
chose Miss Louella I. Davis, daughter of Colum- 
bus and Clarinda (Scott) Davis. Her father is a 
farmer of Wayne Township. Their union was cel- 
ebrated October 28, 1880, and has been blessed 
with two children: Inez L. and Willard C. 

Since his nineteenth year, Mr. House has earned 
his own livelihood, and the means used to accom- 
plish that end have been agricultural pursuits. He 
is a wide-awake and progressive farmer, and the 
neat appearance of his place attests his enterprise. 
He takes quite an interest in political affairs and 
keeps well informed on all the issues of the day. 
He votes the Republican ticket, and in April, 181)0, 
was elected by tiiat party as Trustee, proving a 
capable and efficient officer. Himself and wife 
hold membership with the Methodist Episcopal 
Church and do all in their power to promote its 
growth and upbuilding. 

^^IDEON RICHWINE. This representative 
(tl _-, farmer of Pipe Creek Township, Madison 
^\^(|) County, Ind., comes from good old Ger- 
man stock, his Grandfather Richwine having emi- 
grated from that country to this at an early date 
and settled in Pennsylvania. The latter was three 
times married, and many of his descendants are now 
scattered over the United States. His son, Jacob 
Richwine, father of our subject, was born in tlie 
Keystone State, and after reaching mature years was 
married there to Miss Phoebe Dietz, also a native of 
Pennsylvania. Nine children were born to this 



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union, our subject being next to the youngest in 
order of biitli. The father followed the trade of a 
shoemaker in his early days, and after many years 
engaged in farming, which he followed until his 
death, which oecurred in November, 1836, when 
seventy years of age. He was an industrious, hard- 
working man, and one whose career was without 
repro.ach. 

The original of this brief sketch first saw the 
light of day in Rockingham County, Va., May 
13, 1809, and for many years has been a resident 
of Mtidison County. He is an honored representa- 
tive of one of the best old eastern families, and is a 
time-honored citizen of this locality. When twelve 
years of age our subject left home and began 
working for a man by the name of Peter Knop. 
He remained with him for four years and then 
served four years as an apprentice with Absalom 
Painter, a cabinet-maker, with whom he continued 
one year after serving the term of apprenticeship. 
In the fall of 1830 he came to Indiana, and on 
the 28th of July of the following year was married 
to Miss Elizabeth Rader. 

During the first year after learning his trade he 
had accumulated out of a salary of ^12 per mouth 
the sum of $95, and this he paid for a set of tools and 
made the first payment on a piece of land in Henry 
County, Ind. The year following his advent into 
Indiana, young Rich wine worked at his trade, and 
has never received any remuneration for this. 
The year after that he worked with his brotlier at 
the carpenter's trade, and continued this until the 
spring of 1848, when he traded seventy-five acres 
of land, which he had purchased in Wayne County, 
for one hundred and sixty acres in Jackson Town- 
ship, Madison County. Very few improve- 
ments were made on the land and but little was 
cleared. Mr. Richwine continued farming until 
1876, when he put the farm in charge of his son 
and purchased a home in Frankton, where he. and 
his estimable wife now reside and enjoy the re- 
wiirds of labor and industry. The married life of 
this worthy couple extends over a period of sixty- 
two years, and their union was blessed by the birth 
of eight children, four of whom are now living. 

Tiiese children were named in the order of their 
liirth as follows: Amanda, deceased, was born 



September 28, 1832, and died February 21, 1873; 
George was born March 2, 1834, and died June 27, 
1840; David was born February 9, 1836, and died 
January 5, 1848; Martha was born November 23, 
1838, and died June 30, 1840; Noah H. was 
born January 14, 1841; Allen, .January 28, 1843; 
Absalom. July 16, 1845; and Mary Ellen, July 
24, 1849. Noah resides in Jackson Township, this 
count3'; Allen, in Anderson Township; Absalom, 
in Lafayette Township, and Mary Ellen, now 
Mrs. Erastus Stefy, makes her home in Frankton. 
For sixty years Mr. and Mrs. Richwine have been 
members of the church. In politics he is a Demo- 
crat. 



,^^ ETII R. MAKER. On section 27, Dela- 
^^^^ ware Township, lies one of the finest 
|I\/_j| farms of Hamilton County. It consists 
of one hundred and seventy-eight acres, 
and is the property of Mr. Maker, who located 
here in March, 1887. The improvements now 
noticeable are the result of his untiring labor, 
with the assistance of his son, Hugh. He has em- 
bellished the place with first-class buildings, in- 
cluding the commodious residence, and has made 
a splendid farm out of a wilderness and swamp- 
land that were formerly supposed to be worthless. 
(On another page of this volume will be found 
a sketch of the late Peace E. Maker, father of our 
subject.) His grandfather, Archelaus Maker, was 
born in Rhode Island, July 14, 1773; and in his 
old age was wont to narrate events of the Revo- 
lutionary War which he had witnessed in child- 
hood. One of his brothers, Solomon, served for 
seven years in the Colonial army during that 
memorable struggle. A carpenter and joiner by 
trade, he was thus engaged throughout his life, 
and became the owner of large tracts of land in 
the various places where he resided. 

In Rhode Island, Archelaus married Miss Sus- 
sanna Havens, who was born in that state Novem- 
ber 22, 1774. Her fatiier was one of three brother? 
who emigrated to America from Wales. He pur- 
chased a tract of land from the Indians, and. ac- 
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received all tlie land within the range of his 
vision. Grandfather Maker removed to New 
Yoik about 1790, and it is suppo.sed that he en- 
tered Government laud in that state. About 1818 
lie traveled down the Alleghen}' and Ohio Rivers 
on a raft, and, reaching Cincinnati, proceeded 
llicnce to Brookville, Franklin County, Ind. lie 
puichased land in that county and made his home 
there until his death, wliicli occurred about 1845. 

Cnmdfatlior .Maker had three brdlhcis: WilHain 
r., Thomas and David, and also one lialf-brother, 
Solomon, mentioned al)ove. His marriage re- 
sulted in the birth of eleven children, as follows: 
Selii, Desdemonia, Abigail, Peace E., Susan, Mary, 
Candace, David C, Marilda, Soloition and Free- 
dom W. The eldest son, Seth, was a soldier in 
the War of 1812. In his social relations Seth 
.Maker was an active Mason, and in 1824 was in 
the same lodge with the famous (ieneral LaFay- 
etle, who at that time was the honorecf guest of 
tlie United -States. Politically, he was a Whig, 
lie was a man of broad information upon all sub- 
jects, and in religion was a Swedenborgian. 

The father of our subject, Peace E. Maker, was 
born in New York, November 25, 1801, and was 
reared upon a farm, remaining with his father 
until he attained manhood. Altliough he learned 
the trade of a carpenter, he engaged principally 
in farming pursuits and made that his life occupa- 
tion, lie accomiianied his father to Indiana, and 
in Franklin County married Miss Jane Ro.ss, who 
lieearae the motlier of two children, both of whom 
died in childhood. The wife and mother passed 
from earth a few years after her marriage, and 
al)oiit 183:5 Jlr. Maker w.as united witli Hebecca, 
daughter of William and Margaret (Ihirdue) 
Richey. Unto them were born three children: 
Mary, wife of Samuel Purcel; Seth I!., of this 
sketch; and Horace P. 

About 1825 Peace E. Maker came to Hamilton 
County, but soon afterward returned to Franklin 
County, where he remained until 183(1. He then 
returned to Hamilton County and located upon 
the tract of land entered from tlie (iovernment. 
lie liecame the ownei of two hiuidri'd acres, but 
disposed of one hundred and twenty acres of liis 
original imrchase. lu 183.S he removed to Illinois. 



and remained on a farm in LaSalle County until 
1842, when he returned to Hamilton County and 
settled upon his eighty-acre farm. In 1869, he 
moved to Noblesville, and made liis home in that 
city until iiis death in l.ST'.l. His widow, who was 
lx>rii on Cliristmas Day, \x\tK is Mill living in 
Noblesville, and is one of the oldest residents of 
the county. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Nobles- 
ville Township, Hamilton County, November 6, 
18;')(). .\fter completing his studies in the district 
schools, he engaged in teaching for one term. He 
then operated as a renter for a time. At the age 
of twenty-four he was united in marriage with 
Miss Nancy .)., daughter of Anthony and Eliza- 
beth (McPeak) Ilamble, natives resi)ectively of 
New Jersey and Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Ilamble 
were married in Ohio, and in 1831 removed to 
Indiana and settled in Noblesville Township, 
Hamilton County, where Nancy .1. was born. She 
was one of ten children, who were named: Robert, 
William, Ebenezer. Margaret, Enfield, Mar3', 
Cl.arissa, Philip, Elizabeth and Nancy. 

The union of Mr. and Mrs. Maker has resulted 
in the birth of five childien, .as follows: Rebecca 
A., the wife of William A. Hummer: lliey have 
two children, Mary A. and .lohn L.; Hugh A., who 
was educated in the high school at Noblesville 
and also in Danville, Ind.; Peace E.; Elizabeth B., 
the wife of Willi;im A. Ilensel; they have two 
children, Seth W. and (ieorge I).; ;ind -lerome 
Dean. Hugh has been a teacher in Hamilton 
County, and in 1892 was chosen Supervisor of the 
township. He takes a great interest in local polit- 
ical affairs and is a strong supporter of the 
Democratic party, having served on the County 
Central Committee. 

After his marriage our subject occupied a rented 
farm for four years, and then i)urchased land 
three miles northwest of the city of Noblesville. 
The property consisted of one hundred and nine 
acres, wholly destitute of improvements, and 
which after clearing, he sold. As above stated, 
he came to his present farm in March, 1887, ami 
has since resided here. He is a man who has 
gained prominence in his community, and is one 
of the most progressive farmers of the townshii). 



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In his political views he is independent, giving 
his support to the best men and the best measures, 
irrespective of political ties. 

/^^ HRISTIAX BODEMHORN. The citizens 



r^ of Fishersburgh, a 
^^Jlj throughout the sui 



i well as the farmers 
throughout the surrounding country, trade 
extensively with the mercantile firm of Christian 
Bodenhorn h Son, who conduct a large general 
store in that village. Having been in business 
there since June 29, 1882, our subject has gained 
tlie confidence of the people through his accuracy 
in business transactions and his genial courtesy to 
all. He carries a complete assortment of staple 
groceries, dry goods, hardware, tinware, and, in- 
deed, everything that will be found in any first- 
class country store. 

A brief mention of the ancestors of our sub- 
ject will not be amiss before considering further 
tlie details of his life. His grandfather, Henry 
Bodenhorn, was born in Lebanon County, Pa., in 
1767, and early in life learned the trade of a 
weaver, which he followed throughout his entire 
subsequent career. He passed his days in the 
state of his nativity, where, at a good old age, bis 
eyes closed in death. He and his good wife were 
the parents of a large faniil\- of children, as fol- 
lows: John, Jacob, Henry, David, Daniel, George, 
Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, and one that died in 
infancy. All these children are now deceased. 
George survived the other members of the family, 
passing away at the age of sixty-seven. Grand- 
father Bodenhorn was a man of powerful physique, 
well built and muscular. He was a Presbyterian 
and active in religious affairs. 

The father of our sul)ject, David Bodenhorn, 
was born in Lebanon County, Pa., and was there 
roared to manhood. In early life he was a day- 
laborer, and was hampered greatly by poverty. In 
Pennsylvania he married Miss Elizabeth Riehm, 
whose parents were n.atives of Germany, although 
she was a Pennsylvanian by birth. On the 10th 
of April, 18.54, the couple arrived in the woods of 
Indiana and settled at New Columbia, Adams 



Township, Madison County. Mr. Bodenhorn had 
owned three acres in the Keystone State, which he 
had accumulated by hard work and which he dis- 
posed of for $1,300. July 27. lK.i4, he came to 
Stony Creek Townslii|i. Madixm County, where 
he purchased two hundred acirs of wholly unim- 
proved land. Upon the new place he erected a 
rude log structure for a dwelling, and, with the 
assistance of his family, cleared and developed 
the land. He gradually reaped the reward of his 
self-denying exertions, and at the time of his 
death, March 21, 1878, was the owner of four 
hundred and seven acres. 

In politics, the senior Mr. Bodenhorn was a 
Democrat, but 'not partisan in his preferences. He 
was a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church, 
and a man whose upright life proved far better 
than words the sincerity of his religious belief. 
Physically he was unusually strong and well built, 
and in his social intercourse with others he was 
kind and considerate. His wife, who was born in 
the same year as he, is now a hale, well preserved 
lady of eighty-four years. Their children were: 
Christian, our subject; Jacob, deceased; Samuel, 
who resides in Stony Creek Township; Frances, 
Mrs. Faust, deceased; and Mary, the wife of James 
A. Dewitt, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in 
this work. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Lebanon 
County, Pa., December 27, 1834, and was reared 
on a farm, much of his time being spent in chop- 
ping wood. He attended school only upon days 
when he could do nothing else, and his education 
was necessarily limited. After coming with his 
father to Madison County, he worked on the home 
farm until he was twent3'-six, when, with no other 
capital than willing hands and a brave heart, he 
commenced the battle of life for himself. He has 
met with success, and also had his share of mis- 
fortune. February 6, 1868, his limb was crushed 
beneath rolling logs, and the wound has never 
healed, being still very painful. 

December 2, 1858, Mr. Bodeniiorn married Miss 
Elizabeth Ann, daughter of James L. Listen, an 
old settler of Stony Creek Township, Madison 
County, who came here in 1855 and now lives in 
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tlieie have been born five children, namely: Alfred, 
who is Ills father's partner; John Henry, who re- 
sides on his father's farm and is engaged in tilling 
the soil; P^dward O., wlio is at home; and David F., 
who died April 19, 1879, at the age of two years, 
live months and nineteen days. 

On the 29th of June, 1882, Mr. Ikidonliorn em- 
barked in business at Fishersl)iirgh, and tlucc years 
later George Dunham became his partner. ( »ii the 
17th of August, 1889, Alfied I'.odciihoni pur- 
chased Mr. Dunham's interest, and llie linn has 
since done business under the name of Christian 
Hodenhorn & Son. Politically, our subject aflili- 
ates with the Democrats in national issues, al- 
though in local affairs he votes for the best man 
.■uid the best principles, irrespective of party, lie 
is a member of the' Methodist Church, U> wliu-h 
his wife and family also lich.iug. 



ELIIir HIATT, a representative general ag- 
riculturist successfully raising a good qual- 
ity of live stock upon his extensive farm 
in Boone Township, Madison County, Ind., has 
fol* forty-one years been an eye-witness of the 
rapid and wonderful development of the state, 
now one of the foremost in the galaxy of the 
I iiioii. 

Our subject, a native of Highland County, Ohio, 
and born April 28, 1830, was but five years of age 
when he accompanied his parents to his long time 
home in Henry County, Ind., vvhere the father and 
mother as pioneer settlers shared in the sacrifices 
and privations incidental to the early history of a 
state. In the country, yet new, the means of con- 
veyance were mostly confined to stage and wagon, 
and villages were few and far between. The fer- 
tile soil, however, yielding to cultivation readily, 
afforded an abundant harvest and thus the simple 
wants of the early settlers were satisfied. The 
father, William Hiatt, .Sr., after a life of busy in- 
dustry as a tiller of the soil, passed away, mourned 
by many fneuds. in 1859. His excellent wife, 
.lemima (Luiidv) lliall, survived her husband 



nearly a quarter of a century, entering into rest 
in 1883. She was a woman of devoted piety and 
high character, and reared to usefulness her large 
family of sons and daughters, who with their 
cheerful presence brightened the [)ioneer home. 

Our subject was the fifteenth child in a family 
of sixteen who blessed the union of the parents. 
An intelligent little lad, he accoin|)anied his father 
and mother in their journey to the west, locat- 
ing in Henry County, Ind., and there as soon as old 
enough he attended the primitive school of the 
home district. Indians were yet plentiful, wild game 
abounded and neighbors were few and far between. 
Remaining in Henry County throughout the days 
of lioyhood, Mr. Hiatt worked on a farm until 
past his majority, but in 1852 made a change of 
residence, then removing to Madison County and 
settling on a homestead near where he now lives. 
Our subject has made general agriculture the busi- 
ness of his life, and, a thoroughly prsictical farmer, 
versed in the cultivation of crops and the successful 
handling of stock, has achieved financial prosperity. 
He has brought under a high and most i>rofital)le 
state of cultivation a large farm, and well improved 
the land with excellent and commodious buildings, 
a comfortable and attractive residence, roomy 
barns and outbuildings. Mr. Hiatt is well known 
in Elwood, where year after year he markets his 
produce. 

In the year 1849 were united in marriage l-^liliu 
Hiatt and Miss Louisa Hunt, daughter of Wilson 

I Hunt, formerly of North Carolina, but later a 
highly respected citizen of Indiana. I'nto the 

1 union of our subject and his estimable wife 

I were born ten .sons and daughters, six of whom 
are yet surviving. These biothers and sisters are: 
Lozetta A., who married William May and now 
resides in Nebrjiska; Lydia, who married Thomas 
Riley, her home being in Iowa; L. Alineda, the 

I wife of Daniel 15. Hainiltoii, a citizen of Grant 
County, Ind.; Adaliiie, wife of Samuel Brown, 
residing in Nebraska: Nathan ('., wlio mai-ried Miss 

I Sarah C. Raughlon and lives in Oklahoma; Will- 
iam C, who married Mar\' E. Coran, and shares 
the home of our subject. Mr. and .Mis. Hiatt are 
membersof the (iermaii I'.aptisl ( Duiikard jChurch 
and our subject is a preacher of the same, ever 



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giving his earnest efforts in behalf of the exten- 
sion of religious influence. A man of upright 
character and sterling integrity, he is a true friend 
and faithful citizen, possessing the confidence of 
all who know him. Politically a Republican and 
deep]}' interested in local and national issues, he 
has no aspiration to occupy public office, but is 
foremost in the promotion of matters of mutual 
welfare, and devotes his busy life to his home in- 
terests and the betterment of liis fellow-men. 

~ AMES H. IIOCKENBERRY, a farmer of 
Jackson Township, Hamilton County, was 
born in Franklin County, Ind., March 8, 
fJ 1829. The family of which he is a mem- 
ber originated in Holland, whence Henry Hocken- 
berry emigrated to America, making a settlement 
in New Jersey. His son, John, was born in that 
state and there married Miss Lizzie Hance. A far- 
mer by occupation, he continued to reside in his 
native state until his death. Among his children 
was Peter, who was born in Warren County, N. J., 
in 1789. Upon attaining manhood, he removed 
to Cincinnati and engaged at the carpenter's 
trade in that city. During his residence there he 
visted Indiana and pui'chased land in P'ranklin 
County, upon which after his marriage in New 
Jersey, he located and commenced agricultural 
pursuits. 

A man of limited education, Peter Hockenber- 
ry was nevertheless well informed and intelligent, 
and his good judgment brought him success. By 
trade a carpenter, he was principally engaged in 
farming pursuits, and continued as an agricultur- 
ist in Franklin County until his death, which oc- 
curred in 1866. In politics he was a Democrat. 
Me was one of a company who enlisted in the War 
of 1812, but was not mustered into the service. 
He was a man of good habits and mild, peaceable 
disposition. Though not identified with any 
cliurch, liis Ijelief was that of the Presbyterian 
faith. 

The mollier uf our subject bore the maiden 
name of .\nn Thomas and was born in New Jer- 



sey in 1784. She died about 1864. Her parents 
were natives of New Jersey, and the Thomas fam- 
ily was represented in America prior to the Revo- 
lutionary War. Of the union of the parents ,of 
our subject, which took place in December, 1818, 
five intelligent children were born: John 11., who 
was killed on a railroad in soutliern Indiana: he 
married Lydia White and they had three cliil- 
d4'en, Ann, Robert J. and Jennie. Job and Lot 
were twins; the former resides in Adams Town- 
ship, Hamilton County, and by his marriage with 
Emily McGuire has seven children; Lot, who 
lives in Franklin County, married Mary A. Wynn, 
and they have two children. Noah N., wiio re- 
sides on the old homestead, married Lydia Ann 
Hayes and they have two children. 

The youngest member of the family circle is the 
subject of this sketch. He remained with his par- 
ents until 1851, meantime working on the farm 
and attending school. Removing to Johnson 
County, he rented a farm for two years, and from 
there went to Bartholomew County, where he 
purchased one hundred and sixty acres of timber 
land. Upon this land he cut tlie first tree and 
succeeded in clearing about seventy-five acres, on 
which he planted an orchard and built a cabin. 
In 1864 became to his present home in Hamilton 
County, where he has since lived, with the e:?cep- 
tion of four years spent in Arcadia. 

In 1850 Mr. Ilockenberry married Miss Mary 
Milton, a native of Fayette County, Ind., and a 
daughter of William Milton. She was a lady of 
kind disposition and amiable character. It was 
her intention to unite with the Dunkard Church, 
but her death occurred before she did so. At her 
demise in 1856, she left three children. vSarali 
Ann married Jacob Murray, a merchant of Iowa, 
and they have three children, Monroe, Marj- and 
Bcitha. Peter, a farmer in Arkansas, married 
Ella Callaway and they have four children, James, 
Sam B., Bessie and a baby. John died at the age 
of live months. About 1858 our subject married 
Mary Muir, who died soon afterward. His third 
marriage united him with Susanna Berkman, who 
was born in Oxford, Ohio. The following chil- 
dren have resulted from this union: Mary J., who 
married George Fenner, of Noblesville, and is the 




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mother of four children, one that died in infancy, 
Lulu, Eail and Fred; (Jeorgc and (Mara arc at 
home. 

Upon startinji' out in life for himself, iMr. IIoclc- 
cnlierry winked for a time on a farm, receiving his 
board in cxcliani^e for lii.s services. He is now tlie 
owner of about one hundred and sixty acres, of 
which one hundred are under cultivation. He also 
owns propeity in Arcadia, and has money loaned 
at interesl, having also given his children about 
^3,0(10. A Democrat in politics, lie served as 
Township Trustee during iiis resilience in Bartlio- 
lomew County and has occupied other local offices. 
He is a prominent member of the Dunkard 
ChurcMi, in which he has served as a preacher for 
a number of years. 



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W ESSE DEVANEY, a farmer residing in 
Jackson Township, Hamilton Count\', has 
spent his entire life within the limits of 
i^/J this count}', having been born in 1850 in 
the township where he now resides. He is a son 
of Thomas Devaney, a native of North Carolina, 
who was born in Randolph County about 1817, 
and there grew to manhooil. After his marriage 
he came to Indiana, and in 1814 located on Cicero 
Creek. He cleared a farm on section 10, whence 
in 1848 he removed to section 24, from there lo 
section 16, and later located on section 8, Jackson 
Township, where he now resides. 

When Thomas Devaney and his wife arrived 
in Indiana, they were accompanied by their two 
sons, and their sole earthly effects consisted of a 
few household essentials and a blind horse. Mr. 
Devaney had but a limited education. However, 
he was intelligent, enterprising and industrious, 
and through the exercise of these qualities, com- 
bined with good judgment, has attained success. 
He is a man of good habits, charitable towards 
worthy ol)jects, and, while not a member of any 
church, is generous in his contributions to the 
support of religious enterprises. The Devaney 
family is of English and French descent. The 
grandfather of our subject, Jesse Devaney, was a 
2C 



native of North Carolina, and tlicro resided until 
his death. 

The mother of our subject, Sarah (Farmer) De- 
vaney, w:is born in North Carolina about 1821, 
and there married. Of the eight children born of 
this union, we note the following: Samuel, a resi- 
dent of Jackson Townshij), Hamilton County, mar- 
ried Melissa Wells, and they have three children: 
Benjamin, Layton and ()ri)lia. Henry, the pres- 
ent Trustee of Adams Towiisliip. Haiiiilton Coun- 
ty, married Olive Small, and tln>y have ten chil- 
dren; Nancy died at the age of eighteen; Mary, 
wife of John E. Driver, of Hamilton County, has 
five children; Sai'ah married Lloyd Harnett, of 
Ilamilt. u County; William married l.i/.zie Ed- 
wards, anil they h.ive two children. The youngest 
child died in infancy. 

The fourth in respect to age is the subject of 
this sketch, who s])ent his boyhood years in Jack- 
son Township and remained with his parents until 
September, 1873, in the meantime working on a 
farm. At the age of twenty-three he purchased 
sixty acres on section 3, where he resided for two 
years. Disposing of that property, he purchased 
a farm in Adams Township, where he was em- 
plo^^ed as a tiller of the soil for four years. 
FYom there he removed to Jackson Township, 
where he now resides. In 1880 he located in 
the village of Arcadia, where for one year he was 
engaged in the livery business, and for two years 
conducted an extensive stock business. 

In 1873 i\Ir. Devanej' married Martha M. Loucks. 
a native of Jackson Township, and a daughter 
of Samuel and Jane (Hunter) Loucks, who were 
born in Ohio. They are the parents of eight chil- 
dren: Alsie, who died at the age of four years; 
Estella, the wife of James Gwinn, roiding in 
Jackson Township; Thomas, who died in child- 
hood; Gracie, Samuel, Lettie, Charles and one 
that died in infanc}'. Mrs. Devaney is a member 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Salem, and 
is one of the active workers in that denomination. 

The farm owned and occuiiied liy Mr. Devaney 
is located on section 9, and consists of one hun- 
dred and sixty .acres, of which one hundred and 
twenty have been i)laced under cultivation. The 
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grade. With the exception of $1,000 received 
from his father's estate and $1,000 received from 
his wife, Mr. Devaney has made his way un- 
aided. In addition to his farm, he owns some town 
lots in Arcadia and Atlanta, and is a stockholder 
in the Land Improvement Company of Atlanta 
and the First National Bank of Noblesville. Po- 
litically a Republican, he is now ( 1893) serving 
as Trustee of the township, having been elected 
to that position in 1890. Socially, he is a mem- 
ber of Arcadia Lodge No. 367, I. O. O. F., with 
wliich lie has been connected since 1871. 



\f^ I CHARD S. RUSSELL, a farmer of Clay 
|L^' Township, Hamilton County, residing on 
^ fll section 8, is a native of the Buckeye State. 
He was born in Hardin County April 22, 
1841, and is a son of Solomon and Elizabeth 
(Brown) Russell. His grandparents were natives 
of Virginia and were of .Scotch descent. The 
grandfather served in the Revolutionary War and 
in the War of 1812. Solomon Russell was born 
in Virginia in 1793, and when a young man went 
to Fairfield County, Ohio, where he married Eliz- 
abeth, daughter of Richard Brown. She was born 
near Baltimore, Md., about 1804. Her father was 
a hero of the Revolution, and also served in the 
second war with England. During the War of 
1812 the Indians made a raid on the settlement, 
and his wife took her eight children to the moun- 
tains, keeping them in caves until the spring. 
They lived on paiched corn and acorns, and in 
tlie spring returned to find their place almost to- 
tally destroyed. 

After his marriage, Solomon Russell entered 
one hundred and sixty acres of land in Hardin 
County, Ohio, where he lived until his death. He 
and his wife were both faithful members of the 
Methodist Church. They had seven children: 
Sarah, Phoebe, Mary J., Martha, Gilbert, Joel and 
Richard. The father died two months before our 
subject was born. The mother afterward mar- 
ried John Carter, who served in the War of 1812, 



and was well acquainted . with Washington. He' 
reached tlie advanced age of one iiundred and ten 
years. 

At the early age of nine ^ears Mr. Russell was 
thrown upon his own resources, and worked on a 
farm at $5 per month. In the winter he worked 
for his board and the privilege of attending school. 
He afterward earned the money which paid his 
tuition in a school at Canton, Ohio, and at the 
age of twenty he began teaching, which lie fol- 
lowed for four terms. He had previously enlisted 
for the late war, but served only for a few weeks, 
and the greater part of the time was spent in a 
hospital. He was then discharged on account of 
disability. Subsequently he went to central Ohio, 
where he engaged in teaching for five terms dur- 
ing the winter, while in the summer months he 
followed farming. 

In Iowa, Mr. Russell married Josephine, daugh- 
ter of James and Louisa (Eberhart) McHone. 
She is a native of Iowa. Twelve children were 
born unto them: Medaline, wife of L. Hill; Joel 
K., who was killed by falling into a well at the 
age of two years; Elmer Lincoln, Elton M., Nellie 
Grant, Josephine H.; Richard, who died in child- 
hood; Ada May, Maud Garfield, G. Cleveland, 
Leila Harrison and Pridalia. Three of the chil- 
dren have attended the high school in Carmel, 
and all are musicians. In their home can be found 
almost all kinds of musical instruments. 

In 1873 Mr. Russell traded his Iowa farm for the 
one on which he now resides, and has two hun- 
dred acres of land highly cultivated and im- 
proved. He is extensively engaged in stock-rais- 
ing, making a specialty of the breeding of Chester- 
White hogs and Jersey cattle. He has sold both 
in nearly every state in the Union. In 1882 he 
placed his hogs on exhibition at Pittsburgh, Co- 
lumbus (Ohio), Indianapolis and St. Louis, and 
received the higliest premiums at each place. He 
is a member of the Standard Chester- White Hog 
Association. In 1885 he began raising bees with 
a wild swarm, and now has one hundred and fifty 
stands. In 1891 he made over four tons of honey, 
for which he received $1,600. He is President of 
the State Bee Keepers' Association. In politics lie 
is a Populist, and while in Iowa served as Town- 



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ship Clerk for many years. He and his wife are 
members of the Christian Church. iMr. Kiis.sell 
keeps abreast with the times, is |iuMic .^iiinlcd and 
progressive, and has one of the niu.st hi>iliiy im- 
proved modern farms of this localitj-. His career 
lias been a successful one, and of it he may be 
ju.stl}- proud. 

J [/AMES J. RING, one of tlie enterprising 
citizens of Frankton, who is engaged in 
I the real-estate and loan business, is a native 
^ / of Madison County. He was born in Pipe 
Creek Township, December 21, 1853, and is a son 
of Elijah, Jr., and Sophia (Keeder) Ring, wiio were 
natives of Kentucky and Indiana, respective!}'. 
The father came to this state and settled on a farm 
two miles north of Frankton. His deatii occurred 
December 2, 1890, at the age of seventy-three 
years. Elijaii Ring, Sr., the grandfather of our 
subject, came to Indiana at a very early day, 
locating first in Union County. After a few years 
he came to Madison County, and is numbered 
among its pioneers.. The great-grandfather was a 
native of England, and crossing the Atlantic to 
America, he located in Kentucky in Colonial daj's. 
The maternal grandparents were Jonathan and 
Cynthia (Hancock) Reeder. 

In a family of eight ciiildren, James J. Ring is 
the fifth in order of birth. Four of the number 
are now living. He remained at home until seven- 
teen years of age, spending his time in attendance 
on the common schools and in farm work. He 
then engaged in painting for himself, which he 
followed until 1882. Wishing to embark in some 
other pursuit than that to which he had been 
reared, in that year he removed to Frankton and 
opened a grocery store, continuing the same until 
1886. After he was burnt out, he went into the 
general merchandise business, carrying dry goods, 
clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps, etc., and 
continued in this business until 1891. Carrying a 
good stock, and earnestly desiring to i)lease his 
customers, he soon built up an excellent trade, and 
the liberal patronage which he received yielded 



him a good income. For eight years he continued 
in that line of business. 

On the ITth of October. 1878, was celebrated the 
marriage of Mr. Ring and Miss Martha A. Little, 
daughter of John and Elizabet h (Stanly) Little, 
who were natives of the Hoosier State. Six chil- 
dren have been born of their union, and the f .mily 
circle yet remains unbroken. They are as follows: 
Claude E., born January 1, 1880; Howard Wood, 
born January 7, 1882; Stella 15., born February 2, 
1884; GroverCleveland, born May 7, 188(5; Bessie, 
born July 21, 1889; and Gertrude, born Septem- 
ber 19, 1893. 

On disposing of his general store in 1890, Mr. 
Ring took up the real-estate business, and in 1893 
he became associated with the Oak Park Land 
Com pan 3'. By judicious investments and well 
directed efforts, he has accumulated a considerable 
competency, and is now numbered among the sub- 
stantial citizens of the community. He is diligent 
and enterprising and his business success is the 
result of his own labors. Socially, he is a member 
of the Order of Red Men, and in politics is a 
supporter of Democratic principles. 

RANCIS M. JONES. Having resided in 
^ the Hoosier State during the eight and 
thirty years of his life, Mr. Jones has been 
a witness of much of its material developmenti 
and as one of the enterprising farmers of Madison 
County has contributed his ([uota to the progress 
of this section of the state. Upon section 15, 
Richland Township, he engages in the cultivation 
of two hundred acres of land, the larger portion 
of which is under excellent cultivation, and upon 
which he has erected a set of substantial farm 
buildings. In addition to this he raises thorough- 
bred Jersey cattle, having twenty-five head. 
Prominent among the herd we mention "Chemical 
Test," Register No. 25,151, which is noted as the 
best bred butter bull in the sfate. His cattle find 
a ready market, and his herd is well known in dif- 
ferent states. He has one cow, "Cordelia Signal," 
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eighteen pounds and fifteen and one-half ounces; 
"Cordelia Signal 2d," No. 44,489, with a butter 
record of seventeen pounds and six ounces. In ad- 
dition to these he has other cows capable of 
making fine records, but not yet tested. 

Born in Delaware County, Ind., June 30, 1855, 
our subject is the son of Oliver P. and Jane C. 
(McNeer) Jones. His father, who was a native of 
Ohio, accompanied Grandfather Jones to In- 
diana in his youth, and settled in Madison County, 
becoming a pioneer of Richmond Township, and 
opening up a farm in the woods of section 11. 
As might be expected, his surroundings were such 
that he was the recipient of meagre educational 
advantages, and the extensive information of 
wiiieh he became the possessor was obtained 
through self culture. Subsequently he removed 
to Delaware County, Ind., and entered an eighty- 
acre farm in Harrison Township, the deed bearing 
the signature of President Jackson. From the 
wilderness he improved a fine farm, and there 
made his home until September 22, 1887, when he 
passed away. A quiet, painstaking and indus- 
trious man, he was universally esteemed in life 
and deeply mourned in death. 

Of the brothers and sisters of our subject the 
following survive : Isaac N.; Valentine C; Sarah 
L, wife of T. F. Lee ; Angeline E., who married 
J. M. Walker ; George M. and Oliver P. The 
fourth in order of birth is the subject of this 
sketch. He was reared to manhood in Delaware 
County, Ind., and remained beneath the parental 
roof until he was eighteen years of age, mean- 
while receiving such advantages as were afforded 
by the public schools of the neighborhood. He 
also had the privilege of attending the Danville 
(Ind.) Normal School, where he completed his 
literary studies. Subsequently he devoted forty- 
one months to public-school work, and met with 
success in that profession, for which he was ad- 
mirably qualified, both as an instructor and disci- 
plinarian. 

June 22, 1882, occurred the marriage of Francis 
M. Jones and Mary E. Hancock. The bride was 
born and reared in Delaware County, this state, 
and is a daughter of Joseph T. Hancock, who is at 
present a resident of Anderson, Ind. To the 



union of Mr. and Mrs. Jones there have been 
born four children : Jennie J., Claude O., Joseph 
P. and Omy A. Mr. Jones settled upon his pres- 
ent farm in 1882, and has since resided thereon, 
devoting his attention to the cultivation of the 
place. In his political opinions he is firm in his 
adherence to the principles of the Democratic 
party, and gives his influence to all public-spirited 
measures. 



^' AMES M. JONES, M. D., a resident physi- 
cian of Lapel, was born in Green Town- 
ship, Madison County, February 18, 1838. 
f^^' The family of which he is an honored mem- 
ber has resided in Indiana since 1819, and has been 
inseparably connected with its history, both .as a 
weak and sparsely settled state and as a great and 
influential commonwealth. His childhood days 
were spent and his character formed amid the 
hardships and dangers ever incident to a frontier 
life. In youth he had few advantages, but his 
inflexibility of purpose, decision, foresight and 
energy, bore him triumphantly through difficul- 
ties before which others less determined would 
have shrunk in despair. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject, P^dward 
Jones, presumably a native of Virginia, removed 
from that state to Tennessee in 1807, and thence 
in 1819 came to Indiana. He made settlement in 
Wayne County, where he purchased one hundred 
and sixty acres on the state line near Union 
County. His marriage united him with Miss 
Margaret Peak, and the^' became the parents of the 
following-named children: Betsy, Smith, Mary, 
Margaret, Nancy, Sarah, Maria, John and Wesley, 
all of whom are deceased. Grandfather Jones re- 
sided in Wayne County until his death, which oc- 
curred in 1836. 

The father of our subject was Wesley Jones, a 
native of Geenbrier County, Va. At the age of 
fourteen he accompanied his father to Indiana, 
where he acquired a good education and also 
gained considerable local fame as a singer, his ser- 
vices being in frequent demand as a teacher of 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



siugiiig schools. In 1828 he was united in mar- 
riage with Jane, daughter of Isaac Dungan, a na- 
tive of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Fayette 
County, Ind., in early life. He there engaged in 
fanning, and acquired the ownership of a first-class 
estate. Upon coining to Madison County the fa- 
tlicr of our subject purchased a farm and here 
spent the balance of his days, his death occurring 
in February, 1868. His wife survived him for a 
number of years, passing away in 1877. They 
were active members of the Metliodist Episcopal 
Church, in which he was a Class-leader. Politi- 
cally, he was first a Whig, and afterward a stanch 
advocate of Kepublican principles. 

In the parental family there were twelve chil- 
dren, one of whom died in infancy. The others 
;ux': Sylvester, a resident of (ireentield; E. JI., 
wliose home is in Hamilton County, Ind.; James 
M., of tins sketch; J. W.; William L., residing near 
Anderson; 11. K., who lives on the old homestead; 
Margaret E., wlio married but is now deceased; 
Mary J., deceased; Edith L., Mrs. William Kiggs, 
of Pendleton; Sarah E., deceased; and Nancy 
M., the wife of J. J. Van Winkle. The subject 
of this sketch was reared on a farm, and after 
completing his studies in the common schools 
entered the medical department of the State Uni- 
vcisit}- of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in 1864. 
Some years subsequent to this, he took a course 
of lectures in the Medical College of Indianapolis, 
from which he was graduated in 1879. 

Opening an office at Fortville, Hancock Coun- 
l}-, Ind., in 1872, the Doctor conducted an exten- 
sive practice there until 1881, when he removed to 
Lebanon, III., making his home in that city for 
seven years. In September, 1888, he came to 
Lapel, where he now conducts a large practice, ex- 
Vending throughout the surrounding country. He 
also takes considerable interest in political affairs, 
and is a stanch advocate of Republican principles. 
He takes a deep interest in the welfare and suc- 
cess of religious enterprises, and holds membership 
in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In all his 
labors he has received the co-operation and 
active aid of his accomplished wife, Louisa R., 
daughter t)f H. L. Moore, a retired citizen of 
Greenfield, Ind. They are the parents of three 



children: Horace R., who is eng.aged in merchan- 
dising at Greenfield; Catherine, l!ie wife of Jesse 
Gwinn; and .\nnie, who resides with her parents. 



J/OSEPH I). STILTZ, a thoroughly practical 
] general agriculturist and successful stock- 
' raiser, widely and favorably known in Hani- 
' ilton County, is a native of Washington 
Township, and was born February' 16, 1839. Our 
subject was the son of Francis and Mary (Petrie) 
Stultz, natives of North Carolina. I'lie paternal 
great-grandfather, Philip StuUz. wa? born in (ier- 
many, and located in Pennsylvania in a very early 
day. He afterward removed to Stokes County, 
N. C, and there eng,aged in the pursuit of agri- 
culture, passing away many years later, at a very 
advanced age. His son, the paternal grandfather, 
Philip Stultz, Jr., was born in Pennsylvania, and 
accompanied his parents to the North Carolina 
home when a very little lad. He attended the 
common schools of Stokes County, and was like- 
wise well educated in Germany. 

Grandfather Stultz was a man of energy and, 
a life-time farmer, also followed teaming profitably, 
hauling whisky and dry-goods. He jouineyed to 
and fro between Lynchburg, Va., and his home, be- 
ing sometimes two and three months making the 
trip. He married early in life Catherine Ketner, 
a native of North Carolina. (Jrandfather and 
Grandmotlier Stultz became the parents of eleven 
children, one of whom died in infancy. Those 
who survived toadult age are: lielzie; Francis, the 
father of our subject; Rebecca, Thomas, Phillip, 
Joseph, .Sarah, Anna, William, and Fiza. Francis, 
the second-born, received a fair education, and 
when he arrived at mature .age married Miss Mary 
Petrie, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Krouse) 
Petrie, natives of North Carolina. Of the fourteen 
children who gathered in the home of tlic parents 
two died in infancy. 

The twelve sons and daughters who attained 
to manhood and womanhood were: Margaret E., 
deccaseil; Charity, .lulia A., Nancy; Joseph I)., our 



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subject; William F. and Mary J., twins; Miner- 
va, Martha A., Emily, George and Selatlieal D. 
Immediately following his marriage, tlic father 
with his wife, came to Putnam County, Ind., and 
worked on a farm. In 1834 he entered one hun- 
dred and sixty acres of land in Washington Town- 
ship, near where our subject now lives. Upon this 
old farm all the children save Margaret E. were 
born. The parents set a bountiful table and were 
extremely hospitable, but trained their children up 
to habits of industrious thrift and thus prepared 
tliem for their future duties of life. The father, 
a sincere Christian man, was a worthy member of 
the Cliristian Church, and politically affiliated 
with the Democrats. He survived until March, 
1885, and entered into rest respected by all who 
knew iuin. 

The mother is now eighty-one years of age and 
furnishes many of the particulars of this sketch. 
She is, as was her husband, a valued member of the 
Christian Cliurch, and, a charitable woman, was 
ever foremost in good works. In the evening of 
her days, beloved by all who know her, she is en- 
joying a well earned rest. Joseph D. remained 
upon tlie old homestead, until twenty years of age. 
He attended a little logschoolhouse of the district 
eight months all told, and tlierefore had little op- 
portunity to gain an education, but later supple- 
mented the book knowledge of his youth with 
reading and observation. When only a little boy 
he began the work of life, assisting his father upon 
the home farm. Before attaining his majority 
he entered into the bonds of matrimony, and upon 
April 14, 1859, was married to Miss Rebecca A. 
Elston. Mrs. Stultz was the daughter of Micajah 
and Elsie (Tanner) Elston, the father having been 
born in Kentucky, and the mother in Oliio. 

Unto the union of our subject and his estimable 
wife were born nine ciiildren, four of whom died 
young. Tlie survivors are: Nora L., AVilliam P., 
Klma M., Esta W. and Edna M.; Nora L., who mar- 
ried Noah Harvey, is now the mother of three chil- 
dren and resides in Whitestown, Boone County, 
lud. William F. married Miss Alpha O. Cruse, and 
has no children; lie lives in North Indianapolis. 
The Elston family are of German ancestry, and the 
Tanners are of Irish descent. Mrs. Stultz has a 



fair education, received in the primitive log 
schoolhouse near her early home. She is a mem- 
ber of the Christian Church and is ever ready to 
lend a helping hand in good works and benevo- 
lent enterprises. A lady of intelligent ability, she 
is respected by all who know her. After his mar- 
riage Mr. Stultz, with his wife, settled in Carroll 
County, 510., and lived with Mr. Elston, his fa- 
ther-in-law, until the fall of 1860. 

During this latter year our subject and his fam- 
ily returned to Washington Township, and rented 
a farm near his present homestead. In the follow- 
ing spring he bought forty-two acres where he re- 
sides, and now owns twenty-two acres near the 
home farm. Mr. Stultz has devoted his entire 
life to the pursuit of general agriculture, and, 
a man of energetic industry, has won a comfor- 
table competence. He was at one time fra- 
ternally' connected with the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, but is not now active in the order. 
Politically a Democrat, and an ardent advocate of 
the party, he takes a deep interest in both local 
and national issues, and is known as a iiublic- 
s|)irited citizen, aiding generouslyiin all matters 
of mutual welfare. An extended sketch of the 
Stultz family will be found in another part of this 
volume. 



^s^ EORGE C. NOLAND. Few men have lived 
jll (= more quietly and unostentatiously than 
^^4! George C. Noland, and yet few have ex- 
erted a more salutary influence upon the imme- 
diate society in which the}' move, or impressed a 
community with a more profound reliance on their 
honor, ability and sterling worth. His life has 
not been illustrious with startling or striking con- 
trast; but it has shown how a laudable ambition 
may be gratified when accompanied with pure 
motives, perseverance, industry and steadfastness 
of purpose. George C. Noland is a self-made 
man in every sense of that term, and what he has 
accumulated in the way of this world's goods is 
the result of energ}' and perseverance on his part. 
He is a native of Indiana soil, born January' 9, 



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1858, in Delaware County, and is the son of Abra- 
ham and Klizabetli (Dipboye) Noland, also natives 
uf llie Uoosier State, as were also the grandpar- 
ents, Stephen and Nancy (Adams) Noland, born 
in Wayne and Madison Counties, respectively. 
Tlius it may be seen that the Noland family is one 
of the pioneer families of the state. Tlie great- 
giandfatlier, IJrazelton Nola7id,'was a native of 
tlial grand old state, Virginia, and came to Indiana 
ill 1800, settling near Chesterfield, lie was one 
(if the first to settler in the state. 

Abraham Noland, father of our subject, was 
Ixirn in 1832, and all his life followed the occu- 
pation of a farmer. His death occurred in 1860. 
{See sketch of David Noland, of Anderson Town- 
ship.) George C. Noland, the third in the family 
of four children born to his parents, remained ai 
home until twenty-eight years of age, and after 
receiving all the advantages afforded by the com- 
mon schools, he attended the Indiana Normal, 
taking all the scientific courses of study except 
surveying. Completing his studies at the age of 
twenty-six years, he then engaged in farming, and 
in addition taught school. He was a very suc- 
cessful educator, and for twelve years taught dur- 
ing Che winter season. 

He is the owner of one of the best farms in 
Madison County, one hundred and five acres, and 
has excellent improvements upon it. His barn 
which was cmnpleted in the year 1892, is one 
(if the liiiesl in the (■(luiily: it is covered with 
a handsome slate roof, and is very commodious 
and well arranged. All of Mr. Noland 's farm- 
ing operations are conducted in a manner re- 
flecting great eiedit npcni liis nianagemciil, and 
everything aliciul his pbn-e iiidiciUes t.i Ihe i)e- 
hdlder that an e'xiierienecd and trained hand 
IS at the helm. On the ritli of March. 1884, 
Mr. Ndland was married td Miss Malinda C. 
Smith, (laughter of Jesse and Rachel (Harvey) 
Smitli, the father a native of the Buckeye Slate, 
and the mother of Indiana. One child has been 
born to Mr. and Mrs. Noland, Dale .1., born Janu- 
ary 29, 1886. His property has been accumulated 
by industrj- and good management <in the part of 
liimself and his wortli}^ companion, and tliey have 
every reason to lie proud of their succe.-s. Our 



\l 



subject was thrown U|ioii his own resources at the 
early age of eight years, when his father's death 
occurred, and after that he became well versed in 
the minutiie of farming. In 1890 he \vas elected 
Township Trustee, and holds thai pdsilidii at the 
present time. His political views are identical 
with those of the Democratic party, and he takes 
a deep interest in the success of his party. Exem- 
plary, wide awake and highly esteeiiie(l. no man is 
more worthy of the gdod otiinioii of lli^ neighbors 
than (ieorge C. NoImikI. 

ELSON SHIPLEY, who is numbered among 
the early settlers of Madison County, now 
resides on section 25, Pipe Creek Town- 
ship, where he has made his home since 1843. In 
the half-century which has since come and gone, he 
has watched with interest the progress and devel- 
opment of the county and aided in its growth and 
upbuilding, so that he now deserves mention 
among its honored pioneers. 

A native of Maryland, he was born April 2, 
1813. His paternal grandparents, Adam and 
Rachel (Whip) Shipley, were also natives of 
Maryland, but the great-grandfather came from 
P^ngland. The maternal grandparents were born 
in JIaryland, but the family came from P'rance, 
and the present generation of Shipleys is of 
English, Spanish, French and Irish descent. John 
Shipley, father of our subject, was born in Mary- 
land, April 18, 1766. and married Sarah Kimball, 
who was born in the same state July 2S, 1776, 
only a few days after the signing of the Declara- 
tion of Independence. 

Our subject is the eleventh in order of liirlh in 
a family of thirteen children, and the only survi- 
vor, and he has neither father iKir nidther, brother 
nor sister, uncle nor aunt living. At the age of 
twenty-three he commenced learning the black- 
smith's trade, at which he worked for some time 
for $6 per month. After thus being employed in 
Maryland he emigrated to Fayette County, Ind., 
in 1838, and worked one year for his uncle at lie 
per month. He considered that liig wages, and 



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thought at that rate it would not be long before he 
would be rich. In the winter of 1839 he returned 
to the state of liis nativity, but in the spring of 
1840 again came west, and remained in PXvette 
County until 1843, wliich year witnessed liis ar- 
rival in Madison County. 

During his visit home Mr. Shipley was married, 
January 10, 1840, to Leah, daughter of Samuel 
and Frances (Condon) Sliipley, natives of Mary- 
land. He married Miss Shipley, and her brotlier 
wedded a sister of our subject. Fourteen chil- 
dren were born of this union, eight of whom are 
now living: George "Washington, who resides in 
Pipe Creek Township ; Cynthia Elizabeth, wife of 
William Boyden, of Elwood ; Rachel Ruth, wife 
of .lames East, of Frankton ; Margaret, wife of 
Major Necce, a resident of Tipton County ; Rob- 
ert D., of Elwood ; Mary Jane, wife of John 
Ludwig; Martha A., wife of Dan Leatherman, of 
Kansas ; and Abraham Lincoln, wiio is living in 
Pipe Creek Township. 

Since coming to this county Mr. Shipley has 
followed farming, and is now the owner of eighty 
acres of valuable hand, which is under a high state 
of cultivation and well improved. He has borne 
all the experiences and hardsiiips of the frontier, 
and has lived an upright, honorable life. In pol- 
itics he IS a supporter of Republican principles. 
Tliose who know Mr. Shipley, and his friends are 
many, esteem him higlily for his sterling worth 
and strict integrity. 



I 



^., ARTIN BEI-:SON, a lifetime resident and 
'' \\\ higlily respected citizen of Indiana, and 
for many years a leading agriculturist 
and stock-raiser of Madison County, en- 
tered into rest in the year 1887, mourned by all 
who knew him. He was a man of unusual ability 
and sterling integrity of character, and through- 
out his successful career was ever a kind neighbor, 
sincere friend and lo3al citizen. Born in Han- 
cock County, 1 11(1., in 1832, at the time of his 
death lie w.as but (ifty-five jears of age. He left 
a beautiful farm, highly cultivated, and improved 
with excellent and commodious buildings. 

The son of upright and worthy parents, pioneers 



of the state, Martin Beeson was born amid the 
frontier scenes of the very early days, and al- 
though his life fell far short of attaining the al- 
lotted three-score and ten, he survived to witness 
the remarkable growth and advancement of the 
then wilderness, whose wild land became smiling 
farms and annually yielding an abundant harvest. 
A man of intelligence, he possessed a valuable 
store of reminiscences of the early days and keenly 
appreciated the progress of the broad west. His 
opportunities for an education were limited, but 
he received instruction in the subscription schools 
of the early times and with observation added to 
his store of book knowledge. 

As he grew to manhood, Mr. Beeson developed 
traits of self-reliance and untiring perseverance, 
and became well versed in the practical duties of 
a farmer. In earl}' manhood he married Caroline 
Sanders, and their union resulted in the birth of 
two cliildren, both of whom are yet living. Will- 
iam S., the eldest, is now a successful attorney, 
pr.acticing at Summitville; Olive is the wife of 
William Townsend, and resides in Madison Coun- 
ty. In the month of November, 1872, Martin 
Beeson was united in marriage with Miss Adaline, 
daughter of Squire G. and Merrib (Updegraph) 
Parker, honored and influential residents of Shel- 
by County, Ind., where the estimable and accom- 
plished wife of our subject was born. Mrs. Bee- 
son was the youngest of eight children who blessed 
the home of her parents. She attended the schools 
of Shelby Countj-, and upon the old homestead 
attained to a useful and attractive womanhood. 
Her father, a prominent man in that section of the 
country, was a relative of Gen. U. S. Grant, his 
full name being Squire Grant Parker. He lived 
to reach three-score years and ten, and through- 
out his entire life enjoyed the regard of a wide 
circle of friends. The Parkers are of English des 
cent, and the Updegiaplis of German ancestry. 

To the union of Martin and Adaline Beeson 
were born three children, Viola, Franklin Grant 
and Muuford Martin. The sons and daughter are 
at home with the mother, and are bright and in- 
telligent people and social favorites. Mr. Beeson 
was a valuecl member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and had been connected with that relig- 



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545 



ious denomination for many years prior to liis 
fieatli. Politically a Democrat and a firm believer 
ill the principles of the party, he never aspired to 
ollicial distinction, but was always intelligent!}' 
posted ill local and nutinnal affairs. He was 
known as a loyal citizen and as a inaii of earnest 
pill pose, who was ever ready to aid in all matters 
of public welfare. He was a friend to educational 
advancement, and was both proijressive and lib- 
eral spirited, and his nieinory will long be green 
in the hearts of inouiiiiiiu- friends and relatives. 



^l LFKKl) ISKXXHTT, a resident fanner of 
^/ I Jack.son Townslii|), Hamilton County, was 

III IJ' born in Switzerland County, Ind., in 1820. 
^/j He is a son of .James Bennett, a native of 

Georgia, born in 1796, who. at the age of twenty- 
four, removed to Indiana and settled in Switzer- 
land County. Thence, in 1837, he removed to 
Hamilton Count}', and located on an eighty-acre 
farm in Jackson Township, where he remained un- 
til his death in 1863. liy liade a blacksmith, he 
followed that occupation in connection with farm- 
ing pursuits. He was a volunteer in the War of 
1812, and in return for his services received two 
land warrants. In politics he was a Democrat; his 
religious home was in the United Brethren 
Church. 

The Bennett family is of Knglish and Dutch 
descent. The grandparents of our subject were 
Stout and Elizabeth ((iuinn) Bennett, natives of 
Georgia. The mother of our subject was Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Diffy) 
Richards, all natives of Xorth Carolina. They 
removed to Ohio and from there came to Indiana, 
where they died. James Bennett and Elizabeth 
Richards were united in marriage in 1821, and be- 
came the parents of five children, of whom our 
subject is the second in order oi birth and the 
only survivor. The others were: Fldison; Cynthia 
A., wife of H. Purkey; Betsey Ann, who married 
II. Craufield; and Reuben. 

In the county of Switzerland our subject spent 
his boyhood days and remained until 1837. At 



the age of twenty-one he located upon a farm be- 
longing to his father-in-law, where he resided for 
a year. In 1857 he returned to the old home- 
stead and continued to reside there until 1889, 
when he settled on section 35, Jackson Township, 
Hamilton County. Here lie has since engaged in 
agricultural pursuits upon his farm of two hun- 
dred and forty acres. The marriage of Mr. Ben- 
nett occurred in 1841, when he w.as united with 
Miss Hnniiah Hall, who was born in Brown 
County, Ohio, ill I.S21. l'"rom there she removed 
to Fayette County. Ind., with her parents. Edward 
and Elizabeth (Ibidkins) Hall, who were natives 
of Ohio. 

The union of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett resulted in 
the birth of ten children, as follows: Francis M., 
James E., Nancy E., Elizabeth A., Edward P., Le- 
ander M., Cynthia E., William E., Mary A. and 
Ann E. All are now deceased with the exception 
of Leander M., who married Miss Margaret Tur- 
ner, of Jackson Township; Cynthia E., wife of 
Robert Johnson, and M'llliam E. The latter mar- 
ried Margaret AViles, who died leaving one child, 
Mary Alma; his second marriage united him with 
Jennie Wiggs, of Jackson Townsbi[). In Ins po- 
litical belief Mr. Bennett is a Democrat, stanch in 
his adherence to party principles. He and his wife 
are prominently identified with the Christian 
Church, in which be has .served as Elder for many 
years. 



^hJh^I 



r^/RED Dl'SSLF, 
cutting and 



eng.aged in glass- 
Secretary of the Clyde 



11 \v^/ 

1^ Window Glass Company, is known as one 

of the wide-awake and progressive young business 
men of Frankton. His life record is as follows: 
A native of Clyde, N. Y., he was born on the 12th 
of March, 1863, and is of ^wiss and German de- 
scent. His father, George Dussler, was a native 
of Germany and married Mary Birclier, who was 
born in Switzerland. He was a cooper by trade 
and followed that business until 1872, when he 
opened a restaurant, carrying on operations along 
that line until 1891, when he sold out and retired 
from active busine.ss life. 

The subject of this sketch w.as the third in order 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



of birth in a family of four children. The days 
of his boyhood and youth were quietly passed 
amidst play and work. He attended the public 
schools, acquiring a good English education, and 
after his father entered the restaurant aided him 
in that business. At the age of twenty-six he 
left home, wisliing to take up some other pursuit 
than that whicii he was then following. It was in 
in 1884 that he commenced learning the glass-cut- 
ter's trade, to which work he has since devoted 
his time and attention. He has become an expert 
workman, is now successfully engaged in the bus- 
iness and occupies the position already mentioned, 
in one of the leading Industries of Frankton. 

Mr. Dussler is a member of the Odd Fellows" 
fraternity, of Clyde, N. Y., and in politics is a 
supporter of Republican principles, having voted 
with that party since attaining his majority. He 
is a young man of energy and progressive ideas, 
and possesses all the requirements that make a suc- 
cessful business man. 

ylLLIAM C. KENDALL, a leading citizen 
and lifetime resident of Washington Town- 
ship, Hamilton County, Ind., was born on 
tiie 30th of June, 1856, upon the fine old farm 
which he has prosperously conducted and owned 
for many years. Trained from his early youth into 
the practical every-day duties of farming life, our 
subject is an enterprising and representative gen- 
eral agriculturist, prosperously tilling the fertile 
soil of the well known Kendall liomestead, a land- 
mark of the long ago. Here more than a half- 
century since the father, Ahimaaz Kendall, settled, 
and witli hard toil and courageous effort redeemed 
the land from its wild state, clearing, cultivating 
and im|)roving the farm with rude buildings fash- 
ioned of logs. 

In tracing the genealogy of the Kendall family 
we find that Thomas Kendall, .Jr., son of Thomas, 
Sr., of Westmoreland County, England, removed 
in 176.3 from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. 
The record of the New Garden Montiily Meeting 
in Guilford County, N. C, on November 26 of 



that j'ear contains this entry: "Thomas Kendall 
produced a certificate of removal for himself, wife 
and five children, bearing date of the eighth month, 
twentieth day, 1763, which was read and accepted 
Ijy the meeting." The records of births of the 
New Garden Monthly Meeting contain the names 
of only four children. Tlie family record is as 
follows: "Thomas Kendall, deceased, September 
26, 1781; Margaret Kendall, September 22, 1775. 

j Ciiildrcn: William Kendall, born July 29, 1754; 

j Benjamin, December 31, 1756; Elizabeth, March 20 

I 1759; John, April 20, 1762." 

In the latter part of the eighteentli century-, 

I about 1761, the paternal grandfather, John Ken- 
dall, was born in North Carolina. He attained to 
manhood upon the farm of his father and made 
the pursuit of agriculture the occupation of his 
life. Twice married, he became the father of 
twenty children, most of whom survived to years 
of usefulness, various members of his family oc- 
cupying positions of trust with abilit3^and honor. 
Grandfather Kendall passed away in 1821, at the 
age of three-score years, leaving behind him, as 
worthy representatives, a numerous progeny. His 
second wife was Elizabeth Giiffin; she survived 
him many j'ears, entering into rest in 1840, aged 
sixty-eight. The paternal grandparents were both 
devout Christians and earnest members of the 
Friends' Church. 

The father was also twice married, first wedding 
in his early youth, and in his native state. Miss 
Rhoda Stalker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John 
Stalker, all born m North Carolina. Mrs. Rhoda 
Kendall, an intelligent and well educated lady, 
was a member of the Friends' Church and was re- 
spected by all who knew' her. She survived to 
reach thirty years of age and died in 1848, leav- 
ing one child, a daughter, Rhoda, now the wife of 
Barclay Jones, of Iowa, and the mother of four 
children. The second wife, the motlier of our 
subject, was Elizabeth Carter, daughter of John 
and Sarah (Beales) Carter, natives of the old Tar 
State. Unto the union of the parents were born 
two children: Elmina, deceased; and William C, 
our subject. 

The father emigrated from North Carolina to 
Washington Township, this county, in 1838, and 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIDCAL RECORD. 



entered from the Government one hundred and 
sixty acres of land, upon whicli he resided until liis 
death. He was a man of strong character and excel- 
lent business ability, and was well fitted to make his 
\va\' ill a new cnuiilry. Our sulijcct. the only son, 
rciiiaiiicd wilh his parent- uiilil hi> had attained to 
liis majority, shorlly after taking unto himself a 
wife. The lady with whom William C. Kendall 
was united in marriage was iVIiss Lizzie Moore, 
daiigliter of I'.arclay and Phnbe (iiaiker) Moore, 
by birth Noitli Carnlinians. Mr. and Mrs. Ken- 
dall botii enjoyed excellent educational advan- 
tages, and were in early youth well grounded in 
the common branches of study. Our subject also 
receiving more extended instruction, attended 
college at Riehiiioiid. Ind., for two years, and, a 
great reader, is thorouglily posted in the affairs of 
the day. 

The pleasant home of Mr. Kendall and his ac- 
complished wife lias been blessed by tlu' biilh of 
two children, a son and daughter: lona. an intelli- 
gent young girl of fifteen; and Otto (i., a manly lad 
of eleven. Our subject is a valued member of the 
Friends' Church, and is politically a stalwart Re- 
puliliean. He owns two hundred acres of highly 
cultivated land, annually yielding a large harvest, 
and has in his various undertakings of life been 
prospered. He is numbered among the progress- 
ive farmers and substantial citizens of Hamilton 
County, and. together with his wife and family, 
occuiiies a high soei.al position in Washington 
Township. 



«^, I.BEHT HARPER, President of The BuUe- 
( jPtlJI ; tin Printing Company, and business man- 

/Tll ager of that establishment, was born in 
t^J Michigan City, Ind., April 22, 1846. His 

paternal ancestors, who were of Irish extraction, 
were for several generations residents of the south, 
and his father, Archibsild Reed Harper, was born in 
Pendleton County, 8. C, January 7, 181.5. When 
the latter was ipiite young, the family removed to 
Fayette County, Ind., where our snl)jecfs father 
lived nntil 18.S3. in that year he and an elder 
brother went to Michigan City, La Porte County, 



Ind., which at that time seemed destined to be the 
leading point of the southern shore of l>ake Mich- 
igan. Having established a home there, the broth- 
ers sent for their parents and the rest of the family, 
who soon after joined them. There the gr.and- 
|)arents lived the remainder of their li\es, and 
both died in 18;)1. 

Archibald Harper and his brother Asa were car- 
penters and cabinet-makers, and workeil at this 
trade together until IS.'ii), when the former re- 
moved to Porter Counly, Ind., where he engaged 
in farming nntil 1880, when he retired from active 
business life, and is now living at Chesterton, an 
honored pioneer of iKn'thern Indiana. He was 
twice married, his first wife being Miss Foster, who 
died leaving one cliild, ( ). E. Harper, now a resi- 
dent of Danville, III. The second wife, mother 
of our subject, was Miss Emil^' A. Atwater, who 
was born Sc|)teinher 4, 1824, in New York, whence 
her parents removed lirst, to Pennsylvania, and 
later to Mieliigan City. She is living with her 
husband in Chesterton. This second union was 
blessed by the birth of eight children. Two died 
m infaiicv, and one, Margaret, after reaching wom- 
anhood. The survivors are: Albert, who i~ tlie 
eldest; Aimer, a merchant of Chesterton; L;iura, 
wife of Irving Brush, a farmer near th.at place, 
died in 1889; Homer S. a painter, living in Pierre, 
Dak.; and Samuel A., a druggist in Chesterton. 

The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood on 
the farm, receiving his education in the district 
schools. When fifteen years of age he began 
learning the trade of a i^rinter in Valparaiso, Ind., 
where, witli the exceiilion of one year spent in 
Willianisport. Ind.. he remained until 18(111, when 
he went to Danville, 111., which was his home until 
April, 1892, when he removed with his family to 
Anderson, Madison County, this state, purchasing 
an interest in tlie Anderson Daily Bulletin, which 
interest he now holds, and is the business manager 
of that institution. He began life in Danville, 
111., as a compositor on the Cnnttiiercial , and was 
identified with that journal until his removal to 
Anderson. 

May 29, 187;5, Mr. Harper w.as united in mar- 
riage with Julia E. Paytoii, who was born in \ance 
Township, Vermilion County, III., February 8, 



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1847. Her parents were John M. and Sarah (Fraz- 
ier) Payton, and her grandfatlier, Peter Frazier, 
was one of the first pioneers of the county, where he 
entered Government land at a very early day. He 
lived to an advanced age, dying in 1881, aged 
ninety-seven years, one of the oldest white men 
who ever lived in Vermilion County. The 
mother of Mrs. Harper died August 28, 1878, in 
Danville, and since then her father has made his 
home with his daughter and our subject. He is 
now in his seventy-first year. Some eleven years 
ago he gave up his farm and is now living a re- 
tired life. 

The union of Mr. and Mrs. Harper has been 
blessed to them by the birth of two children, 
Katie Payton and Ernest Herbert, both attending 
scliool at Anderson. The parents are both mem- 
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr 
Harper belongs to the order of the Royal Templars 
of Temperance, the National Union and the 
Knights of Pythias. Mr. Har[)er is widely known 
and highly respected. A gentleman of modest 
and unassuming deportment, of genial manners 
and of real merit, he has the confidence and es- 
teem of the entire community. 



' OSEPH W. HIDAY, who devotes his ener- 
ergies to agricultural pursuits and makes 
^^1, his home on section 3, Green Township, 
'5^// Madison County, has the honor of being 
a native of this county, for he was born on section 
4, .January 9, 1830, his parents being John H. and 
Mary (Wynn) Hiday, honored pioneersof the coun- 
ty'. His grandfather, Jacob Hiday, was a native 
of Germany, and emigrated to America in Colonial 
days, settling in Kentucky. About 1818 he came 
to Madison County and built the first log cabin 
within its borders. On a farm which he there 
improved, he spent his remaining days. He mar- 
ried Sarah Fruit, and they became the parents of 
four cliildren: John, Katie, Polly and Susie. The 
son was born in Kentucky Januai-y 11, 1796, re- 
moved to Ohio, and in 1824 came to Madison 



County, where he entered one hundred and sixty 
acres of land and began the development of a 
farm. He was a prominent and influential citizen 
of the community, and served as a Constable. In 
politics he was a Whig in early life, but joined 
the Republican party on its organization. 

Joseph W. Hiday is one of a family of five sons 
and four daughters. He was reared amid the wild 
scenes of the frontier, and experienced all the 
hardships and privations of pioneer life. On at- 
taining his majority, he began earning his own 
livelihood, working as a farm hand by the month. 
As a companion and helpmate on life's journey, 
he chose Miriam Shortridge, a native of Wayne 
County, Ind., and a daughter of William and Jane 
(Jerrett) Shortridge. Three children graced the 
union: Mary J., wife of Richard Bendle, of AVash- 
ington Countv, Neb.; Rebecca A., who became the 
wife of Henry Willett and died in Iowa; and Arch- 
ibald M., of Wright County, Iowa. The mother, 
who was a member of the Christian Church, died 
May 16, 1852. For his second wife Mr. Hiday 
chose Catherine, daughter of John and Susan Har- 
tinger, and a native of Ohio. Of their four chil- 
dren, three grew to mature years: William H., of 
Iowa; John T., of Hardin County, Iowa; and 
Nancy E.. wife of John Doty. In 1868 Mrs. Hiday 
was called to her final rest. She was a member of 
the Lutheran Church. 

For his third wife our subject wedded Mrs. 
Sarah Huston, widow of Joseph M. Huston and a 
daughter of William S. and Catherine (Snider) 
Jones, natives of Tennessee and Pennsylvania, re- 
spectively'. The grandfather, Edward Jones, was 
a pioneer of Pendleton, and died in 1834. With 
him William Jones came to Madison County. He 
married Miss Snider, daughter of Thomas and 
P^lizabeth (Bloom) Snider, who were numbered 
among the early settlers of Pendleton of 1822. 
They were members of the Presbyterian Church, 
and Mr. Snider was a farmer. Mrs. Hiday was 
born in Pendleton in 1833. By her first marriage 
she had three children: Maliuda C, wife of Dave 
Jerrett; Mary C, wife of Dave Cottrell; and 
Nancy M., who died at the age of eleven. 

After his first marriage, Mr. Hiday began farm- 
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Hancock County, Ind. In 1855 he went to Hardin 
County, Iowa, where he lived until the spring of 
18G2. In 1866 he took up his residence upon the 
farm which is still his home, and has since de- 
voted his energies to the cultivation of his fifty 
acres of land. He proved a true and loyal citi- 
zen during the late war, and in August, 1862, 
j( lined the boys of Company F, Thirty -second 
Idwa Infantry, participating in the battles of Cape 
(Jirardeau, Little Rock, Pleasant Hill, Tupelo, 
Nashville, Spanish Fort, Ft. Blakely and others. 
He participated altogether in eighteen engage- 
ments, and was honorably discharged at Clinton, 
Iowa, in August, 1865, after three years of faith- 
ful and valiant service, during which lime lie was 
always found at his post, defendin.L; the Old Flag 
tliat now tloats triumphantly over the united 
nation. When he entered the army he was a 
Democrat, but during the service his political 
views changed, and he has since been a Repub- 
lican. He was formerly a member of the Chris- 
tian Church, but himself and wife now hold mem- 
bership with the Methodist Episcopal Church. His 
career has been an honorable and upright one, and 
is well worthy of emulation. 



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^^ LFRED W. MORRIS. The mercantile in- 
^0| terests of Madison County have a worthy 
jj It representative in the subject of this 
^^ sketch, who for a number of years has 

prosperously conducted a general store in the vil- 
lage of Moonsville. Through the uniform reli- 
ability of his dealings and his unfailing courtesy, 
lie has gained the confidence of the people of the 
surrounding country who invariably in making 
purchases patronize his establishment. He car- 
ries a stock valued at about §800, and his sales ag- 
gregate an annual average of $4,000. His store 
is 36x18 feet in dimensions and is supplied with a 
large and well assorted stock of dry goods and 
groceries. 

.\ native of North Carolina, our subject was 
born on the 22d of January, 1836, and is the son 
of McCristy and Susan (Lane) Morris. He passed 
the vears of his b<)vhood and voutli in tiie state 



of his birth, and received a practical education in 
the schools of the home neighborhood. At the age 
of seventeen he left North Carolina, and coming 
to Indiana resided for a period of about five 
years in this state, being at different times in var- 
ious counties. Then returning to North Carolina, 
he made his home in that state during the entire 
period of the Civil War, being a witness of the 
destruction and horrors of that conflict, although 
not an active participant therein. 

The lady who became the wife of our subject in 
1859, in North Carolina, bore the maiden name of 
Nancy White, and their union res^llted in the birth 
of eight children, three of whom are now living: 
Alfred; Gabrillia, who is the wife of Elijah Reeves; 
and Ferdinand. The present wife of our subject, 
who is a lady of most estimable character and no- 
ble disposition, was formerly Miss Sarah Mitt, and 
their union has been blessed by the birth of one 
child, a daughter, Leola. 

iJuiing the year 1865 Mr. Morris came Lo Indi- 
ana, and for a short time .sojourned in Henry 
County. From there he came to Madison County 
and made his home here for about three years. La- 
ter he resided for three years in Delaware County, 
.and subsequently located in Hamilton County, 
where he remained until 1885, the date of his lo- 
cation in Moonsville. At once after settling here 
he embarked in the mercantile business, in which 
he has since been engaged. He is a man who 
gives his assistance and co-operation to every im- 
portant enterprise. He adheres to the'principles 
of the Republican party, of which he is a prom- 
inent member. He is numbered among the repre- 
sentative merchants and aggressive citizens of Ricli- 
land Township, and possesses the confidence of the 
business community. 



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Wi ULIUS L. BENSON, M. D., one of the old- 
est medical practitioners of Hamilton. 
County, now resides in Noblesville Town- 
ship. A native of North Carolina, he was 
born in Guilford County on the 27tli of June, 
1818, und is a son of Robert and Mary (Lane) 
Benson, both of whom were also born in Guilford 
County, the former in I7'J2, and tiie latter in 17i»3. 



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The grandfat'.ier of the Doctor was in the Revolu- 
tionar}' War. and the father served in the War of 
1812. He emigrated to Ohio about 1824, and in 
1836 went to Shelby' County, Ind., where he died 
at the age of eightj-six years, in 1878. His wife 
passed away in 1879. This worth}' couple had a 
family of ten children, six sons and four daugh- 
ters. All grew to manhood and womanhood, while 
three sons and two daughters are yet living. One 
brother, Jesse L., is also a physician. The family 
was founded in America by the great-grandfather 
of our subject, who came from England to the 
United States in early Colonial days. 

Dr. Benson, of this sketch, spent his youth upon 
tlie home farmland began his education in the dis- 
trict schools, wliich he attended until eighteen 
years of age. He then became a student in Miami 
University, of (Jhio, and in order to meet the 
expenses of his education he engaged in teach- 
ing. His professional education was acquired in 
the Indiana Medical College; he attended one 
course of lectures at the Transylvania University, 
of Lexington, Ky., and at Butler University, from 
both of which institutions he was graduated. 

In 1842, Dr. Benson was united in marriage 
with Miss Margaret M. Glave, and unto them 
were born nine children, four of whom are j-et 
living. After the death of his first wife he was 
again married, in 1879, his second union being 
with Miss Mary E. Arnett, who was born in West- 
field, Ind.. on the 11th of September, 1855, and is 
a daughter of Valentine and Elizabeth (Johns) 
Arnett. Her father, a native of North Carolina, is 
still living in this county, but her mother died at 
the age of twenty-three years. By the second 
union have been born five children. 

During tlie late war Dr. Benson served as assist- 
ant surgeon of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry. He 
is a member of the Indiana State Medical Society, 
and is the oldest Master Mason in the county. In 
[lolitics, he has long been a prominent Democrat, 
.and is active and untiring in the promotion of the 
principles of the party. His business career has 
been a successful one, and his labors have brought 
him well merited prosperity. Throughout the 
community he is held in the highest regard, and 
it is with pleasure that we present to our readers 



the life record of so prominent a man as Dr. Julius 
Benson. The Doctor and his wife are prominent 
members of the Presbyterian Church of Nobles- 
viUe, and are always active in its good work. 



f Ambrose F. ANDERSON resides on sec- 
tion 8, White River Townsliip and has here 
i made his home since 1857. He is one of 
the well known and prominent citizens of 
the community and deserves representation in the 
history of his adopted county. He claims Ohio as the 
state of his nativity, his birth having occurred in 
Clermont County June 26, 1827, near where Gen- 
eral Grant was born. His parents were John and 
Nancy Anderson, and by them he was brought to 
Madi'son County, Ind., when five years old. Reared 
under t!ie parental roof, he aided in clearing tiie 
farm and experienced all the privations and hard- 
ships of pioneer life. At the age of twenty-two 
he left home and began working at the carpenter's 
trade. He also operated a sawmill which was run 
by water. 

In 1852 Mr. Anderson was united in mairi.age 
with Miss F^liza D. Aldred, but she died eighteen 
months later. On the 1st of October, 1857, he 
wedded Miss Micha McClintock, a native of this 
county. Seven children grace their union, and all 
are yet living with the exception of Orville M., 
who died in 1892 at the age of thirty-four, leav- 
ing a wife and four children. John, the eldest 
married Lydia Gibbs, and has one son; Nancy is 
the wife of J. W.Wright; Sarah, Florence, Samuel 
and Anna are still under the parental roof. The 
children have been provided with good educa- 
tional privileges and are thus fitted for the prac- 
tical and responsible duties of life. 

After his first marriage Mr. Anderson settled on 
forty acres of land in Wayne Townshij), but after 
the death of his wife he returned home. Having 
married the second time he removed to his present 
farm, on which he has since made his home. In 
1869 he erected the plea.sant and commodious 
residence in which they now live. He has made 
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and outbuildings are models of convenience, and 
all tiie accessories of a model farm are there found. 
He and his son Samuel together own two hundred 
acres of rich, valual)le land, and in return for their 
cultivation tiu^ well tilled fields yield to them a 
golden ti'iluite. Mr. Anderson is regarded as one 
of the leading and successful agriculturists of the 
comnuinity. 

In politics (lur subject is a Democrat and has 
supported that party since casting his first Presi- 
dential vote for Franklin Pierce. Ho has, how- 
ever, never sought public office. Himself, wife and 
children are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and take an active part in church and 
Sundaj'-school work, doing everything in tlieir 
power for its advancement. The family is a well 
known and popular one, and its members rank 
hii;li in the social circles m which they move. 



ft ILTUN l>IHIJ>lPS,oneof the wealthy citi- 
\y, zens of Alexandria, owned a large farm 
li adjoining the town which was platted b}' 
the Phillips Land Company. He is ex- 
tensively engaged in the real-estate business, and 
his efforts iiave been crowned with a high degree 
of prosperity. He was born in West Virginia, on 
Big Sandy River, in 1826. His father was born in 
Pennsylvania, and at one time was quite a wealthy 
planter in Virginia, but through litigation he lost 
nearly his entire property. His death occurred 
when our subject was only six years old. His wife, 
Mrs. Anna (Runyan) Phillips, came from one of 
the old Virginian families, and after the death of 
lier first husband she became the wife of Mr. Work- 
man. Since that time our subject has never seen 
his mother. The two cliildren of the first mar- 
riage, Milton and Marietta, found homes with 
strangers, living in the familv of Lewis Maynard, 
»ho brought them to Indiana, and located six miles 
cast of Anderson. Mrs. Maynard did not treat the 
little boy and girl very kindly, and they were 
about to be bound out when relief came to them 
through Robert Rediford, wlio had kixjwn Mr. 
I'liillips in his prosperous days and had been asked 



V)y him to look after his children and see tliat 
they did not come to want. Mr. Rediford was now 
a poor man liiiiisclf, luit he determined to share all 
he had willi the cliildren of his old friend, and 
accordingly made arrangements for them to live at 
his home. Subsequently he went back to Virginia, 
and later removed to Kentucky. He was too i)oor 
to give them any education, but he did all in his 
power for the fatherless little ones. 

Our subject, however, had to endure many hard- 
ships and privations in those early days, and often 
knew what it was to hunger for food, which could 
not be given him. He remained under the care of 
Mr. Rediford until fifteen years of age, and then 
started out to fight the battle of life for himself 
and it was a battle. He worked in Virginia for 
Ben Williamson for ^5 yicr month, clothing him- 
self, and ins labors were from dawn until dark. In 
18(7, on attaining his majority, he returned to In- 
diana without a dollar in his [lockct, and foi- a 
long time worked for Ihiity-scvcu and a-lialf cents 
per day. 

in 181!t. Mr. Phillips chose as a helpmate Ma- 
tilda, daughter of .lames lleldstraw, who was a 
soldier in the War of 1812, and a pioneer of In- 
diana. Unto them were born five children, but 
only two reached mature years. Robert M. went 
to Iowa, where he died at the age of twenty-two. 
He was then brought back and buried in Alex- 
andria. Louisa Jane is now the wife of .lames 
Henry Tilman, a farmer residing nortii of this 
place. The mother died in August, 18.')8. 

At tlie time of his marri.age, Mr. Phillips was too 
poor to furnish his home, and supplied his house 
witli the broken furniture and dishes wliicli he 
could pick up. He continued to work for forty or 
fifty cents per day for some time, until at length 
he w.as able to purchase twenty acres of land six 
miles southeast of Alexandria, for wiiich he gave a 
cow and his note for $100. For some years he 
struggled along and finally purchased an addi- 
tional twenty acres, but he found that his title was 
not good and had to make another |)ayment. In 
1859, he married Sarah Bowers. His wife had 
$.500, and with that and the money he obtained 
from the sale of his forty acres lie bouglit a por- 
tion of the farm which lie h.as since platted. Two 



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years afterwards he had paid off an indebtedness 
of 81,800. In December, 1861, his second wife 
died, .ind in 1862 lie married Minerva (David- 
scai) Finch, wliose fatlier was a piuneer of this 
state. Unto them have been born four children: 
Jubal M., who is in the livery business in Alex- 
andria; Marietta, wife of Jordan Revins, a farmer 
of Monroe Township; Caroline, wife of Frank 
Brown, who is in the livery business in Alex- 
andria; and Ernest, a druggist of Frankton. 

In his early days, Mr. Phillips' life was a hard 
one, but industry and perseverance overcame the 
obstacles in his way, and lie has worked his way 
upward to success. He accumulated three hundred 
acres of land, the greater part of which has since 
been added to the city, but he still retains seventy 
acres for his own home. To each of his children 
he has given $4,000, and still his private fortune 
is estimated at about 130,000. His success is cer- 
tainly well deserved, and Mr. Phillips may truly 
be called a self-made man. Strict honesty has 
characterized his business career, and has won him 
the confidence and good will of all. 



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OHN MIKELS, a leading general agricultur- 
ist and successful stock-raiser of Madison 
County, Ind., now cultivating a fine farm, 
// desirably located upon section 35, Lafayette 
Township, is a pioneer citizen of the county and 
has from his earliest youtli been closely identified 
with the progressive interests and upward progress 
of this part of the great west. A native of In- 
diana, and born in Delaware County February 8, 
1841, our subject is the son of Christopher and 
Nancy (Fosnot) Mikels, old-time residents of the 
state, widely known and highly respected. The 
paternal ancestors were sturdy Germans, who made 
their home in America in an early da3', locating in 
the east. The paternal grandfather and grand- 
mother reared their children in Ohio, whence 
Christoplier Mikels emigrated to Indiana, settling 
in Delaware County, where he entered with enter- 
prise into the pursuit of agriculture. When our 
subject was about eight years of age, the famil3' 



removed to Madison County and located in Union 
Township, then almost a wilderness. During his 
boyhood Mr. Mikels assisted in the work of the 
farm and became an adept in clearing the land and 
cultivating the fertile soil. The first school he at- 
tended in Madison County was held in a little log 
cabin with seats of slabs supported by wooden 
legs. The desk upon which he carefully formed 
his letters in learning to write was a plank upheld 
by pegs driven into the outer wall. A huge fire- 
place extended across one side of the room, and the 
scholars took their turns chopping the wood to 
replenish the fire. 

Although his advantages for study were limited, 
our subject laid a broad foundation for the stock 
of valuable knowledge which he afterward gained 
by experience and reading. Reaching mature age 
ambitious and self-reliant, he began life for himself, 
and upon June 4, 1863, John Mikels and Miss 
Julia Chambers were united in marriage. The ex- 
cellent and accomplished wife of our subject is a 
native of Richland Township, Madison County, 
and was born March 22, 1 842. Mrs. Mikels is a 
sister of Joseph H. Chambers, a well known and 
esteemed resident of Madison County. Her parents, 
Franklin and Mary (Drybread) Chambers, were 
pioneer settlers of Richland Township, but when 
their daughter Julia was only a little girl, the 
father and mother removed to Bartholomew 
County, where they resided with their family for 
a time, finally returning to Madison County and 
settling in Lafayette Township upon a farm now 
owned by J. H. Chambers. The parents of Mrs. 
Mikels both passed away in this countj-, and were 
deeply mourned by the friends and neighbors with 
whom they had shared the privations and sacrifices 
incidental to a new country. But two of their 
children now survive: Mrs. Mikels and J. H. 
Chambers. Five children have blessed the union 
of Mr. and Mrs. Mikels: Joseph F., Benjamin A., 
Cora B., William O. and Grover B. 

For a number of years our subject with his 
family made his home upon section 34, Lafayette 
Township, but in 1891 removed to his present 
farm of one hundred and sixt}' acres, finely culti- 
vated, and well improved with commodious and 
substantial buildinsjs. Politicallv a Democrat and 



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an earnest advocate of the principles of his party, 
Mr. Miliels takes a deep interest in all matters of 
public welfare. He and his good wife are repre- 
sentative pioneers, energetic, enterprising and 
courageous. Possessed of sterling integrity and 
strength of character, they have overcome early 
difticulties and made their upward way tolinancial j 
success. Genial and kindly, their lioine is the abode 
of hospitality and is widely known to a large circle 
of old-time friends and neighbors. Our subject, a | 
close observer, has a fund of interesting reinin- ! 
iscences of other days which foi-cibly illusii:iic 
the rapid advance of the state (luring the p:i>t 
half-centuiy. His wife remains closely at home, 
and with the exception of a brief ride on the first 
train running from Anderson to Pendleton, Ind., 
had never journeyed by railway in lior life until 
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JW. CRISMOND, M. D., a prominent physi- 
cian of Elvvood, and widely known in con- 
nection w'ith his Elwood Institute for the 
scientific cure of dipsomania, has also estab- 
lished a sanitarium for the intelligent treatment 
of all forms of disease. Both as a physician of ex- 
tended and successful experience and as a sur- 
geon, he enjoys the confidence of the general |nib- 
lic, and receives a large patronage from the people 
of Indiana and other states. 

A native of Fredericksburg, Va., our sub- 
ject was born February 1, 1847, being a son o( 
Horace and Ellen (Mitchell) Crismond. His 
father, a lawj^er by profession, w.is the son of an 
eminent advocate of Virginia, and the descendant 
of a long line of enterprising ancestry. The ma- 
ternal grandfather of our subject, John W. Mitch- 
ell, was born and reared in Glasgow, Scotland. 
Emigrating to the United States, he settled in Vir- 
ginia, where he conducted an extensive legal 
piactice, and also superintended the management 
of his large plantation. However, being opposed 
to slavery, he liberated his slaves and removed to 
Massachusetts, where he made his home in New 
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Bedford. He continued to reside in the Bay State 
until his death. 

In 185(!, when our subject was a lad nine years 
old, he accompanied his parents to Cincinnati, 
where he conducted his studies in the public 
schools, and also enjo3-ed the bcuelit ol' insli-uetion 
in Ilerron's Academy. In 1«<;2 he enlist,ed in 
Comp.any I, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth 
Ohio Infantry, and served wit.h that regiment un- 
til .Tune, 1863. when he was discharged by Gen. 
Roseerans. He re-enlisted -Tune 26, 1863, entering 
tlic I'durth l'.,ittali(>n. called Todd's scouts, and 
served for six uioiitlis under the comtnand of Col. 
Joe Wheeler. At the expiration of the half-year, 
he enlisted for three years as Sergeant of Com- 
pany II, Thirteenth Ohio Cavalry, and was dis- 
charged from the army at .Amelia Court House, 
Va., July 1, 1865. During the last battle that 
Lee fought, at Appomattox, Dr. Crismond was in 
command of the regiment. 

Returning in August, 1865, to Cinciimati, our 
subject commenced the stiuly of medicine, which 
he continued in Milton and Dublin after hU re- 
moval to Wayne County, Ind., in 186H. Later, he 
returned to Cincinnati and entered the Physio- 
Medical College, graduating with the Class of 
'73. In 1874 he began the practice of medicine 
in Chesterfield. Madisim County, Ind.. and con- 
tinued there for two years, when he removed to 
Middletown, and for four years engaged in pro- 
fessional duties. He afterward practiced medicine 
successively in Tipton, Richmond. Abington and 
Billingsville. Ind. Removing further west, he de- 
voted himself for two years to the practice of his 
profession in Valparaiso, Neb. 

Subsequently Dr. Crismond entered a homestead 
in eastern Colorado, and at the expiration of two 
years returned to Nebraska, settling in llaiiiilton 
County, where he engaged in the drug business, 
and also conducted a general practice. In 1889 he 
journeyed to Oklahoma Territory and established 
his hoin(^ in (iulhrie. where he met with financial 
success, and for three years was a prominent phy- 
sician. Meantime he perfected the tri-chloride 
of gold cure for the liquor habit, and through ex- 
tended experiments, and as the result of his indi- 
vidual discoverv, has made a scientific formula, 



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practically infallible, and has met with unqualified 
success in liis treatment of even the most appar- 
entl3' hopeless cases. In November, 1892, he 
opened liis in.stitute in Elwood, and has within 
the twelve months successfully treated a large 
number of patients. His sanitarium has likewise 
received many persons afflicted with chronic com- 
plaints, and has acquired an enviable reputation 
as a retreat for all desiring the best of care and 
medical treatment for the numerous ills to which 
tlesh is heir. Dr. Crismond is a well read and ex- 
perienced physician, and enjoys the confidence of 
the general public. His success, especially in dip- 
somania, has secured him patients from every part 
of Indiana, as well as the surrounding states. 

^^EORGE W. WEB.STEH. Many of the most 
(II _^ prominent citizens of Madison County have 
"^^1 spent their entire lives within its borders, 
and from the cultivation of the soil have accumu- 
lated a competency. One of this number is George 
W. Webster, an influential citizen and capable far- 
mer residing in Van Buren Township. The farm 
of which he is owner, has been brought to its pres- 
ent high cultivation through his untiring efforts 
and is deservedly classed among the finest estates 
in the township. It is embellished with a set of 
buildings, each of which is adapted to its special 
purpose; the most approved farming machinery- 
has been introduced, and agricultural operations 
are conducted upon the basis of modern appliances 
and improvements. 

The parents of our subject are Kobert and Re- 
becca Welister, of whom further mention is made 
in the sketch of W. W. Webster, presented on an- 
other page in this vohinip. (icorge W. was born 
in Madison County in 1.S51 and was reared be- 
neath the parental roof, gaining a practical edu- 
cation in the schools of the district. Having been 
reared to the pursuit of agriculture, it was natural 
that upon selecting an occupation he should 
choose that of a farmer. In 1877 he located upon 
the farm in Van Buren Townshi]) where he has 
since resided. After settling here, he lived for a 



short time in a log house, but this primitive struc- 
ture was afterward replaced by a spacious brick 
residence, erected in 1883. 

A very important event in the life of our sub- 
ject was his marriage, which was solemnized March 
16, 1876. The bride wasOlive A. Vinson, a native 
of Madison County, and the daughter of George 
M. and Nancy Jane (Dobson) Vinson. She is one 
of four children, the others being Joshua, Edgar 
and Charles. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Webster 
has resulted in the birth of five children, as fol- 
lows: Gertrude, Arvin C, Delia L., Charlie and 
Hattie Josephine. Charlie is deceased. Mis. Web- 
ster is prominently connected with the German 
Baptist Church, in which she is an earnest and de- 
voted worker. While not a member of any de- 
nomination, Mr. Webster contributes liberally to 
religious and benevolent enterprises, and his sym- 
pathies are with Christians. 

The political issues of the day receive the ear- 
nest attention of Mr. Webster, who is a thought- 
ful reader and student of current events. Having 
made a stud}' of politics, he has given his prefer- 
erence to the Republican part}', the principles of 
which are, in his opinion, best calculated to pro- 
mote the welfare of the people of the United 
States. He has attained prosperity solely through 
his unaided exertions, having been obliged to earn 
his own living from an early age. 



s^AVID CAN AD AY. The business interests 
of Frankton are well represented in the 
gentleman whose name heads this record, 
for he Is a prominent and enterprising man. He 
was born in Rush County, In d., February 11, 1833, 
and is a son of Caleb and Martha (Dwiggins) Can- 
ada}'. The grandfather, David Canady, was a 
native of South Carolina, and. emigrating west- 
ward at an early day, became one of the pioneers 
of Union County, Ind. He served as Colonel in 
the War of 1812, and his death occurred when 
past ninety years old. The maternal grandparents, 
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Carolina and also became early settlers of Union 
Count3\ whence they came to JMnrlison County. 
On both sides the ancestors were long lived. 

Caleb Canaday accoini)aniod his paients to 
Union County, where he grew to manhood and 
was married. He afterward removed to Rush 
County, where he remained for eight ye.Trs and 
then came to Madison County, settling in Pi[)e 
Creek Township to the north of Frankton. Upon 
the farm which he there improved, he remained 
until his death, which occurred in Xovenibcr. 18(i(), 
at the age of firty-f<iur years, lie was a successful 
agriculturist and nxvncd aliout live hundred 'u-res 
of land. In politics, he was a Democrat and was 
a very prominent and influential citizen. The 
Canaday family numbered eleven children, of 
whom nine are still living. 

David, who is the fourth in order of birth, ac- 
quired his education in the common schools, and 
aided in the labors of the farm until twenty-two 
years of age. On the 26th of January, 1855, he 
married Margaret Iliser, daughter of John and 
Catherine Hiser, who were natives of Germany, 
and after marri.age came to Wayne County, Ind., 
where they lived until called to the home beyond. 
After his marriage Mr. Cannd.ay began farming a 
mile west of Frankton and there resided from 
1855 until 188.3, when he sold a part of his farm 
and removed to southwestern Nebraska. After two 
years there spent he returned to Frankton, pur- 
chased a fine residence and embarked in the mer- 
cantile business, which he successfully followed 
for five years as the senior member of the firm of 
1). Canada}' & Son. Their store was burned and 
since that time Mr. Canaday li.as given his atten- 
tion to the buying and selling of stock. He is 
also one of the stockholders in the Frankton Land 
and Improvement Company. 

Six children were born unto our subject and his 
wife, four sons and two daughters: Maiy P^liza- 
lieth, wife of Allison Hurst, of Anderson: Caleb 
A., of Hand County, S. Dak.; Willard, Frank and 
Harry Hilton, who are engaged in manufacturing 
in Warren, Huntington County, Ind.; and Cora 
Belle, at home. Mr. Canaday, his wife and three 
children, aie all members of the Christian Church. 
The family is a prominent one in this community; 



the household is the abode of hosjutality. and its 
members rank high in soeial circles. hi politics 
Mr. Canaday is a Deinoerat, l)Ut is not a strict 
|)arlisan. His life has been well and worthily 
spent, and his upright career has made him :i 
highly respected man. 



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PR. S. C. I)()\K, the present Coroner of 
) Ilauiilton County. Ind.. was born in Clin- 
ton County. Ohio, at the vill.age of New 
Vienna, April 10, 18;i<). Ills father, Jacob Dove, 
who was a tailor by trade, was a native of New 
Jersey, butcame westand .settled in CUinton County 
in the year 1830. The father of Jacob was John 
Dove, who is believed to have been a native of 
New Jersey, but at this jKiint the family history 
is somewhat broken, owing to the death of Jacob's 
father and the mairi.age of his mother to .lolin 
Swarts and the removal of the famil\- to Clinton 
County, Ohio, where the mother died when .Jacob 
was a small boy. He was an only child, and received 
such education as the country schools afforded, 
but his early life w.as mainly p.assed in farming 
and kindred pursuits, and in these occupations he 
accumulated a comfortable fortune. For a time he 
served .as Clerk of the County of (Uinton, Ohio, 
where he died in 1882. The maiden name of the 
Doctor's mother was Nancy .lane Skeggs. She 
was born in Little Rock, Ark., in which community 
her father, John Skeggs, was one of the pioneer 
settlers, and where he died while Nancy was quite 
young. After the death of the head of the family 
Nancy's mother removed first to New Vienna, 
Ohio, and subsequently to Indiana, and died al the 
home of a son-in-law, .\aron Cox, in Hamilton 
Count}-. The Doctor had three uncles on his 
mothei 's side: James, who was a soldier in the 
Mexican War held a lieutenant's commisssion ; he 
went with the gold hunters to California in 1849 
and subsequently settled in Oregon; John, who 
w.as a school teacher, removed to Missouri, where 
he died; and Silas, a farmer, also followed his 
vocation in Missouri and died in that state. 

Dr. Dove was the eldest of a family of eight chil- 



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dren, three boys and five girls. His brother Mark 
was a soldier in tlie Civil War; he enlisted with 
an Ohio regiment, but was captured and spent six 
months in Libby Prison. He is now a successful 
farmer near New Vienna, Highland County, Ohio. 
His sister Anna married Harvej' Littler and lives 
in Highland County. Mary .Jane married John 
Patterson, a farmer, who lives near Omaha, Neb. 
Harriet married Joseph Eaton, a fanner in High- 
land County. 

The Doctor's early life, or until he was nineteen 
years "of age, was passed upon his father's farm. 
During this time he acquired a fair education; at 
the age of nineteen he began teaching sciiool, and 
at the same time attended the high school at 
New Vienna. About this time he also began the 
study of medicine in the office of Dr. Johnson, of 
New Vienna, and in 1860 and 1861 attended 
lecture in the Ohio Medical College. Soon after 
he removed to Boone County, Ind., where he 
taught school until 1862, when he received the 
appointment of Assistant .Surgeon atCampDeni- 
son, a position he held under the Government a 
little less than a 3-ear. 

He then located atCarmel, in Hamilton County, 
in the practice of his profession. In 1864 he was 
again appointed Assistant Surgeon and stationed 
at Camp Morton, where he was a member of the 
Slate Medical Examining Board. After a time he 
resigned this .position and located at Westfield, 
where he has been in active practice ever since. 
In 1874 he took a course of lectures in the Cin- 
cinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and 
graduated from that institution. 

He is now serving his fourth terra as Coroner 
of Hamilton County. He is a Republican in poli- 
tics, having cast his first vote for Lincoln in 1860. 
While living in Carmel he married Harriett Jane 
King, daughter of Elijah King, a prosperous 
merchant of that place. She was born in Indian- 
apolis, and died in 1875 leaving three children: 
Lula K., who married Piof. Ira Cammack, a 
graduate of Earlham College, of Richmond, and 
now in charge of the Lathrop School, of Kansas 
City, Mo.; Orvil H., a graduate of the Indiana 
Medical College and a practicing physician at 
Springfield, Ohio; and Halcyone H., a graduate 



of the Union High School of Westfield. She is 
now the wife of Albertas Smith, a merchant of 
Zionsville, Ind. 

The Doctor married his present wife in 1876. 
Her maiden name was Mary Ellen Hoskins; she 
was for many years a teacher in the public schools. 
They have one child, Herschel, a boy of six years. 
The Doctor came from an old Quaker family on 
his father's side, while his mother was a member 
of the Christian Church. Both the Doctor and 
his wife are now members of the Friends' Church. 
The Doctor is a prominent. Mason, a Past Master 
of the lodge, and a member of the Knights of 
Honor. He has always been a very successful 
practitioner and has led an exemplary life. 



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PRANCIS LEE, for over a half-century 
\ prominently associated with the history, 
^^ growth and development of Indiana, is a 

leading and representative general agriculturist 
and stock-raiser of Madison County, and long a 
resident of section 7, Anderson Township, culti- 
vating a highly productive farm. He occupies a 
high place in the regard of the surrounding commu- 
nitj' and is known as a man of business ability and 
sterling integrity of character. Our subject is a 
native of Ross County, Ohio, and was born De- 
cember 1, 1827. Ilis parents were James and Eliza- 
beth (McCartney) Lee, his father being a native of 
Virginia, and the descendant of a long line of hon- 
ored and patriotic ancestry. The maternal grand- 
father and grandmother were born in bonnie Scot- 
land, the McCartnej'S from generation to genera- 
tion dwelling in that part of the British domin- 
ions. The Lees originally of English birth, have 
long flourished in the United States, and have risen 
to positions of eminence in various callings and 
professions. The parents of our subject were united 
in marriage in Ohio, where they subsequently con- 
tinued their residence for some time. Finally fol- 
lowing the tide of emigration and crossing over 
the border, they found an abiding place within 
the state of Indiana. In 1835, James Lee. with his 
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tied upon the old farm where our subject, Francis, 
now lives. 

The fiither died aboul two moiiMis .-if'ter lii.s ar- 
rival in his new liome, and of the family of chil- 
dren who once gathered about his fireside Francis, 
our subject, alone survives. Mr. Lee, at the date 
of his settlement in Madison County only eight 
years of age, grew up amid the pioneer scenes of 
the early days of Indiana. He received his some- 
what limili'il educatidn in the district .schools, and, 
residing witli his mother in a humble log cabin, as 
soon as he was old enough, entered vvith energetic 
ambition into the clearing,cultivatingand improv- 
ing of the acres, finally developing a valuable 
homestead, whicli annually returns a bounteous har- 
vest. The beloved mother, a true pioneer woman 
of courage and exceiitional ability, passed away in 
185G, mourned by all who knew her. She had 
lived to witness wondrous changes, and w.as identi- 
tied with the good work of her home neighbor- 
hood. Becoming at an early age the head of the 
household, Mr. Lee was trained into habits of work 
from his childhood, which well adapted him to 
cope with trials and ditiiculties. He had reached 
mature age ere he entered the lionds of matrinionj', 
and had lieen alone in the world nearly five years. 

March 1, 18(;i, Francis Lee and Miss Ann J. 
Fittsford were united in marriage. The excellent 
wife of our subject, a lady of worth and intelli- 
gence, was the daughter of Isaac Pittsford. The 
union of ^L■. and Mrs. Lee was blessed by the 
birth of three children: Leonora, wife of Charles^ 
Davi((; Arnada, wife of Gideon Knopp; and Rob- 
ert K 



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Mr. Lee has remained continuously up- 
e old farm where he sijcnt his boyhood, a 
ndeaied t<i him li,\ iiKiiiy associations of long 
ago. Here his father and mother both passed awa}', 
and here his devoted wife, his helpmate and coun- 
selor, entered into rest in .lune, 1884, beloved by all 
who knew her. Politically a Democrat and a firm 
believer in the principles of the party, our subject, 
never an olFice seeker, is intelligently interested in 
matters of public welfare, and is ever ready to as- 
sist in local improvements and enterprises. In easy 
financial circumstances, his farm of one hundred 
and twenty acres furnishing excellent yearly re- 
turns, our subject, without any uneasiness as to his 



declining years, may with pleasure review his wel 
spent life of upright usefulness, and rejoice in thr 
sincere friendship of his old-time friends and ac- 
quaintances. 



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g^ YRI'S . JOHNSON, a pros|,erous general ag- 
riculturist ami -loek-raiMM- of Wasliington 
TouMsliip. llMiMillon ( ouiity, liid.. IS the 
son of worthy pioneers of the state, and w.as born 
in Randolph County on the 1 4th of December, 
1831. Beginning his life amid the rude scenes of 
those early days, an<l as a lioy sharing in the pri- 
vations and sacrilices incidental to life in a com- 
paratively new country, our subject has resolutely- 
made his upward way toa coinfort,ablc comi)etence 
and assured position of useful intliience. com- 
manding esteem and conlidi'nee. The fathei' and 
mother of Mr. .lohnson were .lesse and Uhoda 
(Worth) Johnson, natives of tlie ol<l 4ar State, 
and descendants of a respected and industrious 
ancestry. 

Grandfather .IoIhimui. who>e given name was 
also .lesse. was boin in bonnie Scotla]id. his ances- 
tors having for numberless generations made their 
home in that part of the Queen's dominions. The 
paternal grandfather was botli ambitious and en- 
terprising, and with <-o\ir:ige bade adieu t(i his 
early home and family, and, crossing the bioad 
Atlantic located in the sonlh, long being a resi- 
dent of North Carolina. There he married and 
reared to usefulness a family, and was known 
as a man of business ability and integrity of 
character. The parents removing from their na- 
tive slate journeyed sb)wly to Indiana at an early 
period in the historj' of the country, and found 
not only an abundance of game, but were soon 
made aware of the presence of numerous Indians 
and beasts of prey. 

Entering from the Government one hundred 
and si.xty acres of land in Randolph County, the 
father set himself resolutely to work clearing 
the wooded acres, later bringing them up to a 
high state of cultivation and im])rove!nent. The 
father, twice wedded, was first married to Miss 



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Elizabeth Chamness, also a native of North Caro- 
lina, and a lady of excellent family and Christian 
worth. She lived to bear her husband ten 
children, two of whom died in infancy. The 
father assisted all his sons and daughters to a home 
and start in life. The second wife and mother of 
our subject, Rhoda (Worth) Swain, was a widow. 
The two children who blessed the union of the 
father and mother were Lydia, and Cyrus, our 
subject. The former married Erastus Hodgiu, now 
deceased, and became the mother of nine children. 

Mr. .Johnson married before he was quite nine- 
teen years of age, upon the 23d of October, 1850, 
wedding Miss Asenath Hodgin, daughter of Elias 
and Matilda (Perkins) Hodgin, both natives of 
North Carolina. Our subject and his excellent wife 
were blessed by the birth of the following children: 
Henry A., deceased; William J., .John W., Elias F., 
deceased; Moiton D., Robert E., and Vannate H. 
The living are all married but one, and all are do- 
ing well. Mrs. .Johnson received a limited educa- 
tion in the scliools of her home neighborhood, and 
in youth was trained up to careful housewifely 
duties. She is a member of the Friends' Church. 
A devoted wife and mother, a kind friend and 
neighbor, siie possesses the high regard of all who 
know her. 

Immediately after his marriage Mr. .Johnson 
moved onto his present farm. His father had 
given him eighty acres of timberland, and this 
he cleared, cultivated and improved. Financially 
prospered, he added to his real estate, until now 
he owns two hundred and forty valuable acres 
of land. He and his good wife together shared 
many hardships in the early days of their married 
life, and now together enjoy the sunshine of 
prosperity. Desiring at various times to attend 
the distant church, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson rode 
tlirough the woods three miles, both seated on the 
same horse, the wife behind the husband. This 
and other pioneer experiences, humorous in the 
retrospect, were far from being so at the time, but 
it is a remarkable fact, .and one worthy of note, 
that the pioneer fathers and motiicrs met priva- 
tions and sacrifices with iioljle endurance almost 
beyond belief. 

Our subject attiliates with the Friends' Society, 



holding a birthright in the church. He is politi- 
cally a Republican, and is deeply interested in both 
the local and national government. Active in 
matters of home improvements and enterprise, and 
ever ready to lend a helping hand in anything con- 
ducive to the mutual welfare, Cyrus Johnson is 
esteemed a substantial business man and a liberal- 
spirited citizen. 

^*vHARLES WAYMIRE, an enterprising and 
tl( ^1 leading citizen and a native of Duck Creek 
^^7 Township, Madison County', Ind., where he 
successfully conducts a valuable farm, has since 
his birth, December 24, 1845, been intimately as- 
sociated with the history, upward growth and 
rapid development of his present locality. The 
father of our subject, Jacob E. Wayinire, was like- 
wise a native of the state and, born in Wayne 
Count}', Ind., was the son of early pioneer settlers 
who made their home within the borders of Ind- 
iana when it was literally a wilderness. The pa- 
ternal grandfather, Jacob Waymire, born in North 
Carolina, and a man of energy and enterprise, was 
well fitted to cope with the privations of frontier 
life, and with stout hearts he and his good wife 
journeyed by wagon from the Tar State to far off 
Indiana. The paternal great-grandfather, likewise 
named Jacob Waymire, was born in Hanover, 
German^', and emigrated to North Carolina in 
1750. The father of our subject spent the days 
of boyiiood in Wayne County, Ind.. and in the 
spring of 1845, with his wife, made his home in 
Madison County, Ind., where he continued to re- 
side until his death. He was a practical agricul- 
turist, but during the Civil War forsook the till- 
ing of the soil, and, enlisting in Company G, 
Forty-seventh Indiana, w.as killed while off duty 
in New Madrid, Mo., in March, 1862. 

The mother, Mrs. Rachel (Howard) W.aymire, 
was the daughter of John Howard, a pioneer set- 
tler of Wayne County, Ind. Charles attended the 
schools of Duck Creek Township when a young 
lad, and also worked on his father's farm until 
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fired and Twenty- fourth Indiana, and, mustered 
in at Centerville, vvas forwarded at once to the front 
:ui(I ;icc(iiii|iriiiiril Sherman on liis famous march 
to the sen. lie also eoiirajjcdusly participated in 
tlie following Ijattlcs: Atlanta (Ga.), Columbia, 
Franklin, Nashville, and Wise Fork (N. C). Es- 
caping the dangers of the battlfield and prison 
pen, Mv. Waymire was never wounded nor capt- 
ured and was honorably mustered out at (ireen- 
lioro, N. C, August 3, 186r). Returning at once 
to Duck Creek Township, he settled upon the old 
farm where he was born and at once resumed his 
farming duties. 

Oursulijeet is accounted an authority upon agri- 
cultural matters, and possessing excellent judg- 
ment, is doubtless in everj- sense of the word a 
model farmer, devoting himself mainly to raising 
giain.liMy and stock, and likewise sheltering upon 
his lii'oad acres some of the best grades of cattle 
and horses. Charles Waymire was united in mar- 
riage August 12, 1866, with Miss Talitha .1. Jack- 
son, daughter of Presley E. and Nancy (.Spann) 
.lackson. Presley .Jackson was a native of Ripley 
County, Ind., .ind removed to Tipton County in 
185;}. He passed away in .March, 1870, mourned 
by all who knew him. 

The Jacksons were of French ancestry, their 
forefathers emigrating to America from France in 
a very early day. Nancy Spann was the daughter 
of Solomon Spann, of Kentucky. I'nto the union 
of our subject and his estimable wife were born 
ten sons and daughters, all now living: .Jacob M.; 
Orestes W., at home; Minerva E., who is married to 
Lemuel Lynas and resides in (irant County, Ind.; 
Montezuma J., Sarah E., Charles E., Albert M., 
Presley C, Howard Spann and Hettie Jackson, 
who are all living at home, are bright and intelli- 
gent young people and social favorites. 

.Mr. and Mrs. Waymire are members of the 
Methodist I^ipiscopal Church and aie active in 
good works. Our subject is fraternally associated 
with t^uincy Lodge, A. F. &. A. M.,and is likewi.se 
a member of P^lwood Post, G. A. R. He is polit- 
ically a Republican, and has been Township Com- 
mitteeman for a number of years. In 1884, Mr. 
Waymire was the Republican candidate for Trustee 
of his township, which is largely Democratic, and 



ilv. 



was elected by a clear majority of seventeen votes 
but was counted out. He is, however, one of the 
most popular men in the township, and 
Straightftirw.'ird aii<l enterprising. He liluMall 



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AMES LARMOIJK. Tlironghout Madison 
Coiintx few citizens are more widely and 
none moie f.-noiably known than the^en- 
_ tleman to wlios, litr sUeteli we invite the 
attention of oar readers. Now in the twilight of 
his honored and useful existence, surrounded by 
all the comforts which enhance the pleasure of 
living, and blessed liy the affection of faniil>' and 
friends, he resides upon his homestead in Union 
Township. Beginning his farming pursuits with- 
out capital, he worked his way industriously and 
perseveringly to a foremost i)Osition among Madi- 
son County's agriculturists, and his farm on sec- 
tion 16 is conceded to be one of the best in Union 
Township. 

In Franklin County, Ind.. the subject of this 
sketch was born on the Uth of May, 182;}, and is 
a son of Esau and Priscilla ((ireene) Lartnore, na- 
tives of Maryland. The Larmore family is said to 
have' originated in France, while the (ireenes have 
for centuries been foremost m the public affairs of 
England and America. Nathaniel (ireeiie. who 
gained und\ing fame during the Revolutionary 
War, was a first cousin of our subject's mother. 
Esau Larmore, in company with his family- .and 
others, emigrated to Indiana in the fall of 1816 
and settled in Franklin County, where he cleared 
a tract in the midst of the woods. At that early 
period Indiana was inhabited prineipally by wild 
animals, including turkeys, deer and bears. Set- 
tlers were widely removed from one another, and 
the nearest neighbors were miles apart. 

About 1837 Esau Larmore removed to Ohio, 
where he resided for a few years in Hamilton 
County, removing thence to Butler County, where 
he remained until his death in 18.56. He and his 
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namely: Joseph; Mary, who is the wife of James 
T. Wilson; Leah J., who niarned John R. Sim- 
mons; James, the subject of this sketch; Harriet, 
the widow of Caleb Russell; and Matthew T. When 
the British attt'niiited to take Baltimore, the sen- 
ior Mr. Larniore was in tliat city in the capacity 
of an emergency man. 

Born in Indiana, our subject was reared to 
manhood in Ohio, where he assisted in the task of 
clearing and improving a farm. During one 
spring he attended thirty-two log rollings. He 
also chopi)ed wood, receiving twenty-eight cents 
per cord and boarding himself. He was a pupil 
in the only sidjsciiption school in Ohio. This was 
held in a log cabin, primitive in its construction, 
having a [xinclieon floor, slab seats and greased 
paper instead of window panes. While these ad- 
vantages were meagre, yet Mr. Larmore, through 
diligent self-culture, has become well informed. 

On the 22d of March, 1850, Mr. Larmore was 
united in marriage with Catherine Cann, a native 
of Montgomery County, Pa., born there April 16, 
1828. Mrs. Larmore is a daughter of Amos and 
Elizabeth (Biddinger) Cann, the former a native 
of Pennsylvania, of Scotch origin, and the lat- 
ter born in the Keystone State, of German de- 
scent. At the age of two years she was brought 
by her parents to Ohio, the journey being made 
on a flatboat down the Ohio River, and settlement 
being made in the woods of Butler County. Mrs. 
Larmore is one of a large family of children, the 
following of whom survive: William, Catherine, 
George, James, John, Amos, Frederick, Solomon, 
and Eliza, the wife of John Wood. 

The union Mr. and of Mrs. Larmore has resulted 
in the birth of nine children: William D., Lewis 
A., James T.; Mattie E., wife of A. J. Malone; Wal- 
ter D.; Ella, who married W. J. Blacklidge; Mag- 
gie, Mrs. M. F. Cooper; George T.;and Bertha M., 
wife of A. II. Biddle. From Ohio in 1868, Mr. 
Larmore came to Rush County, Ind., where he ac- 
complished considerable pioneer work. Thence, 
four years later, he removed to Madison County, 
and for a time resided north of the city of Ander- 
son, removing to his present farm in 1876. He is 
the owner of one hundred acres of well improved 
land, which represents his untiring labors, assisted 



by his wife, who has been his helpmate and coun- 
selor during tlie entire period of their wedded life. 
Mr. Larmore cast his first ballot for Henry Clay 
in 1844 and continued afterward to adhere to the 
principles of the Whig party until the organiza- 
tion of the Republican party, of whicii he has 
since been a member. During the Civil War his 
sj'mpathies were given to the cause of the Union. 
On the 1.3th of July, 1863, he was robbed of two 
fine iiorses during Gen. John Morgan's celebrated 
raid through Ohio. Two of Mr. Larmore's sons, 
James T. and Walter H., are conducting a flour- 
ishing dairy and ice cream business in Anderson 
under the firm name of Larmore Brothers, and are 
well and favorablv known in financial circles. 



J'^OHN BRODERICK. a prominent and in- 
I fluential Irish-American citizen of Lafay- 
' ette Township, and a well known farmer of 
_^ ' Madison County, is a native of Ireland, 
having been born there on the 12th of Ma}', 1838. 
He is the son of Patrick and Mary Broderick, na- 
tives of the Emerald Isle, the former of wliom 
died in that country when John was a lad of ten 
years. The years of his childhood were passed 
amid the scenes of his native land, from which in 
1850 he emigrated to the United States, seeking 
a home in tlie land of the free. 

Taking |)assage on a sailing-vessel at Liverpool, 
Mr. Broderick voyaged across the Atlantic, spend- 
ing three months upon the deep. Off the coast of 
the Bahama Islands the ship was wrecked, and the 
crew and passengers were obliged to spend a few 
days on the Islands, whence they were conveyed 
to the West Indies. After spending several weeks 
there, they finally took passage for New Or- 
leans, arriving in that city without further mis- 
hap. Mr. Broderick proceeded northward, and lo- 
cating in Ohio, conducted farming operations for 
a time in that state. 

In 1853 he located permanently in Indiana, and 
for many years made his home in Fayette Count}', 
where lie was occupied as a tiller of the soil, ac- 
cumulating a competency through his energetic 
efforts. In 1871 he came to Madison County, and 




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settled in Lafayette Township, upon tlie farm 
where lie has since resided. At tlie time of his lo- 
cation at this place, the prospects seemed very un- 
inviting to the ordinary observer, but the intelli- 
gent farmer discerned favorable indications even 
in the woods and swamps of the vicinit}'. 

At first after coming to this farm Mr. Broderick 
made his home in a rudely constructed log house, 
containing few of those things which the i)resent 
generation considers necessities. However, even 
amid adverse circumstances, Mr. Hroderick lal)ored 
liravely to clear the land and improve a farm, and 
such has been his success that he is now the owner 
of two luindred acres of land, mostly under excel- 
lent cultivation. lie has also raised a good grade 
of stock, including horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. 
In addition to agricultural pursuits, he has been in- 
terested in the various pike roads, and is at pres- 
ent serving as Ditch Commissioner of Madison 
County. In this position, as in all others to which 
he has been chosen, he has served with elHciency 
and (idelity, displaying the good judgment and 
>lirejyd acumen which have characterized tlie con- 
duct of his private affairs, rolitically he is a 
Democrat, and may always be relied ui)on to give 
hi:^ support to Ills chosen party. 

Tlie lady who on the 2d of .June, IH(]8, became 
the wife of .lohn I'.roderick was formerly Ann 
Scully, and was horn in Ireland, being a daughter 
of James and Bridget Scully. Of the children 
born of this union, the following survive: iVIary, 
.lames V., Agnes T., Thomas M., William P., Julia 
M., Nora B., John, Hugh, Cecelia A., Clara A., 
Walter D., Leo and INIabel A. Bessie and Joseph 
are deceased. 



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Ji'KHEMIAH WHlTIN(iER is a highly rc- 
I spected citizen, a long-time resident of An- 
I derson Townsiiip, IMadison Conntj', and is 
^ ' located upon section 2, where he owns a 
fine farm of two hundred and forty acres. He is 
widely known as one of the substantial business 
men and leading agriculturists of the county. A 
native of Indiana, he was born in Union County, 
.March 8, 1821. and is the son of John and Kliza- 



beth (Abraham) Whiliiiger, pioneer settlers of the 
state. The father was a native of Ohio; tlu- 
mother was born in Indiana in the early part of 
of the present century, and during her youth 
there occurred many of the terrible contests be- 
tween the Indians and the first white settlers. 

Orandfather Whitinger served bravely as a sol- 
dier in the War of 1812, and was a man of cour- 
age and resolution. The father of our subject en- 
toicd land in riiioii County, and, settling in the 
woods ill a little log cabin, became one of the pio- 
neers of that part of the state. In this frontier 
home Jeremiah Whitinger was born and reared. 
As soon as he w.as ol<l enough he assisted his 
father in clearing, cultivating and improving the 
homestead, which from wild land was gradually 
developed into a profitable farm, annually yield- 
ing an abundant haivcsl of grain and a large va- 
riety of other produce. 

.\niong the vivid remembrances of his boyhood 
Mr. Whitinger recalls the log rolling and log rais- 
ing, which formed an important part of the work 
of pioneer days. The school in which he gained 
his early education was a primitive log cabin, with 
glazed paper for windows and everything in the 
line of furniture of the rudest construction. At- 
taining to manhood, he remained with his father 
upon the farm until he reached his majority, when 
he served an apprenticeship to the trade ot a 
shoemaker. For eighteen years he handled foot- 
wear, and for fifteen years he kept a shop in South 
Bend, Ind. Later he was the proprietor of a shop 
in Abingdon, Ind., whence he came to Anderson 
and for a brief period conducted a shoe business 
in the latter place. Failing health forced him to 
abandon his trade and he then bought his present 
farm, since which he has divided his time between 
the homestead and the city of Anderson. 

In 1851, Jeremiah Whitinger and Miss Sarah G. 
Willis were united in marriage. This estimable 
lady bore her husband three children: Willis G.; 
Etta B., wife of Itharaer McCarty, and Bertha M., 
Mrs. Ernest Hill. The beloved wife and mother 
was a lad}' of broad intelligence and high worth, 
a true helpmate and .companion to her husband. 
She departed this life Febni iry 9, IH'Xi, mourned 
by all who knew her. She was an exemplary 



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Christian woman and a devoted member of the 
United Brethren Church. Although never a poli- 
tician, Mr. Whitingeris deeply interested in local 
and national issues and is now a member of the 
People's part}-. In every sense of tlie word he is 
;i. true American citizen, and desiring for our 
country the elevation of the masses who cast their 
votes at the polls. To the vital questions of the 
day he gives most thoughtful consideration. Es- 
sentially a self-made man, of sterling integrity of 
character, he takes a leading place in the local 
councils of his party, and as a friend and citizen 
enjoys the high regard of Lhe entire community. 



'Tr^, ICIIARD B. CAREY, a prominent citizen 
IjJ^ prosperously conducting one of the finest 
'^\ farms of Washington Township, Hamilton 
^0 County, Ind., was born within eighty rods 
of his present residence upon July 10, 1845. His 
parents. Zenith and Margaret (Men den hall) Carey, 
were pioneer settlers of the state, widely known 
and higiily respected. Grandfather and Grand- 
mother Carey were native Virginians, and were 
reared and married in their home state. In tiie 
Old Dominion the father of our subject was also 
born, removing with his parents to Highland Coun- 
ty, Ohio, when only a little lad. In the latter lo- 
cality Grandfather Carey settled on Government 
land and successfully engaged in the pursuit of 
general agriculture. Zenith Carey received his 
education in the log schoolhouse of the home 
neighborhood and was trained to assist in the 
dail}' duties of the old farm. 

The father was first married in Highland 
County, Ohio, and came to Indiana in 1835, and 
located on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres of 
Government land, entering in all two hundred and 
forty acres. He had at first but very few neigh- 
bors; the country, however, soon began to be 
settled; and as time wore on he became a promi- 
nent citizen, regarded with great confidence and 
being entrusted with the settlement of a num- 
ber of estates. He was a leading member of the 



Friends' Church and politically belonged to the 
Republican party. His second wife, Margaret 
(Mendenhall) Coffin, was a widow, and the daugh- 
ter of North Carolina parents, who emigrated to 
Indiana, settling in Wayne County in a very early 
day. There the mother received her schooling in 
a little log house with slab seats and desks of 
rough boards. She was a member of the Friends' 
Church, an excellent neighbor and kind friend, 
and when she passed away November 3, 1888, was 
universally mourned. 

Our subject, the only child of his father's 
second marriage, early received a practical knowl- 
edge of farming and also attended the little 
school of the district. Arriving at his majority 
energetic and self reliant, he began life for him- 
self, and about two years later Richard B. Carey 
and Miss Christiana White were, upon January 30. 
1868, united in marriage. Mrs. Carey was the 
only daughter of David K. and Mary M. Pearce, 
the father being a native of Delaware, and tlie 
mother born in Stokes County, N. C. Mr. and 
Mrs. Pearce came to Hamilton County in pioneer 
days and made their home in Westfield, where the 
estimable wife of our subject was born April 2, 
1844. When but six years of age her parents 
removed to their present locality. Mrs. Ca'ey 
attended the excellent graded school near her 
childhood home, but did not finish the course of 
study. She is a devout Christian woman and 
attends the Friends' Church, and possesses the 
warm regard of a wide acquaintance. 

Eight children blessed the pleasant home of Mr. 
and Mrs. Carey with their cheerful presence. Two 
little ones passed away in infancy, but six sur- 
vived the perils of childhood. The latter are in 
tlie order of their birth: Luther (deceased), Eva. 
Rosa, Lotta, Emma (deceased), and Mary M. Our 
subject received a fair education in Westlield, 
and with superior business ability has made his 
upward waj' in life. Immediately after his mar- 
riage he located with his wife on the homestead 
where he yet resides, and beginning with forty 
acres given him by his father and a small personal 
property now owns three hundred and twenty 
finely cultivated acres, well improved with sub- 
stantial and attractive buildings, one of the best 



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farms in the county. Mr. Carey is in religious 
affiliation a member of the Friends' Society, liold- 
iii,^' a birthright in that cliurch. He is politically 
a Republican and an earnest advocate of the parly 
(if reform. A liberal-spirited citizen, interested 
ill local adviuii'ciiicnt and enterprise, he commands 
llie esteem and confidf-nce of nianv friends. 



ARTiN L. ()\i:rsiiim:i; 



n citizen, a Tnislcc of IJoone Township .and 
' an extensive general agriculturist and 
tock-raiser of Madison County, Ind., now 
his seventy-fiftli year and yet energetically 
ng for his agiiruliiiral interests, has from his 



earliest youth 
prise, and for 



is bus 



ness enter- 
iiiiportant 



factor in Uic growth and dcvclopnuMit <.f the 
county so long his permanent home. Born May 
lit, 1819, at Point Pleasant, Va., our subject was 
tlie son of Abraham Overshiner, a native of Rock- 
bridge County, Va., and the direct descendant of 
one of the old families of the state. The father, 
reared and educated in his birthplace, attained to 
manhood in tlic Old Dominion, and when about 
twenty \eais of age emigrated to I'ennsylvania. 
Marrying in the Quaker State, the father with his 
wife later returned to Virginia, and locating in 
Point Ple.asant. remained there for a time, but 
tinally removed to HopkinsviUc, Ky., whence he 
returned to Point Pleasant, Xa. He was a wagon- 
maker by trade and followed the occupation all 
his life. Prom Virginia he journeyed to .Jefferson 
City, Mo., where he died in 1850. The paternal 
grandfather, Peter Overshiner, born in Frankfort- 
on-the-Main, was educated as a priest of the Roman 
Catholic Church, but rebelled against his religious 
teachings and emigrated to America, and was the 
best educated man and finest linguist at that time 
residing in Rockbridge County, Va. The mother 
of our subject, Nancy (Hornish) Overshiner, was 
tlie daughter of Martin lloriiisli. whose family 
was of German ancestry. 

Our sultject attended the common sciiools of 



Point Ple.asant, and working for his father at 
wagon-making acciuired a trade. He also receiv- 
ed employment upon tlie .Mississippi River, and at 
various times was engineer. When twenty-one 
years of age lie engaged upon a trading boat, ami 
for six months followed liie river aboard that 
craft. Mr. Overshiner next went to ^'icksbul■g, 
Miss., where he worked in a coffee house, and 
later traveled for some years. A practical work- 
man, with a genius for handling tools, our sul)ject 
was employed for some length of time as a painter 
and wagon-maker and als(j engaged in lathe turn- 
ing. In 1844, returning to Point Pleasant, our sub- 
ject embarked there in the manufacture of wagons 
and successfully conducted tiie business for tlie suc- 
ceeding eleven years. He then sold out, and emi- 
grating to the farther west, journeyed to In- 
diana. Locating in Madison County, he purchased 
lands and with enterprise entered into agricultural 
pursuits. Twg years afterwards Mr. Overshiner 
built a sawmill near his home, and for six years 
prolitably ran the mill in connection with his 
other work. He has lately given his entire time 
and attention to the details of farming, and deal- 
ing extensively in live stock, handles some of the 
best raised in the state of Indiana. Although 
past three-score years and ten, our subject is act- 
ively interested in all the vital interests and ques- 
tions of the day and is numbered among the jiro- 
gressive and sulislantial citizens of Madison 
County. 

November 2,j, 181,j, Martin L. Overshiner and 
JNIiss Sarah Minnick, daughter of Jacob atid Eliza- 
beth (Foglesong) Minnick, were united in marriage. 
Jacob Minnick was a native Pennsylvanian and 
served bravely in the War of 1812, as did the hon- 
ored father of our subject. The Foglesougs are of 
German ancestry, honest and industrious citizens. 
Our subject and his estimable wife have been 
blessed by the birth of nine children, of whom the 
surviving are: Margaret, residing in California, 
and the wife of Thomas J. Young; William, mar- 
ried to Ida Cox, and a prominent resident of Mad- 
ison County. Ind.; Martin GriHin, married to 
to Slinnie Reed, also of Madison County; George, 
at home with his father; and Laura, wife of Thomas 
Hosier, a well known resident of Madison Couu- 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



ty. The sons and daugUteis all occupy posi- 
tions of useful influence and command the es- 
teem of a wide acquaintance. Our subject is fra- 
ternally a member of Lodge No. 284, A. F. & A. M., 
of Independence, Ind., and has been through the 
chairs. Politically, a stalwart Republican, Mr. 
Overshiuer is deepl}' interested in both local 
and national affairs and for seven years has as 
a Trustee of Boone Townsiiip given faithful and 
able service to the general public and won the ap- 
preciation of all his fellow-citizens. 




(te/y c-istPi- rV.iintv_ P.-i . Nnvemher 5>fi. 1H12. 

His father, Jacob, likewise a native of that county 
and state, was born about 1774, and prior to the 
AVar of 1812 removed to New York, where he was 
for two years engaged in running a ferry across 
the river below the falls of Niagara. On account 
of the English insurrectionists, he was compelled 
to flee, and returning to Lancaster County, soon 
afterward came to Indiana and remained a resi- 
dent of Wayne County until his death in 1826. 
By occupation he was a miller. The Whisler fam- 
ily came to America from Germany. 

The marriage of Jacob Whisler united hiin with 
Miss Barbara, daughter of John AVhitmer, both 
natives of Pennsylvania. They were married 
about the year 1800, and became the parents of 
seven children, as follows: Hetty, deceased; John, 
who lives in Wayne County; the subject of this 
sketch; Elizabeth, wife of Othniel Beeson, of 
Wayne County, this state; Naiicy, deceased; Ben- 
jamin, who lives in Jasper County, Iowa; and Bar- 
l)ara, wife of Edward Nudd, of Kansas. The par- 
ents were worthy and industrious people, and 
were highly esteemed in cveiy community in 
which they made their liome. 

When the family came to Indiana in 1824, the 
subject of this sketch accompanied them. He re- 
mained for a time in Wayne County, but in the 
spring of 1842 removed tlience tollamilton Coun- 



ty, settling in Jackson. Township. At the age of 
nineteen he was apprenticed to the trade of a car- 
penter, which he followed prior to coming to this 
county. After settling in Jackson Township he 
bought a farm consisting of one hundred and sixty 
acres, which he now owns, and of which one hun- 
dred and forty-five acres have been cleared and 
placed under excellent drainage. In 1872 he 
moved to his present home, and for several ^-ears 
was engaged in dealing in cattle in connection 
with general farming. 

A man of broad information, Mr. Whisler was 
educated in the school of experience through his 
own efforts, and in his youth had few of the ad- 
vantages now offered to the young. His boyhood 
was one of toil. After his father's deatli he as- 
sisted his mother in clearing land and in making 
a home for the family. The boyish sports of to- 
day were unknown to him, but notwithstanding 
this, he was a cheerful, contented and industrious 
lad, and these qualities which characterized him 
in bo3'hood, continued to aid him through his en- 
tire active life. He has witnessed almost the en- 
tire development of Jackson Township, and few 
now living have been residents of the county' for 
a longer period of time than has he. He is a 
Democrat in his political belief, and has always 
been in hearty sympathy with the principles of 
the party. While not a member of any cliurch, 
he contributes to the support of the various de- 
nominations and believes in the beneficial influ- 
ences of religion. 

In 1841 Mr. Whisler married Miss Sarah Jack- 
son, a native of Wayne County, Ind., born April 
26, 1823, and the daughter of James and Martha 
(Chambers) Jackson, who were born in North Car- 
olina, removed thence to Kentucky, and from that 
state came to Indiana in 1806, being among tlie 
very earliest settlers of Wayne County. Mr. and 
Mrs. Wiiisler are the parents of four children. 
Martha Victoria, who married Calvin Goodpasture 
(now deceased), has one child, Hudson, and re- 
sides in Atlanta, this state. James M. married Sus- 
anna Flemming, and they have three children, 
Grace, Azie and Glenn; he resides in Atlanta, 
this state, and is engaged in the milling and mer- 
cantile business in partnership with Asher G. Wal- 



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509 



ton. Barbara D., the wife of Gideon .Sowers, re- 
.sirlcs in Missouri, and is tlie motlier of six cliildren, 
Klnier, Orplia, Ossic, .Sadie, Franliie and Elsie. 
Monford N., a merchant a t Indianapolis, married 
Martha Dunn, and tliey have two children, Rus- 
sell and Reid. 



Vf^DMUM) II. PETERS, an onterprisinu- ajr- 
fe ricultnrist who is prosjjeronslv conducting 
/I --y one of the finest and most productive corn 
farms of Madison County, is pleasantly located in 
Boone Township. He has been a resident here for 
more than thirty years and has held with etHciency 
\arious important offices of trust, and from 1868 
until 1886 served as Justice of the Peace. Aside 
from the pursuit of agriculture, our subject raises 
large numbers of a superior grade of Poland-China 
hogs, and has sold as high as *1,.500 worth at 
once. Mr. Peters is a native of Brown County 
Ohio, and w.as born June 27, 1835. 

The father, Jacob Peters, born in Pennsylvania, 
came to Ohio in pioneer da3'S with the paternal 
grandfather, Jacob Peters, Sr. The Peters family 
belonged to the old Pennsylvania Dutcli stock, 
riie paternal grandfather, a sturdy' man of U[)right 
character, was born in the (Juaker State, and lived 
to be ninety years old. lie died in Boone Town- 
ship, Madison County, and was there interred. The 
father attended the common s(;hools of Ohio, and in 
youth was trained to farming duties, also learned 
the trade of a cooper, and after arriving at ma- 
ture age, combined the two pursuits. In 1862 he 
enlisted in Companj' K, Seventy-Fifth Ohio In- 
fantry, and engaging in numerous decisive battles, 
was killed while courageously fighting upon the 
field at Mission Ridge. He was buried near the 
spot where he fell, and was mourned by all who 
knew him as a brave defender of the Union. 

The mother of our subject, Alary (Penii}') I'e- 
ters. was the daughter of Isaac Penny, who, a n.a- 
tive of the farther west, later made his home in 
Oliio. Edmund II. Peters was the eldest of the 
live children born unto the parents. Willian Hen- 
ry died at the age of two years; the eldest daugh- 
ter. Comfort, married Cieorge W. Custer, and re- 



sides in Madison County'; Isaac F.nos, the third 
child, is deceased; Mary Fllen nianied .(ohii II;iu- 
sencuster, and makes her liomc in .Madison 
County. 

j home in Indiana, removing hither with liis par- 
ents. He was anxious to icreivc an exicnded 
course of study, and pored over his books many a 
night by the light of hickory bark. lie enjoyed 
the benefit of added instruction in his new home, 
but as the terras of school were seldom loui^ci- than 
thirty days, the parents united and einploycd ;i 
teacher for another month. At the age of nine- 
teen years Mr. Peters began life for himself, work- 
ing through the summer months on farms, and in 
the winter returning to the homestead and assist- 
ing in clearing the land. 

When twenty-one years of age, iMr. Peters went 
to Anderson, Ind., and learned the trade of a 
painter under William E. Gossett. This was in 
1856, and the next year our subject located in Illi- 
nois, where he worked at his trade until l.sOd. He 
had in the meantime .saved from his earnings 
enough to buy eighty acres of land, and invested 
his money in Madison County, Ind., where he now 
lives. In 1860 he built a house on his homestead, 
where he has since resided. He has one of the 
most productive farms in Madison County. 

December 20, 1860, Mr. Peters niarrie(i Miss 
Eliza Hull, daughter of Jesse and Su.san (Evans) 
Hull, of Ohio, but originally from Pennsylvania. 
The union of our subject and his estimable wife 
liiis been blessed by the birth of fifteen children, 
ten of whom are now deceased. The five surviv- 
ing are as follows: Allen, a merchant of Summit- 
ville; P^inma E., married to Elijah Chaplin, and re- 
siding in Madison County, Ind.; Cora, James E. 
and Ethel, who are at home. The family occupies 
a position of useful influence and enjoys the confi- 
dence and esteem of a wide circle of friends and 
acquaintances. 

Fruternall}', Mr. Peters is a member of In- 
dependence Lodge No. 128, I. O. O. F., as is 
also his son Allen. Our subject has been through 
the chairs of the lodge and has been District 
Deputy for twelve years. He is likewise a val- 



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ueil member of the encampment. Politicall)^ 
a strong Democrat, Mr. Peters has been promi- 
nent in the local councils of the party, and 
aside from his position as Justice of the Peace, for 
six years discharged with ability the duties of 
County Coroner, his term of office expiring in De- 
cember, 1892. For a portion of the time he offi- 
ciated as Chairman of the Board and gave excel- 
lent service to his fellow-citizens and the general 
public. As a friend, neighbor and public otticer, 
faithful to every duty of life, and through untir- 
ing industry financially i)rospered,our subject has 
self-reliantly won his upward way and is number- 
ed among the leading men of his locality. 



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"^ ANDALL BROTHERS. The gentlemen com- 
L^if posing this firm, William P. and Philip A. 



RANDAL! 

ilkf posing 
iii \\\ Randall 



are ranked among the leading 
^^business men of Madison County and have 
been important factors in its growth and develop- 
ment. They are among the most influential citi- 
zens of Alfonte, where they operate a saw and 
planing mill. In addition to this enterprise, they 
own a lumber yard in Ingalls, and deal in build- 
ing material and hardware at that place. Their 
landed possessions include two hundred and twen- 
ty-nine acres in Hancock County, Ind., two farms, 
consisting of eighty and one hundred and twenty 
acres, respectively, in Green Township, Madison 
County, and a flftcen-acre tract and considerable 
property in Alfonte and Ingalls. 

The success which lias rewarded the efforts of the 
firm of Randall Brothers is especially noteworthy 
when we consider the fact that they began in 
luisiness with a cai)ital of only $40. Partners 
since boyhood, their enterprise and perseverance, 
combined with good business ability and excellent 
judgment, have gained for them a handsome com- 
petence. In tracing the genealogy of the Randall 
family we find that their first representatives in 
America emigrated from Germany and made set- 
tlement in Connecticut, but afterward removed to 
tlie state of New York. Tlic grandfather, .Tolin 
|{:\n(lail, was born in New York, and inuncdiatelv 



after the War of 1812 settled on a military tract 
in Clermont County, Ohio, where he improved a 
farm of five hundred acres. For many years he 
served as Justice of the Peace, and was drill mas- 
ter in militia days. In politics, he voted with the 
Wliig party. He was an influential and devoted 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

By his marriage with Miss Bronson, John Ran- 
dall had the following children: John D., who 
served in the Civil War; William S. B., a captain 
in the Second Ohio Infantry, who aided in digging 
the tunnel through which the prisoners escaped 
from Libby prison; Pervise, Aaron K., Joseph, 
Elbridge, Job, Hester, J.ane and Hannali. Aaron 
K. Randall, father of our suljjects, was born in 
Clermont County, Ohio, and was a brickmason by 
trade. In 1852 he went to Noblesville, Ind., where 
he engaged in the grain trade. His death occurred 
in October, 1856, at the age of thirty. His wife 
died on the 15th of December, the same year, at 
the age of twenty-five. They were members of 
the Methodist Church. Socially, he belonged to 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the 
Masonic fraternity, and in politics he was a Whig. 
His two children were William P. and Philip A. 

The motlier of our subjects, Mrs. Eva M. Ran- 
dall, was born in Clermont County, Ohio. Her 
father, Joseph A. Hall, was a Pennsylvania farmer, 
who in an early day became a trader on the Ohio 
and Mississippi Rivers, running keel boats and 
trading boats in the early days (about 1820 and 
1830). Afterward, for about fifteen years, he 
oper.ated a sawmill at Symmes Station, which was 
one of the first sawmills in Hamilton County, 
where his father, Robert Hall, had settled about 
1811. The maternal grandfather of our subjecLs 
died in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1888, at the 
age of eiglity-five; his wife passed away in 1890. 
They were members of the first Methodist Church 
organized in their community. They were the 
parents of two children, Philip and Eva M. 

The senior member of the firm of Randall Broth- 
ers was born in Clermont County, Ohio, June 13, 
1852, and after his father's death at Noblesville 
he returned to Ohio and lived with his maternal 
grandfather. He received a lilicral education in 
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Goshen Seminary, of Clermont County. The 
junior member graduiited from the Lebanon Normal 
(niversity of Lebanon, Ohio. In the fall of IHT."?, 
he came to Madison Count}', and he and his 



ler I'hili 



taught twenty-one terms 
inity, being successful and 



ot school m tins ( 
|»opular instructors. 

About 1884, the lir ( U-.uvhiW P.rolhers, in 

connection with Woodwind brothers, began slii|)- 
jiing grain at Andcrxm. which they continued for 
two ycai's. Later they ran an elevator at Alfonte, 
and since that time they have engaged in buying 
and shipping grain. In 1886, in partnership with 
Woodward Ihothers, they bought a large tract of 
timhcrland near Morehead, Ky., where they oper- 
ated a sawmill for two years. In 1889 they 
removed the mill to Alfonte, and liave since con- 
ducted a tiourishing business at this place. 

William P. Randall is still a bachelor. Philip 
A. married Miss Lizzie Meyer, and they are the 
parents of one child, Minnie. The elder brother 
is in politics a stanch Republican, and advocates 
the principles of that parly by his ballot and his 
influence. Socially, he affiliates with the Inde- 
jiendent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a man of 
energy and good judgment, and has contributed 
his quota to the success attained by the lirm. The 
younger brother is also a stanch Republican, and 
never fails to cast his vote in defense of the 
principles and noiiiinees of his chosen iiartw 



W;ILS()N T. TKMF.I'.LOOI). To its m.ble, 
pushing, hard-working business men is due 
, „ the great prosperity, wealth and advance- 
ment of the northern tier of states in commercial 
importance. To their zeal, energy' and integrity 
will its future greatness be indebted, as it li.as 
been in the past, and among the names prom- 
inent in the promotion of solid trade in Chester- 
field, lud.. none will stand higher or occupy 
the position more justly than does that of the 
subject of this sketch. A man's lifework is the 
measure of his success, and he is the most success- 
ful man who, turning his powers into the channel 



of an honorable purpose, aeconiplishes the .ibject 
of his endeavor. Fie who weds himself to a great 
principle lays the foundation of a successful life. 
In the study of every man's life we find some 
mainspring of action, something that he lives for. 
In Mr. Trueblood it seems to have hcen an ambi- 
tion to make the best use of his native and ac- 
quired powers, and to develop in himself a true 
manhood. A native of Indiana, born in Madison 
County, Adams Township, December is. iwil. he 
is the son of Wilson and Milicent Triiehlood. 

The parents of our subject were natives of 
North Carolina, .and there grew to mature years 
and married. About 18.'!r) they came to Madison 
County, Ind., and were among the pioneers. They 
settled in Fall Creek, in Adams Township, in the 
woods and in a primitive log cabin. All the pri- 
vations and haniships incident to pioneer life 
met them, but with the courage and determination 
so characteristic of the early settlers they perse- 
vered and became prominent and substantial cit- 
izens. The early life of our subject was pa.ssed 
amid these rude surroundings, and he there learned 
habits of industry and perseverance that have re- 
mained with him through life. When about 
twelve \-ears of ai^e he began clerking in a store 
owned l)v Allen Makepeace, of New Columbus, 
who at that time was one of the oldest merchants 
in the county and one of the wealthiest citizens. 

After clerking for Mr. Allen for about fourteen 
years, seven years of that time in Chesterfield, our 
subject engaged in business with J. H. Dusang, in 
Chesterfield, the firm name being Trueblood & 
Dusang, and they continued in business together 
for four years. After that our subject was out of 
business for several years. In 188;') he re-engaged 
in merchandising, and has continued this up to 
date. His store is fifty-four feet in length by eigh- 
teen feet wide, and he carries a stock of goods 
v.alued at about l«2,()00. His annual sales amount 
to about $6,500 per year. Our subject received 
his education in the common schools of the county, 
and seldom entered the schoolroom aft«r he was 
twelve years of age. In the year 1871, on the 
lltli of Februaiy, he was married to Mi.ss Sarah E. 
Snyder, and they are the happy jjarents of two 
livin? children, Fernando and Charles. During 



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the Civil War our subject enlisted in tlie One Hun- 
dred and Fift3--fourth Indiana Infantry, and 
served about six montlis, principally in Virginia. 
Most of tbat time he was clerk of a hospital, but 
the balance of the time was on general duty. He 
was formerly a member of the Masonic fraternity. 
For a number of years he served as Postmaster of 
Chesterfield, and also for a number of years as 
Trustee and Assessor of Union Townsliip. A Re- 
publican, he is aiecognized local politician of note 
and influence, and a representative citizen both in 
business and social circles. 



^<^EORGE D. THOMPSON, a prominent citi- 
lil ^— , zen of Madison County, and Trustee of 
^V^J Lafayette Township, is the owner of eighty 
acres located on section 34, and is recognized as 
one of the most progressive men of his community. 
He was born in the southeastern portion of Vir- 
ginia, February 8, 18.30, and is a sou of William 
A. and Mary (Burger) Thompson. Three of his 
brothers were valiant soldiers. Thomas, who en- 
listed during the Mexican War, died of measles at 
Vera Cruz, Mexico; David and John fought for 
tlie Union during the late war. 

In 1832, our subject was brought by his parents 
to Indiana and spent his childhood days in Henry 
Count}'. In 1841 he accompanied the family to 
Madison County, where tor several years he re- 
sided in Fall Creek Township, removing thence to 
Anderson Township, adjoining the present site of 
the city of Anderson. They removed to Lafay- 
ette Township in 1853, and subsequently located 
in Richland Township, whei-e the mother died in 
1863. The father survived her for a long time, 
passing away in Vigo County, Ind., in June, 1885. 
He had been a man of great prominence in this 
state, and was an influential Democrat. While a 
resident of Madison County he served as Commis- 
sioner and represented his district for one term in 
the state Legislature. An earnest Christian, he 
was a loyal adherent to tlie Baptist Church and a 
preacher in tiiat denomination. In addition to 



his ministerial labors, he engaged in agricultural 
pursuits. 

Of the children born to the parents of our sub- 
ject, five survive, Geoi-ge D., William A., James A., 
Mary E. and John. The only daughter is the wife of 
Harrison Peniston, and a resident of Vigo County, 
Ind. The subject of this notice was reared to 
manhood in this state during the early days of 
the history of this great commonwealth. He 
gained a limited education in the log cabins used 
for temples of learning, a few of which were 
then to be found scattered throughout the county, 
no better educational advantages having at that 
time been introduced. Agriculture was also con- 
ducted after a primitive fashion, and land was 
broken with a wooden mold-board plow. 

February 17, 1850, Mr. Thompson married Ann 
E. Kindle, who was born in Warren County, Ohio, 
November 14, 1833. Her parents, Wilford and 
Jeannette (Turpin) Kindle, were natives of Vir- 
ginia and New York, respectively. In her girlhood 
she accompanied her parents to Indiana and set- 
tled in the southern part of Anderson Township, 
Madison County, where her home for a time was a 
log cabin in the woods. Her parents subsequently 
removed to Lafayette Township, and remained 
there until death. Six of their children survive, 
namely: Mrs. Thompson, Phineas, John; INIary, 
who IS the wife of John P. Davis; William, and 
Nancy J., who married William Rank. Mr. and 
Mrs. Kindle were earnest members of the New 
Light Church and were highly esteemed in this 
county. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson 
has resulted in the birth of five children, of whom 
the following survive: Maiy N., who is the wife 
of Sylvester Kirk; Adelia and John C. 

In the fall of 1853 Mr. Thompson located upon 
the farm where he has since made his home. For a 
time he lived in a log cabin, and later, when cir- 
cumstances permitted, he erected the substantial 
residence which he now occupies. As a citizen, he 
takes an intelligent interest in all the public issues 
of the day, and is a Democrat in politics. He has 
been chosen by the people of the township to 
represent them in numerous positions of honor, 
and has served for three terms as Trustee of La- 
fayette Township, and for two terms as Justice of 




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the Peace. In educational matters, be is well in- 
formed, and has contributed largely to advance 
the grade of scholarship in the schools of this dis- 
trict. In his youth he taught a district school for 
four terms, m.iking a success of that profession. 
The success whirh li.'is rewarded his efforts may he 
attributed t<i his iiidoinit.Tble persevcraiice. untir- 



,I/._^ ON. JAJIKS R. CARSOiN was for many 
f)!^ years inseparably associated with tiie cdin- 
i4v^ mercial and political history of llauiillon 
(^ County, and was recognized throughout 
this section of the state as a man of eminent 
abilities. A gifted orator, logical in reasoning 
and convincing in argument, he was in especial 
(ieman<l during the political campaigns, and was 
recognized as one of the most fluent speakers in 
the county. A man of many nobie qualities, 
charitable in judgment and mild in disposition, 
his death, Septemlier 11, l.S«;), was dejjlored as a 
pulilic loss. 

Hefore noting in detail the jirincipal events in 
the life of our subject, it will not be amiss to 
mention a few facts concerning his ancestr_v. Mis 
father, .lolin Carson, was born in Pennsylvania in 
17.SS. and at the age of six j-ears accompanied his 
parents to Butler County, Ohio, whence, in 1830, 
he removed to Fayette County, Ind. Five years 
later he came to Hamilton County and settled on 
a farm, consisting of one hundred and sixty .acres, 
near the village of Cicero; there he remained 
until his death, in 1865. He served in the War 
of 1812, and w.as present at the surrender of De- 
troit. Though by trade a weaver, he devoted his 
attention principally to farming. A man of ex- 
tensive information, he was a thoughtful re;ider of 
general history, and especially delighted in the 
study of the Bible. He was a Presbyterian in his 
religious belief. 

The paternal grandparents of our subject were 
,hihn and Mary (Ralston) Carson, the former a 
native of \'irginia and the latter of Scotland. 
28 



After .settling in liutlcr County, Ohio, they con- 
tinued to reside there until death. The mother 
of our subject, Nancy Potts, was boi-n in 1797, of 
K(-otch parentage, and married .John Carson in 

resident of Dubu([ue, Iowa, has served as .lustice 
of the Peace for thirty years, and is a member of 
the Methodist Kpiscopal Church in that city; 
William and Alexander, the latter a soldier in the 
Union army, are deceased; Mary A. is the widcjw 
of .lohn Demoss, of Illinois; Rebecca, deceased, 
was the wife of H. Demoss; Leah, Mr.s. Thomas 
Demoss, is deceased; James R., Margaret, Nancy 
(Mrs. William Deakyne) Kli/.aheth and Emily (Mrs. 
Thoma> Cerald) are all deceased. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Butler 
County, Ohio, October 12, 1827, and resided with 
his parents until he attained manhood. His 
schooling was limiled lo about one year's attend- 
ance in the pioneer -'teiiiijles of learning," but 
being [lossesscd of a tenacious memory, he became 
well informed upon general topics of the times, 
and was especially conversant with history. At 
the age of about eighteen he wa- apprenticed to 
learn the trade of a blacksmith, which, however, 
he followed but a short time. He married Miss 
Martha .lane Spurgeon in 1851, and three years 
later moved to Livingston County, III,, where he 
located upon a farm consisting of one hundred 
and sixty acres. There he remained for live years. 
After the death of his wife, he came with his 
three children to Hamilton County .and bought a 
gristmill at Cicero, residing in that village for two 
years, and then, in 1 8(')2, locating npt)n the farm 
where his widow now resides. 

The three children born of J\Ir. Carson's first 
marriage are: Melissa, who was killed by the fall- 
ing of a tree; Viola, the wife of Frank R. Arm- 
strong, of Indi.-inapolis; and Kmiiy \'., who mar- 
ried Joseph Hackney, a resident of I ndianaiiolis. 
In March, ISfiO, Mr. Carson married Orrenda 
Willes, a native of St. Lawrence County, N. Y., 
who came to Indiana in 1856. She was gradu- 
ated from the Newberry Collegiate Institute with 
the Class of '55, and prior to her marriage fol- 
1 lowed the profession of a teacher. Her parents 



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were Wilder and Orrenda (Kimball) Willes, the 
former of whom died in 1882, and the latter on 
the 23d of October, 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Carson 
became the parents of eight children, namely: 
Delia, wife of James Allen, of Oklahoma; Edward 
W., deceased; 15en W., who lives in Oklahoma; 
Ralston and Jessie M., who live with their mother; 
Sam W., residing in Oklahoma; Fred C. and Grace, 
who are with their mother. 

In politics, Mr. Carson was a Democrat until 
1856, after which he affiliated with the Republi- 
cans. He served as a Trustee in Cicero. In 1876 
he was elected to the Legislature, and took an 
active part in the affairs of state at the time when 
the appropriation was made for the Capitol. He 
represented his constituents in an eminently satis- 
factory manner, and by his honorable and faitliful 
service reflected great credit upon himself. In 
his religious belief he was identified with tlie 
Methodist Episcopal Church. Socially he was a 
demitted Master Mason. 



JOHN R. BOSTON, one of the enterprising 
and prominent citizens of Madison County, 
residing on section 36, Fall Creek Township. 
,^_^ was formerly engaged in the sawmill busi- 
ness. He lias been connected with many of the 
leading industries of the community, and the 
neighborhood in which he resides owes much of its 
prosperity to him. He was born in Baltimore, 
Md., October 4, 1821. and is a son of Jesse and Cris- 
sandra (Stewart) Boston. His father was born in 
Somerset County, Md., was a shoemaker by trade, 
and carried on business in Baltimore for some 
time. He was twice married, having three ciiil- 
dren by each union. In 1831 he went to Wheel- 
ing, W. Va., thence by boat to Cincinnati, Ohio, 
continuing his journey thence across the country 
to Pendleton, Ind., where he arrived on the 1st of 
May. Here he engaged in hotel keeping and in 
shoe-making and farming. He served his country 
during the War of 1812, and died in 1838. 

Mr. Boston wiiose name heads this record re- 



ceived such educational advantages as the common 
schools afforded, and at the age of fourteen, began 
carrying mail from Noblesville to Centerville, 
Ind., on horseback. After his father's death he 
became clerk in the store of James Gray, in Pendle- 
ton, where he remained for twelve years. He then 
spent a short time in farming, after which he was 
made one of the executors of the Gray estate. 
About 1852 he bought the store, but in 1855 sold 
out and removed to a farm of eighty acres which 
he had purchased in 1849. In the spring of 1857 
he returned to the village and engaged in mercan- 
tile pursuits and in trading in stocks and lands, 
but in 1860 once more resumed farming. He ac- 
cumulated considerable land, owning at one time 
twelve hundred acres. About 1864 he purchased 
a farm about three and a-half miles east of Pendle- 
ton, and engaged in its cultivation until the 
spring of 1867, when he removed to Pendleton, 
and with others erected a brick block. There he 
engaged in merchandising until 1871, since which 
time he has resided upon his farm. For ten years 
he was engaged in the manufacture of tile and in 
the sawmill business, but is now doing nothing in 
those enterprises. 

Mr. Boston has been three times married. He 
wedded Margaret A., daughter of Benjamin Rdg- 
ers, and unto them were born six cliihhtMi: Will- 
iam S., a Methodist Elpiscopal minister; James G., 
a farmer; Benjamin AV., Charles E., Margaret, and 
one who died in infancy. The mother died in 
1866. The lady who now bears the name of Mrs. 
Boston was in her maidenhood Fiances M. Law- 
rence. Mr. and Mrs. Boston and their family are 
highly respected citizens, and in social circles they 
hold an enviable position. He has given to his 
children liberal educations, Charles having gradu- 
ated from the law school at Ann Arbor, while 
three of the sons graduated from Asbury College. 
He has divided among them one thousand .acres of 
land, and his generosity has tiius enabled them to 
start out in life well etpiipped for its battles. Since 
the boom in this communitj', Mr. Boston has been 
speculating in Pendleton and Anderson real estate 
with good success. He has' been an industrious 
and hard-working man, and the architect of his 
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through his own efforts, and the prosperity that 
lias come to hira is the just reward of liis labors. 
Mr. Boston is a member of the Methodist P^pisco- 
jial Church. In politics he is a Republican. 



JOHN E. CANADAY, M. D., deulcr in pianos 
and organs, and a prominent business man 
of Anderson, was born in Pipe Creek 
^^_^ Township, Madison County, March 22, 
1847. For particulars concerning his ancestry 
tlie reader is referred to the biographical sketch 
of Harrison Canaday, presented on another page of 
this volume. John E., the next to the youngest 
of eleven children, was reared on a farm in Pipe 
Creek Township, where he remained until attain- 
ing his majority. For two years he was a student 
in the Northwestern Christian University (now 
Butler University,) at Indianapolis, Ind., after 
which he taught two terras of school. 

From a child the highest ambition of our sub- 
ject was to become a physician, and as soon as 
practicable, he proceeded to work out the realiza- 
tion of his boyhood's dream. He studied medi- 
cine under the preceptorship of Dr. Hockett, of An- 
derson, and in 1871 entered the Physio-Medical 
College of Cincinnati, where he conducted his 
studies for one term. Thence he proceeded to 
Indianapolis and studied in the Physio-Medical 
College, graduating in 1873 with the degree of 
Doctor of Medicine. He located at Mechanicsburg, 
Henry County, this state, where for eighteen 
months he practiced his profession. 

After the death of his wife the Doctor located in 
Frankton, where he followed his profession for 
al)out eight years. During that time he became 
an advocate of liomeo|)athy, and has since contin- 
ued a follower of that school. He became well 
known in Frankton as a skillful physician, and in 
partnership with his brother, W. O., conducted the 
most extensive practice of any professional firm 
of that place. His attention, however, was taken 
from liis medical labors by tlu' demands of public 
life. In 1882 he was nominaU'd on the Demo- 
cratic ticket for the position of County Auditor. 



and was elected by a llattcnng majority, notwith- 
standing the fact that the party was divided. In 
November, 1883, he took the oath of oflice, and 
served with the highest credit to himself and to 
the satisfaction of his constituents. In l.S8(5 he 
was re-nominated for the posiiion liy a majority 
of over eight hundred, and was again successful 
in the election. He officiated .as County .\uditor 
from 1883 until 1891, his services being eminently 
satisfactory to all concerned. When he was 
elected the court house was in |)rocess of erection, 
and during his first year of oflice he moved into it. 

Upon retiring from ollice the Doctor had no de- 
sire to return to his profession, and chose the bus- 
iness of a music dealer, establishing the first music 
house in the city. This store is located at No. 15 
North Meridian Street, and is 20x100 feet in di- 
mensions, containing a complete assortment of 
pianos, organs, sheet music, song books, and in- 
deed everything to be found iira first-class music 
house. He is agent for the A. B. Chase pianos 
and organs, the Story & Clarke organs, and others 
of equal quality. He has a number of representa- 
tives on the road, and does an extensive business 
in this section. 

The Doctor's residence is on the corner of Del- 
aware anti Eleventh Streets, and is one of the most 
ple.asant homes in the city. He was married in 
Frankton to Miss Amelia Quick, who w.as born in 
Henry County, and died in Mechanicsburg. this 
state. The union resulted in the liii-tli of two 
children, Ollie K. and Harry B., both of whom are 
at home with their father. His second marriage 
took place in Tipton County, and united him with 
Mrs. Alcie (Blount) I!oys. who by her former 
marriage has one daughter. VU>y. Mrs. Canaday 
is the daughter of Dr. Blount, a successful physi- 
cian of Tipton County, and a prominent minister 
of the Christian Church. She is an accomplished 
lady and a graduate of the .Voithwestern Chris- 
tian University. 

While a resident of Frankton, the Doctor served 
as City Treasurer for a number of years. He is a 
Democrat in his party alHIiations, and has fre- 
quently servedj.as a member <>l the Common Coun- 
cil, as well as in other positions of lru>t and 
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has been profitable to the town and county. A 
member of the Christian Ciiurch, lie has officiated 
as Deacon, and for a number of j'ears has been 
.Superintendent of the Sundaj'-school, first at 
Frankton and later at Andersun. 

^m NTHONY SNYDER. Biographical sketches 
(©Y/j| | of upright, honorable and useful men not 

m ifc only perpetuate for posterity the events 
'^ of their lives, but also are most instruc- 
tive as incentives to otiiers. The pages of this 
volume are studded with examples of integrity 
and persistence, proving better than mere words 
could do what is within tlie power Oi' eacii one to 
accomplish for himself, even though he begins 
the battle of life liandicapped by poverty. Nor 
does the biography of Mr. Snyder present in this 
respect an example less to be emulated and ad- 
mired b3' his fellow-citizens. It is therefore with 
pleasure that we invite the reader's attention to 
the following outline of a life that has been spent 
in llie honorable discharge of public and personal 
obligations and duties. 

But little is known concerning the ancestors of 
Mr. Snyder. It is believed that his paternal 
grandparents were born in Germany; certain it is 
that the family originated in tliat country. Tlie 
father of our subject, Simon Snyder, was born in 
Lancaster County, Pa., in 1812. and passed his 
boyhood da\s upon a farm, meantime receiving 
tlie advantages of a common-school education. 
At the age of si-xteen he was apprenticed to learn 
the trade of a carpenter under the supervision of 
a brother of the lady he afterward married. At 
the expiration of three years he entered actively 
upon the occupation of a carpenter, which he fol- 
lowed for a time, but later gave his attention to 
farming. 

In Pennsylvania Mr. Snyder married Miss Eliz- 
abeth Klepfer, a native of the Keystone State. In 
1834 they migrated to Indiana and located in 
Wayne Count}', where he followed his trade for a 
number of years. In 1842 he came to Hamilton 
County, thence to Marion Count*-, afterward set- 



tling upon forty acres in Fall Creek Township, Law- 
rence County. Later he removed to Marshall 
County, and now resides upon his farm of one 
hundred and twenty acres there. His first wife 
died in 1862, and he afterward married again, his 
second union resulting in the birtii of two chil- 
dren. Of his lii'st marriage ten cliildren were 
born, three of whom died in childliood. The oth- 
ers are: The sulijcctof tliis sketch: Saraii A., who 
married .1. Dick, and alter his death became the 
wife <A .liilm Klkiiis; \Vilj(in; Daniel, deceased; 
Henr}', Benjamin; and Louisa, the wife of Benja- 
min Groves. Tlie father of this family was a Re- 
publican politically, and in religious belief he and 
his first wife were identified witli llie United 
Bretliren Church. 

Born in Lancaster County, Pa., in April, 1834, 
Anthony Snyder spent his boyhood years in his 
father's home, and at the age of sixteen began to 
learn the trade of a carpenter, working under the 
direction of his father. When twenty-one he began 
for himself and for a few years followed his chosen 
occupation, after which he rented a farm and fol- 
lowed agricultural pursuits for several years. In 
1870 he embarked in the mercantile business at 
Germantown, Fall Creek Township, this county, 
and continued in that place until April, 1887, 
when he located at Fisher's Switch. His stock is 
valued at $2,500, and includes a large assortment 
of dr,\- goods, groceries, and in fact everything 
usually found in a general store. Tlie dimensions 
of the building are 60x20. 

In addition to his establishment, Mr. .Snyder is 
the owner of seventy acres in Marion County, 
wiiich he rents. During the late war he engaged 
in the sawmill business. Politically he has always 
advocated the tenets of the Di'mocraiic party. In 
social matters he affiliates willi I lauiiltcm Lodge 
No. 533, F. iSi A. M., and also belongs to 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, holding 
membership with McCordsvillc Lodge, No. 538. In 
Marion County, Ind., on the 1st of December, 
1838, was born the lady who in 1855 became the 
wife of Mr. Snyder, and who bore the name of 
Nancy Mock. She is a daughter of Simeon and 
Susanna (Hendricks) Mock, and by her marriage 
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B., wlio died in childhood; Jeannette C, deceased; 
Simeon, wlio is in partnersliip with his fatlier in 
the mercantile business; Ollie, who is the wife 
of William Sanderson; and Albert Watson. The 
religious home of tiie family is in the United 
Brethren Churcii, to the support of which Mr. 
Snyder lias been a generous contributor. 



OSEl'H A. MrXOmOF. The business in- 
terests of tiie city (if Anderson are sucoess- 
^^1^ full3' and worthily represented by J. A. 
'i^// Munclihof, who is the proprietor of a laige 
furniture establishment located at No. 42 East 
Eighth Street, and also has a half-interest in the 
undertaking parlors at No. 98 North Main Street, 
his brother Frank being the partner. The former 
occupies three floors, 30x110 feet in dimensions, 
wiiile the latter has the first floor, 24x72 feet, for 
the oxchisive use of llic undertaking biisiness, and 

the second tlocir fdr furniture waier us. The 

lirru conducts a very large and remunerative busi- 
ness, which has steadily increased from its incep- 
tion until the present time, being now the most 
extensive in tlie place. 

The senior member of the lirm is a yfiiing man 
who has scarcely reached life's prime. lie was 
liorn in Louisville, Ky., November 19, 18.59, and 
is the son of Joseph Munclihof, a native of Land- 
stuehl, Germany, and a cabinet-maker by trade. 
At the age of twenty-four he emigrated to .\iiierica, 
landing in New Orleans, and from there traveling 
through tiie south. After his marriage, which 
took jilaec in Cincinnati, he removed to Louis- 
ville, Ky.. but after a short sojourn there he went 
back to Cincinnati, where he resided for two years. 
Later he engaged in the trade of a cabinet-maker 
at Laurel, Franklin County, gradually increasing 
his business until he was the owner of an exten- 
sive and flourisliing furniture and undertaking es- 
tablishment, lie still resides in Laurel, where he 
is prominent among the progressive business men 
and public-spirited citizens. In politics he is a 
Democrat. He is a sincere and active member of 
the Catliolic Church, and enjovs the esteem of 



those in his own church, as well as the general 

IHlblic. 

The mother of our sulijcct bore the maiden 
name of Anna Weber, and w;is liorii in dermany, 
being the daughter of John Weber, a miller in the 
Fatherland. He brought his family to America, 
and engaged in the milling business in Cincinnati, 
Ohio, where he remained until his death. The 
mother of our subject died in December, 1891. 
They were the parents of five children, three 
daughters and two sons, all of whom are living. 
The eldest member of the family is the subject of 
this brief biographical sketch. He was reared to 
manhood in the village of I>aurel, where he learned 
the trade of a cabinet-maker. His primary educa- 
tion w.as carried on in the schools of Laurel, and 
he afterward took a course in Nelson's Business 
College. His father had a general store, in addi- 
tion to the furniture and undertaking business, 
and our subject and his brother took cli.-irge of the 
undertaking estalilishment. 

At (Cambridge City, Wayne County, Ind., in 
1884, Mr. Munclihof was united in marriage with 
Miss Tillie Frohnapfel, a native of (Jermany. 
After his marriage he located in Cambridge City, 
where for a time he conducted a furniture and 
undertaking establishment, in .March. 1S86. he 
came to Anderson and enibniUed in the furniture 
business on the northwest corner of the public 
square, and two ^'cars later he removed to the 
building he still occupies. In 1890 his brother 
Frank became a partner in tln' undeitaking lin-i- 
ness, of which he now has cutiic roiiti-ol. This is 
the largest concern of the kind in the city, and 
contains a complete equipment of everything in 
that line, including three elegant funeral cars. 
Our subject is a member of St. Mary's Catholic 
Church, and is generous in his contributions to its 
support. In his political belief he aililiates with 
the Democrats. He and his wife are the parents 
of three children: Bertha, Helene and Theodore. 

The junior member of the firm is I'rank Muncli- 
hof. wlio was born in Spades, Ripley County, Ind., 
December 30, 18()4. He remained until early 
manhood with his father, meantime taking entire 
charge of the undertaking department at Laurel. 
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charge of his brother's undertaking rooms. In 
1890 he purchased a one-half interest in the busi- 
ness, in whidi he takes an active interest and to 
the success of which he has largely contributed. 
In liis religious connections he is a communicant 
of the St. Mary's Catholic Church, and takes an 
active interest in its progress. Politically, he is a 
Democrat, and is an enthusisistic and faitliful sup- 
porter of party principles and candidates. 



(i^^)HOMA.S F. LEE, a prosperous general agri- 
(/^S^. culturist and most successful stock-raiser, 
^V^<I handling Jersey cattle, is a native of Indi- 
ana and born within the limits of Madison County. 
He is now a resident of Lafayette Township, 
where, pleasantly located upon section 15, he 
profitably cultivates a fine farm. Since his natal 
day, August 8, 1845, our subject has been identi- 
fied with the clianging scenes, the upward growth 
and progress of Madison County, of which his par- 
ents, Daniel and Mary (Garner) Lee, were pioneer 
settlers. They were born in the south and were na- 
tivesof the Carolinas, emigrating from their native 
home to Rush County, Ind., in 1832. Four years 
later, in 1836, they removed to Madison County, 
settling in the eastern part of Monroe Township. 
Their modest home was a little log cabin in the 
heart of the woods where the father had entered 
land from the Government. The devoted wife 
and mother for a few years shared with her hus- 
band the privations and experiences of frontier 
life, but in 1847, mourned by all who knew her, 
entered into rest. The bereaved husband long 
surviving his first wife continued to make his 
residence upon the old homestead until December 
18, 1876, when he, too, after a long life of useful- 
ness passed away. By his first marriage he had a 
large family of children, three of whom are yet 
living, William H., Isaac and Thomas F. One is 
living by his second marriage, Richard M. 

The father was a genuine pioneer of Jlonroe 
Township, and Alexandria at that time contained 
about three small cabins. He experienced the trials 
and hardships incidental to a life in anew country, 



but with cheerfuLenergy overcame obstacles, and, 
being a man of social nature, made a wide ac- 
quaintance and many friends in whose hearts his 
memory was long green, and to-day he is not for- 
gotten by the few of his old-time associates who 
yet survive. Our subject, reared to manhood upon 
his father's farm, and from boyhood taking an ac- 
tive part in the cultivation and improvement of 
tlie old homestead, learned the practical, every- 
day duties of agricultural pursuits which have so 
well fitted him for his life work as a tiller of the 
soil. His early advajitages for an education were 
limited, but he applied himself to stud\' in the lit- 
tle school of the home neighborhood, and in after 
life, through reading and close observation, con- 
stantly added to his stock of knowledge. Arriv- 
ing at a self-reliant and ambitious manhood, Mr. 
Lee soon determined to take unto himself a part- 
ner, for life and upon the 24th of February, 1871, 
Thomas F. Lee and Miss Sarah I. .Jones were 
united in marriage. 

The estimable wife of our subject, born April 
2, 1852, was the daughter of O. P. and .Lane C. 
Jones. Mr. Jones, now deceased, was a native 
of Ohio, and when a boy came with his father 
to Madison County, Ind., and located in Richland 
Township, later making his home in Delaware 
County, where he entered land from the (rovern- 
mcnt and remained upon the' same until his 
death. His excellent wife, a native of Indiana, 
now sixty years of age, owns the farm deeded to 
O. P. Jones by the Government and since brought 
up to a highly profitable state of cultivation, be- 
ing one of the best in its locality. The living 
sons and d.aughters of Mr. and Mrs. Jones are: 
Isaac, Valentine C; Sarah I., now Mrs. Lee; Ma- 
rion F,; Angeline E., wife of John M. Walker; 
George M. and Oliver P. 

The home of Mi. and Mrs. Lee has been blessed 
by the birth of four children, Mary C, Cora A., 
Ollie D. and Uva I. Immediately succeeding his 
marriage Mr. Lee located with his wife in Mon- 
roe Township, and later for twelve years resided 
in Richland Township. He finally removed to his 
present valuable farm in Lafayette Township, 
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votes a large portion of his time to stock-raising. 
His Jersey cattle are the admiration of the town- 
sliip and are a source of a large yearly in- 
come. Fraternally connected with the Ancient 
Free & Accepted Masons, our subject has many 
sincere friends in the order. He is politically a 
Democrat and an ardent believer in the principles 
advocated by the immortal Thomas Jefferson. A 
man of public spirit and enterprise, Mr. Lee has 
ever done his duty as a citizen, being foremost in 
the promotion of local enterprises and improve- 
ments. 



^E^^ FATHER D. J. MITLCAIIY, Pastor of 
St. Mary's Catholic Church at Anderson, 
was born in Glasgow, Scotland, Maj' 7, 
1860, and is the son of D. J. and Mary 
(Stretch) Mulcahy. His father, who was a native 
of Ireland, emigrated thence to Scotland, and in 
1863 went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he died. The 
next to the youngest of five boys, the subject of 
this sketch accompanied his parents to America at 
the age of three years, and ten years later, in 1873, 
entered Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, at Cincinnati, 
completing the classical course in that institution 
in 1879. 

Having resolved to become a priest, the siiliject 
of this sketch became a student in St. Mary's 
Seminary at Cleveland, where he took the philo- 
so|,>hical and theological course, remaining in the 
institution for a period of four and one-half years. 
On the 8th of March, 1883, he was ordained to 
the priesthood of the Catholic Church, the ordi- 
nation being solemnized in Ft. Wayne by the 
late Bishop Dwenger. The first charge of the 
youthful priest was as Assistant Pastor of St. 
Mary's Church, in Lafayette, where he remained 
for six months. He then accepted the pastorate 
of St. Charles Church at Lebanon, Ind., where he 
resided for two years, meantime clearing the 
church of a heavy indebtedness. His next charge 
was at Grass Creek, Fulton Count3', Ind., where 
he remained for four and one-half years. His ser- 
vices there were iieculiarlv successful, and during 



his pastorate a new parsonage and an elegant edi- 
fice for worship were erected. 

On the 7th of May, 18i)l. F.illici Mulcahy was 
appointed to St. Mary's Chui-cli. nt Ainlcisdii. :iih1 
here he has since resided. I'lic ((m^rcL;.'!! i.m \v:is 
organized about 1858, and in I.s7(l llicy crci-inl 
a brick church, which they occupied until lecciitly. 
It is now utilized for a parochial school, and luii- 
tains an average of one liundred and >cvcniy-li\ c 
to two hundred pupils. As >o(in as the old cl.nirh 
is remodeled, the nuinber of Icaclicrs will be in- 
creased and better accommodations alTorded. The 
new church when completed will be cathedral 
style, cruciform, with transepts sixty-six feet in 
length. The main body of llic buildin- is lilly 
feet, and the whole one hundred and twenly-li\(' 
feet long. The front will be of blue sandstone, 
and the remainder brick with sandstone. The 
work is designed and superintended by an archi- 
tect in Union City The edifice when completed 
will cost 135,000 and will be twice as large as any 
other church in the city, having a seating capacity 
of over eight hundred. At the time the priest 
came here there was a nieinbership of less than 
eight hundred, but at thi' presei;! time tlieie are 
over one thousand comuiunicanls. 

The i)arsonage, in the rear of the eliurch, is 
72x144 feet in dimensions, and is coniniodious 
and conveniently arranged. The school at present 
has four school rooms and five teachers, one of the 
latter being a professor of music. The course of 
study is thorough and systematic, and includes a 
business and commercial, as well .as a literary 
course. When remodeled, the school will have six 
rooms, with eight teachers. The congregation is 
composed principally of Americans, who have a 
devoted appreciation of the .services of the Father, 
lie hiis formed the temperance society and the 
Ancient Order of Hibernians since locating in An- 
derson, and has aided in promoting the welfare of 
the Catholic Knights of America, which was organ- 
ized before his arrival in the city. While not 
aetivelj' interested in politics, he is a lo^-al sup- 
porter of Demcratic principles and candidates. 

Among the members of his church Father Mul- 
cahy occupies a position of great prominence. 
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ive of religious preferences, lie is held in liigh re- 
gard. His all-comprehending sympathy and tre- 
mendous force are as a shield and buckler to those 
in distress, and the great number whom he has 
helped onward, the rich and poor, the unbelieving 
and skeptical, the bafHed and despairing, the young 
and old, alike feel the power of his sympathy and 
advice, lie is a man of intense patriotism, who 
regards his citizenship as a trust. It may be said 
of him that he is a complete man, all his powers 
making up so noble and harmonious a whole that 
by the very law of his being he inspires and up- 
lifts men. 



RLANDO W. BROWN BACK, M. D., a prac- 
I ticing physician of Pendleton, was born 
in West Vincent, Chester County, Pa., 
March 23, 1846, and is a son of William and 
Frances M. (Burgoyne) Brownback. He traces his 
ancestry to Gerhard Brumback, who came from 
Germany in 1724 and settled in East Vincent, Pa., 
where he took up one thousand acres of land. He 
was one of the first of his nationality to settle in 
that locality. His death occurred In 1758. He 
had two sons, William and Henrj^, and five daugh- 
ters. Henry Brownback was born in Chester 
County, was a farmer and served as an officer in 
the War for Independence. He was burred in the 
churchyard laid out by his father. The family 
were all members of the Reformed Church. 

Col. John Brownback, grandfather of our sub- 
ject, was born in Chester County, was a Militia 
Colonel and served in the War of 1812. He, too, 
followed fnriiiingand lived and died inWest^'in- 
cent Towiishii). He wedded Margaret De Fraine, 
and they had ten children. All were married and 
had families. One of the number, William Brown- 
back, was b(jrn on the same farm as our subject, 
September 20, I80G. lie married Elizabeth Wilson, 
who was his lirsl wife, and unto them were born 
five children, of whom two are living, Mary M. and 
.Tames. After her death he married Miss Burgoyne, 
and they became the ))aients of four children, 
two of whom are still livinu;: Levi, who resides 



on the old homestead, and the Doctor. Mr. Brown- 
back was a Democrat until 1860, when he became 
an ardent Republican. He was prominent in 
church work and served both as Deacon and Elder. 
His death occurred July 29, 1889. Doctor Brown- 
back's mother was born in Baltimore County, Md. 

In the common schools our subject began his 
education, which was completed by a two years' 
attendance in Franklin and Marshall College, at 
Lancaster, Pa. In 1865, he began the study of 
medicine with Dr. Morris Fussell, and was gradu- 
ated from the Pennsylvania University, March 14, 
1867, with the degree of M. D. Since that time 
he has taken a post-graduate course. In Septem- 
ber following his graduation he located in Pen- 
dleton, where he has since been engaged in the 
prosecution of his profession, enjoying a large and 
lucrative practice. 

On the 15th of September, 1869, the Doctor 
chose as a companion nnd helpmate on life's jour- 
ney Miss Kate K. liaird, who was born in Phila- 
delphia, and is a daughter of Alex and Mary 
A. (King) Baird. the former a native of Chester 
County, Pa., and the latter of the Quaker Cily. 
Her father is a piiiiter and is still living at the 
age of eighty-nine. Ilis wife passed away in No- 
vember, 1886, at the age of eighty years, leaving 
four daughters, all of whom are married. The 
family are members of the Universalist Church, 
and Mr. Baird is a Republican in politics. His 
father, John Baird, was of Scotch origin. Unto 
the Doctor and his wife were born tliiee children: 
Fannie; Baird, who died at the age of fifteen, and 
Kate. The two daughters have been given the 
benefits of good educational advantages. Fan- 
nie is a graduate of the Pendleton High School 
and has also attended two years at the Cincinnati 
Aft School. Kate is now a student in the high 
school. 

Dr. Brownback served as School Trustee, and 
in 1880 was elected Township Trustee and served 
four years. He is nn active and honored member 
of the Masonic fraternity, being now Grand High 
Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Ma- 
sons of the state of Indiana. He is also Past Il- 
lustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of 
Royal and Select Masters. His wife is a member 




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of the Univcrsalist Chuirli. Tlic Ductor-vvas also 
one of tlie incorporators of tlie Pendleton Nat- 
\iial Gas Coinpanj-, and has been general manas^er 
and Secretary from the beginning'. He ranks 

hijih ainono- his i)rofe.>- al hrelhren, and liis 

skill and ahllity as a physician liavc gained liim a 
good practice. He is a public-spirited and pro- 
gressive citizen, in whom the best interests of the 
coinnninity find a friend; and it is with pleasure 
that we present this record of his life to our 



\li^IIIl,lP P. WIIITKSKI.L, M, 

)j cessfully engaged in the practice of medi- 
cine in Clarksville, is a native of the Buck- 
eye State. He was born in Cincinnati, 
December 1, 182;!, and is a son of Philip and 
Sarah (Cubbage) Whitesell. His father was a 
steamboat captain lor many years, and built tlie 
first boat that ever landed at Cincinnati. He died 
in Vicksburg, Tenn. His wife was born in Ireland, 
an(l when two years old came to America with her 
parents, who located in Pittsburgh, Pa.; she died 
at the home of her daughter in Marion County. 
The family numbered nine children, and with the 
exception of one who died in infancy all grew to 
mature years, while four sons and a daughter are 
yet living. With the exception of our subject all 
are farmers. 

When the Doctor was a lad of eight summers, 
the family, on account of cholera, removed from 
Cincinnati to Brookville, and he entered a cotton 
factory, where he worked until l.sio. llu then ac- 
companied his parents to Indianapolis and lentcd 
a woolen mill, which he operated until IHK!. 
During that year he entered the oHice of Drs. Bul- 
lard and iMears, and later piu'sued a two-years 
course in the Central Medical College of Indian- 
apolis. In March, 1850, he came to his present 
home with %1 and a suit of clothes, and began 
jn-actice, which he has since continued. 

In DecemlHM-. lH,-)2. Dr. Whitesell wedded Miss 
Mary IC. Ileiny, who was born in Fiancaster County, 
Pa.. October 1. 183:i, and is a dauLrhtcr of llcnrv 



and Elizabeth (Wild) Ileiny, natives of Pennsyl- 
vania. The father was a taUor by trade. With his 
faiiily he went to Ohio, and thence came to Indiana 
in 1850, settling in this county. He was killed at 
the battle of Stone River, durinu" the late war. at 
the age of tifty-six. He had eidi.-t.Ml in tJK'siiring 
of 18(J2 as a meml)or of Company E, Thirty-ninth 
Indiana Infantry. His widow, who is still living, 
now receives a jjcnsion. Two of his sons were also 
in the service. I'nto the Doctor and his wife were 
liorn six children, but two died in infancy. .Sarah 
E., who was born in August, 1853, is the wife of 
(ieorge C. Ricliwine, sou of Abraham Richwine, 
and they have two children. Nellie A., who was 
born in November, 1S5(;. is the wife .if Charles 
Harris, a grocer, and they have two children. 
Philip Byron was born November 1, 181)0, and 
wedded Miss Mollie Vanwinkle Edith May was 
born April 11, 1870, and is at home with her par- 
ents. 

In Jlay, 18(il, the Doctor organized the (irst 
company from this county, Company E, of the 
Thirty-ninth Regiment. They went to Cam)) 
Morton, Indianapolis, and in August marched to 
the front. The Doctor was made Capt.ain and re- 
mained with his company until October, when he 
was detailed as Assistant Surgeon, and had charge 
of a hospital at Upton Station until December. 
He then rejoined his troops, and went to (ireen 
River, whence he was sent b.aek to N(.>blesville to 
recruit, and there he cstMblished barracks in .lanu- 
ary, 18G2. On the 1st of April, he joined his 
command at Pittsburg Landing and proceeded to 
Corinth. In .June, he resigned and returned home, 
anil on the Clli of S.>|)teniber following was ap- 
pointed Surgeon of the One Hundred and First 
Regiment. On account of his professional knowl- 
edge, he was often detailed for medical assistance 
on the battlefield. A noble and brave soldier, he 
was alw.ays found at his jiost and was loved and 
esteemed by his men. 

After the war, the Doctor spent one year in 
practice in Noblcsville, and also in the stock busi- 
ness, having two partners. Barr Butler and Dr. S. 
Lofton. In 1'8r,l, he went to Indiana|)olis. and 
with Dr. Van Buskirk opened a drug store. In 
18(;7, he returned to Clarksville. where he has 



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since engaged in practice, making a specialty of 
surgery. At different times he has received ap- 
pointments as Medical Examiner. He is a charter 
inemher of the Hamilton County Medical Society, 
of which he has been President since its organiza- 
tion. He is also a member of the State Medical 
Society, the American Medical Association and 
the Mississippi Valley Association. He was a mem- 
l>er of the Pan-American Medical Congress, which 
met in Washington, D. C, September 5-8, 1893. 
The Doctor is prominent among his professional 
lirethren, and his skill and ability have won for 
him a large and lucrative practice. Socially, he 
is a member of Clarksville Lodge No. 118, F. & 
A. M., and belongs to the chapter at Noblesville. 
His first Presidential vote supported Henry Claj-, 
and he was a Whig until 1856, since which time 
he has been a stalwart Republican. He is a friend 
to all educational and moral interests and is 
Steward of the Methodist Church, of which he 
and his wife are faithful members. 



\p^ AVID WARRKN WOOD, attorney-at law, 
|l ])] with office and residence in Anderson, 
{i^f^ was born in Adams Township, Madison 
County, Ind., November 7, 1849. He is 
of English descent, his paternal grandfather, Joshua 
Wood, having been born in England, whence he 
accompanied his parents to America in an early 
day and settled with them in Pennsylvania. After 
engaging as a farmer there for some time, lie re- 
moved to Ohio, and settled among the pioneer ag- 
riculturists of Wood County. Later he removed 
to Wajne Count}', Ind., where he died at the age 
of seventy. During the War of 1812 he served in 
the American army. He married Miss Caldwell, 
a Scotch lady, and among tiieir children was 
.Joshua, father of our subject, who was born near 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

In the Buckeye State .Joshua Wood, .Jr., jiassed 
his j-outhful years and learned the trade of a 
blacksmitli, at the same time working on a farm. 
At the age of twenty-five, he removed to Centre- 
villc, Wayne County, liid., where lie married and 



worked" at his trade. About 1846, he came to 
Madison County, and located on a farm five miles 
south of Anderson. In 1854 he removed to War- 
ren County, and there operated extensively as a 
tiller of the soil. He enlisted in the fall of 1861 
as a member of the Seventy-second Indiana In- 
fantry, from which he was discharged on account 
of disability. Returning to Warren Count}^ he 
disposed of liis property and returned to Madison 
County. In 1863 he became a member of the One 
Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, enlisting 
for three years. He participated in all the engage- 
ments of his regiment until the battle of Kenesaw 
Mountain, where he was. wounded in the shoulder. 
He was taken to Chattanooga, where he died in 
July, 1864, and his mortal remains now lie buried 
in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 
He was a devout Methodist, and a Class-leader in 
his church. 

The mother of our subject was Charity Way- 
mire, a native of North Carolina, who died in 
1867. Her father, David Waymire, was also a na- 
tive of North Carolina, whither her grandfather, 
Rudolph, emigrated from Germany and founded 
the large family of Waymires, now scattered 
throughout the United States. Afterward David 
Waymire removed to Indiana, and spent the clos- 
ing years of his life in Wayne County. Our sub- 
ject is the second of four children, the others be- 
ing: Isaac, a mechanic residing in Anderson; 
Joshua, a contractor and builder of Elwood; and 
William, a farmer. 

Until the deatli of his mother, our subject re- 
mained at liome, after which he worked in the 
employ of others. Prior to his father's death iiis 
school advantages were few, but afterward he at- 
tended school at Frankton, Madison County, and 
also carried on his literary studies in Lebanon, 
Ohio, for three years. Thence returning to Madi- 
son County, he taught school at Perkinsville for 
three years. In 1876 he came to Anderson, and 
commenced the study of law under the preceptor- 
ship of C. D. Thompson, continuing thus engaged 
until June, 1878, when he was admitted to the Bar. 
He commenced the active practice of his profes- 
sion in Anderson, forming a partnership with Capt. 
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gentleman was elected Secretary of State in 1882. 

In 1884 Mv. Wood was elected Prosecuting At- 
tdiney of the Twenty-fourtii Indiana Judicial Dis- 
trict, comprising the counties of llaniillon and 
Madison. He was nominated liy the Rciiulilicans 
and was tlie only man on their ticio't who was 
ilocled. After iiaving served with distinction and 
clliciency for two years, he resumed his practice in 
.\nderson. In 1889 he was appointed by Governor 
Ilovey as Prosecuting Attorney for the new .ludi- 
cial District, the Fiftietli, embracing Madison Coun- 
ty. Since the expiration of his term of office, he 
has given his attention to his legal i)ractice, and 
may usually be found in his oIKce at the corner of 
Kighth and Main Streets. 

While Mr. Wood was Prosecuting Attorney, he 
liad cliarge of tlie case, Indiana vs. Lutlier T. 
r.rown, for the murder of Eli Cummin.s. Mr. Wood 
managed tiiis case witli every evidence of the pro- 
found erudition and skill wiiich lie possesses, and 
tlie result was that Brown was convicted of murder 
ill tlie first degree, and in the fall of 1885 was sen- 
tenced to imprisonment for life, being the first 
man in the county on whom that sentence was 
pronounced. The trial lasted eight days, and was 
one of the most important ever held in the state, 
exciting the attention of the people througliout 
the entire nation. Mr. Wood has had charge of a 
large number of important civil and real-estate 
cases, and secured the largest civil judgment ever 
obtained for the county, viz., the recovery of 
*?45,000 from the defaulting County Treasurer 
Koss in September, 1886. While serving as Prose- 
cuting Attorney, he convicted more men than any 
other occupant of tiiat position lias ever done in 
tlie same length of lime. 

The lady who presides over the pleasant family 
residence at jSo. 78 AVest Ninth Street, and who 
became the wife of Mr. Wood in 1879, was former- 
ly Mrs. Augusta S. Harriman, and was born in 
Massachusetts. His father, Jose[)h R. Illsley, died 
ill Anderson, and here she was residing at the time 
of her marriage to Mr. Wood. Socially our sub- 
ject is identified with the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, and has passed all the chairs. He is 
a member of the Encampment, the Grand Lodge 
and the 1\0\ al Arcanum. He was a charter mem- 



))er of VanDevender Camp, Sons of Veterans, of 
which he was the first Captain, and has always 
been a most influential memlier, attending all its 
.assemblies and working arduously in its behalf. 
In 1891 he was the chief of staff uiuler ( leiienil 
Webb, with the rank of Colonel. In his reli-ious 
connections, he is an .active member of tlio Chris- 
tian Church. Asa Republican, Colonel Wood has 
alw.ays born a conspicuous part in the campaigns 
ill his county and state, being recognized as an in- 
lluential member of the party in Indiana. 



EANDEK M. SCll WINN, a prosperous and 
(?§) capable attorney of Anderson, was born in 
^ Alexandria, Madison County, on Christmas 
Day, 1847. His father, .lacob Schwinn, who was 
born in Baden Kirchen, Province of Hesse-Darm- 
stadt, Germany, followed the trade of a tailor in 
his native land, whence at the age of twenty-two 
he emigrated to America and settled in Pennsyl- 
vania. Soon after he went to Kentucky, thence 
to Cincinnati, where he worked !it his trade, 
and finally he drifted to Madison County, Ind. 
Locating at Alexandria, he worked at his trade 
until 1854, when he became the owner of eighty 
acres of unimproved land near Alexandria, and 
there he located, afterward engaging in agricul- 
tural pursuits until his death in November, 1874. 
His death was accidental, he being thrown from a 
buggy attached to a runaw.ay horse and instantly 
killed. 

A proniinent man in public affairs, .lacob 
Schwinn was honored by his fellow-citizens. In 
1852 he was nominated on the temperance ticket 
for the Legislature, but suffered defeat with the 
remainder of the ticket. After 1854 he affiliated 
with the Republican party, advocating its princi- 
ples with fidelity. In his religious belief he was 
a njember of the Methodist Epi.scopal Church. 
His wife, whom he married at Alexandriain 184.3. 
bore the maiden name of Emily F. Ellis and was 
born in Davie County, N. C, being the daughter 
of Hon. Evan Ellis, .an early settler of Madison 
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of land immediately after locating here, and 
afterward entered other land in Monroe Township. 
As early as 1835 he was filling the position of 
Justice of tlie Peace. He served for two term§ in 
the State Legislature— 1845-46 and 1849-50. He 
was a prominent anti-slavery man, and was firm in 
his support of the Union cause. During the War 
of 181*2 he served with valor, although a mere lad 
at the time. His death occurred in August, 1860, 
wiien he was sixty-seven years of age. His daugli- 
ter, the mother of our subject, died in 1883. She 
was a good wife and mother, thoughtful and con- 
siderate in her association with others, and devoted 
to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of whicli she 
was a member. 

In the family of which our subject is a member, 
there were nine children, all of whom attained 
mature years, and eight are still living, he being 
the next to the oldest. The others are: Sophronia, 
Mrs. C. G. Forrest, of Barnard, Kan.; Margaret T., 
the wife of L. Robinson, of Alexandria; Dr. Evan 
E., who is a practicing physician of Kirkiin, Ind.; 
W. W., an attorney of Wellington, Kan.: C. AV., a 
druggist residing at Wellington, Kan.; Mary J., 
wlio also makes her home in Wellington, Kan.; G. 
M., who died in 1885 at the age of twentv-three; 
and Cora I., the wife of E. A. P. Haynes, of 
Indianapolis, Ind. 

The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm 
near Alexandria, and at the age of nineteen com- 
menced to teach school, following that profession in 
.lersey County, 111., in the winters of 18C9 and 1870, 
and spending his summers on the farm. In 1871 
lie went to Sumner County, Kan., where he pre- 
empted a claim and remained for four years, mean- 
time teaching school. In 1875 lie returned to In- 
diana, where he taught in Madison County for one 
winter. During the summer of 1876 he followed 
the profession in Marshall County, Iowa, thence 
going to Hancock County, Ohio, where he taught 
during the winter of 1876-77. He then returned 
to Indiana and took charge of his mother's farm 
during the summer seasons, spending his winters 
in the schoolroom. His last experience as a teacher 
was in 1880, when he served as Principal of the 
Alexandria schools. 

While teaching school, Mr. Schwinn employed 



his leisure hours in reading law, and in the spring 
of 1880 entered tlie Northwestern Normal at Val- 
paraiso, Ind., and in the spring of 1881 was grad- 
uated from the law department. Locating in 
Alexandria, he formed a legal partnership witli 
E. M. McMahan, the firm being known as 
Schwinn & McMahan. In the spring of 1883 he 
located in Anderson, where he continued in part- 
nership with Mr. McMahan until issf!, when the 
latter gentleman retired and Mr. Kittiii!j;i'i- became 
a partner, the firm name being Kittinger & 
Schwinn. They conduct a large business in the 
courts, and have met with especial success in the 
conduct of criminal cases. Thej' are attorney's for 
the American Wire Nail Company', the Victor 
Window Glass Company, the North Anderson 
Window Glass Company, the Pennsylvania Win- 
dow Glass Company, the American Straw Board 
Compan}', the Anderson Electric Street Railwaj- 
Company, and other prominent firms of the 
county. 

In March, 1865, Mr. Schwinn enlisted in Com- 
pany I, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Infantiy, 
and was mustered into the service at Indianapolis, 
Ind., proceeding from there to the Shenandoah 
Valley and returning to Indianapolis in Augustof 
the same year, at the close of the war. In politics 
Mr. Schwinn is a Republican. Socially, he is 
identified with the Knights of Pythias. His mar- 
riage was solemnized at Anderson in .Tune, 1889, 
and united him with Mrs. Etta C. Hunt, who was 
born in Union County, Ind. Mrs. Schwinn is the 
daughter of James M. Cockafair, formerly a resi- 
dent of Union County, afterward a manufacturer 
of furniture at Cambridge City, this state. He is 
now deceased. Mrs. Schwinn's father was a 
soldier in the late war from Indiana, being a 
captain of a battery. Mrs. Schwinn is a member 
of the Presbyterian Cliunh. 



ERRIN P. PAINTER, one of the most 
) prominent of Alexandria's business men, 
was born in Monroe Township, Madison 
County, July 8, 1853, to George Wash- 
ington and Keziah (Marsh) Painter, who had a 
family of twelve children. The family was 



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founded by a German emigrant who settled tirst 
in Pennsylvania, and then removed to Virginia, 
wlicie the grandfather, Alexander Painter, was 
lidin. The father's birth occurred in that state 
July 23, 1811. The family never owned negroes, 
iK'ing always opposed to slavery. They were 
n;eniliers of the Methodist Church. About 18-2;"), 
till' grandfather removed with liis wife and chil- 
dren to Henry County, Ind., where his death oc- 
curred when almost one hundred years of age. 

G. W. Painter became one of the pioneers of 
Madison County, and suffered all the hardships of 
frontier life. In 1840 he purchased for .$4()() 
one hundred and sixty acres of land near Alexan- 
dria. At the time of his death, in 1885, he had 
become quite a wealthy man. His wife passed 
away in 1861. But little is known of her family, 
save that the parents removed to Illinois and 
there spent their last days. 

In the usual manner of farmer lads, Perrin 
Painter was reared to manhood, and the public 
schools afforded him his educational privileges. 
At the age of seventeen he began learning the 
carpenter's trade in Alexandria, and in 187:3 he 
attended the State Normal School, at Tiebanon, 
Ohio, after which he continued carpentering. 

In 1876 Mr. Painter purchased a third interest 
in a furniture factor}' in Alexandria, and also 
carried on a retail store, in which he was interested 
for four years. During two 3'ears of the time he 
also worked at carpentering and contracting. 
After retiring from the furniture business, his 
whole time was devoted to his work of contract- 
ing until 1892, when he abandoned it in order to 
live retired. He has erected man}' of the leading 
buildings of the city, including the Odd Fellows' 
P.loek, the Henry Heer Block and the Three II 
r.lock. He also built and owns the brick block on 
llnrrison .Street, in which his oftlce is located. 
Through close attention to business and judicious 
investments in real estate, he has acquired a hand- 
some competence. Some years ago he bought five 
acres of land adjoining the little village of Alex- 
andria, for which he [)aid #500. When the boom 
came he platted it and from its sale realized a 
handsome fortune. One corner comprising two 
lots sold for ^7,00". His beautiful home is built 



on this tract and is located on I'.roadway, one of 
the finest resident streets in the city. He also has 
other valuable property, a fine farm in Madison 
County, and three hundred and twenty acres of 
land in Kansas. Me was a stockholder in the gas 
company which sank the first well at this place, 
was one of the incorporators of the building and 
loan association and served as one of its oflicers. 
In politics, he is a Republican and for one year 
was a member of the City Council. He belongs to 
the Knights of Pythias and is a Knight Templar 
Mason. 

On the 30th of March. IMTil. Mr. Painter wed- 
ded Mary Keefer, daughter of (iideon and Rebecca 
Keefer. She died April 23, 1887, and on the 1st 
of .Tanuary, 1893, he was united in marriage with 
Miss Minnie Willey, of Farmland, Ind. They are 
both members of the Methodist Church, in which 
Mr. Painter is a Trustee, Steward and Recording 
Secretaiy. Although a comparatively young man, 
as the result of his own well directed efforts and 
business ability, he h.as become possessed of an 
ample fortune, and is highly esteemed by all who 
know him. 



EVI ROGERS, a substantial farmer and early 
y, settler of Madison County, residing on sec- 
tion 32, Fall Creek Township, claims Penn- 
sylvania as the state of his nativity, his birth oc- 
curring in Chester County, January 17, 1831. His 
grandfather was Jonathan Rogers, whose father 
came from Wales and founded the family in Amer- 
ica. The father of Levi also bore the name of 
Jonathan. He was born in the Keystone State, 
and was a miller by trade. On the 8th of May, 
1834, in a one-horse wagon, he left his old home, 
and on the 4th of June reached Pendleton. He 
located on a forty-acre farm southeast of the vil- 
lage, and afterwards entered one hundred and sixty 
acres in Tipton County. His death occurred July 
12, 1840, at the age of forty-eight. In politics, 
he was a Whig, and was a member of the .Society 
of Friends. He married Elizabeth Thomas, a na- 
tive of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of .Jonathan 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Thomas, a farmer, of English descent. They be- 
came the parents of seven children: Joseph N., 
wiio died in the year 1851; Charles, deceased; 
AVilliam, who died in Tipton County, leaving 
a wife and son; Levi; Jonathan T.; Henry, who 
enlisted in the Thirty-fourtli Indiana Infantr}-, 
and died at Chattanooga in the year 1864, leav- 
ing a wife and two children; and Benjamin F., 
who was also a member of the Thirty-fourth In- 
diana. He passed awaj' in 1878, leaving a widow 
and five children. After the death of her first 
husband, Mrs. Rogers became the wife of James 
Dawson, and tiiej' had two children, both now de- 
ceased. The mother died March 26, 1867, at the 
.age of sixty-one. 

In the primitive log schoolhouse, with its pun- 
cheon floor and greased paper windows, Levi 
Rogers acquired his education. At the age of 
eighteen he began working as a farm hand for $3 
per month. The next year he worked at carpenter 
work at $5 per month, and in the following season 
received §9 per month. To tiiat trade he devoted 
his energies for fifteen years. In 1862 he purchased 
the old homestead, upon which he lived until 
February, 1883, when he sold out and bought his 
present farm, upon which he has made many good 
improvements. 

The marriage of Mr. Rogers and Emma A. Dob- 
son was celebrated November 18, 1862. She was 
born near Pendleton, March 1, 1834, and is a 
daughter of Adam and Mary (vSinger) Dobson. 
They have had three children: Fannie, wife of 
George Booram; Mary, wife of Edwin Lukens, 
of Anderson; and Edwin, who died at the age of 
sixteen. The father of Mrs. Rogers was a son of 
George Dobson, who came of English ancestry, 
and removed from Culpeper County, Va., to Har- 
rison County, W. Va., where he died. By his mar- 
riage with Mary Anderson he had six sons and a 
daughter. Adam Dobson was born in Culpeper 
County December 27, 1795, and in 1828 came by 
wagon to Indiana. He bought seventy-five acres 
of land west of Pendleton, and entered eighty 
acres east of the town. He now owns one hun- 
dred and seventy-four and a-half acres, all of 
which he has cleared and improved. In politics, 
he was first a AVhig, and then joined the Repub- 



lican party. In his business afi'airs he met with 
prosperity as a reward of his earnest labors. He 
was three times married, and b3' the first union had 
eight children, seven of whom grew to mature 
years. Two sons are yet living: Sumner, of Iowa; 
and Miflin, of Indiana. Tlie daughters are all 
now married. The mother was born in Virginia 
December 19, 1797, and died August 19,1864. For 
his second wife, Mr. Dodson married Mrs. Sarah 
(Rogers) Snider, and for his third wife Mrs. Mary 
(Wright) Cook. He has been a life-long member 
of the Methodist Church, and was one of tlie mem- 
bers in Pendleton. He is still living at a very ad- 
vanced age (ninety-eight), and is one of tlie hon- 
ored citizens of the community. 

Mr. Rogers votes with tlie Repulilican party and 
is a stalwart advocate of its priiiciiiles. His wife is 
a member of the Methodist I'.piscopal Cliurch. 
Since an early age he has made his own way in 
the world, and m.aj' truly be called a self-made 
man, for unaided he has worked his way upward 
to success. 

L^^HOMAS S. DEHORITY, the enterprising 
r(^^ and efficient City Treasurer of Elwood, 
A^^ Madison County, has long been known 
as a prosperous business man of his present lo- 
cality, and from his earliest youth identified with 
the progressive interests of Madison County, has 
material!}' aided in the promotion of local im- 
provements and mutual welfare. Possessed of 
sterling integrity of character, executive ability, 
and excellent judgment, our subject is especiallj- 
adapted to discharge the duties of his responsible 
position and liandle the public funds to the uni- 
versal satisfaction of his fellow-citizens. j\Ir. 
Dehority, a native of the state and county was born 
in Perkinsville March 7, 1858. He was the young- 
est of the three children of George L. and Anna A. 
(Warren) Dehority. His brothers, for long a time 
leading citizens of Elwood, were James M. and 
David C. Dehoritv. The father, George L. Dehori- 
ty, a man of earnest purpose and upright character, 
was a native of the state of Delaware, who, arriv- 
ing in the farther west in about 1850, made his 



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home in Perkinsville. He was a miller by occupa- 
tion and came to Indiana an energetic young man, 
but only survived liis settlement in tiie state eight 
years, passing away in 1858, at the earl}^ age of 
thiity-one years. His excellent wife, surviving 
liiin a score of years, entered into rest in 1878. 

Thomas S. lived in Pipe Creek Township from 
the time he was four years of age until he was 
twenty years old. Having received a good 
common education in the public scliools of the 
li(ime district, our subject wiien quite young began 
to read medicine. Before attaining his majority 
Mr. Dehority removed to Elwood, and later at- 
tended the Detroit Medical College, enjoying the 
iHMietit of two terms of instruction. He next went 
to Cincinnati and entered the Miami College of 
Medicine and Surgery, and graduating in tiie 
spring of 1883, received his diploma and imme- 
diately engaged in tiie practice of his profession, 
continuing in the same for two years in Frankton, 
Iml. Dr. Dehority then came to Elwood and en- 
tered successfully into the drug business, in which 
he remained until January 1, 1893, when he was 
obliged to give his entire attention to the cares of 
his office as City Treasurer. 

March 15, 1892, were married Thomas S. Dehor- 
ity and Miss Carrie H. Ferguson, they receiving 
the congratulations and best wishes of a host of 
friends. The estimable and accoinplislied wife of 
our subject is a native of Odin, III., and is the 
daugliter of William Ferguson, a native of Ohio, 
but an early settler of the farther west, and a man 
of fine attainments, universally respected by a wide 
acipiaintance. 

Always a stanch Republican and deeply inter- 
ested in both local and national issues, Mr. Dehority 
has been a worker and leader of the party and has 
gained a wide-spread popularity, as is evidenced bj' 
liis election to the office of CUtv Treasurer, which 
position he will continue to hold for the succeed- 
ing four j'ears. Fraternally, a member of Quiucy 
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and also affiliating with 
(Juincy Lodge No. 200, 1. O. O. F., our subject en- 
joys the high regard of his brother Masons and 
Odd Fellows, with whom he is associated in good 
w<uks and benevolent enterprises. Mr. Dehority 
likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias, Kl wood 



Lodge No. 168. Comparatively young in years, 
and financially prospered, our subject has won his 
upward way to a position of influence, and is num- 
bered with the prominent men and substantial cit- 
izens of Indiana. 



^^!?^E0ROE W. HEINZMAN. Many 
'l| 1^-, enterprises of Noblesville have ga 
^^^ their projectors considerable Iocs 



of the 
gained for 
local fame, 

and a few of the more prominent concerns have 
established an extended reputation throughout 
central Indiana. In the latter class stands the 
firm of Ileinzman Brothers, architects, contractors 
and builders, who conduct a flourishing business 
both in the city of Noblesville and throughout 
the surrounding country. Under the direct super- 
vision of this firm, many of the finest residences of 
Hamilton County have been erected, and these 
will stand for j'ears to come as monuments to the 
architectural ability of Ileinzman Brothers. 

Born in Hamilton County, Iiid., February 28, 
1859, George VV. Ileinzman. is of direct (^erman 
descent. His father. Christian Heinzmani, was a 
native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and emigrated 
thence to America in 1854, making a settlement 
in Hamilton County, Ind., where he has since re- 
sided. The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
name of Rachel Stahl, and was born in (iermanj-, 
coming to the United States in 1856. George 
W. grew to manhood in Hamilton County, where 
he was the recipient of such educational advan- 
tages as the public schools afforded. Being a 
thoughtful student, both of general history and 
current affairs, he has supplemented the knowl- 
edge gained in school by extensive reading, and 
is a man of broad intelligence, well posted upon 
important events in local and national affaiis. 

At the age of twenty-two Mr. Ileinzman cdm- 
menced to learn the trade of a carpenter, and 
afterward worked as a journeyman for some time. 
In 1881 he lemoved to Kansas, and was engaged 
at his trade for a period of four years. Heturii- 
iug to Noblesville in 1885, he formed a partner- 
ship with his brother Jacob, and has since trans- 



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acted an extensive business as a conti-actor and 
builder. He lias superintended the construction 
of many of Noblesville's linest residences and most 
substantial business blocks. Among tbe former 
may be mentioned the houses owned and occu- 
pied by William Lowther and the Hon. Thomas 
E. Boyd, the two most elegant and costly struc- 
tures in the city. Heinznian Brothers are at present 
building the city hall of Kokomo, Ind., a mag- 
nificent structure of brick and stone, which is 
being erected at a cost of 126,000. They super- 
intended the erection of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church, the city school building, Red INIen's 
Hall, Brehm Block, Ward & Jones' Block, Lowther 
& Heinzman's Block, being the architects of the 
four buildings last named. Thev have also fur- 
nished plans for many other buildings. 

In politics a pronounced Democrat, Mr. Ileinz- 
man has been prominently connected with public 
affairs in Noblesvilie, and during 1892 officiated 
as City Commissioner. His cozy home is presided 
over b^' his accomplished wife, with whom he was 
united in marriage March 12, 1889. She bore 
the mniden ii:ime of Cora L. Carey, and is a daugh- 
ter (it i;iL;i'l<'" Ciirey,an early settler of Hamilton 
Couiii\ Mild one of its most influential citizens. 
Mr. and Mrs. Heinzman are the parents of one son, 
Clarence. 



,|pX>OBEHT CRIDGE, a well known citizen 
IWr and prosperous general agriculturist and 
ii A\ stock-raiser, cultivating a fine farm located 
^^in Anderson Township, Madison County, 
Ind., is a long time resident of the state,and, a man 
of enterprise, has been closely identified with the 
upward progress and growing interests of his 
present locality. Born in Somersetshire, England, 
.Tune 27, 18,50, our subject arrived in this country 
when only a little lad three years of age, and from 
his earliest childhood has been associated with the 
changing scenes of the west. His parents, Samuel 
and Sarah (Marks) Cridge, natives of England 
and descendants of long lines of English ancestry, 
were energetic and ainliitious and, desiring to 



better themselves, resolved to cross the broad 
Atlantic and try their fortunes in America. To- 
gether, the father with his f.'iiiiily in IS.'i.'i em- 
barked for the I'nited States, and reaching our 
shores in safety at once journeyed to the state of 
Indiana, locating in Fayette County, their per- 
manent home for many years. They later removed 
to Clinton County, and in IsC", Samuel Cridge, 
his wife and cliihlren settled upon a farm in M.adi- 
son County. 'I'lie father, upri;;hl and industrious, 
faithfully devoted himself to the eullivation of the 
fertile soil, and ever ready to niil in loi'al im- 
provements, and entering with interest into all 
matters of mutual welfare, was regarded with 
esteem by the community and deeply mourned 
when, after a life of busy usefulness, he entered 
into rest, November 19, 1890. 

The old homestead at first contained eighty 
acres, about twenty of which were cleared, the 
remainder being in its wild state. The fa''m now 
contains one hundred and sixty valuable acres 
highly cultivated and improved with execMeiit 

but very limited opportunities for study in his 
youth, as he early engaged in the arduous work of 
life. He gained the greater part of h's book 
knovi'ledge in the night school, and Iieing an ex- 
tensive reader, has constantly added to his store 
of learning, and is in fact mainly self educated. 
A man of clear judgment and broad intelligence, 
his habits of close observation have been a leading 
factor in his mental development and strength of 
mind. By a first marriage our subject became the 
father of four children, two of whom are now 
living: Mary E., the wife of Thomas C. Langiey; 
and Robert. The two deceased are Charles and 
Sarah E. 

On the nth of March, 187.J, Robert Cridge 
and Miss Annie Binns were united in marriage. 
Mrs. Cridge was the daughter of .lonathan anil 
Mary A. Binns, natives of England, Init old-time 
residents of Indiana. When the estimable wife 
of our subject was sixteen years of age her parents 
emigrated to America and settled in Anderson. 
The i)leasant home of Mr. and Jlrs. Cridge has 
been blessed by the birth of seven children: 
Mary E., Ada F., Samuel J., Mabel S., Annie B. 



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and Cleveland; one child is deceased. One sub- 
ject, flnancially iinispcrcd. nwns a (Icsiiaiily located 

quarter-secti f valualilc laud, all in a high 

state of cultivation and well improved with a fine 
lot of buildings. Mr. Cridge has only a few 
relatives in the United States, but a sister of his 
father, Mrs. lietscy Trask, is now an houori d 
resident of Clinton County, Ind. Kobert .Marks, 
an enterprising citizen living in Fayette County, 
is a brother of the mother. The various members 
of the family are noted for their thrift and in- 
dustry, and all occupy positions of useful iiilluence. 
Mr. and Mrs. Cridge are foremost in good works 
and benevolent enterprises, and worthily possess 
the high regard of all who know Iheiii. 



^ ILTON TOMLINSON. For fifty-sis 
iV resident of W.aslunglon Township 



X years a 
Hamil- 
ton County, and a prominent citizen of his 
locality, Mr. Tomlinson has devoted him- 
self to the occupation of an agriculturist, in which 
he has attained well merited success. In the even- 
ing of his life he still resides upon the old home- 
stead, but, having retired from active business 
cares, is enjoying a well earned rest. His parents, 
Robert and Lydia (Kellum) Tomlinson, were both 
born in North Carolina. The paternal grandfa- 
ther, William Tomlinson. a native of Ireland, 
emigrated to this country in the lalter pari of the 
eighteenth century, and settled in (;uiir(ird Coun- 
ly, N. C, while the Indians were abiding there in 
large numbers. His wife, Martha (Kopick) Tom- 
linson, was captured by the Indians and rescued 
some time before her marriage. 

The grandfather, a saddler by trade, was a man 
of ability and enterprise, and was iinancially pro.s- 
pered. Four of his sons, Joseph, Robert, .losiah 
and Allen, survived to reach mature years. The 
grandmother was well educated and a consistent 
member of the Friends' Church, as was the grand- 
father. A close observer and a man of broad in- 
telligence, William Tomlinson took an active in- 
terest in the political affairs of his adopted coun- 
try, and was an ardent Whig. He lived far be- 
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yond the allotted years of man, and survived to 

witness the clnse of the struggle for iudependene<^ 
and the sine loiindation of our present national 

led with hisiuotlier uu- 
of age. when he mar- 

I the union <if th.' par- 
ents were lioru nine ehildr<'U. .Miltou, our sub- 
ject. was the eldest; then follow Martha; Xoah, 
Allen, Jessie (deceased), Asenath, Jane, Levi and 
Esther. The mother received the benefit of a com- 
mon-school education, and was a valued nu:niber 
of the Friends- Church. She .lied <leeply mourned, 
at about the age of seventy-three years. The fa- 
ther, also fairly well educated, and a inau of Imsi- 
ness ability, came to W.ashington Towushlp. lud., 
in the spring of 18:57, and buying two hundred 
acres of land near where our subject now resides, 
entered with zeal into its cultivation, and re- 
mained upon the farm until his death, at the age 
of eighty-three years. He was a devout member 
of the Friends' Church. P.ilitieally a Republican, 
he was an iiitluetit.ial man and a local leadei- of the 
party. 

When beginning life for himself, our subjeet re- 
ceived a gift of forty acres, a i)art of the valuable 
homestead where he now resides. To the luigiual 
farm he has added as he h.as been prosper.d. and 
now owns two hundred and thirty-five acres of 
finely cultivated land, well imijroved with attrac- 
tive and commodious buildings, dwelling, barns 
and granary. Shortly after attaining his majority, 
Jlr. Tomlinson was united in marriage with Mi.ss 
Hannah, daughter of John and Mary (Harker) 
Davis, natives of North Carolina. Unto this 
union was born one child, Abigail, the wife of 
Cyrus Carey. Some time after the death of his 
first wife, our subject a second time entered matri- 
monial bonds, wedding Miss Delilah, daughter of 
Solomon and Esther (Haines) Hiatt, of North Caro- 
lina. 

The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Toiulinsoii 
was blessed by the birth of eleven sons and daugh- 
ters, seven of whom passed away in infancy. The 
four who lived to adult age are, Keziah, Ellen, 
Violetta and A. J., all married and prospering. 
The first wife of our subject was a member of the 



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Friends' Church, as is also the present Mrs. Tom- 
linson, who is widely known as an active aid in 
good work and benevolent enterprises. Mr. Tora- 
linson is a strong Republican, and although living 
a retired life and seventy-three years of age, takes 
a deep interest in both local and national issues. 
A liberal-spirited citizen, he is ever willing to con- 
tribute ills share in all matters of mutual welfare. 



<r4l j«)lLLIAM O. CANADAY, M. D., an hon- 
\/\lll °'"®*^ citizen and a man of excellent educa- 
V^y tion and fine attainments, was at one time 
a leading physician of Indiana, but is now retired 
from professional duties and devoting his time and 
attention to farming; he is one of the prosperous 
general agriculturists and stock-raisers of Lafay- 
ette Township, Madison County, and, desirably 
located upon section 10, cultivates a broad acre- 
age, annually yielding an abundant harvest. Dr. 
Canaday is a native of Madison County, born Au- 
gust 21, 1845, and is widely known for his busi- 
ness ability and sterling integrity of character. 
As a physician, merchant and farmer, he has been 
brought into close relations with many commu- 
nities, and in his various duties of life giving faith- 
ful service, has won a host of friends. Our 
subject is the son of the highly esteemed pioneer 
settlers, (Jaleb ani Martha (Dwiggins) Canaday, 
natives of the Carolinas. Caleb Canaday, when 
a young man full of energetic enterprise and 
ambitious hope, emigrated from his birthplace to 
the state of Indiana and located in Rush County, 
where he married and subsequently remained a 
short time. Later removing to Madison County, 
he made his home in an early day in a little 
log cabin near the center of Pipe Creek Town- 
ship. The humble dwelling which his father had 
himself erected, and in which the family lived 
some time before it had a regular door, was in 
the heart of the dense woods, tiie abode of deer, 
wolves and other wild aninials. 

Caleb Canaday was widely and favorably known 
as a man of upright purpose and business ability. 
He was politically a Douglas Democrat and gave 



earnest attention to local and national issues. 
With hard work and unvarying industry, he 
brought his homestead up to a high state of culti- 
vation and, in 1860, after a life of busy usefulness, 
distinguished by sterling integrity, entered into 
rest. By his death. Pipe Creek Township lost a 
valuable citizen. His wife survived him until 
1888, then passed away, beloved by all who knew 
her. Of the children who gathered in the pioneer 
home of the father and mother, the living are: 
Harrison, Margaret, David; Minerva, wife of Jehu 
Tharp; Josiah; Mary, wife of W. R. Stoker; 
William O., John E.and Natlian. Dr. Canaday was 
reared to man's estate amid the frontier scenes in- 
cidental to a new country. He remained upon 
the old farm until nineteen years old, and had 
been thoroughly drilled in the daily routine of 
agricultural life. In boyhood he studied in the 
public schools of his home locality, and later en- 
joyed for a year the benefit of instruction in the 
Northwestern University of Indianapolis. He 
afterward taught school, and subsequently read 
medicine with Dr. Zimri Hockett, of Anderson, 
now deceased. 

Having read medicine for two years, our subject 
attended the Physio-Medical Institute at Cincin- 
nati and graduated in 1869. He successfully 
practiced his profession in Frankton, Ind., for 
some ten years, then engaged prosperously in the 
mercantile business, continuing in the latter avoca- 
tion also for a number years. In 1872-73 he took 
a course in the Physio-Medical College at Indian- 
apolis. Dr. Canaday finally settled on his present 
farm in Lafayette Township, and owning one 
hundred and twenty acres, has brought the home- 
stead up to a high state of cultivation and 
improved it with excellent buildings, an attrac- 
tive residence, commodious barns and granary. 
Politically a Democrat, our subject, as a public- 
spirited citizen is intelligently interested in both 
local and national issues, and gives prompt and 
liberal aid in all matters of local improvement and 
welfare. I'pon August 25, 1868, were united in 
marriage William O. Canaday and Miss Sarah E. 
Townsend, a native of Ohio and a daughter of 
John and Eliza Townsend, early and well known 
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is now deceased, but Iiis good wife resides in 
Indiana. I'nto the union of our suhjeet and liis 
estimable wife were born five children, four of 
whom are living: Charles B., the eldest-born; 
Ola A., deceased; Orpha P., Maude C. and Her- 
bert. Our subject, his estimable wife and fam- 
ily, occupy positions of influence, and worthily 
enjoy the confidence of a wide circle of friends. 
Mr. and Mrs. Canaday are valued members of the 
Christian Church, and are active in the good work 
and benevolent enterprise of their locality. 



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RS. RACHAEL LEONARD, who is a lady 
of worth and intelligence, highly es- 
teemed in White River Township, Hamil- 
ton County, Ind., is possessed of superior 
business ability, and has successful!}- managed her 
extended business affairs ever since the death of 
hei beloved husband, Henry Leonard, who entered 
into rest, mourned as a public loss, on the 27th 
of February, 1875. Henry Leonard, long a prom- 
inent citizen and representative general agricul- 
turist of Hamilton Count}, was born October 6, 
iyi5, and was the son of Henr}' and Barbara 
(Pluntz) Leonard, natives of Pennsylvania, but 
pioneer settlers of Wayne County, Ind., to which 
locality they removed when Henry, Jr., was only a 
young lad. 

The parents of Mr. Leonard spent the remainder 
of their useful lives in Wayne County, Ind., and 
there the good mother passed away at fifty-two 
years of age, the father surviving to reacii three- 
score years. Henry Leonard, Jr., one of seven chil- 
dren, three sons and four daughters, was reared 
upon a farm, and early beginning the battle of life, 
worked for one man seven years. To the limited 
education he received in the district school he 
added a fund of information gained by reading 
and observation, and attained to manhood self- 
made and self-reliant. On the 4th of August, 
1839, Henry Leonard and Miss R.achael Knapp 
were united in marriage. Mrs. Leonard was the 
daughter of Frederick and Jlargaret (Walter) 



Knapp, both of her parents being natives of Wur- 
temberg, Germany. 

Mv. and Mrs. Knapp, reared, educated and mar- 
ried in the P'atherland, there partially reared their 
family of children. Rachael, born in Wurtem- 
berg, November 12, 1820, was a young girl eleven 
years of age when in 1831 she accompanied her 
parents on the long voyage to the United States. 
Safely crossing the broad Atlantic, the family were 
soon locatod in Ohio, making their home in Rich- 
land County. The worthy and devoted mother 
later died in New Lisbon, aged thirty-five years. 
The father, remaining in the Buckeye State five 
years, lived most of the time in Germantown, from 
which place he removed to Indiana. He died in 
the latter state at the home of Michael Knap|), 
aged eighty-seven years. Immediately after her 
marriage Mrs. Leonard settled with her husband 
in Wayne Count}-, where they remained until ()c- 
ober 20, 1810, when tliey removed to Hamilton 
County. 

The residence f)f Mr. and Mrs. Leonard was for 
some time a little lf>g cabin, but with persevering 
industry and enterprise winning their upward way 
the husband and wife were financially prospered, 
and in time erected an attractive and commodious 
dwelling, a happy home, in which Henry Leonard 
passed years of peace and comfort ere he finally 
departed this life, regretted by all who knew him. 
He was a man of judgment and sterling integrity 
of character, and his word w.asas good as his bond. 
A valued member of the Lutheran Church, he was 
a liberal giver in behalf of religious work. Po- 
litically a Democrat, he was interested in both local 
and national issues, and was intelligently posted 
on the questions of the day. As a friend, neighbor 
and citizen, he did his duty faithfully, and a lov- 
ing father and husband, cared tenderly for his 
wife and little ones. 

The union of our subject and her luisliand was 
blessed by the birth of twclvi^ children, and of 
the sons and daughters who once gathered about 
the family hearth, seven are yet surviving. Will- 
iam is married; John is married and has four liv- 
ing children; Henry W. is also married and has 
one child; George W. is married and has two chil- 
dren living; Amanda M. is the widow of William 



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Cline, and has two children; Fred is married and 
has three children; and Emma J. married Samuel 
H. Hill, and has one child. Mr. Leonard, who 
earned every dollar he had in the world, left at 
his death a fine proijerty, the homestead of one 
hundred and ten acres all being under a high state 
of cultivation and improved with excellent and 
commodious buildings, evidencing the thrift and 
good management of the fertile acres. 

Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Leonard 
has superintended the work of the farm, and in 
her conduct of business has displayed ability of a 
high order, and is known throughout the town- 
ship as a superior manager. Fully competent to 
assume the burden of care, she has proven herself 
a practical agriculturist, her fields annually yield- 
ing an abundant harvest. As was her husband, she 
is a devout member of tlie Lutlieran Church, and 
has ever extended ready aid to the social and 
benevolent enterprises of that denomination. For 
over a half-century a constant resident of her 
present locality, our subject is universally honored 
by the community where the greater part of her 
useful career has been passed. 



^^HEODORE H. WHETSEL. If to one class 
Hf^^ of people more than another the United 
*5^^ States owes a debt of gratitude, it is to the 
diligent, persevering farmers, on whom our pros- 
perity as a nation so largely depends. Among 
those who for a long time have followed agricul- 
tural pursuits in Hamilton County may be men- 
tioned the name of Mr. Whetsel, who now in the 
twilight of his useful existence lives somewhat re- 
tired from active business cares, although he still 
retains a general oversight of liis valuable prop- 
erty. 

Coming to Hamilton County in 1850, Mr. 
Whetsel has since made his home in Fall Creek 
Township. He is the owner of two farms, the 
one in Fall Creek Township comprising two hun- 
dred and forty acres, while the other, near Pendle- 
ton, consists of one hundred acres. Of tiie entire 
acreage, about two hundred have been placed un- 



der cultivation as a result of Mr. Whetsel's en- 
ergy and industry. In former 3'ears he engaged 
in stock-raising on an extensive scale, but since 
retiring from active life he has given little atten- 
tion to that branch of agriculture. He raises the 
various cereals, making a specialty of corn and 
wheat. In 1890 he erected upon the home farm 
a fine windmill, which is especially noticeable on 
account of tiiere being but one other in the town- 
ship. 

A native of Indiana, our subject was born in 
Union County December 3, 1822, and is the sixth 
among twelve children born to the union of Dan- 
iel and Jane (Davis) Whetsel. His father, a na- 
tive of New Jersey, removed to Pennsylvania in 
boyhood and there married Jane Davis, whose na- 
tive home was in the Kej-stone State. A few 
years later he brought his wife to Indiana, and set- 
tling in Union Countj' engaged in farming there 
until his death. Upon coming to this state he 
journeyed down the Ohio on a- flatboat from 
Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, which at that time was 
simplj' a settlement with three cabins. Daniel 
Whetsel died at the age of seventy-seven, and his 
wife passed away when seventy-five. The Whet- 
sel famil}^ originated in Germany. Grandfather 
Daniel Whetsel was a native of New Jersej' and 
died in Penns^-lvania at an advanced age. 

In early life Theodore H. Whetsel lived upon a 
farm in Union County. In 1850 he came to Ham- 
ilton County and settled in Fall Creek Township, 
where he has since resided. In 1849 he married 
Miss Alzina Lurch, a native of Cayuga County, 
N. Y., and a resident of the state of Ohio at 
the time of her marriage. She is a daughter 
of Alfred and Cynthia (Reed) Burch, who re- 
moved from New York to Ohio and resided in 
that state until their deaths. Mr. and Mr. Whetsel 
are the parents of seven living children, namely: 
Cynthia, wife of B. Smith, of Pendleton, this state; 
Cornelia J., who married John Sylvester, of Mad- 
ison County; Martha, Mrs. David Adams, of Mad- 
ison Count}-; Daniel, of Fall Creek Township; 
George M., a resident of Noblesville; Leander F., 
who resides on the home farm; and Alfred O., who 
is also assisting in operating the homestead. Three 
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infancy. The others are Wilbur, who died at the 
age of twenty-eight; and Piersoii. wlio passed 
away in childhood. 

A Democrat politically, .Mr. Whctsel ha.s ahvay.s 
supported the principles of this party and advo- 
cated its platform. Socially, he is identified with 
the Improved Order of Red Men, being a member 
of Manitou Tribe No. 53, at Fortville. As one of 
the early settlers of Fall Creek Township and as 
an active, enterprising farmer of Hamilton County, 
he is justly respected and honored wherever 
known, lie and his family are highly esteemed 
in social curies :in<l arc people of prominence in 



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* OREY M. DUXLAP. Although a resident 
^^\ of Anderson for a comparatively brief 
period, the subject of this biographical 
sketch has already' attained a position of 
prominence among the progressive citizens and 
ellicient attornej-s of the place. He is a native of 
Indiana, having been born in Johnson County, in 
the city of Franklin, July 7, 1860. He is a son of 
James and Elizabeth (Johnston) Dunlap, natives 
respectively of Ohio and Kentucky, the former of 
whom died in Indiana at the age of eighty-three, 
while the latter still survives, having attained the 
rii)e old age of seventv-eight (1893). 

The famil}' of which the subject of this sketch 
is an honored member originated in .Scotland, and 
removed from there to the north of Ireland, 
whence the great-grandfather emigrated to America 
and made settlement in Pennsylvania. He was a 
devoted member of the Presbyterian Church, and 
was a capable, energetic and industrious man. One 
of that family, John Dunlap, was the editor of the 
first daily paper published in Philadelphia, Pa. 
The grandfather of our subject, Adam, who was 
born in Pennsylvania, became an early settler of 
Jefferson County, Ohio, and engaged in farming, 
and lived there until his death. James Dunlap, 
father of our subject, removed to Indiana, and 
located in Johnson County. There he married, 
and there his onl\' child by Kli/.:d)cth Johnston. 
Morcy M., was born. 

In Iloiicwell Academy, near Franklin, Ind., the 



subject of this sketch received a practical educa- 
tion, and availed himself to the iilmosi of the ex- 
cellent advantages offered him in this, the best 
academy in the state at that time. After discon- 
tinuing his studies there, he entered the Franklin 
High School, where he prosecuted his literary lab- 
ors for a short time. Subsequently, in the fall of 
1880, he entered the State University of Indiana, 
at Hloomington, where for five years he remained 
diligently laboring at his studies and seeking to 
become the possessor of broad culture and wide 
knowledge. After graduating in 188'), he located 
in Hloomington, and remained a resident of that 
town for six years. 

Having resolved to enter upon the inofession 
of law, Mr. Dunlap entered the law department of 
the State University, and was graduated from that 
institution in 1891. Afterward he sojourned for 
a few months in Ploomington, where he had be- 
come prominently identified with the progress of 
the city, serving as Mayor for two terms of two 
years each. In the fall of 1891, he came to Ander- 
son, and opening an olHce for the practice of his 
profession, formed a partnership with J. E. Wiley, 
the firm title being Wiley & Dunlap. They con- 
ducted a [)rofitable business in the courts, and 
were numbered among the most successful attor- 
neys cf Anderson. In September, 1893. the partner- 
ship was dissolved. 

A Republican in politics, Mr. Dunlap has alw.ays 
been deeply interested in the welfare and success 
of his chosen party, and is one of its leaders in 
this county. In the campaign of 1892, he was ac- 
tive in canvassing the county, and was frequently 
called upon to address large audiences upon cur- 
rent political themes. lOloquentand well informed, 
he enjoys a widely extended reputation as an ora- 
tor, and is said to be one of the best speakers in 
this section of the state. Socially he is idcntincd 
with the Knights of Pythias at Hloomington, Ind., 
and is a member of Franklin Lodge. 

A very important event in the life of Mr. Dun- 
lap was his marriage, which occurred on the lOth 
of November, 1885, and united him with Miss 
Minnie V. Davis, of Hloomington, Ind. Mrs. Dun- 
lap is one of six children born to John W. and 
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Philadelphia, Pa., and Baltimore, Md. One son 
has blessed this union, Alan Adair, a bright and 
promising child. In the social circles of Ander- 
son, Mr. Dunlap and his accomplished wife occu- 
py a position of prominence, and are welcome 
quests in the best liomes of the county. 



fiTj^ATMAN M. SYMONS, who follows farra- 
11 ))/ ^"o ^^^ section 28, Clay Township, Hamil- 
'il/.^; ton County, is a native of Wayne County, 
Ind.,and was born in 1829. His grandfather, Mat- 
thew bymons, was born in North Carolina, and 
was of English descent. His father emigrated to 
the United States in Colonial days. In 1818, 
Thomas removed to Wayne County, Ind., where 
he entered eighty acres of Government laud and 
followed farming throughout the remainder of his 
life. In religious belief he was a Hicksite Quaker. 
His children were Thomas, Matthew, Ann; Mary, 
wife of Nathan Charles; Sarah, wife of William 
Briggs; and Margaret, wife of John Manlove. 

The parents of our subject, Thomas and Abigail 
(Wilson) Symons, were both natives of North 
Carolina. She was a daughter of Joseph Wilson, 
who was supposed to be of Scotch lineage. Eight 
children were born unto them, of whom one died 
in infancy. The others were Rebecca, who died 
in her sixteenth year; Henr}'; Mary, wife of Lo- 
renzo Waddell; Milton, deceased; Nathan M.; Mah- 
lon, deceased; and Samuel. The father came to 
Indiana in 1818, and in 1837 located in Henr3' 
County, where ho owned one hundred and sixty 
acres of land. His death there occurred in 1839, 
but his wife survived him man3' years. They were 
members of the Friends' Church, and in politics 
he affiliated with the Whig party. 

No event of special importance occurred during 
the childhood and youth of our subject, which 
were quietly passed upon the home farm. From 
his father's estate he received eigiity acres of land, 
and, after he had attained his majority he turned 
his attention to its cultivation. For several years 
he worked bv tlie montii as a farm hand. The 



year 1850 witnessed his arrival in Hamilton 
County, at which time he located upon his eighty- 
acre farm. The boundaries of this property he 
has extended until it now comprises one hundred 
and seventy acres under a high state of cultiva- 
tion. He has erected good buildings upon the 
place and made all the improvements of a model 
farm. 

At the age of twenty-six, in Hamilton County, 
Mr. Symons was united in marriage with Miss 
Elizabeth C, daughter of Jonathan and Drusilla 
(Cox) Wilson. Three children graced their union: 
Alice D., who died at the age of eighteen; Louis, 
and Henry M. The sons now operate the farm for 
their father, who is practically living a retired 
life. He and his wife are faithful members and 
active workers in the Friends' Church. In politics 
he is a Republican, and has served as Township 
Trustee. He lias led a busy and useful life, and 
his well directed efforts and fair dealings have 
brought him a handsome competence, which he well 
merits. 



^I( AMES MORRIS, who owns and operates 
11 three hundred acres of land on section 1, 
-V, l! White River Township, and is also exten- 
J^/ sively engaged in stock shipping, is a na- 
tive of the Buckeye State. He was born in Ross 
County, December 16, 1830, and is a sou of John 
and Sarah ( Wyckoflf) Morris. The father was born 
in Maryland, and at the age of twenty-three years 
left home, going on foot to Ohio, and working as a 
farm hand by the month until thirty years of age. 
He then married and rented land in Ross County, 
whence he removed to this county in 1836. 
In 1850, with the assistance of our subject, he 
bought a forty-acre farm, which he later sold, and 
purchased land near Arcadia, upon which he lived 
until his death, at the age of eighty-four. His 
wife was born in Ross County, and was a daugh- 
ter of Samuel and Susan Wyckoff, natives of Vir- 
ginia, who went to Ohio at a very early day. 
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upon the farm which he there developed he and 
his wife spent tiieir remaining days. 

.lames Morris was one of eight children, of 
wlioni two sons and foiu daugliters are yet hving. 
'i'he brotlier. Samuel, served in tlie late war as a 
member of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Indi- 
ana Infantry, and the maternal grandlallier wa.s 
one of the heroes of the Revolution, receiving for 
liis services a land grant. 

Tlie suhjei't of this sketch remained upon tlie 
home farm uiilil nineteen years of age, and then 
went to western Indiana, where he worked as a 
farm hand for ^7 per month. lie was afterward 
employed in a sawmill. On the 30th of June, 
IH,~>:]. he celebrated his marriage with Miss Eliza- 
beth Taylor, who was born in Ohio, and died in 
Indiana in 18,')7, leaving two children, Riley and 
Mary. In 18.5H, Mr. IMorris wedded Miss Sarah 
Cruzan, who was born in Rush County, Ind., and 
died in 1,S73. They had tlire<' cliildren : Samuel, 
who is married and has one child; William A., a 
merchant of Strawtown; and Edward II., who is 
married and has one son. In 1874, Mr. Morris 
was a third time married, the lady of his choice 
being Susan Warnica, who was born in Strawtown, 
Hamilton County, and passed away in 1891, at the 
age of forty years. They also had three childi-en: 
Dora D., Rosa A. and Charles J. 

Mr. Morris manifested his loyalty to Uie (iov- 
ernnicnt during the late w;ii iiy donning the blue 
in .Inly, ISC,^, and joining Coni|iany I), (.)ne Hun- 
dred and First Indiana. After two years he was 
transferred to the Nineteenth Battery, with which 
he served until the close of the war, when 
he was honorably discharged In Louisville, June 
21, 186;'). lie was wounded at Chickaraauga. A 
faithful soldier, always found at his post, he 
proved one of the valiant defenders of the Stars 
and Stripes that now float over a united nation. 

On returning home, Mr. Morris spent about two 
years on a farm two miles east of Cicero, and 
rented land until 1875. He then bought one hun- 
dred acres on vvhicli was a log house, but lived in 
Strawtown until 1880, when he removed to his 
farm. Its boundaries have been extended until it 
now comprises three hundred acres of valuable 
land, which has been made to bloom and blossom 



as the rose. In connection with general farm- 
ing, he also makes aspecialty of shipping stock. In 
politics he was a Republican until 1873, since 
which lime he has voted the Democratic ticket. 
lie IS numbered among the charter members of 
Cicero I'ostiNo. 2()7.(!. A. R. Although ,|uiet and 
unassuming in manner, he has nevertheless won 
the highest regard of all with whom he hfis come 
in contact, and no man in the community has 
more friends than .lames Morris. 



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SAAC J. W. LEE. The subject of this bio- 
graphical notice is an honorable and progress- 
ive farmer and stock-dealer, and as such no 
name in the memorial department of this work is 
more worthy of mention. Mr. Lee was born in 
Davie County, N. C., June 7, 1H3II, a son of Ilillier 
and Elsie (Garner) Lee, also natives of the old 
North State. They came to Rush County, Ind., 
with their children in 1832, at which time their 
sole possessions were a team and wagon, together 
with the sum of tliii't\-scven cents in monev. 
After remaining in Rush Counl\- four years, they 
came to Madison County, but during their sta^- in 
the former county they had .saved enough money 
to enable them to purchase forty acres of land, 
which is now a part of the faiiii owned and occu- 
pied by the suliject of this skctcli. It was at that 
time covered by an unbroken forest, through 
which Mr. Lee had to cut a road by felling trees 
and clearing away the heavy, entangled under- 
growth to the place where he desired to erect his 
cabin. After several years of laborious toil, and 
after enduring many hardships and the privations 
incident to pioneer life, he succeeded in clearing 
his land and in developing a rich and productive 
farm. He was very .active in the affairs of his 
section in early days, and was one of the pioneers 
who laid the foundations for the m.agnificentcom- 
monwealth which Indiana is to-day. For many 
years he held the position of Supervisor and 
Assessor, and was a respected and influential citi- 
zen is honored alike by friend and foe, although 
the latter, if any, were few and far between. He 



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came of long-lived people and attained the 
advanced age of eighty-four years, dying January 
9, 1892. His father, Hillier Lee, was an English- 
man by birth and a soldier of the Revolution. 

Isaac J. W. Lee was six ^ears old at the time of 
his parents' removal to Madison County, and, 
owing to llie newness of the country, the scarcity 
of schools and to the fact that his services were in 
demand in assisting in the clearing of the home 
farm, his early school days were limited. In fact, 
he was eleven years of age before there was any 
school established in his neigliborhood, and this 
was not con(|uet,ed in a very satisfactory or able 
manner. He was a sturdy lad from his birth and 
possessed a constitution capable of great endur- 
ance, and at the log rollings in the neighborhood 
took considerable youthful pride in testing his 
strength. On tliese occasions his services were al- 
ways in demand, and he well remembers at- 
tending twenty-five log rollings in one spring. 
He was the first white boy in this part of the 
county, and his fatlier w.as the first settler in that 
ueighborliood. He was the second eldest of his 
father's eleven children, four of whom still sur- 
vive. On June 2, 1856, he was united in marriage 
to Miss Nancy Bro3ies, a daughter of Anderson 
Broyles, a native Virginian, who was one of the 
early settlers of Madison County. To the union 
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee seven childien were born: 
Arenna, deceased; William N., living in Monroe 
Township; Sarah Ann, wife of Curtis P. Dilts, of 
Monroe Townsuip; Salina V., now Mrs. Sylvester 
Jarvis, of Muncie, Ind.; Alviia Jane, deceased; 
Anderson B., who is a real-estate agent of Sumrnit- 
ville, Ind.; and Emma R., who is the wife of Will- 
iam Perry, of Alexandria. The mother of these 
children died in February, 1872. 

In August, 1872, Mr. Lee took for his second 
wife Mi,ss Ella Taylor, a daughter of Benjamin 
and Sarah (Lee) Taylor, Virginians by birth and 
early settlers of this state. Mr. Lee is a success- 
ful farmer, and is the possessor of three hundred 
and twenty acres of laud, wiiich is well improved 
with good buildings of allkinds. lie has a comfort- 
able and commodious home and is surrounded bj- 
all the comforls that go to make life enjoyable. 
He is a meinl)er of the Masonic fraternity, belons- 



_ to Alexandria Lodge No. 225, and is a Demo- 
crat in politics. He and his wife are active and 
nflueutial members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and ore highly respected in the locality 
n which they reside. 

EDMOND NEWBY, who carries on general 
farming on section 11, Clay Township. 
i i Hamilton County, where he owns one hun- 
dred and sixtj'-five acres of fine farming land, was 
born in Marion Count}', Ind., in 18.37, and comes 
of an old Virginia family. His grandfather, Ed- 
mond Newby, was born in the Old Dominion, and 
throughout life followed farming. In politics lie 
was a Whig and afterward a Republican. His 
children were, Hardin, Granville, Wilson, Mont- 
gomery, Luvisee, Sallie A., Alice, Mary, Amanda 
and Louisa. All grew to mature years, but only 
the last three are living. In 1822, the grandfather 
emigrated to Indiana, settling near Indianapolis. 
He afterward came to the northern part of this 
county and secured one hundred and twenty acres 
of Government land, to which he afterward added 
eighty acres, while in another county he owned a 
quarter-section. He placed his farm under a high 
state of cultivation, and made it his home until his 
death, in 1872, at the age of eighty-four. His wife 
passed away in 1862. 

Hardin Newby, father of our subject, began 
earning his own livelihood at the .age of nineteen, 
and the following year was joined in wedlock 
with Mary Whitinger, a daughter of Henry and 
Susanna (Ernest) Whitinger. They became the 
parents , of five children: Jacob, Edmond; Henry, 
who died in infancy; Luvisee A., who married 
James Passley, and after his death Daniel St. John; 
and Elizabeth, who died in childhood. The father 
of this family' was a member of the Masonic fra- 
ternity, and by his ballot supported the Republi- 
can party. After renting land for a few years, he 
went to Missouri, but about 1846 returned to 
Hamilton County, and purchased sixty acres of 
land in Clay Township. This he later traded for 
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jind seventy-five acres. He died in 1871, after 
which his wife made her home witli iier son Ed- 
iiKiiiil until hur death. Aiioust 2.S. I8".)3. at tlie age 
of sevciity-f.uir. 

Mr. Kewby of this slcetcli was educated in the 
old-time log sciioolliouse, wliere lie conned his les- 
sons throuoh tiie winter season, while in the sum- 
mer lie aided in the lal)ors of the field. At the 
age of twenty-one, he began farming for himself 
on land which he rented from his father. After 
eight years he received from his father's estate the 
eighty-acre farm on which he now resides, although 
its boundaries have been extended until it com- 
prises at this writing one hundred and sixty-five 
acres. It is under a high state of cultivation and 
he has placed many improvements upon it, so that 
he h.as now one of the finest farms of the neigh- 
borhood. In politics he is a Republican, but has 
never been an aspirant for otiicial iireferment. 

In 1861, Mr. Newby was united in marriage 
with Clarissa Wells, daughter of Edmond Wells. 
At a very earlj' age she was left an orphan and 
was reared by strangers. Mr. and Mrs. Newby now 
have three children. Ellen is the wife of Peter 
Cruse and has four children), Dovie, George, Farre 
and Chalmer; Melvin and Minnie are the other 
members of the family. The household is noted 
for its hospitality, and its members rank high in 
the social circles in which they move. 



$<,R. .1. W. PUGH. The older members of a 
community are doulily entitled to the 
respect and esteem of their neighbors 
when their long lives have been replete 
with acts of kindness, and their whole career 
marked by integrity and uprightness. .Such is the 
case with Dr. Joseph Pugh, father of our subject. 
A young practitioner, he came to Alexandria in 
1846, and for nearly half a century has practiced 
his profession here. He always has applied him- 
self conscientiously to his profession, and is a man 
of studious though active habits, cultivated taste 
and pleasing address. He was born in Licking 
County, Ohio, .lanuarv 10. 1820, but immigrated 



to Indiana in the year 1816, settling in Alexandria, 
which was then but a little hamlet with a. few 
scattering houses and a store or two. He has been 
a prominent man in the county and quite a factor 
in local politics. For a number of years he served 
as Trustee of Monroe Township, and in IMdT he 
was elected County Treasurer. So ably and satis- 
factorily did he discharge the duties of this 
responsible position that he was re-elected in 186i> 
and served until 1871. He comes of good old 
Revolutionary stock; and his father, Evan Pugh, 
who was a native of Virginia, born in 1770, was a 
soldier in the War of 1812. 

The latter came to Ohio in 1800 and was one of 
the early settlers of Licking County. In 182(). 
when the father of our subject was a lad of six 
years, Evan Pugh came to Indiana and settled 
near Anderson, where he became a large and pros- 
perous fanner. There his death occurred in 1816. 
He was the son of Bethel Pugh, who was a native 
of Wales, and who came to this country at a 
period long antedating the Revolution. The latter 
fought brav.ely in defense of his adopted country, 
from first to last, in the Revolutionary War. Dr. 
Joseph Pugh's mother, whose maiden name was 
Sarah Cloud, was born in Pennsylvania in 17'J4 
and was the second wife of Evan Pugh. Hut little 
is known of her ancestors. She was the mother of 
eight children, four sons and four daughters, of 
whom the Doctor was fourth in order of l)iith. 
Only the Doctor, his brother Robert and his 
sisters Anna and Merea are living. The mother 
of these children died in ISCO. 

Dr. I'ugh, Sr., has been a man of wonderful 
endurance; standing fully six feet high, he is of 
fine personal appearance, and is a notable figure 
on the streets to-da}'. It is true his ste]) h.as not 
the spring it had half a century ago, when he 
commenced practicing in Alexandria, for at this 
writing he has passed the .allotted age of man, 
three-score years and ten, but time h.as dealt 
leniently with him and he would hardly be taken 
for a man over sixty years of age. He has been 
twice married, first to Miss Mary M. Mc.M lister, 
who died leaving no children, and again m 18.J0, 
to Miss Maria Antoinette Swjtt, daughter of 
William T. Scott and sister of Daniel M. .Scott, of 



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Alexandria. Nine children were born to the last 
union, lliree of wliom died in infancy. The eldest 
daughter, Minnie, is the wife of W. C. Lamb, an 
attorney of Indianapolis; Matilda is the wife of 
Dr. M. A. Bird, a dentist of Anderson; Juliette 
is single and at home; Dr. J. W., our subject, is the 
eldest of the three sons; Willard S. is a druggist in 
Indianapolis; and James M. is with Armstrong k 
Co., of Indianapolis. 

The original of this notice first saw the light of 
day in Alexandria, Ind., April 1.5, 1857, and 
was ten years of age when his father was elected 
County Treasurer. He then moved with his 
parents to Anderson to live, and his early educa- 
tion was received in the schools of that city, prin- 
cipally in the private academy of Joseph Franklin, 
who was a preacher in the Christian Church, and 
also under Capt. Myers, now Secretary of State for 
Indiana. At the age of seventeen, young Pugh 
began teaching school, and after following this for 
four years took up the study of medicine in the 
office of Drs. Chittenden & Jones, of Anderson. 
Following this he took a course of lectures at the 
Ohio Medical College and also at the Indiana 
Medical College, but graduated at the Kentucky 
Medical College at Louisville. He started out as 
a in-actitioner of the healing art at Marketville, 
in Madison County, and remained there one anda- 
half years, after which, in 1883, he came to Alex- 
andria, the place of his birth, where he has been 
in practice ever since. In 1889 he was also 
engaged in the drug business, and in 1892 he went 
to Bellevue Hospital New York, where he took a 
special course in diseases of women. He has made 
a special study of this and has already won quite 
a reputation in that line. _ In his practice he has 
been satisfactorily successful, and among his pro- 
fessional compeers is highly respected. 

In 1892, in company with his father-in-law, J. 
W. Parsons, and I). M. Scott, the Doctor bought a 
one-fourth interest in the tract of land on which 
this beautiful addition of Riverside is laid out. In 
tills transaction alone the Doctor has made a for- 
tune, and at this writing is building one of the 
finest residences in the town. This company also 
owns the gas well that supplies the town with light 
and fuel. Our subject is interested in all enter- 



prises for the advancement of the city, and is not 
only one of the leading business men, but one of 
the wealthiest citizens of this section. In May, 
1885, he married Miss Flora B. Parsons, daughter 
of J. W. Parsons. She was left motherless when 
but a little child, and was taken and reared by her 
uncle, D. M. Scott. She received good educa- 
tional advantages, and being a natural artist, this 
taste was cultivated, and many of her paintings 
will class with those of the leading artists of the 
countr}'. She drew the plans for their beautiful 
new house, which is a source of pleasure to the 
owners and of pride to Alexandria, a city already 
rich in the possession of beautiful and commodious 
dwellings. Dr. Pugh is a member of the Knights 
of Pythias and was the original Chancellor-Com- 
mander. Like his father, he is a member of the 
Grand Lodge, and, like all his ancestors, is a 
Democrat, but is not active in politics. 



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OIIN P. FOUCH, a brave soldier of the 
late Civil War, and a leading citizeu and 
^-.1 representative general farmer of Washing- 
>^^J ton Township, Hamilton County, Ind., is a 
native Kentuckian and was born in Fleming 
County, April 5, 1826. Our subject was the son 
of Daniel and Catherine (Wilson) Fouch, both 
natives of Kentucky. The ancestois of the Fouch 
family were French; the Wilsons being of Irish 
descent. The mother, who enjoyed but very lim- 
ited advantages for an education, was a devout 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and 
was highly respected. She died in 1850, at the age 
of about fifty years, beloved by all who knew her 
and universally mourned. Of the seven children 
who brightened the home of the father and 
mother, one died in infancy. Those who survived 
to adult age were: Charlotte; John P., our subject; 
Monroe, deceased; Garland INL; William M., de- 
ceased; and Daniel. 

The paternal grandfather was a native of Ten- 
nessee, but with his good wife, was residing in 
Kentucky when the father, Daniel Fouch, was 
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very little schooling, but was early trained to a 
knovvledtre of farmiii<i:, and remained upon the 



voai 



lie SI 



<,r;i,m-, whi'U \w lii:ui-iiMl. 
tririiiing and distilling. In 1881, the parents 
removed to Rush County, Ind., and there lived 
about live years, then locating in Delaware Town- 
ship. Ilaniillon CoumIt. whcic the father bouglit 
one hundred acres of parll> Improved land. This 
property he later sdld. and pnicliased one liundred 
and sixty acres in Tipton County, where the family 
resided for a time. This homestead Daniel Fonch 
al>o disposed of. and in IS.VJ married a sec.,nd 
time, then wcddin- Kein'cca Smith, a widow. 

Unto the sec(jnd union were born live children, 
of whom our subject has no personal knowledge, 
as he never saw them. The father was a valued 

resolute man. wa~ esteemed for his native worlli. 
lie p.is-cd aw.ay at the advanced age of eighly- 
foui yeais, and left to his sons and daughters an 
unliloiiished record of Christian usefulness. .lohn 
\\ worked for his father until twenty-one years of 
age, then began life for himself, laboring by the 
day. He also cut woo<l at twenty-five cents a 
cord. AVhen arrived at mature years Mr. Fouch 
decided to take unto himself a wife and wedded 
Miss Anna Copock, daughter of Isaac and Kli/.a 
(Richardson) Copock, nativi's of Ohio. The union 
was blessed by the liirtli of seven children, three 
of whom died in infancy. The surviving are, 
.lames, JIary A., .lohn and llulda. 

The mother of these >ons ;ni(l (Laughters was a 

scholar, an intelligent woman and a consistent 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. At 
thirty-nine years of age she entered into rest, 
esteemed by all who knew her, and de.'ply 
mourned by relatives and friends. Our subject 
remained a widower for about one \ear, then 
married Miss Mary A. Knight, daughter of 
Ezekiel and Ruth (Warren) Knight, both natives 
of North Carolina. Unto this second union were 
born two children, George K. and Charley A., 
deceased. The mother of these two sons, a well 
educated woman, and a devout member of the 
Methodist Epi-scopal Chuich, passed away in 1871, 



being at tlie time of her death only tliirly-three 
years of age. In I.S72, -lohn 1'. I'ouch was united 
in marriage with Mrs. .Mary A. Tr.-iverse, daughter 
of Arthur and Patient (.Scotlen) Clawson. The 
Clawsons were natives of Delaware and the Seottens 
were Marylanders. The third wife is a cultured 
lady, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
and an evei- leady aid in benevolent enterprises. 
■Mr. Fouch rented land for about four years in 
Marion Comity, and in |s.V.» bought one liundred 

.and sixty acres, but s after sold his personal 

proiierty and with his family removed to Moors- 
ville. Here he engaged in the grocery business 
for a year, then traded off his giocer}' and one 
hundred and sixty acres of Land in Tipton County 
for proi)erty and a livery in Alooisville. Our 
subject sold out again and re-inirchased the one 
hundred and sixty acres in Tipton County, and 



removed thitln 
hovvev( 

has brought up 
improved witl 



ith his f.amily in I8.')(;. He, 
ly tradecl Ins farm for the eighty-live 
wh.^re Uv now resides, ami which he 
J a high stale of cultivation and 
ixcellent buildings. This land, 
among the most fertile in the state, is worth fully 
*75 per acre, and annually yields an aluindanl 
harvest. 

In August, 18(;2, .lohn P. I-'ouch enlisted in 
Company K., Sixty-third Indiana liegiincnt. and 
went into camp in Indianapolis on Chiistmas 
Day, 1862. The regiment was forwarded to 
Shepardsville, Ky., and from there in 18(J3 
went to Ft. Nelson. The principal duty of the 
regiment was to guard the railroad and jirevent 
the advance of Morgan. In the spring of I8G1, 
the Sixty-third was ordered to Knoxville, 'I'enn., 
and from there proceeded to Hull's (^aj), thence 
marching towai-d .lonesbiirgh and destroying 
twenty-live miles of railway. 'I'he regiment, 
returning to IJull's (iap, was the next morning 
loaded onto the cars and shipped to Red Clay, 
joining Sherman's army and actively participa- 
ting in the (ieorgia campaign, lighting all the 
way. After capturing Atlanl.a, the troops fell 
back to Decatur, Ga., and there Mr. Fouch was 
taken very ill. Subse(iuent to a raid made by 
General Hood our subject was left lying on the 



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ground, but was afterward picked up and taken to 
the hospital at Atlanta. 

Mr. Fouch at the expiration of four or five 
weeks returned home on a furlough. He started 
back to rejoin his regiment in the fall of 1864, 
but, again taken ill at Louisville, was sent to the 
hospital, where he remained eleven months, finally 
receiving his discharge July 29, 1866. He draws 
a pension of $17 per month, his health having 
been permanently impaired. Our subject is a 
member of Fairfax Post, No. 240, G. A. R., 
at Westfield, Ind. He is also connected with 
the Knights of Honor, Lodge 91. He has long 
been a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and is politically a strong Republican, 
and, widely known as a loyal citizen and as a 
man of upright character, commands the regard 
of many friends. 



\1^ OBERT A. KIRKMAN, a farmer residing 
lU/ on section S, Fall Creek Township, was 
1K% born in Guilford County, N. C, November 
^p23, 1852, and is a son of Elisha and Bulah 
W. (Parker) Kirkman. The family is of Scotch 
origin. The grandfather, John Kirkman, was born 
in Guilford County, June 3, 1793, and was a 
farmer. He was married February 24, 1813, to 
Nancy McGee, and they had nine children: Alva 
E.; Andrew, who died in North Carolina; Elisha, 
John and Daniel M., of North Carolina; William 
W. and Esther A., both deceased; Mary J. and 
Virgil N., who have also passed away. The parents 
were faithful and consistent members of the 
Reformed Methodist Church. The father died No- 
vember 17, 1853, and his wife died November 12, 
1846. 

Elisha Kirkman was born in Guilford County, 
February 9, 1820, and was a farmer and miner of 
North Carolina, where he worked in the gold 
mines. During the war he was a stanch supporter 
of the Union. In 1858 he removed to Missouri, 
where he purchased a farm, making his home 
thereon for three years. While in that state he 
served as Justice of the Peace. In the spring of 



1873 he went to California, locating near San 
Francisco, where he had a four-acre farm. He 
now makes his home with our subject. His wife 
died September 18, 1890. She was the mother of 
eleven children, of whom six reached mature 
years: Jabez L., who served under General Price 
during the late war; Mary A.; Sarah E.,Mrs. Dalis 
McKinney, who died leaving two sons; Robert A.; 
Susan E., Mrs. James McKinne^y, who is living in 
Missouri; nnd William C, a resident of Berkley. 
Cal. 

In his youth Robert Kirkman acquired a good 
education. He accompanied liis parents on their 
various removals, and went witli them to Cali- 
fornia. At the age of twent3'-one he began earn- 
ing his own livelihood. He was connected with a 
local express between San Leandro and San Fran- 
cisco fftr seven years, being a partner the first two 
years. He purchased two hundred and forty 
acres of land in Tulare County, and for three 
years engaged in farming. He then carried on 
general merchandising, and was agent for the 
Wells-Fargo Express Company, the Western 
Union Telegraph Company, and for the South- 
ern Pacific while engaged in merchandising. At 
length he disposed of his business interests in 
the west, and on the 17th of October, 1892, came 
to Indiana. 

Mr. Kirkman was united in marriage, Novem- 
iier 24, 1878, with Mary F. Carter, a native of 
El Dorado Count}^, Cal., and a daughter of William 
and Elizabeth (Carlock) Carter, natives of Ken- 
tucky and Ohio, respectively. They were married 
in Missouri, and in 1852 went to California, where 
Mr. Carter worked in the mines. In 1861 he re- 
moved to San Joaquin County, where he has since 
engaged in farming. In politics, he is a Democrat, 
and has served as Justice of the Peace. Socially, 
lie is a Mason. The grandfather, Jacob Carlock, 
was born and reared in Ohio and is still living in 
the state of Washington. Unto Mr. and Mrs. 
Kirkman have been born six children: Walter A., 
Dora F., Lester W., Merritt Isham, Ella L. and 
Rita May. 

Both Mr. and Mrs. Kirkman are faithful mem- 
bers and active workers in the Methodist Episco- 
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good works. On coming to Indiana, he purchased 
one hundred and sixty acres of valuable land and 
is now sucfi'ssfuUy engaged in general farming 
and stock-raising. He began life with a capital of 
only $40, but by patient industry and persistent 
effort he has gained a (■(inirdrtaMc competence. 
While in California he served as Postmaster. 
Socially, he is a member of the Odd Fellow.s' so- 
ciety. He was formerly a Republican in politics, 
but is now a I'roliiliitionist. 

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^ ACor. S'i'OKKS was b.)iM ill .lacksoii T.iwii- 
ship, llainillcii Cuunly. in 1.S12, and has 
continued to reside here until the present 
time. He is the son of John Stokes, who 
was born in Ijancaster County, I'a.. in 1811, re- 
moving thence to llainillon ('(luiity some time in 
the '30s and settling in -larkscui Township, near 
the site of the present village of Atlanta. In the 
truest sense of the word he wa.s a self-made man, 
for with meagre educational advantages and lim- 
ited opportunities for acquiring knowledge he 
nevertheless achieved success. His first home in 
this township was a rudely constructed log cabin, 
and his first task was that of removing from the 
land its dense timber growth. As time passed by, 
he ])laced the soil under excellent cultivation and 
lirought the land to a high state of development. 

In addition to his agricultuial labors, John 
Stokes devoted considerable attention to min- 
isterial work in the Mcnnonite Church, of which 
he was a proiiiiiient mciiiiicr. lie was a man of 
mild, (|uicl (lispoMtioii. kind and considerate in 
his intercourse with his associates, and charitable 
to the poor. In politics he afiiliated with the 
Democrats, and socially was identified with the 
Orange. He died in 1877, at the age of sixty-six 
years. His father died while en route from Lan- 
caster to Philadelphia. 

In 1835 John Stokes married Mi>s I'.lizaheth 
Snieltz, a native of Pennsylvania. Tlicy becanie 
llie parents of six children, viz.: Mary, wife of 
P.enjaniiii Whisler, a resident of Iowa; -lacoli, of 
this sketch; John, who lives on the old lionieslead; 



Elizabeth, wife of .lacob Urxne, re:-idiiig on apart 
of the home farm; Fannie, deceased, formerly the 
wife of Levi Whisler, of Jackson Township; and 
Henr3-, who died in childhood. The subject of 
this notice resided witli liis parents until ISCG, 
meantime working on tlie home farm, lie then 
married Miss Rachel, dangliter of Daniel Whet- 
stone, and a native of Pennsylvania. 

Mr. and Mrs. Stokes are the parents of four 
children, namely: Munford, a young in.ui of great 
promise, who was accidentally kille<l at the age of 
twenty; Ida, Mrs. John ISpidle, who resides in 
Hamilton County, and has two children, Verna 
and Arza; Delia, Mrs. AVilliam Small, of Hamilton 
(diiiitN , who has had three children, one that died in 
iiifaiu y. Koy and Willie; and tiarland, who resides 
with his parents. For three years after his marriage 
our subject lived with his parents, and then located 
n|)on the farm where he has since resided. He 
owns one hundred and eight acres, ninety of 
which are under cultivation, lie is .a Democrat in 
political belief, and socially atliliates with the 
Grange and the Masonic order. A ([uiet, nn- 
a.ssuming man, his strict integrity and good judg- 
ment are universally recognized, and he is one of 
the most influential citizens of the community. 

In this connection it will be appropriate to give 
a brief account of Daniel Whetstone, father of 
Mrs. Stokes. He was born in Pennsylvania about 
181,-), and removed from there to Kipley County. 
lud., thence ti, Ihuniltoii County in isfi:!, and 
remained a resident of Jackson Township until his 
death, which occurred in 1884, His large fortune 
was acquired partly by speculation, but princi|)ally 
through the mercantile and the stave and lumber 
business. He accumulated large landed possessions, 
and at his death bequeathed his children >< 1 0,000 
each. 

In his boyhood Daniel Whetstone enjoyed few 
educational advantages, butsuch was his determina- 
tion and force of character that some years after 
his marriage he attended school, and with the help 
of his children gained a good education. How- 
ever, his broad information was ac(iuired prin- 
cipally in the school of expeiience, by actual con- 
tact with business men. He was interested in both 
local and national political affairs and was a 



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Democrat in his party atBiiations. In his religious 
connections he was a ' Dunkard and did much 
toward promoting the interests of his chosen 
denomination. In disposition kind and charitable, 
in character upright and honorable, possessing 
good habits and sound judgment, his friends were 
as many as his acquaintances. 

The Whetstone family is of German origin and 
was represented in the United States by Mrs. 
Stokes' grandfather, John Whetstone, who, after 
emigrating from the Fatherland, settled in Penn- 
sylvania and removed thence to Indiana. His 
wife bore the maiden name of Susan Raymer, and 
was also a native of Germany. The mother of 
jNIrs. Stokes, Mary (Martin) Whetstone, was born 
in Pennsylvania, being a daughter of William 
Martin. She came to Ripley County, Ind., in an 
early day, and now makes her home with her 
daughter Elizabeth, near Indianapolis. 

The marriage of Daniel Whetstone and Mary 
Martin took place about 1833, and resulted in the 
birth of eight children. Elizabeth, the widow of 
Elijah Morris, lives at Broad Ripple, Marion 
County, Ind.; limily, Mrs. Pleasant Morris, is a 
widow and resides in Huntington, this state; John 
is the third in order of birth; William is engaged 
in the shingle business in California; Rachel, wife 
of Jacob Stokes, is the fifth member of the family; 
Daniel, Mary and Cynthia (Mrs. D. Carothers) are 
deceased. 



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DR. C. B. MECKEl., a prosperous dentist, 
) who is enjoying an extensive patronage in 
Anderson, is a native of the state, and was 
born in Henry County November 21, 1854. His 
father, Jacob Meckel, was a native of Germany 
and, born in the year 1810, was only eighteen years 
of age when he crossed the broad Atlantic, emi- 
grating to America, where he arrived safe and 
sound, and was soon after located in the city of 
Cincinnati, his home for the succeeding fourteen 
years. He was a shoe dealer, and engaged with 
success in tiiis business until his removal to Henry 
County, where he settled on a farm and entered 



with energy into agi'icultural pursuits. He spent 
the remainder of his life upon the old homestead 
and there passed many useful years in the cultiva- 
tion of the soil. Respected by all who knew liim, 
the father entered into rest in 1891, at the ad- 
vanced age of eighty-two 3-ears. 

The mother, Catherine (Eckhart) Meckel, was a 
native of Loraine, France, now under German do- 
minion. She arrived in this country when seven- 
teen years of age, and settling in Cincinnati, 
Ohio, there met and was married to Jacob Meckel. 
Seven children, five sons and two daughters, were 
born unto the parents. Dr. Meckel attended the 
common schools of his native county during his 
boyhood, and early laid the broad foundation for 
the more extended study of later 3'ears. He re- 
ceived a year's instruction in the Hartsville Uni- 
versity of Bartholomew County, and afterward 
took a two years' course in Spiceland Academy. 
An ambitious and self-reliant young man, he then 
engaged in teaching, and for seven years was 
known as one of the successful instructors of In- 
diana. Determined to acquire a profession, he 
finally decided to study dentistry, and to tliisertd 
he entered the Ohio Dental College in Cincinnati 
and graduated with honor March 5, 1886. 

Upon June 23, 1886, Dr. C. B. Meckel and Miss 
Sylva Compton, of Spiceland, were united in 
marriage. Mrs. Meckel is the daughter of Phares 
and Delitha (Bailey) Compton. The Comptons 
were originally from Ohio, the family long being 
respected residents of the Buckeye State. Three 
days subsequent to the marriage of our subject, he 
located in Anderson, and successfully engaging in 
the practice of dentistry has remained here since. 
His prospects for the future are excellent, and he 
and his estimable wife occupy a high social posi- 
tion and possess the confidence of many friends. 
Mrs. Meckel is a lady of culture, and for fifteen 
years was one of the valued instructors of the 
state, and taught four years in the city schools. 
Dr. Meckel is a popular member of the Anderson 
Club, and is also fraternally associated with the 
Knights of Pythias, having joined the order in 
Anderson in 1892. 

Numbered among the representative young pro- 
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sterling qualities of mind and lieart, our subject is 
tliorouglily devoted to the demands of his busi- 
ness and takes no especiiill}' active part in politics, 
lie is, however, a strong Democrat and a firm be- 
liever m the principles of his party. A man of 
education and broad intelligence, lie is vvell posted 
ill the current affairs of the day. and is known as a 
pwl)lic-spirited citizen, ever ready to aid in all 
matters of mutual welfaie. 



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lUSI'.V. A resident of tlio 
loosier State during the greater i>or- 
of the [)reseiit century, and a con- 
itor to its highest material progress, 
Mr. Busby has become well known througliout 
Madison Countv, and is especially prominent and 
popular in the immediate locality of his home, in 
Stony Creek Townsliip. Notwithstanding delicate 
liealth, he is energetic and industrious, and sn|)er- 
intends the management of his valuable farm. 
The popularity he has gained was riclily won by 
liis good deeds and upright life, and is the only 
favor which is prized by the great and bestowed 
b\- the good. 

In reviewing the iiistory of our subject, we find 
that he is the son of Thomas Busby, and was born 
twent3'-five miles east of Charlestown, W. Va., 
being reared on a farm in that state. In his 
youth he assisted in clearing land and improv- 
ing a farm, having little leisure time for the 
prosecution of liis studies. At the age of about 
twelve he came to Indiana, and settled in Madison 
County in 1833, purchasing a tract of land, which 
lie cleared and improved. In 1847 he was united 
in marriage with Miss Catlierine, daughter of 
Henry Anderson, wlio was born in New Jersey 
and came from there to Indiana in 1835, locating 
in the miilst of tlie dense forests. 

With the pioneer Iiistory of Madison County, 
Mr. Busby was closely and prominently connected, 
being one of its foremost agriculturists in early 
days. The first cook stove ever in this county was 
purchased bv him in Cincinnati and brouijht 



hither in a wagon. During the early half of this 
century he frequently drove hogs to Cincinnati, 
receiving as his compensation thirty-seven and 
one-half cents per day, without dinner. His first 
home, ill Stony Creek Township, was a rude log 
structure, destitute of any conveniences save his 
cook stove. Tliere. surrounded by evidences of 
frontier life and remote from neighbors, he and 
his good wife reared their children, of whom there 
are eight: Elizabetli, who lives in Lapel; Sarah, 
Isabelle; AVilliam Monroe, who assists in the culti- 
vation of the home farm; John, Catherine; Jen- 
nie, the wife of George W. Mott; and Henry 
Fremont, a resident of Stony Creek Township. 

In everything pertaining to the welfare and 
best interests of the township and county, Mr. 
Busby takes an intelligent and active part, and 
while by no means a politician, he nevertheless 
adheres with fervor to the Republican party. 
Possessing broad information upon every subject 
of general interest, he is a pleasant conversation- 
alist and an entertaining companion, and his ad- 
vice is frequentl}' sought by his fellow-citizens. 
In his religious convictions lie is identified with 
the Methodist Episcopal Churcli. and so far as 
possible, gives his active sii[)poit to all worthy 
benevolent enterprises. 



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^^LFREl) LEHMAN, who is widely and 
(^0| favorably- known in Hamilton County, 
II II resides on section 12, White River Town- 
1^ ship. He is a worthy representative of 

an honored pioneer family, for he was born in this 
community April 2.5, 1811. His parents were 
among the first settlers of the county, and are 
still living near his home. 

The subject of this sketch was reared to man- 
hood in the usual manner of farmer lads, remain- 
ing under the parental roof until his marriage, at 
the age of twenty years. He then wedded Miss 
M.ary Eller, daughter of Andrew Kller. who. with 
his family, is also living near the home of .Mr. 
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subject and liis wife, of whom five are still living: 
Louisa J.; AVilliam, who married Lillie Harvey, by 
whom he has one daughter; Sarah, wife of Herman 
Harvey; and Viola and Ollie, who are still at 
home. 

After his marriage, Mr. Leeman settled upon a 
forty-acre tract of land, and in his first residence 
lived until about eight years ago, when he erected 
his present commodious and comfortable dwell- 
ing. He now has a good farm of two hundred 
and twenty-three acres, which is under a high 
state of cultivation and well improved. The 
])lace is neat and thrifty in appearance and indi- 
cates the supervision of a careful and painstaking 
owner. Everything about the place is well kept 
and the improvements of a model farm are 
there found. 

Mr. Leeman exercises his right of franchise in 
support of the Republican party, with which he 
has affiliated since casting his first Presidential 
vote for General Grant in 1868. He has never 
sought or desired office, preferring to devote his 
time and attention to his business interests. He 
and his wife attend the Christian Church, and are 
well known people of the community. Mr. Lee- 
man has always lived in this county, and that his 
warmest friends are those who have known him 
from boyhood is a fact which attests an honorable 
and well spent life. 

AFE .J. BIJIIK, a pioneer citizen of Ander- 
son, has for twenty-two years or more been 
closely identified with the growth of the 
city, and his name is inseparablj' connected with 
its material and moral progress. He is a native of 
this state, having been born in Henry County, 
December 15, 1845, the eldest of ten children born 
to the union of .Squire Chauncey H. and Jane 
(Williams) Burr. His father, who was born in 
Oneid.a County, N. Y., in March, 1806, came to 
Oliio in his earl >■ maniiood, and from there soon 
afterward removed to Jjiberty, Ind. Thence, in 
1829, he went to Henry County, where he carried 
on agricultural pursuits, and also conducted a har- 
ness shop and a tannery. " Squire" Burr, as he was 



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familiarly called throughout Henry County, was 
very pronounced in his views and was an ardent 
advocate of Whig and Republican principles. He 
was an influential man in bis section, and served 
as Justice of the Peace for fifty years. In 1891, 
at the age of eighty-five, he departed this life, 
leaving to his posterity the memory of an honor- 
able life and the heritage of an untarnished name. 
The mother of our subject was born in Liberty, 
Ind., and is now deceased. Her father, Mr. Will- 
iams, was an Ohioan by birth, but passed the 
greater part of his active life in Indiana. The 
paternal grandfather of our subject, Bissell Burr, 
was a native of Oneida County, N. Y., whence he 
removed to Indiana and passed his declining 
years in Henry County. The biographer finds 
nothing of especial interest to record concerning 
the life of the subject of our sketch. His boyhood 
years were uneventfully- passed upon his father's 
farm, and early in life he gained a practical 
knowledge of farming pursuits, but never was so 
fascinated bj- the occupation as to desire to devote 
his life to agriculture. 

During the latter part of the Civil War Mr. 
Burr enlisted as a member of the One Hundred 
and Thirty-seventh Ohio Infantry, and marched 
from Cincinnati to the front, but did not become 
an active participant in any engagement. At the 
close of the war, he became a traveling salesman 
for a tobacco firm, and remained thus engaged for 
five years. Later he came to Anderson, where he 
has since made his home. His first business here was 
that of a hub and spoke manufacturer and as a 
dealer in lumber, and he still engages in the latter 
business, although not actively. About the 1st of 
January, 1892, he purchased the interest of Mr. 
Owens in the firm of Owens & Jackson, the lead- 
ing' insurance agents of Anderson, .tiuI to this 
work he devotes his attention principally. 

In the organization of the Madison County Na- 
tional Bank, Mr. Burr was a prominent factor, and 
retained his interest in that financial institution 
for a number of j'cars, but has recently disposed of 
it. He has been a Trustee of the Waterworks 
Board since the inception of that enterprise (about 
1886) and has been repeatedly re-elected to the 
Presidency of the Board. His first ballot was cast 



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for Republican candidates, and lie still maintains 
tlie principles of that partly with all the ardor he 
displayed in youth. In local affairs, however, he 
casts his vote for the man whom he deems best 
qiialitied for the position, ii ivs|),'i-tivi' of party af- 
filiations. Ill- is very prominent in both city ami 
county affairs and has held a number of local posi- 
tions of honor and trust. 

Socially, Mr. Burr is a member of Mt. Moriah 
Lodijc No. 77; Anderson Chapter No. .')2, and 
Anderson Commandery No. 32. He is also a 
member of the order of Knights of Honor. His 
marriage occurred on tlie 11th of January, 1870, 
and united him with Miss Laura .S. Sonnefield, of 
Indianapolis, the daughter of Henry and JLary 
(Anderson) Sonnefield. The former came to Mad- 
ison County in boyhood, and the latter was a 
resident of Cla}- County, Ind. Two children have 
been born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Burr, 
Claude S. and Kenneth ^I. 



(i^^ILGHMAN H. HUNTER, a farmer residing 
/(^\ in Hamilton County, owns two hundred 
V_^' and forty acres on section 5, Jackson Town 
shii), where he has conducted general agricultural 
pursuits for man3- years. He also deals largely in 
buying and selling stock, having headquarters at 
Atlanta, Ind. From a record of his life may be 
gleaned many lessons worthy of the emulation of 
the young. At the age of fourteen he became 
self supporting, and from that time until the pres- 
ent has been industrious, persevering and enter- 
prising. As a tiller of the soil, he displays excel- 
lent judgment in the fertilization of the ground 
and rotation of crops, and as a stock-raiser his 
sound common sense is noticeable in the selection 
of good grades of cattle, horses and hogs with 
which his farm is stocked. 

The father of our subject. Matthew U. Hunter, 
was born in AVa.shington County, Ohio, in LSIH, 
and when a young man removed to Indiana, set- 
tling in .Marion County, and making his home 
there until his death in 18(i.'>. lieginning his ca- 
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rcer as a farmer with little money or land, he ac- 
cumulated valuable possessions, and at the time of 
his demise was well-to-do. Politically a DemoiMat, 
he served for one term as Commissioner of Marion 
County, and occupied other positions of import- 
business acquaintances, and the regard of [leojile 
in every walk of life. 

The Hunter family is of Irish origin, and its 
first representatives in the I'nited St.-it.es settled in 
Ohio. The grandfather of our subject, IJobert 
Hunter, died in Indianapolis during the '30s, 
I)eing a victim of that dread disease, cholera, 
then raging throughout the entire country. Our 
subjeefs mother, .Mary Ann Shaw, was born m 
Ohio, and there married in 1817. She (lied in 
185."). Her lather, John Shaw, was also a native of 
Ohio, and traced his ancestry to Ireland. Matthew 
R. Hunter and Mary A., his wife, became the par- 
ents of four cbildi-en. of whom our subjeef is the 
only siu-vivor. The others were: Oscar, who died 
at the age of twelve; iMary A., who died when 
six months old; and an infant that died unnamed. 
The second marriage of JSIatthcw R. Hunter united 
him with Mrs. Mary Ann (Cottonhani) Ilen(lers<ni. 
their union resulting in the birth of two ehihben. 
One died in infancy, and John E.,the elder, is now 
a successful farmer, residing in Marion County. 

Born in Marion County, Ind., in IHlD.Tilghman 
H. Hunter remained in the parental home unlil 
the death of his father, when he was a youth of 
fourteen year.s. Afterward, he worked by the 
month until he was married, in 1868, at the age of 
nineteen, to Miss Mary E. Burris. He then located 
ujjon the farm where he has since resided. His 
tirst home was a log cabin, erected by himself, and 
in that primitive abode he lived for ten years, 
moantimti work^iig diligently in order to clear his 
farm. At the age of twenty-nine he erected the 
substantial and commodious house in which he has 
since resided. 

A biographical sketch of Mr. Hunter would be 
incomplete were no mention made of the faithful 
wife, who. through the entire period of their wed- 
(Ud lifi , was his true counselor and etlieient help- 
mate. Born in 1849, in Kentucky, she w.as the 
daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (.Moore) Bur- 



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lis, natives of the Blue Grass State. She accompan- 
ied her parents to Hamilton County in girlhood^ 
and remained witli them until her marriage. They 
died in Jackson Township, where also her death 
occurred, February 15, 1893. An active member 
of the Christian Church, she was universally recog- 
nized as a consistent Christian woman. In her 
domestic relations she was kind, thoughtful and 
amiable, and her happiness centered in tlie welfare 
of her twelve children. Of these children we note 
the following: Frank B. married Blanche Smith, 
and they liave two cliildren, Maude and Reuben; 
Eldora E. is the wife of John Langoff and is the 
mother of one child; Cardon is at home; William 
is a student in tlie Normal at Valparaiso, Ind.; 
lola May, John T., Oscar B., Jesse, Walter C, Evert 
and Mary E. reside with their father. Ella is de- 
ceased. In 1887, Mr. Hunter was elected Trustee 
on the Democratic ticket, and served for two years. 
Socially, he is identified with the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows at Atlanta. 



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JOSEPH DILLON. The gentleman whose 
name heads this sketch is an experienced 
] and wealthy farmer of Richland Township, 
' Madison County, Ind., the great natural 
resources of which region have been magnificently 
developed by the practical and intelligent toil of 
such men as Mr. Dillon, who is recognized as a 
man full of spirit and business enterprise. He was 
born in the county in which he now resides Feb- 
ruary 3, 1849, a son of Joseph and Asenath 
(Munden) Dillon, natives respectively of Clinton 
County, Ohio, and North Carolina. When the 
father was a young man, or about 1835, he came 
with his parents from his native state to Madison 
County, Ind., and made a settlement in Richland 
Township on a woodland farm on section 22. On 
this place was a log cabin, but aside from this no 
improvements had been made, and for a number of 
years after locating lierc the family endured all 
the hardships and i)rivations incident to life in a 
new and unbroken country. 

Joseph Dillon, the father, was married in Rich- 



land Township to Miss Munden, and here he made 
his home until his career was closed by death in 
1878. He was a man of great energj' and enter- 
prise, was truly loyal to the interests of his part of 
the state, and understood, as it were, by intuition 
the needs, social and industrial, of his vicinity, 
and seemed to have a thorough knowledge of its 
resources. His children who survive are as follows: 
Jonathan; Jephtha; Mary, wife of Charles Child; 
Joseph; Albert; Susan, wife of Joseph Croan, 
and James. The father was a member of the So- 
ciety of Friends, and in his political views was a 
Whig, later a Republican, and on the Whig ticket 
he was elected to the position of Trustee of his 
Township, the duties of which he discharged in 
his usual able manner. He was quite successful in 
life, and left a valuable estate to his surviving 
widow and his children. Mrs. Dillon was born 
December 17, 1817, and with her parents in 1836 
she moved to Madison Count}', Ind., where she 
met and married Mr. Dillon and spent the remain- 
der of her days, dying February 14, 1887. She 
was also identified with the Society of Friends 
and was in every sense of the word a true Chris- 
tian. 

The immediate subject of this sketch was reared 
to man's estate in Madison County, and in his 
youth assisted his father to clear up the home 
farm and put it under cultivation. His first 
knowledge of the world of books was acquired 
in the district schools, after which he attended 
school for a short time at Anderson and then 
spent several terms in the Normal School of Leba- 
non, Ohio. After starting out to fight life's bat- 
tles for himself he taught several terms of district 
school, then turned his attention to farming, 
and is now the owner of a good estate com- 
prising one hundred and four acres, all of 
which is well improved and well tilled. His 
marriage was celebrated February 22, 1881, at 
which time Amanda Blacklidge became his wife. 
She was born in Madison County, Ind., August 
26, 1855, a daughter of John J. and Mary (Mc- 
Neer) Blacklidge, residents of Richland Township 
for many years. The father is now over sixty 
years of age, but the mother has been dead since 
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lowing ebildi'en were born: Amanda, Mrs. Dil- 
lon; Menoria, wife of William I'rry; Klizabetli, 
wife of John McCoy; Katie, wife of Charles Mohler; 
and Eltie, wife of .Joseph Heritage. Mr. Ulaeklidge 
is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church and has always been classed among the 
representative citizens of Madison County. Mr. 
and Mrs. Dillon are members of the same church 
and liave numerous triends throughout the county. 
His record as a business man has been unsullied, 
and he possesses that integritj- of character and 
lionesty of purpose for which the stock from which 
lie sprung has alwaj's been noted. The maternal 
grandfather of Mrs. Dillon, Andrew McNeer, was 
one of the first settlers of Monroe Township, and 
during the early days of his residence there he 
was lost in the woods for .seven days before he 
could lind his way home. 



AMUEL H. C. CRAIG. While the stock 
)iisiness is not the most prominent indus- 
tiy of central Indiana, it is at present re- 
ceiving a far greater proportion of the 
attention of the people than in former years. 
Among those who have contributed to the devel- 
opment of this industry in Hamilton County and 
vlio have in its pursuit gained a commendable 
deiiree of material success, prominent mention 
should be made of Mr. Craig, one of Noblesville's 
foremost citizens. The increased interest now 
taken in this dejjartment of agriculture is due 
in no small extent to his energetic efforts. As a 
citizen he is well and favorably known in various 
enterprises contributing to the growth of tiie town, 
and his influence is always relied upon when pro- 
gressive measures are j)resented for adoption. 

The first representatives of the Craig family in 
the United States emigrated hither from Scotland 
in an early day, and have since been loyal citizens 
of our country. The father of our subject, Rev. 
.John S. Craig, was a native of Knox County, 
Tenn., where Grandfather Samuel Craig made his 
home during the greater part of his life. The 
former was a man of broad intelligence, superior 



attainments and great culture. In his youth he 
entered the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, 
and during his entire life remained an ornament 
to his chosen profession. At the time of the 
opening of the Civil War he was filling the posi- 
tion of Professor of mathematics and langu.ages in 
the Maryville College, at Maryville, Tenn., l)Uthis 
sympathies being on the side of the Union, the 
south was no longer a desirable iiome foi' him. 
He removed to the north and, coming to Indiana, 
for some time resided in Anderson. His death 
occurred at Noblesville in April, 1 «',»;{, he being 
seventy-nine years old at the time of his demise. 

Tiie maternal ancestors of our subject were men 
of patriotic spirit and great counige. and his 
grandfather, .laiiii's lloii,-.ton. wlio served in the 
War of 1812, gained the rank of .Major .as the re- 
ward of valor and daring. The mother of our sub- 
ject, known in maidenhocfd as Sidney Neal 
Houston, was born in Tennessee, and died in 181)2. 
aged seventy-three years. She possessed the re- 
fined tastes of the southerners, and was a lady 
whose noble character was a constant inspiration 
to her family and friends. She was a cousin of the 
famous Sam Houston, whose name is inseparably 
connected with the iiistoiy of Texas. 

In Maryville, Blount County, Tenn., .Samuel II. 
C. Craig w.as born .July I, 1848. Amid the scenes 
of his southern home he passed his ciiildhood 
years prior to the age of thirteen, when he accom- 
panied his parents to Indiana and located in .Vn- 
derson. He was tlie eldest son among seven chil- 
dren, and as his parents lost the most of their 
worldlj- goods upon removing north, lie was 
obliged to gain his sui)port from a comparatively 
early age. This, however, instead of being a mis- 
fortune, was in reality the reverse, for it caused 
him to develop traits of self-reliance and manly 
independence. 

Embarking in the pump business at Noblesville, 
Mr. Craig conducted a large and profitable trade 
for three years, and gained in addition to finan- 
cial results considerable experience, which li.as 
since been of inestimable value to him. In 1877 
he commenced agricultural operations, and about 
the same time began to buy and sell stock, a bus- 
iness which he has conducted successfully to the 



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present time. He ships extensively to Pittsburgli, 
BuEfalo, Indianapolis and other cities, and is rec- 
ognized as an excellent judge of stock. He is the 
owner of one hundred and twents' acres of fertile 
land situated two and one-half miles from Nobles- 
ville, the entire tract being under fine cultivation 
and embellished with first-class improvements. 

The lady who in 1876 became the wife of Mr. 
Craig was Miss Jennie L(vhr, who was born in 
Greenfield, Ind. She is the daughter of Daniel 
and Rachel (Drake) Lwhr, natives respectively of 
Virginia and Pennsylvania, the former of whom is 
now living in Noblesville at an advanced age. 
Mrs. Craig is identified with the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church, to the success and growth of which 
she is a willing and earnest contributor. Her chief 
happiness centers in her family, and she devotes 
herself un wearied ly to the welfare of her husband 
and their three sons; Harry L., John D. and "VVill- 



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(1/ ARVEY SEYBERT, a pioneer settler of In- 
Wjlj diana, and for sixty-three years a constant 
/^^ resident of Madison County, has long been 
(^) numbered among the leading general agri- 
culturists of Anderson Township, with whose vital 
interests he has been closely identified for many 
changing seasons. Our subject is a native of the 
sunny south and was born in Virginia, Pendleton 
County, February 26, 1825. His parents, Charles 
and Olive Seybert, were both born and reared in 
the Old Dominion, and were the descendants of an 
ancestry who bravely shared in the early troubles 
of Colonial days. The Seyberts were originally of 
Scotch nativity, but Grandfather Seybert, a true 
American, fought with courage in the struggle of 
the Revolution, and as a soldier shouldered a mus- 
ket, actively participating in many of the leading 
engagements of those perilous times. When Har- 
vey was but three years of age he lost his father, 
and though his widowed mother survived many 
years, our subject then went to live with his pa- 
ternal grandfather in Kail Creek Township, Madi- 
son County, Ind. In 1829 the Seyberts settled in 
the dense woods, and the grandfather at once en- 



tered into the clearing and cultivating of the soil. 
His first care, however, was to erect a habitation, 
which he built out of rough logs. An energetic ~ 
man, a representative pioneer settler of the west, 
the grandfather survived to reach sixty-five years 
of age and then passed away, mourned by the en- 
tire community among whom the latter j'ears of 
his busy life were spent. 

Our subject, reared amid the pioneer scenes of 
Fall Creek Township, there attained to a vigorous 
and self-reliant manhood. His early opportunities 
for gaining an education were limited to brief 
terms of instruction in the nearest district school. 
Mr. Seybert, however, ambitious and persevering, 
acquired in time a fund of valuable book knowl- 
edge, and also gained a practical training in the 
daily round of agricnltural pursuits. His grand- 
father used in breaking the land the old-fashioned 
wooden plough, now superseded by modern in- 
ventions which have made farming comparatively 
easy. When first beginning life for himself, our 
subject for a number of years receiving employ- 
ment upon the neighboring farms, worked out as 
a hired liand and accepted the moderate compen- 
sation of $6 per month. He at times cradled and 
harvested for fifty cents per day, and often split 
rails at twenty-five cents per hundred. With hon- 
est toil he won his upward wa^', and carefully 
hoarded each dollar that he could save toward a 
farm of his own. Upon September 2, 1847, were 
united in marriage, Harvey Seybert and Miss 
Martha Davis, born January 5, 1827, in North 
Carolina, Pasquotank County, and the daughter of 
Johnson and Elizabeth (Daily) Davis. The par- 
ents of Mrs. Seybert were natives of North Caro- 
lina and the descendants of a long line of respect- 
ed ancestors. When she was two years of age her 
father and mother with their family journeyed to 
Indiana and for three years resided in Wayne 
County, finally making their home in Madison 
County. Here Mr. Davis entered forty acres of 
land from the Government, and with his wife and 
little ones settled in the dense woods and began 
the varied experiences incidental to the lives of 
the pioneers. 

The four surviving children of Mr. and Mrs. 
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:ind Daily. The pleasant home of our subject and 
his estimable wife has been blessed by the birth of 
eleven children, six of whom are now living. Me- 
linda is the wife of Robert Widner; Mary T. is the 
wife of William Teague; Evaline is the wife of John 
Ihown; Arminta is the wife of William Marsh; the 
others arc Sylvester and Lawrence. Mr. Seybcrt 
made his home in 1868 in Anderson Township and 
li.as remained in this locality ever since. He owns 
one hundred and seventy :(^res of land, all under 
a liiirli state of cultivaticm and well improved 
with sul)stantial and commodious buildings. Fi- 
nancially piospered, he has been ably aided in his 
success by his wife, a true helpmate and a lad.y of 
higli ability and bright intelligence. He has given 
one son eighty acres of land and has assisted all 
his children to 'a start in life. He is pcnitically a 
Republican and an ardent advocate of reform and 
progress. Our subject's wife is actively identified 
with the Mcthndist Episcopal Church and is a lib- 
eral supporter of religious work and intluence. 
For a (juarter of a century personally aiding in 
the improvements and enterprises of Anderson 
Township, Mr. Seybert, with his excellent wife and 
family, enjoys the high regard of a wide circle of 
friends and acquaintances composed of the sub- 
stantial and useful citizens of Madison Countv. 



ANIEL Y. IIASKETT, the descendant of 
I good old Revolutionary stock, and long 
a prominent resident and leading business 
man of Washington Township. Hamilton 
County, Iiid.. is a native of North Carolina and 
was horn in Perquimans County,. lanuary 1.'), 181.5. 
lie was the son of Anthony and Mary (St. Clair) 
llaskett, the father being a native of North Caro- 
lina, and the mother a Marylander by birth. The 
maternal great-grandfather, Arthur St. Claii', 
served with gallantry during the Revolutionary 
AVar, and as a general of military skill and great 
personal courage, was lamented by the entire 
cf>untry when he fell mortally wounded at the bat- 
tle of Hunker Hill. The paternal great-grandfath- 
er, Anthonv llaskett. Sr.. an Englishman l>v birth, 



emigiated to North Carolina in a very carl_\ day. 
In prosperous Colonial limes the paternal great- 
grandfather, crossing the broad Atlantic, settled 
on Sutton's Creek, Perquimans Countv. N. C, 
and laid out a large tract of lane' to which the 
(iovernment afterwards gave him a deed. Re- 
maining constantly in his adopted country until 
his death, he survived to reach four-score and four 
years, and a man respected for his ability and en- 
terprise, was a devout Christian, a mcnilitT of the 
Friends' Church, and in political alliliatjun was a 
pronounced Whig. The paternal grandfather, 
John llaskett, born u])on the old Perquimans 
County homestead, was a man of earnest pur|)ose 

owned an extensive plantation and gave to each 
of his children a tine farm. He w.as a large slave 
owner, but being a member of the Friends' Church 
he afterwards set them free. 

(liandfather llaskett was well educated for 
those da^'S, and an ambitious man, kept himself 
thoroughly posted in the momentous affairs of the 
times. He was politically a Whig and was deeply 
interested in national Lssues. Preserving his fac- 
ulties to a remarkable degree, he lived to be 
eighty-five years old. His good wife, the paternal 
graudmother, Elizabeth (Woodly) llaskett, also a 
native of Perquimans County, was a lady of cul- 
ture and broad intelligence. She was a valued 
member of the Friends' Church, esteemed by all 
who knew her, and surrounded by friends and rel- 
atives passed away at seventy-four years of age. 
The nine sons and daughters of John llaskett and 
his worthy wife were. William. .lessie, Thomas. 
Anthony (the father of our subject). -lohn, Ann, 
Elizabeth, Hannah and Pleasant. .\nthony be- 
came a popular man of Perquimans County, and 
finely educated, was noted as an ex|)ert mathema- 
tician. 

In early manhood the father was wedded to 
Mrs. Mary A. (St. Clair) Scott, a widow. The 
union was blessed by the birth of eiglit children, 
two of whom died in infancy. Those living are, 
John S., Martha A., .Alargaret, Daniel Y. (our sub- 
ject), Willi.am W.. Anthony. Klizabcth and Caro- 
line. The mother, an excellent scholar, was edu- 



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cated in Baliimore. She was a practicing physi- 
cian and excelled in her profession. She be- 
longed to the Friends' Church, and after a career 
of domestic and professional usefulness, passed 
away at tiie advanced age of eighty-five years. 
The father, an extensive farmer, combined with 
agricultural pursuits the occupations of a plasterer 
and bricklayer. He owned a valuable farm of one 
hundred and twenty acres in North Carolina, upon 
which he died when onlj- fiftj^-two years of age. 
He was a Whig and was devoted to the interests 
of the party. 

Our subject, accompanied by his widowed moth- 
er, removed from North Carolina to Indiana in 
1835 and then, about fwenty years of age, settled 
in Wayne County and worked as a carpenter for 
eighteen months. Upon the 8th of August, 1836, 
Mr. Haskett, in company with John W. Wilson, 
journeyed with a drove of horses toward North 
Carolina, and after some length of time safely 
reached his native state, where he then worked for 
his cousin on a farm. The following year, in Oc- 
tober, 1837, he was united in marriage with Miss 
Elizabeth Godfrey, daughter of Tully and Ann 
(Bateman) Godfrey, natives of North Carolina. 
The Batemans and Godfreys are lineal descen- 
dants of Dr. Bateman and Dr. Godfrey of Eng- 
land. Unto this first marriage of our subject 
were born Malissa A., Thomas, Albert A., Caswell 
W., James A., Mary E. and Alice J. 

The first wife, an excellent and intelligent 
woman, was well educated in the common branch- 
es of study, and, a sincere Christian woman, was a 
devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
She died in 18.53, aged thirty-seven years. A 
second time wedding, Daniel Y. Haskett was uni- 
ted in marriage with Miss Hannah J. Lower, 
daughter of Dr. .lohn and Ann Lower, both na- 
tives of Indiana. Unto this second union were 
born three children: Juliet L., Martha F. and 
Henry W. The second wife was a fine penman 
and had enjoyed the benefit of instruction in the 
high .school at Cincinnati. She was a valued 
member of the Presbyterian Church and passed 
away at about the age of thirty-eight years. A 
third time entering into matrimonial bonds, Mr. 
Haskett niarrird Jlrs. Hannah Bray, a widow, and 



the daughter of William and Ann (Dixon) Day. 
natives of North Carolina. 

Three children blessed the third union: Eva M., 
Orlando D. and Osweld T. The third wife had a 
superior education and was a very prominent lady 
in church work and the social life of the neigh- 
borhood. She was a member of the Friends' 
Church, and, beloved by all who knew her, enter- 
ed into rest in 1892, about fifty-nine years of age. 
Our subject remained'in North Carolina about six 
years subsequent to his first marriage, and in 1842 
returned to Wayne County with his wife and two 
children. In 1848 he bought his first farm of 
eighty acres in Tipton County, Ind., the land be- 
ing situated in the dense woods. He paid St400 
for his purchase, and was known as one of the 
pioneer settlers of Tipton County. He was also 
one of the first Free Soilers locating in that count}'. 
He voted for the first Presidential candidate upon 
a Free Soil ticket, James G. Burney. 

Mr. Haskett lived on the line of the under- 
ground railroad, and was always ready to help 
the fugitive black slave fleeing from bondage to 
the land of liberty. The nights were never too 
dark, or his fund of money too low to assist the 
unfortunates on their way to freedom. After 
buying and selling a number of farms in Tipton 
and Hamilton Counties, Mr. Haskett finally, in 
1858, purchased a small farm of sixty-eight acres 
in Hamilton County, Ind., and resided three years 
on his new homestead. At the expiration of this 
length of time he again sold out and moved to 
Deining, Ind., and there built a grist and saw mill. 
He also bought one hundred and twenty acres in 
Washington Township and later sold this last 
farm and bought town property in Deming. Our 
subject ran his mill during the war and then sold 
out, losing $2,800 on the mill property. 

Mr. Haskett next invested in a drug store, which 
he ran successfully for three years, then traded the 
same for one hundred and sixtj'-six acres of land 
in Lyons County, Kan. In 1866 he, witii his 
third wife, located on a small farm south of Dem- 
ing, this property belonging to Mrs. Haskett. Our 
subject and his worthy wife remained there 
twenty-two years and received a handsome in- 
come from the [iruductive place. Finally they 



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settled in Westfield, Ind., and bought the property 
upon which Mr. Ilaskett now resides. At one time 
in his life worth a huu-c .■uiiomil fif property, lie 
has yet an alnindanl (■(Miipotcnfe, and now sevcnty- 
eiglit years ohi, will ncvi'r want for comforts or 
luxuries. 

A valued mernl)Pr of the Friends' Chureh, Mr. 
Ilaskett is likewise fraternally associated witli the 
Ancient Free A Accepted Masons, and is also con- 
nected with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows. He is politically a Republi(^au, and cast his 
first vote for William II. Harrison, and his last one 
for I5enjaniin Harrison. Our subject was repre- 
sented in the Federal army during the Civil War 
liy two sons, who l)orc themselves gallantly upon 
the field of battle. Albert Ilaskett, the eldest son 
of our subject, was County Treasnier of Hamilton 
County, Ind.. from 1880 to 1891, and transacted 
llie duties of his r('s|ionsible oflice in a manner 
which gave great satisfaction to the general pub- 
lic. Thoughout his long career of usefulness Mr. 
Ilaskett has, as a friend, neighbor and citizen, been 
distinguished by the faithful observance of duty, 
and fully commands the esteein of a wide circle of 
old-time friends and acquaintances. With thir- 
teen children as direct descendants, thirty living 
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, our 
subject may hope to be worthily- represented in 
Indiana for many future generations. Mr. Has- 
kett's daughter, Mrs. Eva Perry, is his [jresent 
housekeeDcr. 



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n 



<|p>^OAH Kl'I'ARI), a well known pioneer of 
Madison County, is the owner of a finely 
improved farm lying in the northeastern 
part of Richland Township, which with its splen- 
did improvements and substantial buildings is 
numbered among the finest estates of the county. 
.Since he came to his present farm, about the year 
1816, he has witnessed the gradual development 
of the county, and has aided in the material prog- 
ress of his community. He is the owner of one 
hundred and ten acres, and through good manage- 



ment in his business affairs has .accumulated a com- 
petency. 

A native of Virginia, our subject was born in 
Page County on the 23d of .hily. 182;!, an.l is a 
son of Philip and Margaret Kppar(l,both of whom 
are supposed to have been born in the state of 
Virginia. At the age of eleven years he accom- 
panied his'parents to Ohio, and for .several years 
resided in Champaign Count\, removing thence 
to Madison County, Ind., when about fifteen years 
years old. With his parents, lie .settled in Rich- 
land Township, on the eastern part of the farm 
new owned by Dr. Saunders, being early settlers 
in that locality, where the father and mother 
passed their closing years. 

The early years of our subject were s|ieut in 
Ohio, as above stated, and he grew to manhood 
amid scenes of pioneer life In Madison County. 
In that e.arly day wolves, deer and other wild 
animals abounded, and evidences of pioneer life 
were on every hand. Mr. Fp()ard engaged fre- 
quently in rail s|)litting and log rolling, and also 
aided in raising cabins for other pioneers. For 
a time he attended school, which was held in a 
log cabin near his father's home, and although 
his opportunities for obtaining knowledge were 
the most meagre, yet he has become well informed. 

On the 2(tlh of .lune, 1812, Mr. Eppard was 
united in marriage with Miss liebecca A. Moon, 
who was born in Clinton County, Ohio, Novem- 
ber .'50, 1827. She is the daughter of Kenjamin 
Moon, a native of Ohio, who was orphaned by 
his father's death when he was only three months 
old. A short lime afterward he was brought by 
his mother to Indiana, and settled with her in 
Richland Township, Madison County. His mother, 
whose maiden name was Sallie Hudson, died in 
Kokomo, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Eppard had 
eleven children, seven of whom are living, as fol- 
lows: Margaret, the wife of William Relerford: 
Samuel; Mary, who married John A. Fuller; Ma- 
rion; .John W.; Clarissa, the wife of La Fayette 
Millspaugh; and Alonzo. Those deceased are Eliza- 
beth, Sarah Jane, Eliza and Amanda. 

Having resided in Madison County for a period 
of three-score years, Mr. F>ppard has witnessed its 
growth from a struggling sparsely settled coinmu- 



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nity to one of the most prosperous portions of the 
state. In his political opinions he is identified 
with the Democratic party, and believes its prin- 
ciples are best adapted to the success and devel- 
opment of his locality. He has, however, not 
been an otfice-seeker, but has preferred the quiet 
of domestic life to the excitement of public af- 
fairs. His integrity and unquestioned probity 
liave won for him the confidence of his fellow- 
citizens, and he has a high place in the regard of 
the people. More than half a century has passed 
since he and his wife united their destinies, and 
their marriage has been one of mutual happiness 
and helpfulness. In his wife he has found a true 
helpmate, one who has divided his sorrows and 
doubled his joys, and who is now the comfort of 
his declining years. 



^^BSAI.OM HICIIWINE, a prominent gen- 
^ 0/Lil eral agriculturist, lesiding upon section 

j/nii 30, Lafayette Township, Madison County, 
;®? Ind., is one of the leading stock-raisers of 

the state, handling with success high-bred and 
registered stock, horses, cattle and hogs. Upon 
the Richwine farm may be found the celebrated 
"American Boy" roadsters, widely known and 
noted for their speed and fine action. Our sub- 
ject is also interested in the English Shire horses. 
The cattle raised by him are mainly of the red 
.Short-horn variety, and the hogs are pedigreed 
Poland-Chinas. Mr. Richwine is a native of the 
state and was born in Wayne County, July 16, 
1848. He is the son of Gideon and Elizabeth 
(Rader) Richwine, both natives of the south and 
born in Virginia. The father, reared and edu- 
cated in the Old Dominion, grew up to an intelli- 
gent and enterprising manhood, and immediately 
after reaching his majority emigrated to Wayne 
County, Ind., where, locating in 1830, he partici- 
pated in the struggles and diflficulties experienced 
by the pioneer settlers of the state. At the expi- 
ration of a score of years he removed with his 
family to Madison County, in 18,50 mnking his 



home in a little log cabin in the woods of Jackson 
Township, where he industriously entered into the 
clearing and cultivation of his wild land. For 
twentj-three changing years the father and mother 
continued their residence upon the old homestead, 
but in 1873 removed to Frankton, since their per- 
manent abiding place. 

The father, born in 1809, and the mother Janu- 
ary' 14, 1812, have been for over three-score 3ears 
intelligent observers of the wondrous changes and 
rapid advanceriient of Indiana, and have actively 
participated in the promotion of the vital inter- 
ests of their locality. Of the family of sons and 
daughters, who once gathered in a merry group 
about the family fireside, four now survive: Noah, 
Allen, Absalom, and Mary E., wife of Erastus Stef- 
fey. United in the bonds of matrimony over a half- 
century ago, the venerable parents are the oldest 
living pioneers of Madison County, and are pos- 
sessed of a valuable fund of reminiscences of fron- 
tier days. Faithful companions, energetic and 
enterprising, they have both aided in the educa- 
tional advancement of their locality, and as valued 
members of the Methodist Protestant Church 
have been foremost in good works. The father 
is a Trustee of the church and one of its most 
valued officers. Our subject, a life-long farmer, 
received his early training in agricultural pursuits 
upon the Jackson County farm of his father. In 
boyhood he attended the little subscription school 
of the township, and later enjoyed the advantage 
of instruction in Frankton. Arrived at mature age. 
ambitious and self-reliant, he began to make his 
way in life, and soon after took unto himself a 
wife. 

Upon May 4, 1873, were united in marriage Ab- 
salom Richwine and Miss Maiy C. Hartman. The 
latter was born in Wayne County, August 1, 1846, 
and is a daughter of John audLucinda (Clevinger) 
Hartman. The father, a native of Pennsylvania, 
and a man of abilit3' and sterling integrit3', is de- 
ceased. The mother, born in Indiana, died at sev- 
enty-three years of age, in Richland Township. 
Mrs. Richwine came to Madison County with her 
parents when seven years old, and there the be- 
loved father passed away, the family not long af- 
ter removing to Richland Townshij). Of the cliil- 



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dien boni unto Mr. and Mrs. Il.-irtman, five now 
survive: Jolin D., Mnry C. (Mrs. Rioiivvine) Sii- 
siiii .1. (wife of Isaac Peniston), .lacob M. and 
diaries F. Mrs. Ilartnian was a valued niemlicr 
of the Metlio(iist Episcopal C'liurcli, and is one 
of tlie representative pioneer women of Maili- 
son County. The home of our sul)ject and liis 
estimable wife has been blessed by the birth 
of six children, three of whom have passed 
away. The three surviving are: Ceorge W., 
Dora X. and Kttie N., all of whom have received 
excellent educational advantages, worthily fitting 
them for a future of usefulness. Remaining 
with his family on the old farm of his father 
in .lackson Townshi|i from the date of his mar- 
riage until the year IH'.M), our subject then 
later removed to his present valuable home- 
stead of one hundred and sixty-eight acres, fine- 
ly cultivated and well improved with modern 
and attractive buildings. A11hoUL;li a prosperous 
general agr-icultiirist, raising a vaiicty of produce, 
Mr. Riclnvine now devotes the most of his per- 
sonal attention to the fine stock for which the 
faim is famous. Our subject is politically a Dem- 
ocrat, and a film believer in the principles of the 
party of tlu^ people. He and his excellent wife 
are valued members of the Methodist Protestant 
Church, and Mr. Richwine is the efficient Secre- 
tary of the (Juarterly Conference in the Elwood 
Circuit. Occupying high positions in lioth church 
and social relations, Mr. and Mrs. Richwine pos- 
sess the esteem of all who know them, .•ind are 
numbered among the substantial and prosperous 
residents of Madison County. 



IhttM OSES MARTS, of Arcadia, is numbered 



among the venerable residents of ILimilton 
Count}', toward the progress of which he 
has so greatly contributed. lioru in 
Piqua, Ohio, in 1812, he is a son of Peter Marts, a 
native of Lancaster County, Pa., whose birth oc- 
curred in 1789. From the Keystone State he re- 
moved at the age of twenty to Piqua, Ohio, and 
thence to Indiana in 1816, where he bousihl a 



tract of land in what was known as the twelve-mile 
I strip. Later he located on a farm ccjnsisting of 
one hundred and sixty acres, three miles from 
Cambridge City, where he built a log cabin and 
lived the busy life of a typical frontiersman. In 
1858 he retired from active business and settled 
in Arcadia, where his death occurred. In addi- 
tion to farming he was extensively engaged in 
milling, and built the first gristmill in the then 
j territory of Jnfliana. He was a soldier in the War 
of 1812, and a Whig in his political belief. In re- 
I ligious connections he was identified with the Lu- 
theran Church. 

The paternal grandf.-ithcr of our subject was 
Nicholas Marts, a native of Lancaster County. Pa.. 
born about 1762. 15y occu|iation lie was acabinet- 
niaker. A man of rather eccentric habits, he man- 
ufactured his coflin several years before his death. 
At the time of his demise he weighed over four 
hundred pounds. The INIarts family is of Ger- 
man descent, and was first represented in America 
about 1700. The mother of our subject, Christina 
Myers, was born in Penn.sylvania in 1790, and re- 
moved with her parents to Ohio, where her father 
died, her mother (lassing ;iway at a later date in 
Indiana. 

The parents of our subject were married about 
1808, and thcfoUowingchildren were born to them: 
Henry married Barbara Gaylor, and they died, 
leaving two children: Edwanl and Sarah. Charles 
j married Betsey McGill, and at their death they left 
j six children, Peter, Catherine, Lydia .1., Andrew, 
I John and Christiana. Moses and Isaac were twins. 
Sarah married Andrew Doyle, and they with their 
seven children now reside in Wisconsin. Miuy 
was the wife of Jacob Reams, whom she bore five 
children: Elizabeth, William II., Letta E., John 
Wesley and Lydia J.; she is now deceased. Cathe- 
rine is the widow of Wesley Swafford; she lias five 
childien: .Mary. Peny, llaniet, Christiana and 
Martha Ann. Samuel, deceased, married Mary J. 
Horry, and they were the i)arents of live children: 
Emma and Lenville (deceased), Lewis, Edward 
and Anna. Eliza, deceased, was the wife of Eli 
McKonky, and the mother of nine children: Peter, 
John, Reuben, Jlary .1.. Angelina. Prudie. Rose 
Ann, Emma V,. and Cynthia. Jacob married Re- 



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becca Ann Price, and they died, leaving thi-ee 
cliildren: George, Sarah Ann and Jennie. Barbara 
became the wile of Edward Rogerson, and both 
are now deceased. They were tlie parents of five 
children: Eddie, Delvina, Eliza, Frank and Jennie. 

At the age of four years our subject accom- 
panied his parents to Wayne County, Ind., where 
he grew to manhood, and where, in 1835, he mar- 
ried Tabitha McCormick. Afterward he worked 
on his father's farm for three years, after which he 
came to Hamilton Count}' and settled where Ar- 
cadia now stands. He cleared about one hundred 
acres of land, which he still owns. He built the 
first saw and grist mill in the county, and this he 
continued to operate for about twelve years. In 
1860, many years before the village of Arcadia 
was platted, became to his present home. 

In the early days of their housekeeping, our 
subject's wife manufactured the fabric for cloth- 
ing, while he tilled the soil witii the rude imple- 
ments of pioneer days. The Indians still occupied 
the reserve a few miles north, while wolves and 
other wild animals roved through the forest. Mr. 
Marts was compelled to cut a road through to the 
land upon which he settled, and experienced all 
the hardships of life on the frontier. He built the 
first log liut erected in Hamilton County, and 
while it was being constructed Mrs. Marts pro- 
vided for her eight-weeks old baby under tempo- 
rary shelter and b}' a burning log heap. 

Having experienced the inconveniences of the 
bad roads of Indiana, Mr. Marts was one of the 
most enthusiastic advocates of gravel roads, which 
have been the greatest means of development to 
central Indiana. Toward this enterprise he con- 
tributed *400 in addition to the taxes he has paid 
for the same purpose. All projects for public 
benefit have been heartily encouraged b}' him, 
both by word and works. Few of the citi- 
zens of the county have been so closely identified 
with its progress as he, and there is no one who 
occupies a higher place in the esteem of his ac- 
quaintances. At the present tune he owns one 
hundred and sixty acres, of which six acres are lo- 
cated in the village of Arcadia. All his posses- 
sions, both of money and land, have been accum- 
ulated through his own exertions, excepting 



$1,000 received from his father. In politics, he is 
a Republican. He and his wife are members of 
the Christian Church. 

It is worthy of note that our subject and his 
twin brother married twin sisters. Taliitha ]\Ic- 
Cormick was born in Fayette County, Ind., in 
1816, and was there married. Her parents, John 
and Bethia (Case) McCormick, were natives re- 
spectively of Fayette County, Ind., and Butler 
County, Ky. In 1820 they removed to Marion 
County, accompanied by eleven men who assisted 
them in erecting a cabin. This being done the 
men returned, leaving Mr. and Mrs. McCormick 
alone in the forest with the Indians for their sole 
companions. They there cleared a farm and kept 
an hotel, boarding the men that platted the city 
of Indianapolis. After two years they removed 
about five miles up the White River, where Mr. 
McCormick died. His widow then returned to 
Connersville, and the children were taken by rel- 
atives. 

Mr. and Mrs. McCormick are the parents of the 
following children, the two eldest of whom, John 
and Conrelius, are deceased. Catherine married 
Henry Ilackley, of Kokomo. Eliza Ann is the wife 
ofStillman Montgomery, of Tipton; they had five 
children: Rosa, Minnie, Nola, EtHe and Bertha. 
Nicholas married Emma Walker; they have three 
children: Charles, Minnie ;iu(l M:uy; he is proprie- 
tor of the Tipton CaimiuL: I .iriMiy. Emma is the 
wife of Samuel Dickovcr, [ii(i[iriitor of an hotel in 
Missouri; they have six children: Clark, Elmer, 
Minnie, Daisy, Grace and Frank. Peter and Chris- 
tiana, deceased, were twins. Peter married Mag- 
gie Gray, of Wayne County; they have two chil- 
dren, Golda and Bertha; he is the present Treas- 
urer of Hamilton Country. Arminda is the wife 
of Cyrus Harbaugh, a practicing physician of La- 
fayette; they have three children: Jewel, Merl and 
Nina. Moses C. and Isaac C. are twins. Moses 
married Clara Phyllis; they have four children: 
Ray, Edith, Mildred and Harry. Moses C. is a 
fanner and also follows the profession of a teaciier. 
Isaac C. married Alice AVright, deceased, bj' whom 
he became the father of one child, Neva; by his 
second marriage he has one child, Karl. Mr. and 
Mrs. Marts have thirty grandchildren and fifteen 



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62;^ 



great-giaiulcliildren. They arc an honored and 
worthy Couple, and are highly esteemed wherever 
known. 



AMKS II. HILL, who is engaged in general 
farming on section 27, White River Town- 
has the honor of being a native of 
Hamilton County, for he was here born on 

1th of .January, 1840. He is a representa- 



ive of 



.f tl 



anner of 
V aided i 



rtliy pioneer families, and 
n the old homestead in the usual 
mci- lads. During the summer months 
ihe labors of the field, and in Mie 
winter season attended the subscription and the 
public schools, w'here he acquired a good educa- 
tion. Thus his boyhood and youth were pa.ssed. 

At the age of twenty-three, Mr. Hill was united 
ill marriage with Miss Ann I'.. Suinni-r, a native 
of Wayne County, Ind., and one of eight chil- 
dren, whose parents were Klliott and Eliza (Al- 
bertson) Sumner. From VV^aync County they 
came to this county, and here spent their last 
days, the fatiier dying at the age of eighty, while 
the mother was called to her final rest at the age 
of sixty-eight. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hill were born 
two daughters: Letta .L, who is married to John 
Carraway and has one son; and Eliza E., at home. 
The mother died October 20, 1878, and in 1885 
JMr. Hill was again married, his second union being 
with Miss Zeruah Tomlinson. a native of this 
county. A daughter graces this marriage. .Sar.ah 
A., at home. 

Our subject began life for himself upon a part 
of the old homestead, which Ik- rented, ami then 
purchased a portion of that farm. He now owns 
two hundred acres of good land, which is under 
a high state of cultivation and well improved. 
Xo accessory of a model farm is lacking, and the 
well tilled fields yield a golden tribute in return 
for the care bestowed upon them. In his busi- 
ness dealings our subject has been (juite success- 
ful, and his prosperity is well merited. 

Mr. Hill cast his first Presidential vote at the 
lime of the second election of Abraham Lincoln, 
and has since sui)i)orted the men and measures 



of the Republican party. He is a local minister 
of the Dunkard Church, and h.as been very prom- 
inent in church work. His family all attend that 
church, and he does everything in his power to 
l)romote its growth and upbuilding and aid in 
its development. He is also recognized as a lead- 
ing citizen of the c unity, .and the best inler- 



■*)E0R<;E .M. VIN.SON. a prominent agricul- 
(II {=«^ turist and highly respected pioneer settler 
\l of the state of Indiana, is a native of 
Delaware, and was born August 4, 1830. His 
father, .Joshua Vinson, likewi,se born in Delaware, 
where the paternal grandparents settled in an 
early day, was reared and educated in his birth- 
|)lace, there marrying and continuing to reside for a 
time, but when his son (^eorge w.as about one year 
old he decided to try his fortunes in the farther 
west. Emigrating from Delaware to the state of 
Indiana in 1831, the f.ather and mother with their 
family slowly journeyed to Fayette Count}', where 
they settled upon wild land, which .Joshua Vinson 
industriously cultivated for nine years, then re- 
moved to Madison County, which part of the 
state he continued to make his home until the 
time of his death, in 1881. For over a half-cen- 
tury a continuous resident of Madison County, he 
was intimately associated with the upward growth 
and wonderful development of the state, and 
made a wide and intimate acquaintance, by whom 
he was honored for his qualities .as a man and 
citizen. The Vinsons, of English descent, were 
early numbered among the self-reliant and ener- 
getic residents of the east, where they won their 
upward wa}- to positions of useful influence. 

The mother of our subject, Mary (Smith) Vin- 
son, born, educated and married in Delaware, was 
the daughter of an old Delaware family. George 
M. was the seventh of the ten children who 
l)lessed the union of the parents. With the ex- 
ception of our subject, one brother and sister, the 
.sons and daughters who once gathered about the 
lireside so many years ago are now all deceased. 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



George attended the primitive schools of Fayette 
Count}' until he was ten years of age, about which 
period of time the father and mother removed 
with their family to Madison Count}'. Our sub- 
ject assisted in the clearing, cultivating and im- 
provement of the homestead until he arrived at 
the age of eighteen, when, having served a faith- 
ful apprenticeship in farming duties, he self re- 
liantly began life for himself. Working out 
month after month for six years, Mr. Vinson, 
with unremitting toil and prudent thrift, acquired 
a modest capital, which he invested in lands, an(J 
locating upon the wild acres, gave his entire time 
and attention to the tilling of the fertile soil. 
Since 1854 a constant resident of the well known 
Mnson farm, our subject has been prospered, and 
for nearly two-score years has dwell among old- 
time friends and neighbors esteemed by all his 
fellow-citizens. 

In the month of September, 1854, were united 
in marriage George M. Vinson and Miss Nanc.y J. 
Dobson, daughter of well known residents of 
Indiana. IMr. and Mis. Vinson have welcomed to 
their pleasant home four children. Joshua C, the 
eldest born, married Miss Rebecca Webster, and is 
a progressive general agriculturist of Madison 
County; Edgar B. married Ethel Thomas and 
resides in Frankton, Ind.; Olive A. is the wife of 
George Webster and lives in Madison County; 
Charles C. makes his home with his father. Mrs. 
Vinson is a valued member of the German Baptist 
(Dunkard) Church, and is active in good work. 
Mr. Vinson is politically a Republican, and with- 
out aspiring to hold public office is well posted on 
local and national affairs. .loshua C. Vinson is a 
leading citizen of his home locality, taking an 
active part in the prominent interests and im- 
provements of his township, and being widely 
known as a man of ability and business enter- 
jjrise. lie and his estimable wife are the parents 
of five children. The eldest of the intelligent 
sons and daughters is Efiie May; then follow in 
the order of their birth, Bertha J., Robert Dale, 
George E., and Carrie, ail of whom, at home with 
their parents, will enjoy excellent educational ad- 
vantages and be given every opportunity to 
worthily fit themselves to occup}' with honor any | 



position of trust to which in the future they may 
be called. 



JAMES W. ELLER, a prominent citizen of 
Hamilton County, and one of the well 
known farmers of Delaware Township, was 
born in this township and county January 
26, 1841. He traces his ancestr}' to Germany, 
where his paternal great-grandfather, Leonard 
EUer, was born on the 20th of March, 1754. 
Emigrating to the United States, he settled in 
North Carolina, and from there removed to Ohio, 
settling near Dayton. In 1823 he came to In- 
diana and made his home in Hamilton County 
until his death, which occurred in the year 1840. 
Joseph, the sou of Leonard and Elizabeth Eller, 
was born in North Carolina October 25, 1788, and 
in his youth made his homo upon his father's farm, 
where he gained a thorough knowledge of agri- 
culture. He married Rachel Eller, whose birth oc- 
curred February 19, 1791, and after their union 
they commenced in life with little or none of this 
world's goods. In 1822 he came to Hamilton 
County and entered a tract of Government land, 
upon which he built a small cabin. He brought 
his family here in 1823, and at once began opera- 
tions as a farmer and stock-raiser. An energetic, 
industrious man, he never went in debt for any 
purchase, waiting until he had sufficient ready 
money with which to secure the article or property 
desired. He accumulated about twelve hundred 
acres, upon which he conducted stock-raising and 
general farming with great success. 

The grandparents of our subject reared a famil}' 
of twelve children, of whom we note the following: 
Matilda is the wife of David Allison; Rachel, de- 
ceased, was formerly the wife of David AVilkinson; 
Elizabeth, who married Francis Beck, resides in 
Indianapolis; Salinda, deceased, was the wife of 
F. Farley; Absalom, father of our subject, is de- 
ceased; Harvey is also deceased ; Henry is a resi- 
dent of the Indian Territory; George lives in 
Noblesville, this state; Jacob resides in the Indian 
Territory; William died when a young man, as 



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did the youngest son, Joseph. Politically Grand- 
father Eller was a Whig. lie was a man of quiet, 
reseived disposition, and was invariably honorable 
and upright in iiis business transactions. His 
(h'utli occurred about IH.Vl; liis wife had pas.scd 
away several years before his (h-niise. 

Near Ua.yton, Ohio, the father of our subject, 
Absalom Eller, was born on tiie 3d of April, 181.'). 
He was reared on a farm and received a practical 
education in the common schools. He remained 
witli his parents until he was twenty-three, and 
then married Elizabeth, daughtei- of William 1). 
and Pluebe (Iddings) Rooker, and a native of In- 
diana. A farmer by occupation, he succeeded in 
clearing eighty acres received from his father, and 
also improved forty acres in addition, becoming 
(in |)artnersbip with W. W. Rooker) the owner of 
two bundled acres. As a stock-raiser and general 
fanner, he was successful and became prosperous. 

A Whig in early life, Absalom Eller adopted 
the principles of the Republican party upon its 
organization. In his religious convictions he was 
a Methodist. His death occurred in 1871; his wife 
survived him for a short time, passing awa^' in 
1881. They were tlie parents of eight children, 
as follows: .Joseph, a resident of Noblesvillc; 
James, of this sketch; Fernando C; Marion, who 
died in 1892; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Asa 
Williamson; Phicbe, who is deceased; .lohn, a resi- 
dent of Delaware Townshii), this county; and 
Alonzo, who lives in Missouri. 

I n his father's home our subject grew to a sturdy 
manhood, remaining there until he was twenty- 
two, when he commenced to work on a farm. In 
18(;o he was seized with a severe attack of hay 
fever, from which he was ill for six months, suffer- 
ing excruciating pain. Upon his recovery he 
resumed farming operations, having received 
eight}' acres of partly Improved land from his 
father. He also devoted considerable attention to 
stock-raising, and for six years engaged in buying 
and shipping stock. He has lost considerable 
property as the result of signing security notes, 
and is now the owner of tifty-seven aci-es. 

The marriage of Mr. Eller occurred in 18(!7 and 
united him with Miss Martha, daughter of Ebenezer 
and Rachel Applegate. She was born in Ohio in 



1846, and at the age of one year was brought by 
her parents to Delaware Townshi)), Hamilton 
County, where she has since resided. .She is the 
mother of four children, namely: Frank, who 
married Grace IJlack; Maud; Hervey and Chauncey 
M. Mr. Eller united with the Methodist Fpiscoi)al 
Church at the age of sixteen and has been identi- 
fied with that denomination ever since. Politically 
he is a Republican. 



. ALPH i;. CLARK, the poi 



ing jc 



'V^ elerand prominent business man of Ander- 
/.A.v\V son, has spent his entire life in this city, 
\i^ having been born here on the 21th of 
May, 1866. lie is the son of Halph N. Clark, a 
native of Virginia, who came to Indiana in his 
boyhood and settled in Pendleton, removing 
thence to Anderson in his early manhood. For a 
time he followed the occupation of a house and 
sign painter, but afterward devoted his attention 
exclusively to the duties of the office of Inter- 
nal Revenue Collector at Anderson. 

Retiring from Government service, Mr. Clark, 
Sr., embarked in the mercantile business, and 
continued thus engaged for a number of years. 
A man of strict integrity, his reliable dealings and 
genial courtesj- won for him the confidence and es- 
teem of all with whom business or social relations 
brought him in contact. Upon disposing of his 
dry-goods establishment, h.e entered into the men's 
furnishing business, which he conducted until the 
time of his demise. When he pa.ssed away, in 
.hine, 1873, his death was mourned .as a [uiblic 
loss. His widow, who survives him, was Mary A., 
daughter of the late Hon. Andrew .lackson, for- 
merly a prominent citizen of Anderson. 

The third in a family of five children, the sub- 
ject of this notice was reared to manhood in the 
home of his birth, receiving a good education in 
the schools of Anderson. After completing the 
studies of the common schools, he entered the 
high school and spent three years there. Upon 
starting out in his business career, he entered the 
employ of George Woerner, a dealer in men's 



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furnishing goods, and remained in that position 
for one year. He then entered tlie Rose Poly- 
technic Institute, at Terre Haute, Ind., adopting 
the trade of a watchmaker, and studying in that 
scliool for one term. 

Returning to Anderson, Mr. Clark became an 
employe of William Rotli, a jeweler of this citj', 
with whom he remained for three years, gaining a 
thorough knowledge of the trade. At the expi- 
ration of that time, he was enabled to invest his 
earnings in a practical manner, establishing him- 
self in the jewelry business at that place. Being 
a young man of enterprise and pluck, he has 
gained a foremost position among the successful 
business men of the city, and his store receives a 
large share of the patronage of the people. 

In his fraternal relations, Mr. Clark is identified 
with Anderson Lodge, No. 106, K. of P., being a 
member of the Uniformed Rank, Anderson Divi- 
sion, No. .57. He also belongs to Mt. Moriah 
Lodge No. 77, F. & A. M.; Anderson Chapter No. 
52, and Anderson Commander^' No. 32. He is 
one of the Knights of the Maccabees, belonging to 
Tent No. 39. A gifted musician, he has made a 
special study of the violin, and at the present time 
i.s Director of the Anderson Philharmonic Club. 
He was married October 13, 1889, to Miss Olive 
Burnett, an accomplished young lady, who was 
born in (ireencastle, Ind., and for several \'ears 
prior to her marriage resided in Anderson. She 
is a daughter of W. G. Burnett, a resident of 
Oreencastle. For several years prior to her mar- 
riage she followed the profession of a music 
teacher, and is especially talented in that art. 
They are the parents of one child, George L., a 
bright boy, born September 6, 1892. 



^^j SA WILLIAMSON was born in 1842 upon 
^1 \ \ ^'^® ^^rm where he now lives in Delaware 
II Is Township, Hamilton County. The fam- 
1^/ ily of which he is a member originated in 
France, and, so far as is known, his grandfather, 
Joseph Williamson, was a native of New Jerse}'. 
Little, however, is known of his history except 



that he was reared to manhood in that state and 
there spent the greater part of his active life. He 
became a pioneer of the Scioto Valley, in Ohio, 
where he accumulated large and valuable landed 
posssesions. 

Among the nine children born to the marriage 
of Grandfather Williamson was James, whose birth 
occurred in Ohio about 1804. In the early part 
of the j-ear 1820 he journeyed on horseback to 
Indiana and entered eighty acres in Hamilton 
Countj', remaining here for a few years. About 
1829 he returned to Ohio, and there married Miss 
Christena Shaffer, with whom he returned to his 
Indiana home, making the trip in a one-horse 
wagon and bringing with him all his earthly ef- 
fects. After reaching this place, he and his wife 
lived in the wagon until their log cabin was fin- 
ished. That primitive structure was soon replaced 
by a house constructed of hewed logs, and this in 
turn was superseded by a commodious brick resi- 
dence. 

During the early j^ears of Mr. Williamson's resi- 
dence here his time was devoted principally to 
clearing the farm of its dense timber growth, and 
as a result of his exertions he succeeded in plac- 
ing the larger portion of his eighty-acre trjict under 
excellent cultivation. His landed possessions ag- 
gregated three hundred and eight}' acres, upon 
whiuh he conducted general farming pursuits until 
1852, when he was accidentally killed by the fall- 
ing of a tree which he was chopping. In politics 
he was a stanch Republican. He and his wife were 
members of the Methodist E[)iscopal Church, she 
having been identified with that denomination 
from girlhood. Her death occurred in February, 
1893, at the age of eighty-six. 

Concerning the members of the parental family 
we note the following: Peter is proprietor of a 
ranch in Texas; Enoch conducts farming pursuits 
in Glasgow, Kan.; Rosanna is the widow of Mar- 
tin Phelps; Barbara married J. J. Sharp, of Illi- 
nois; Wesley died December 1, 1882; Asa, of this 
sketch, is the next in order of birth; Frank re- 
sides upon the old homestead; John lives in the 
Lidian Territory; and Margaret married R.Power. 
Asa, who was a child of ten j'ears when his father ' 
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ni.'uiy years afterward, engaging 
pursuits on the old homestead. 

At the age of nineteen, iu June, 
ianison entered tiie Union army 
Company A, Seventieth Iiuliana Ii 
Harrison commanding. With li 



.Mr. Will- 
MOuil)er or 
i', (Tcneral 
'imenl lie 



p.'uticipated in a number of engagements, includ- 
ini; Russellville and Nashville, and, although at 
tilt' front in every battle, fortunately escaped 
without Iieing wounded or taken prisoner. On the 
I2tli (if .lune, 180."), he was mustered out at Indian- 
apolis, and was (tresent at the (Irand Review in 
Washington, after which he returned home. 

Ill 1870, Mr. Williamson married Mis.s Lucinda 
I'fotonliauer, and some time after her death he 
was again married, choosing as his \vife Miss Han- 
nah Klizabeth, daughter of Alosalom and Eliza- 
beth (Rooker) Eller, natives respectively of Ohio 
and Wayne County, Ind., and early pioneers pf 
Ilamiltiiii Countv, where Mrs. Williamson was 
iMirii. ( liir subject and his wife weie married in 
18S2, and are the parents of three children: Mary 
A., .1. Fred and .Jean nettle. When the estate was 
divided, otir subject received twenty-two acres, 
and to this he has added until he is now the owner 
of iwd iiundred and seventeen acres, the greater 
part of which is under cultivation. For several 
years he has rented his farm to tenants, and re- 
ceives a good income from the place. 

In their religious connections, Mr. and Mrs. 
Williamson are identified with the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church, of which they are prominent mem- 
bers. Socially, he is connected with the Masonic 
fraternity, holding membership in Carmel Lodge 
No. 121. Ue is also identilied with the (irand 
Army of the Republic, belonging to Perrjville 
Post. In politics he is a Republican in national 
ipicstions, but in local affairs gives his supjiort to 
the best man, irrespective of party atliliations. 

The success which has crowned Mr. William- 
son's efforts is a just reward for his tireless labors. 
I'pon commencing for himself, he had no moneyed 
capital, and it was almost solely through his un- 
aided exertions that he achieved success. As has 
already been noted, his paternal ancestors were 
poor, and the same was true of his mother's fore- 
fathers. She was born in Wittenberg, (Jermanv. 



and at the age of thirteen years came to the I'liited 
States with her parents. Being left in I'lallimore 
to pay for her passage to this country, she re- 
remained there until twenty-one, when she came to 
Ohio. Her mother had died some time jirevioiisly. 
Her father had been a gardener in the Old Coun- 
try, and followed farming in the United States. 
While not a rich man, he was fairly successful, and 
through frugality and industry was enabled to 
surround his laniilv with the comforts of life. 



ries on farming on 
nsliip, is one of the 



J'ERRY KLOTZ. who c 
section 11, Wayne Ti 
well known and prominent agriculturists of 
_ Hamilton County. A native of liedford 
County, Pa., he was born December 1, 1856, unto 
Martin and Elizabeth Klotz. His father was a na- 
tive of Blair County, Pa., and a cabinet-maker and 
a carpenter by trade. In his later 3'ears he turned 
his attention to agricultural pursuits, which he 
still follows. His wife was born (m the home 
farm where he is still living, and there her death 
occurred some fifteen years ago. The Klotz fam- 
il}- is of German origin, and its members are 
highl}- respected. 

Midst play and work the boyhood days of our 
subject were passed upon the old home farm. He 
remained under the parental roof until he had at- 
tained his majority, and then went to Ohio, locat- 
ing in Sandusky County, where he worked as a 
farm hand by the year. On the 2d of January, 
1879, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary A. 
Wagner, who was born in Sandusky County, De- 
cember 6, 1856, and is a daughter of Jonathan 
and Margaret (Myers) Wagner, both of whom 
were natives of Ohio, and there spent their entire 
lives. They had a family of seven children, all of 
whom are yet living. Four children grace the 
union of our subject and his wife, three sons and 
a daughter: Myrl J., Elva E., Mervil F. and Harry 
M. The farail}' circle yet remains unbroken, and 
all are itill under the paternal roof. 

Mr. and Mrs. Klotz besjan their domestic life 



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yOETEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



upon a rented farm in Sandusky County, Ohio, 
and there lived for twelve years, after which he 
removed onto a place purchased by his father-in- 
law. He has a fine eighty-acre tract almost join- 
ing on the northeast, and devotes his energies to 
general farming. His fields are well tilled, every- 
thing at)out the place is l^ept in good order, and 
the thrifty appearance indicates the careful super- 
vision of the owner. Mr. Klotzhas been a stalwart 
Republican since casting his first Presidential vote 
for Gen. James A. Garfield. He and his wife at- 
tend the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are 
numbered among its faithful members. He is ac- 
tive in all good works, and the educational and 
moral interests find in him a friend. His support 
IS never withheld from any enterprise calculated 
to prove of public benefit. 



Jl AMES A. DEWITT. Beginning inactive 
business life with little to call his own, save 
I a good physique and habits of industry, en- 
ergy and perseverance, Mr. Dcwitt has 

conquered adverse circumstances and gained an in- 
fluential place among the agriculturists of Madison 
County. His farm consists of one hundred and 
sixty-one acres of arable land, and he is numbered 
among the best and most progressive agriculturists 
of Stony Creek Township. The soil of his farm 
has been placed under good cultivation, while a 
cozy residence and neat outbuildings increase the 
value of the property. A man of excellent judg- 
ment, unyielding integrity and remarkable firm- 
ness, he has labored unweariedly and has lived to 
enjoy the rich fruition of his labors. 

The father of our subject, Spencer W. Dewitt, 
was l)orn in Pennsylvania, and from that state re- 
moved to Ohio, wliere he located in Belmont 
County. He there married Miss Lucinda, daugh- 
ter of .James Milburn, a native of Ohio. He fol- 
lowed for a time the trade of a blacksmith, and 
was also engaged as a wagon-maker and cabinet- 
maker, but at the time of his death was following 
farming pursuits. Two years after his marriage 
he removed from Belmont to Tuscarawas County, 



Ohio, where he entered forty acres of land and re- 
mained for twelve years. From there he removed 
to Hamilton County, Ohio, and thence about 
1847 came to Indiana and located in Hamilton 
County, north of the village of Fishersburgh, where 
he remained until his death in 1868. 

Politically, Mr. Dewitt, Sr., was first a Jackson- 
ian Democrat, and afterward a Whig. A man of 
peaceable and quiet nature, he always favored the 
settlement of matters of a civil character by arbi- 
tration rather than by law. In religious connec- 
tions he affiliated witii tlie Methodists and was 
prominent in cluircli affairs. At the tune of 
his death he was tlie owner of one hundred and 
twenty acres, which he had gained by economy 
and industry. His wife died in February, 1868, 
and of their eight children only three are now 
living, namely: Margaret Ann Perkins, Lucinda 
Price and our subject. Mrs. Perkins resides in 
Kansas, and Mrs. Price in the Indian Territory. 

In Belmont County, Ohio, our subject was born 
March 22, 1834. At the age of fourteen he ac- 
companied his parents to Hamilton County, Ind., 
making the trip overland with three horses and a 
wagon. The journey was rendered more disagree- 
able than it would have otherwise have been, on 
account of the fact that for twenty-one d.ays the 
rain fell unceasingly, and the sun never shone 
during the entire time. In boyhood .Tames A. as- 
sisted his father in clearing the land, and for 
seven years did little besides splitting rails, of 
wliich he cut sixty -seven thousand. When oppor- 
tunity was offered, he attended the pioneer log 
schoolhouse, where, seated on tlie slab benches, he 
endeavored to gain some idea of the alphaliet 
from conning the pages of a testament. He still 
has in his possession the book from which he 
learned his A B C's. 

September 11, 1859, occurred the marriage of 
Mr. Dewitt to Miss Mary Ann Bodenhoron, and 
unto them were born fivechildien, namely: Lydia 
Frances, wife of John Anderson; Heniy A., a resi- 
dent of Stony Creek Township; Anna Elizabeth; 
John W., and Emory Edward, who reside with 
their parents. In former years Mr. Dewitt was a 
Know Nothing, and is now a Republican, casting 
his first vote for General Fremont. In religious 




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connections, lie and his wife are niemliers of the 
Methodist Church at Lapel. 



&ON. ADDISON NKWI.IN. i;c|Mcsentative 
1 of Ilaiiiilton County in the Slate Legis- 
lature, justly occu[)ies a place among the 
eminent men of Indiana, and is especially 
prominent in the village of Carmel, to the mate- 
rial development of whicii he has largely contrib- 
uted. A Republican in politics, he receives the 
unqualified support of his chosen party, and is 
also favored l>y numy prominent members of the 
ojiposiuu parly, liecause of liis soundness on na- 
tidiial and cix ic (piestions, his well known high 
standing as a business man and his championship 
in the past of every progressive measure. 

The Newlin family was first represented in 
America by Nicholas Newlin, a native of Ireland, 
who emigrated to America and settled in Pennsyl- 
v.ania during the earU' days of the settlement of 
that state. One of the members of the family, 
Nathaniel Newlin, was a very prominent man in 
the history of Pennsylvania. Grandfather John 
Newlin was born in North Carolina, and was 
there reared to manhood. Removing to Clinton 
County, Ohio, he there married Esther Stubbs, a 
native of Georgia, who accompanied iier parents 
to tiie Buckeye State when slie was eighteen years 
of age. 

A farmer by occupation. Grandfather Newlin 
acfpiired the ownership of a large tract of land, 
and was successful in his bu.siness pursuits. At 
his death he left his widow with twelve children, 
of whom our subject's father was the youngest. 
The widowed mother with her family removed to 
Hendricks County, Ind., about 1825, and entered 
a tract of Government land, where she remained 
until her death, at the advanced age of eiglit3-- 
live years. The father of our subject, Joel New- 
lin, remained with his mother until her death, and 
early in life became familiar with farming pursuits, 
although for a time ho followed the trade of a 
shoemaker. 
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At the age of about twenty-three, in Hendricks 
County, Ind., Joel Newlin married .Mary, daugh- 
ter of David and Anna (Stanley) ( Jsbo'rii, natives 
of North Carolina. They came to Indiana about 
1825, and entered land in Hendricks County, 
where their daughter Mary w.as born. She be- 
came the mother of sLk children: Anna, who is 
the wife of I!. H. Albertson; Addison, of this 
sketch; Ellas; David; Martha, who is the wife of 
C. E. Harvey; and Calvin, all of whom are living. 
The father of this family owned a farm consisting 
of one iiundred and sixty ;icros, upon which he 
conducted farming pursuits. In his religious be- 
lief, he was a member of the Society of Friends. 

In Hendricks County, Ind., the subject of this 
sketch was born November 20, 1818. His educa- 
tion was acquired at the district scliool on iii.s 
father's farm and in tlie Farmers' Institute in 
Tippecanoe Count.y, Ind., and at Spieeiand Acad- 
emy. At the age of twenty-two years he bought 
thirty-eight acres of land, upon which he engaged 
in farming for a number of years, and later con- 
ducted an extensive sawmill and threshing busi- 
ness. After disposing of his interest in that en- 
terprise, in 1880 he bought eighty acres of unim- 
proved land in Hamilton County. Later, he sold 
the farm and came to the village of Carmel, where 
he has since engaged in the hardware and agricul- 
tural implement business. He also owns an eighty- 
acre farm near the vill.age. 

In 1870, Mr. Newlin married iVIiss Aseneth J., 
daughter of Pearson and Lydia (Ncwby) Palmer, 
and a native of Henry County, Ind. They are 
the parents of four children: Irvin W., who mar- 
ried Pluebe Henley; lOrnest, JMary L. and Estella. 
In their religious belief, Mr. and Mrs. Newlin are 
identified with the Society of Friends. A Repub- 
lican in politics, Mr. Newlin has been very prom- 
inent in the local councils of his party, and in 1892 
was elected upon his party ticket Representative 
of Hamilton County in the State Legislature. His 
services in this position have been eminently sat- 
isfactory to his constituents, and he has taken an 
active part in fighting the repeal of the law for 
a])propriating money to the Farmers" Institute 
work and the needless extravagant expenses of 
the state. 



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EORGE W. CATTERSON, now retired from 
the active duties of life and an honored 

_ i( resident of Westfield, Hamilton County, 
Ind., was long numbered among the prominent 
business men of Washington Township, and iiere 
successfully followed the occupation of a plasterer 
for moretlian a quarter of a century, being in fact 
the pioneer of his trade in this locality. Born in 
Owen County, Ky., upon New Year's Day, 
1831, our subject was the son of James and Sarah 
(Wyant) Catterson, well known in the Blue 
Grass State, the home of the Wyants for a num- 
ber of generations. The Cattersons were Fenn- 
sylvanians and highly respected citizens of the 
Quaker State, to which part of our country the 
paternal grandfather, .lames Catterson, Sr., emi- 
grated from Ireland in a very early day. 

Grandmother Catterson, an intelligent woman 
of native abilit\-, was hkewise born in the Emer- 
ald Isle and was a distant relative of Patrick 
Henr}'. The eight children who received her 
motherly love and care were: Robert, Patrick, 
Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah, William, Jennie, and 
James, the youngest, and the father of our subject. 
Grandfather Catterson devoted himself to farming 
in Pennsylvania, and later removing to Kentucky, 
there continued the pursuit of agriculture. Both 
the paternal grandparents had received good com- 
mon educations and were great readers, improving 
themselves by observation and study. They 
were members of the Baptist Church, and the 
grandfather was a prominent and influential man 
of his time and locality. He died aged about 
three-score years, and was mourned as a public loss. 
His excellent wife survived to reach seventy-four 
years. 

The father remained with liis parents until he 
had attained his majority, and afterward, having 
liegun life for liimself, was united in marriage with 
.Mit^^ Saiah Wyant, daughter of James and Mary 
(While) Wyant, natives of Kentucky. The union 
of the father and mother was blessed by the birth 
of eleven children, two of whom died in infancy. 
Those wlio survived to mature age were: Cyrus 
W., Zerelda, Emma, James I'., George W. (our sub- 
ject), Elizabeth, Maiy, Uobcit and Margaret. Tlie 
parents were fairly well educated, and kept them- 



selves intelligently posted in the current affairs of 
the day. They were both valued members of the 
Baptist Church, and the father was politically a 
Whig. James Catterson removed with his family 
from Kentucky to Marion County, Ind., in 1832, 
and entered one hundred and sixt}' acres of land, 
upon which he remained for about two years. He 
then sold out and bought another one hundred 
and sixty acres in the same township, working 
hard and improving his farm until his death 
in 1841, at the age of forty -seven years. 

The mother, surviving to reach seventy-foui 
years, our subject continued to make his home 
with her until he was about seventeen, when he 
went to Indianapolis and learned the trade of a 
plasterer, working in that locality until 1852, 
when he came to Washington Township, Hamilton 
County, and located in Westfield, where he has 
since continuously resided. Mr. Catterson, twice 
married, was first united in wedlock with Miss 
Sarah Pfafif, when he was about twenty-three years 
old. Mrs. .Sarah Catterson was the daughter of 
Thomas and Nancy (Inman) Pfaff, both natives of 
North Carolina. She survived many years, be- 
coming the mother of ten children, three of whom 
died in infancy. Those who lived to adult age 
were: Genevieve, Arthur 0., William E., Robert 
S., Oscar B., Colver E. and Mary E. The estima- 
ble first wife of our subject was a lady of worth 
and a member of the Baptist Church. A true wife, 
devoted mother and sincere Christian, she was 
highly respected, and was deeply mourned when 
she passed away at the age of forty-four years. 

The present wife, Mrs. Lydia A. (Baker) Catter- 
son, was the daughter of George H. and Margaret 
(Hand) Baker. This excellent lady possesses su- 
perior ability, and received the benefit of several 
terms' instruction in the college at Richmond, 
Foremost in good works, she is a valued meral)er 
of the Friends' Church, and enjoys the esteem of 
a wide acquaintance. Mr. Catterson is fraternally 
associated with the Ancient Free <fe Accepted Ma- 
sons and has long been a member of the Baptist 
Church. He is politically an Independent, giving 
his vote to the best man for the place, and in lo- 
cal affairs is ever ready to assist in all matters of 
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he has won his upwiird way to Riianeinl prosperity. 
He and his woi-thy wife (nvii ready eapital, a 
large amount of town jjropt ity and valiialiic se- 
curities, ranlvini; tliciii witli llie moneyed and sub- 
stantial citizens of the county. 

TEl'HEN ETCIIISON, who owns and op- 
erates a line farm in Pipe Creek Township, 
comprising one hundred and two acres of 
inc land on section 20, has here resided 
since 1857, therefore his residence in Madison 
County covers a long period. He was born in 
Kentucky June 18, 1828, and is a son of Riley 
and Mary (Black) Etchison, both of whom were 
natives of North Carolina. In IH28 they came to 
Wayne County, and Stephen was born while his 
parents were en route. The father lived only a 
short time after their arrival, his death occurring 
in .Tuly, 1829, at the age of forty years. The 
grandfather, .lolin Etchison, was a native of North 
C^arolina. and there spent his entire life. His wife, 
whose maiden name was Rebecca Sunnell, survived 
lier husband many years, and became one of the 
early scttleis of tlie lloosier State. The maternal 
grandparents, Jacob and Susan Black, were natives 
of North Carolina and never left that state. 

Our subject was the only child in his father's 
family. He was reared to manhood in Madison 
County, and at the age of twenty-one years began 
lifi' for himself as a farm hand. .Soon after he 
rented land, and in 1857, when he had acquired 
sufficient capital, he purchased the farm on which 
he now resides. It was covered with heavy tim- 
lier, but he at once began clearing aw.ay the trees, 
and in their place were soon seen rich fields of 
waving grain. 

( )n the 15th of February, 1856, Mr. Etchison w.as 
united in marriage with Miss Charity, daughter of 
Waller and Margaret Etchison, but not a relative. 
Tlie former was a native of North Carolina, and 
the latter of Virginia. They became honored 
pioneers of this locality, and the first election in 
Pipe Creek Township was held at their house on 
the farm now owned by A. Wise. There was not 



a dwelling above his place on Pi])e Creek. Mr. 
Etchison was one of the lirst organi/.ers of the 
lownshi|). 

Into our subject and his wife were born four- 
te(>n children, of whom four arc now living: 
William Benton, who was born August 12, 1858, 
and wlio owns a highly improved farm in Okla- 
homa; Walter Columbus, who was born Oetoiier 
28, 18{i(l, and also resides in Okl.ahoma. where he 
has a (luarter-section of land; Albert Newton, 
born March 18, 1869, and living in Cherokee C<puu- 
ly,0. T., and Riley Franklin, born April 20, 1.S71. 
at home, llenr}' Elmer was born October 29, 18(!2, 
and filed February 2.'i, 1879. Joseph Wright, born 
October 20, 1864, died September 6, 1866. The 
mother of these children passed away Febi-uary 
.S, 1876, and on the 5th of September, 1.S77. Mr. 
IClehison was again married, his second uuiou tx'- 
ing with ,Maiy Ann Waymire, daughter of Uu- 
dolpli W.aymire. Mr. Etchison is a successful 
farmer and a hii;hly esteemed citizen, whose 
worth and ability have won him many friends. 
He holds membership willi the Cliiistian Church 
and votes the Demoer.atie ticket. 



lENJAMIN FRANKLIN FESLEK. wl 



{L>\ votes his energies to agricultural pursuits, 
|/|lj))ll! and makes his home on section 21. Pipe 
^>^:^ Creek Township, Madison County, is still 
living in the county of his nativity. His birth 
occurred on the 22d of August, 1853, and he is 
a son of David and Elizabeth Feslcr, a sketch of 
whom appears elsewhere in this work. No event 
of special importance occurred during his child- 
hood and youth, which were (piietlj' passed upon 
the home farm midst play and work. After arriv- 
ing at man's estate he left the parental roof and 
went to Illinois, where he spent about a year, after 
which he returned home and resumed farming. 

An important event in the life of Mr. Fesler 
occurred February 14, 1879, when was celebrated 
his marriage with Miss Ida Campbell, daughter of 
Thomas .letTerson and Sarah (Thurston) Campbell, 



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both of wliom were natives of Ohio. Seven chil- 
dren have been born of the union of our subject 
and iiis wife, and the family circle yet remains uu- 
brolcen. They are as follows: Dora Belle, born 
June 5, 1881; Ludella, born February 8, 1883; 
William L., born September 8, 1884; Bertan A., 
born August 8, 1886; John W., born January 16, 
1888; Elmer F., born July 21, 1890; and Raymond 
C, born on the 2-2d of January, 1893. 

Mr. P'esler is a member of the Farmers" Mutual 
Benefit Association, and he and his wife hold 
membership with the Christian Church. He exer- 
cises his right of franchise in support of Demo- 
cratic principles, and keeps well informed on the 
issues of the day, but has never been an otiice 
seeker, preferring to devote his time and attention 
to his business interests, in which he has met with 
signal success. He is diligent, enterprising and 
persevering, and his good management has there- 
fore brought him a comfortable competence. His 
life has been well and worthily spent, and he is 
highlv esteemed by all who know him. 



(^$)HEODORE JOHNSON, an extensive gen- 
|^\^ oral agriculturist, successful stock-raiser, 
vi-/ dealer and breeder of thoroughbred Ham- 
bietonian horses, Poland-China, Jersey-Red and 
Chester- White hogs, is a native of Indiana and 
widely known as a leading citizen and prominent 
business man of Washington Township, Hamilton 
County, I nd. Oursubject, born in Bartholomew 
County, September 29, 1844, was the son of Phineas 
W. and Sarah A. (Lewis) Johnson. Tiie father 
was born and reared in Ohio, and the mother was a 
native of ^'irginia. The paternal grandfather, 
William Johnson, was likewise a native of the 
Buckeye State, and was occupied with farming 
duties from his early youth. He married Miss 
Susan Mercer, and yet in the dawn of manhood, 
l)assed away mourned by all who knew him, aged 
twenty-two. 

Botli the paternal graiidp.'irents were well edu- 
cated for those limes, and. the descendants of in- 
telligent ancestors, occupied prominent positions 



in their home locality. The grandmother, a de- 
voted Christian woman and life-time member of 
the Presbyterian Church, survived her husband 
many years, living to the age of seventy-six. 
The union of the grandparents was blessed by 
the birth of one child, Phineas W., the father of 
our subject. To her son the widowed mother 
gave every possible opportunity for an educa- 
tion in the common branches, and well improv- 
ing the offered instruction, he later taught school. 
Finally the mother and son removed to Barthol- 
omew County, Ind., and located on a small farm, 
where they experienced struggles and privations 
incidental to the pioneer days. 

Phineas W. at times worked for thirty-seven 
and a-half cents per day, but with unceasing cour- 
age persevered in the daily round of toil and 
gradually made his upward way to a position of 
comfortable independence. When about twenty- 
six 3'ears old he married Miss Sarah A. Lewis, 
daughter of John and Sarah A. (Wilson) Lewis. 
The Wilsons were Kentuckians and descendants of 
highly respected ancestors. The happy home of 
the parents was made glad by the birth of nine 
children, the eldest being Theodore, our subject; 
then follow in order: Harvey, Lucinda, Juliett 
L., Susan C, Mary F., Cyrus W., Mayo L. and 
Minnie L. With the exception of Theodore, Susan 
C. and Cyrus W., the brothers and sisters who 
clustered in the old home have entered into rest. 
The mother possessed a good practical education, 
and was from early youth a member of the Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church. She was a devoted wife 
and parent and a kind neighbor, and died beloved 
by all who knew her in 1883, aged sixty years. 

The father, with his family, located in Wash- 
ington Township in 1850, and bought ninety 
acres of partly improved land. He cultivated the 
farm and added to his real estate until he owned 
about six hundred and forty acres of valuable 
land. Always a hard-working and industrious 
man, he was a sincere Christian and a valued 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He 
watched the building of the first railroad in Indi- 
ana, and identified with the pioneer history of 
the state, survived to witness its wonderful de- 
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fi3,=i 



quaintances and the general public of the county, 
lifi died, at the home of his onl^' daughter, Auj^ust 1, 
1892, agtdseventy-five years. He was essentially 
a self-made man and in every sense of the word a 
true American citizen. 

Our subject made liis honie with his pariMits 
until twenty-four years old, and worked some of 
his father's farm upon his own account. In 18G8 
Theodore Johnson and Jliss Alphia D. Walker 
wore united in niurriauc. Mrs. .lohiison is the daugh- 
ter of Hich.ird II. and Klizahelh .1. (llayden) Walk- 
01-. natives of Kentucky. She received an excel- 
lent preparatory education in the common schools, 
;ind also attended the college at Ilnrrodshurgh, 
Ky., one term, and hitci' received instruction in 
the Indianapolis (hid.) Female Institute. She is 
a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church and is an active aid in the work of the 
Foreign Missionary Society. Mr. and Mrs. .lohn- 
son are the parents of nine children, one of whom 
died in infancw The eight who survived the 
perils of childhood are: Horace W., Ilulieit H.. 
Bessie W., Homer 1?., I'aul S., Cecil I)., Theodore 
L. and Harrison H. 

Our subject and his estim:djle wife commenced 
housokee|nng in a little log cabin upon the land 
where they now live. The father of Mrs. John- 
son gave him one hundred acres of the homestead, 
to which he has since added two hundred and 
thirty, his valuable farm of three hundred and 

thirty acres being an g the best in the county, 

highly cultivated, and imi)roved with commodious 
buildings, dwelling, l)arns and granary. Our sub- 
ject, like his wife, enjoyed the benefits of a good 
education, attending school in both 'Westlicld and 
Ediuburg. He is politically a Repulilicaii, and in 
religious affiliation is connected with the Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church, and is Steward in the same. 
He is also fraternally associated with the Knights of 
Honor, and is a member of Lodge No. 91, at Joliet- 
ville, Ind. .Mr. .lohnson possesses a valuable store 
of reminiscences of early days, and relates an ex- 
perience of the war times in which his father 
actively })articipated. 

Tlu' father while iiiaikel ing a load of wheat drove 
to /.loiisville lu the winter of l.SOU, and it l)eing a 



arrested at once as a deserter .-ind was obliged to 
idcntif}^ himself before he w.as released. This inci- 
dent happening to a loyal and law-abiding citizen 
was temporarily embarrassing, but was later re- 
membered onlv as a huge mistake. 



^^f%E()RC,E X. (!AKI)NEI{, an enterprising cil- 
It "^ '^''"' prosiierous agriculturalist and a life- 
^^S time resident of Indiana, now residing in 
W,asliington Township, Hamilton County, began 
life for himself at seventeen years of age. then 
enlisting in the Union army and bia\ely lighting 
for national existence. Our subject, born in 
Whitley County, Ind., May :5, 1842, was the son of 
Benjamin and Jane (Hull) (lardner. His father 
was a native of Nevv York, but the mother was 
born in Virginia. The paternal (iieat-grandfatlier 
(iardner was born in England, and early located in 
Dutchess County, N. Y., where later the paternal 
grandfather, Benjamin fiardner, was born. He 
was a resolute man and fought with courage in 
the War of 1812, and, possessed of judicial ability, 
served efficiently as a justice of the ])eace for a 
full score of 3'ears. Sturdy, and of fine physique, 
he survived to the advanced age of ninety-one, 
and died near Muskegon, Mich., in 18.H1. 

(Jrandfather Gardner was politically a strong 
Republican, and both he and Grandmother (iard- 
ner were for fift}' years consistent members of the 
Methodist F^piscopal Church. The grandmother 
passed away in Pulaski County, Ind., also far ad- 
vanced in age. The maternal (Jrandfather Hull, a 
Virginian by birth, was the first white man who 
came to F't. Wayne, and, a favorite of the Indians, 
was freiiuently appointed to arbitrate cases in dis- 
pute. The Hulls, earl^' settlers of the I'nited 
States, were of German descent. (irandfather 
Hull was a genial man, and when he died in 
Whitley County was mourned by all who knew 
him as a public loss. Benjamin (jardiier, the 
father of our subject, was born in Dutchess Ccninty, 
N. Y., and removed with his parents to Whitley 
County, Ind., in 1826. In 18:!.") the (iardners lo- 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



cated in Pulaski County, and in 1865 made their 
permanent liorae in Hamilton County. 

The father remained with his parents until of 
age, and in 184C entered from the Government 
one liundred and sixty acres of land in Pulaslii 
County. He continued upon that homestead until 
his removal to Hamilton County, where, in 1865, 
he settled on one hundred and twenty acres near 
wliere our subject lives. Later he sold out and 
went to Marion County, and in 1868 bought 
eighty acres near Traitor's Point, wiiere, aged 
seventy-nine, he is spending the evening of his 
days. Unto the union of the parents were born 
five sons and five daughters: Phoebe, George N., 
Emily; Henry, deceased; Franklin, Louisa; Will- 
iam A., deceased; Emelia. deceased; Mary and 
Alonzo. The mother, a woman of ability and 
well educated, yet survives and has reached the 
age of seventy-two ^eais. The father is a valued 
member of the Christian Church and politically is 
a strong Democrat. 

Answering the appeals of the Government 
George N. Gardner enlisted August 7, 1861, in the 
Third Indiana Battery, Light Artillery, and in the 
following September the battery was sent to St. 
Louis, thence to .Jefferson City, and later, under 
the command of General Fremont, to southwestern 
Missouri. It remained for a time in Tipton, and 
then went to Cantonment, continuing there until 
the spring of 1862, wlien it returned to Jefferson 
City. In the summer andfall of 1862 the battery 
was divided into sections and ordered into differ- 
ent parts of Missouri, where it was engaged in 
what is known as "guerrilla warfare." After 
marching all over Missouri and being separated 
nine months, tiie battery was re-united the fol- 
lowing winter at Springfield. They then moved 
forward to Rolla, and thence to St. Louis, its 
abiding place until the winter of 1863. The bat- 
tery next moved to Columbus, Ky., and accompa- 
nied General Smitii on his Tennessee campaign. 
In tlie winter of 18G3-64 it marched to Vicksburg, 
and up the Red River in General Banks' expedi- 
tion. 

The battery checked the advance of the rebels 
at Pleasant Hill, and covered the retreat of the 
army across the Atchafalya, and moved on to 



Round Lake, Ark., and on to Memphis, then to 
Tupelo and back to Mempliis. In this latter city 
the battery was newl}' equipped with guns and 
liorses, and was soon after sent to Oxford, Miss.. 
but in a brief time again returned to Memphis- 
and with the Sixteenth Army Corps, under Gen- 
eral Rosecrans, joined in the expedition pursuing 
General Price. In the fall of 1864,' after march- 
ing nearly eight hundred miles in twent3'-four 
da3'S, the battery returned to St. Louis in order to 
report to General Tiiomas at Nashville, Tenn. 
Forwarded to Eastport the battery was then or- 
dered to report to General Canby at New Orleans) 
and from that city proceeded to Dauphin, Ala., 
afterward marching on to Fish River and taking 
an active part in the capture of Mobile, later 
proceeding to Montgomery, and thence to Salem- 
Remaining there until July 30, it was ordered to 
Indianapolis to be mustered out of service. 

The battery engaged constantly in duty for 
nearly four years, and in its long marches had 
passed through the following states: Missouri, 
Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Flor- 
ida, Texas, Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama. It 
actively participated in the following battlo: 
Moore's Mills, Kirksville, Lone Jack, Mo.; Ft. Rus- 
sey. Pleasant Hill, Concherville, Cane Run, Alex- 
andria, Old Oaks, La.; Round Lake, Ark.; Tupelo, 
Tallahatcha, Jackson, Clinton, Miss.; Nashville, 
Overton Hill, Mobile, Ft. Blakely, and the List 
fight, on the 9th of April, 1865. The battery was 
from its organization commanded variousl}^ by 
Captain W. W. Frybergh, James M. Cockefair, 
Thomas J. Ginn, Richard Burns, and the loss in 
wounded anil killed was one officer and sixty-three 
men. The Third Indiana Battery was the first or- 
ganized in the state, the first ordered to tlie front 
the last ordered home. Its motto was, "First in 
the field, last in the fight." Its record for effi- 
ciency was second to none. It returned with 
three officers and eighty-two men; its equipments, 
horses and guns being turned over at Mt. Vernon. 
Ala. 

The war ended, our subject returned to his 
home and located on a farm near his present 
homestead, and lias since engaged in the pursuit 
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the service and draws |!10 per month pension. 
On the 20th of February, 1868, George N. Gard- 
ner and Miss Martlia .Stultz were united in mar- 
riage. Mrs. Gardner was the daughter of Francis 
and Mary (Petrie) Stult./., natives of Noitli Caro- 
Hna. Unto our subject and his estimable wife 
were horn six chiUlren, two of wlioni died in in- 
fancy. The surviving arc Cora K., Ora K., Ho- 
zelia, married; and Albert N. Rozella, the mother 
of one child, is tlie wife of Ellsworth Conrad, and 
resides near her parents. The record of the Stultz 
family will l>e found in another part of this work. 
INIr. and Mrs. Gardner are valued members of tiie 
Christian Church, and are liberal givers in behalf 
of religious enterprises. ( )ui- subject is politically 
an ardent Republican, and lias held with ability 
the ollice of Road Supervisor. 

Receiving but limited advantages of education 
Mr. (Gardner is mainly a self-made man, and pos- 
sessed of stur()y energy has won a competence, 
now owning one hundred and thirty-four acres of 
valuable land, highly cultivated and well im- 
proved with substantial buildings. In 1891 our 
subject, in connection with about forty well-to-do 
farmers, organized a stock company called the 
Little Eagle Gas Company, with a capital stock of 
110,000. The company was organized f m- the 
benefit of the farmers, and has proved a financial 
success. They own three wells and the first one 
dug, in Washington Townsliip, is the best. Our 
subject, i-ecognized as jjossessing executive ability, 
w.as elected President of thecompanv the first \ear. 



vILLlAM .1. .lACKSON, senior member of 
Ijl the firm of Jackson iV: IJurr, is a Can.adiun 
*S^ by birth, having first opened iiis eyes 
upon the scenes of earth in Toronto. Tie was 
born October 2, 184,S, and received an excellent 
education in the schools of Toronto, under tlie tut- 
orage of G. R. R. Cockburn, late of the Upper Can- 
ada College. In 1862, when less than twenty years 
of ago, he left Canada for the oil regions of Pennsyl- 
vania, and engaged in the mercantile and oil 



business, and later in banking in Titusville, where 
he resided forabout twcniy-five years. He gained 
a thorough knowledge of the oil business, and was 
one of the pioneers in the North lialtimore (Ohio) 
oil fields. In 188'.) he removed from Pennsylvania 
to Indiana, attracted to Andeison hy the devel- 
opment of natural gas in this region. 

Since locating in this city. Mr. .l.ackson h;is he- 
come closely identified with the best interests of 
the community. In ISS'.lh,. purchased the intei'- 
est (if Mr. Part.m, in the firm of Owens .V- llart.in. 
and the style became Owens A- .lackson. On the 
1st of January, 1892, Lafe J. Burr bought Mr. 
Owens' interest, and the firm nanu; was changed to 
Jackson A'^ Piurr. In his socia"! rclatidii-. our sub- 
ject is a member of the Independent Oidei- of Odd 
Fellows and the Masonic fraternity, being identi- 
fied with Shepard Lodge in Pennsylvania. Polit- 
ically a Republican, he was an active and tireless 
worker in the intei-ests of the |i:irty while a resi- 
dent of the Keystone State, and since coming to 
Anderson has done some good service for party 
principles and candidates. 

'll? EMUEL CAREY, who owns and operates 
I (CS- two hundred acres of good land in Clay 
j |LA\^ Township, was born in Delaware Township, 
Hamilton County, in 1840. His great-grandfather, 
Samuel Carey, who w.as probably born in New Yoik, 
was of English descent, and was a farmer by oc- 
cupation. He belonged to the Friends' Church, 
and voted with the AVhig party, lie and his wife. 
Mary Carey, died in 1829. Their cliildien were 
John, Elias, Samuel, Jonathan. Kaclicl. Cynthia 
and Sarah. 

.lonathan Carey was Ikjiii in Pennsylvania, and 
about the time he attained to man's estate went to 
Virginia, where he married Uutli P.ond. \Vhen 
his parents went to Ohio, he and his wife Joined 
them. He had no educational privileges, but 
through his own efforts became well informed and 
acquired a knowledge of the Iiigher mathematics 
and medicine. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, 
and for many years taught school. He afterward 
practiced medicine, and no matter how busy he w.as 



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in the shop, if his services were needed in a sick- 
room he never hesitated to go. His wife, an in- 
telligent and refined lady, was Secretary of the 
Friends' meetings for years. They long lived on 
a farm in Ohio, but in 1833 settled in the midst 
of the forest, about two miles west of Carmel. 
The nearest trading post was then Indianapolis. 
Mr. Carey also had the first wagon and repair 
shop in til is neighborhood. His wife was a daugh- 
ter of Edward and Mary (Fox) Bond, and a di- 
rect descendant of George Fox, the founder of 
the Friends' Church in England. Of their family 
of twelve children two died in childhood. The 
others were Zenus, Samuel, Benjamin, Mary, Char- 
lotte, Sylvanus, Hannah, Cyrus, Lemuel and Isaac. 
With the exception of Isaac all are now deceased. 

Samuel Carey, father of our subject, was born 
in Virginia, and when a child went with his par- 
ents to Ohio, and there was joined in wedlock with 
Sarah, daughter of John and Mary Phelps. Her 
grandfather and uncle were Revolutionary sol- 
diers. The former never returned home, but after 
serving for seven years the son returned and his 
own mother did not know him. Mrs. Carey and 
her parents were natives of Virginia. She became 
the mother of nine children: John F., of Arizona; 
Ruth, wife of William Warren; Sylvanus; Mana, 
deceased wife of Joel Day; Martin F., deceased; 
Mrs. Martha Dixon; Lemuel; Sarah J., deceased; 
wife of Dr. D. Plarold; and Samuel B., who died 
at the age of ten. The father was a great worker 
in the P^riends' Church, and was a Whig in pol- 
itics. He died about 1867. Wiien this country 
was an almost unbroken wilderness he located 
within its borders and bore all the experiences and 
hardships of frontier life. His name is insepara- 
l)ly connected with its early history. His wife 
passed away in August, 1892, at the age of eighty- 
four. 

Mr. Carey of this sketch was reared in tlie usual 
manner of farmer lads and educated in the dis- 
trict schools. As a companion and helpmate on 
life's journey he chose Rosanna Coffin, daughter 
of Stephen and Charity (Coats) Cofflh and a native 
of Randolph County, Ind. Unto them were born 
five children: Lenora, who died at the age of 
seventeen; Gertrude and Everett, liolli deceased; 



Frank, who married Hattie Osborn; and Clif- 
ford C. 

Mr. Carey's father gave him forty acres of land, 
partly improved. This he soon sold, and pur- 
chased his present farm, of which he has given 
eighty acres to his son. Throughout his life he 
has followed farming and stock-raising and has 
been very successful. He and his wife belong to 
the Friends' Church. The Republican party re- 
ceives his political support. 



/^) HARLES FISHER. As the founder of the 
(l( ^_, now flourishing village of Fisherburgli 
^^(7 the name of our subject will be perpetu- 
ated in the annals of Madison County. He was 
prominently connected with the early history of 
the town, being its first Postmaster, and also en- 
gaging in the mercantile business here for ten 
years. At the present time (1893) he is prosper- 
ously conducting farming pursuits in Stony Creek 
Township, Madison Count}-, where he owns one 
hundred and twenty acres of fertile land. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject, Benja- 
min P'isher, Sr., was born in Pennsylvania, and 
spent his entire life in that state engaged in agri- 
cultural pursuits. Benjamin Fisher, Jr., father of 
our subject, was born in the Keystone State, and 
some years after his marriage migrated to Ohio, in 
1800, locating on thirty-three acres in Clermont 
County. In 1819 he came to Hamilton Counl\. 
Ind., and settled in what is now Jackson Town- 
ship during June of that year. At that early d.iv 
there were thousands of Indians here, but very 
few white settlers. There was but one road from 
Ohio to Indiana, and it was very rude. Anderson 
was then an Indian village, the chief of which 
was named Anderson. There was not a single 
white family' in this now flourishing city, nor, in- 
deed, had the pale faces ventured into the sur- 
rounding country. 

About four miles from the Fisher abode lived a 
white settler named Shintapper, who had a grind- 
stone, the only one for miles around. Our sub- 
ject's father and many others were accustomed to 



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go there for the purpose of grinding tlieir axes. 
Dm-ing the Marcli following the arrival of Mr. 
Kislier In Madison County he started for Mr. 
Sliiutapper's place, as also did a number of others, 
Miiiong them Jacob Hiers and .lacob Cullop. Mr. 
Shintapper was in the habit of selling whiskey to 
thi' Indians, who when under the influence of the 
li(luor were fierce and dangerous. At one time 
:\Ir. Shintap|)er threw one of the savages into the 
(ill', where he was burned to death. This so en- 
raged the red men that they determined to avenge 
the murder, and accordingly, armed with weapons, 
they made their way to the house of the [lioneer. 
A terrible struggle ensued, the whites and red men 
engaging in a hand to hand fight. l)ut the Imlians 
were unable to conquer their foes. I'hcy there- 
fore procured clubs and renewed the light. One 
man knocked Mr. Shintapper down, and was in 
turn felled b3' a blow from Jacob Iliers. The In- 
dians started to flee, but when some distance 
anay charged again, and Mr. l-'isher fell, his body 1 
being slabbed with knives and torn in iiieces- 
Some of his bones, as large as a silver dollar, are 
ill the possession of his family. 

This sad catastrophe left lli»^ little family de. 
fenseless and orphaned. The brave mother, how- 
ever, kept her children in the little log cabin, and 
together the}' labored for their support. After 
making their home on that place for twelve years 
they removed to Stony Creek Township, where 
the mother died about 1833. She had been in 
maidenhood Miss Hannah Atlierton, and w.as a 
native of Vermont, although her marriage took 
place in Pennsylvania. Her union resulted m the 
birth of three children: .John and Mary, deceased, 
and Charles, of this sketch. The latter was born 
ill Ohio December 14, 1819, and was but one year 
old when brought to Indiana. At the age of 
thirteen he was thrown upon his own resources 
without a dollar to call his own. His brother and 
sister were married, and about the 1st of Novem- 
ber, 1833, he went to the home of the former, 
where he spent the ensuing winter. He attended 
school in a rude structure, built of logs, with 
doors of clapboards and windows of greased pa- 
per, while the interior furnishings were of an 
equally primitive nature. In the spring of the 



following year he assisted in making sugar, receiv- 
ing in return his board and clothes. 

After learning the trade of a briekm.ason our 
subject went to Noblesville, where he worked in a 
brick yard for two years. At the age of fifteen 
years he rented an eighty-acre farm in Stony (reek 
Township, Madison County, being one of the 
earliest farmers to locate in that section. He 
owned one horse, and two others were furnished 
by the owners of the propeity. As the result of 
his year's labors he received one-fourtli of the 
crop, clearing ^aOO by the transaction. He sold 
wheat to Charles Conrad and corn to John Hamil- 
ton, each of wiiorn paid him in silver one-half 

111 company with his brother and si^ter our sub- 
ject went back to Ohio to see some land their 
father had left. This they sold for #300 — ?:200 
down and the balance to he paid in three years. 
The brother and brother-in-law took the cash |iav- 
inent for their own use, leaving the \-ouiig lad to 
wait three years for his portion. At the expir.a- 
tion of that time he purch.ased some property in 
Noblesville from his brother for ¥100, which he 
afterward sold for *^l()(i. He also bought an 
eighty-acre farm, which he sold for •■:!()()() ;ind an- 
other eighty -acre tract. In this way, by making 
good investments and speculating in land, our 
subject became wealthy, and was numbered among 
the mimeyed men of the county. 

In 1810 Jlr. Fisher married Miss Lucy Jane, 
daughter of Thomas Busby, an old settler of Mad- 
ison County. Seven children were born of the 
union, four of whom attained to manhofid and 
womanhood, namely: 'I'homas S., deceased; John 
Madison, a physician, residing in Middletown, 
Ind.; Malinda S., the wife of Dr. Jacob Ilarter, of 
Anderson; and William Lewis, deceased. The 
widow of the last-named son resides with our 
j subject and ministers to his comfort in his declin- 
ing years. He was bereaved by the death of his 
wife September 26, 1886. She had been through 
all the years of their married life a true helpmate 
to him, aiding him in all his undertakings, and by 
economy and good management assisting him in 
the accumulation of wealth. Politically a Demo- 
crat, Mr. Fisher has held a luimber of local ollices. 



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including that of Township Trustee and otlier im- 
portant positions, in wliich he has served with 
lidelity. Since a lad of sixteen years he has been 
identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
of which he is still a prominent member. 



EORGE AV. RULON, a well known citizen, 
^— , a representative general agriculturist and 
JJi stock-raiser, is numbered among the ener- 
getic and progressive young farmers of White 
River Township, Hamilton County, Ind. A na- 
tive of the state, and born in Tipton County Sep- 
tember 4, 1858, our subject has through his entire 
life been identified with the vital interests and 
rapid advancement of this part of the great west, 
and from his earliest youth has aided in the pro- 
motion of all matters pertaining to the public 
welfare. George W. Rulon is the son of earlj' and 
highly respected residents of Wayne County, 
where the parents, locating many years ago, took 
an active part in reclaiming the fertile soil from 
its wild condition. 

George and Ilulda (Gilbert) Rulon, were well 
and favorably known in Wayne County, where 
they reared their family and shared in the joys 
and sorrows of their neighbors. The father was 
a native of New Jersey, in which state the pa- 
ternal grandparents made their home in early 
times. A practical agriculturist, George Rulon, Sr., 
was also a cooper, and devoted himself almost en- 
tirely to this latter employment until his removal 
to Wayne County, Ind., where he engaged with 
untiring industry in the tilling of the soil at 
forty years of age. He cleared and improved a 
valuable homestead, upon which our subject was 
born and si)enl the days of boyhood. Reared 
upon his father's farm, Mr. Rulon was only a little 
lad when he first entered into the dailj- round of 
agricultural duties, and was well fitted by prac- 
tical experience to begin life for himself long be- 
fore he attained to his majority. 

The mother of our subject, Mrs. Ilulda (Gil- 
bert) Rulon, IS a lady of ability and bright in- 



telligence. She is the descendant of highly re- 
spected and enterprising ancestors, who are num- 
bered among the prominent and influential citi- 
zens of the United States. Our subject, edu- 
cated in the little district schools of Wayne Coun- 
ty, improved every advantage for study and laid 
with care the broad foundation of knowledge later 
gained by reading and observation. Attaining 
to self-reliant manhood, George W. Rulon shortly 
after reaching his majority was united in mar- 
riage, October 1, 1879, with Miss Martha A. 
Newby. The estimable wife of our subject is a 
native of Wayne Township, Hamilton County, 
Ind., and was born ,7une 27, 1859, upon the home- 
stead of her parents, Frank and Margaret (Peck) 
Newby. 

The father of Mrs. Rulon, born in Marion 
County, Ind., September 18, 1831, was the son 
of very earl}' pioneers of the state, John W. 
Newby, the paternal grandfather, with his worthy 
wife, sharing the hardships and privations of 
early days. The parents of Mrs. Rulon were 
united in marriage November 15, 1852, the be- 
loved mother passing away upon the old home- 
stead September 2, 1891. A member of the Chris- 
tian Church and a woman of lovely character, she 
was deeply mourned by all who knew her. Mrs. 
Rulon was one of five children, four of whom are 
now surviving, three daughters and one son. 
The pleasant home of our subject and his capable 
wife has been blessed by the birth of three 
promising little ones, who have an apparently 
bright future before thein. liia was born May 
25, 1881; Roy, March 25, 1888; and Iva, March 
3, 1893. 

Mr. and Mrs. Rulon are both valued members 
of the Christian Church, and are ready aids in re- 
ligious and benevolent enterprises. Socially, they 
occupy a high place among their friends and 
neighbors, commanding the esteem and genuine 
regard of all who know them. Our subject is po- 
litically a Republican and a strong adherent of 
the party. He cast his first Presidential vote for 
James A. Garfield, and has ever been true to the 
principles and platform of the grand old party. 
He is active in local affairs and well posted in 
national issues. Devoting the labor of his life to 



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the pursuit of agriculture, lie has prospered, and 
-owns one of the most liiglily improved and at- 
tractive pieces of farming property- in the town- 
ship. Mr. Rulon built his present handsome and 
ciiiiiniodioushonie in 1886, and in every part of the 
farm may be seen tlie evidences of thrift and good 
iiiangement which stamp our subject as one of tlie 
:il]U" business men of the townsliip, wide-awaiie, 
enterprising and fully abreast of the times. 

IIL^ON. SIMKON C. MARTIXDALU This 
KjV: successful attorney now residing in AntJer- 
/4W^ son, was born in Wayne County, Ind., No- 
(^ vember 17, 1829. He is of English descent, 
his paternal great-great-grandfatiier having eii'.i- 
grated from (ireat Britain to America and made 
settlement in Philadelphia. In that city the eyes 
of our subject's great-grandfather first opened to 
the light of da3'. His death occurred at the ad- 
vanced age of one hundred years and ten months. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject, .John 
Martindale, was born in South Carolina, and was 
a Revolutionary hero. After his marriage he 
l)rought his family to Indiana and located in 
Wayne County. Later he removed to Michigan, 
settling near lUichanan. From there he went to 
Delaware County, Iowa, where he followed ag- 
ricultural pursuits until his death. The father of 
our subject. Rev. P^lijah Martindale, was horn in 
South Carolina, and when a lad came with his par- 
ents to Indiana, settling in Wayne County. After 
his marriage he located on F'lat Rock, near the 
city of New Castle, where he was a pioneer minis- 
ter in the Christian Church. His services were 
donated, and without thought or expectation of 
remuneration he labored untiringly in the inter- 
ests of the church. Meanwhile his wife and sons 
cleared and improved the home farm of one hun- 
dred andsixty acres, where they engaged in till- 
ing the soil. 

About 1837 liev. Elijah Martindale preached in 
the first court house ever erected in Anderson. He 
slopped at the old hotel managed by Hon. Andrew 
.lackson, a kind-hearted pioneer, who said to him: 



"If you can preach for nothing I can board for 
nothing." He preached in Wayne, Henry, Hush 
and Fayette Counties, riding on horseback to fill 
his appointments, and organizing a large number 
of churches. After a long and useful life, de- 
voted to the spiritual welfare of others, he ijassed 
from earth at the age of eighty-two years, and was 
buried at New Castle. His wife, whose maiden 
name was Elizabeth Boyd, waj born in Kentucky, 
being the daughter of Samuel Boyd, likewise a 
native of the Blue {4rass State, and of V'irginian 
descent. He was an early settler in Wayne Coun- 
ty, Ind., where he followed farming pursuits, and 
also served as a preacher in the New Light Church. 
He was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, 
and lost an eye in the struggle. The mother of 
our subject died at the age of ninety-three years. 

In the family of Rev. Elijah Martindale there 
were tifteen children, nine sons and six daughters 
all of wliom, with one exception, grew to man- 
luiod and womanhood. Seven .sons and three 
daughters arc now living. Our subject, the sixth 
son and eleventh child, was reared in Henry 
County, where he received a common-school edu- 
cation in the primitive structure used for a tem- 
ple of learning, but as his attendance there was 
necessarily limited he attend(;d the New Castle 
Academy for about two years, to better prepare 
himself for the battle of life. At the age of 
twenty he engaged in teaching, and followed that 
profession for two or three years, after wliich he 
began to read law under his brother E. B. and 
.Judge John.son,at New Castle, and he was admit- 
ted to the Bar in Henry County in 1851. 

In 1857 Mr. Martindale removed to Delaware 
County, Iowa, where lie engaged in farming for a 
time. In the spring of 18fi() he located in Ander- 
son, where he commenced the practice of his pro- 
fession. During the following year he formed a 
partnership with John A. Harrison and continued 
in that connection about five years, after which lie 
practiced alone. He was Prosecuting Attorney for 
six years, and has occupied other positions of 
prominence in the community. In 1868 he was 
elected Ma3or of Anderson, and served in that 
capacity for two years, since which time he has 
given his attention to his ])ractice and his real-es- 



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tate interests. His office is on the corner of Ninth 
.and Main Streets, in the Eagle Block, Anderson. 
In Henry County, Ind., in 185.5, occurred the 
marriage of Mr. Martindale to Miss Eliza J. Ben- 
l)0w, a native of that county. Seven cliildren 
have been born of the union, five of whom are 
now living. Lillie A., Mrs. Joseph A. Robinson, 
resides in Anderson; Edward B. is a machinist 
and manufacturer of electric belts in Atlanta, Ga.; 
(ieorgia is with her parents; Charles is a machinist 
in the employ of the American Wire Nail Com- 
pany, and Loring B., the youngest, resides at home 
with his parents. Mr. Martindale enjoys the dis- 
tinction of being one of the oldest practicing at- 
torneys in Madison County. In politics he is a 
Republican and an earnest advocate of party prin- 
ciples. 



ASIL P.. TILLSON, a representative farmer 
of Fall (Jreek Township, claims Indiana as 
the state of his nativity, in fact he has the 
honor of being one of Madison County's 
He was born in Huntsville, September 25, 
to .Tuhu and Harriet (Lawrence) Tillson. 
grandfather, Luther Tillson, removed from 
\'crmont to Darke County, Ohio, where he entered 
and improved an eighty-acre farm upon which he 
spent his remaining days. In politics he was a 
Whig. The family is of Englisii descent. 

The father of our subject was one of eight chil- 
dren. He was born in Vermont November 9, 
1803, went with his parents to the Buckeye State, 
and in 1841 became a resident of Huntsville, Ind., 
where he carried on merchandising until his death 
in .June, 1864. In politics he supported the "Whig 
and then the Republican party, and in religious 
belief he was a Universalist. He married Harriet 
Lawrence and they had nine children, seven of 
whom reached mature years. Norman died at the 
age of nineteen. Eveline died leaving a family 
of three children. Hiram died in 1864, leaving 
three children, two yet living. Eliza A. died leav- 
ing four children. Gustavus A. at his death left 
three children. Mary died in infanc\-. ISIclvina 



and Basil complete the family. The mother, who 
was born August 31, 1807, died in Huntsville, 
May 22, 1860. For his second wife the father 
married Mariam J., daughter of AVilliam Williams. 

The boyhood days of our subject were quietly 
passed under the paternal roof. In August, 1862, 
he joined the boys in blue of the Eighteenth Indi- 
ana Battery, and participated in the engagements 
at Smilhsville, Hoover's Gap, Chattanooga, Harri- 
son Landing, Ringgold, Chickamauga, F'arming- 
ton, Newmarket, Williams' Plantation, Mossy 
Creek, Fair Garden, Potato Hill, Big Spring, Rc- 
saca, Stillboro, Brownlow Hill, Lost Mountain, 
Sweetwater, Ebenezer Church, Cassville, Ilopkins- 
ville, Scottsville, Selraa, West Point and Macon. 
He received his discharge at Indianapolis June 
30, 1865, after three j^ears of faithful and valiant 
service. 

When the war was over Mr. Tillson went to 
Anderson, where he worked at the trade of tan- 
ning for two years and then purchased eighty 
acres in Lafayette Township. A year later la- 
sold and returned to Anderson, where he engaged 
in teaming until October, 1870, when he purchas- 
ed one hundred and three acres on section 16, Fall 
Creek Township. His farm now comprises one 
hundred and eighty acres, is highly improved and 
cultivated, and is supplied with good barns and 
outbuildings and a fine residence. In politics he 
is a supporter of Republican principles, and soci- 
ally is a member of the Odd Fellows' society. 
Knights of Honor and Major Henry Post No. 230, 
G. A. R., of Pendleton. His many excellencies of 
character and sterling worth have gained him 
confidence and esteem. Mr. Tillson was married, 
September 24, 1865, to Mary .L, daughter of Will- 
iam I), and Ethelinda (Floak) Miller, the former 
a native of York, Pa., and the latter of Virginia. 
The father was a cabinet-maker. Removing to 
Montgomery County, Ohio, he was there married, 
February 13, 1840, to Miss Fleak. He died in 
Eupheniia, Ohio, May 3, 1849, leaving three chil- 
dren, George W., Catherine E. and Mary J. His 
widow afterwards became the wife of Ruster C. 
Kline, and died in Anderson. Her father, William 
Fleak, was of Dutch descent. Unto Mr. and Mrs. 
Tillson were born four children, Ruster C. and 



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Edward W., who died in infancy', William L. and 
Carrie E. The parents are members of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church. 



R. .JOllX .1. liAKKi;, on 

■ nent iih^ysicinns oC llanii 
a resident of Westlield. 



<>1 the promi- 
I'li County, and 
is horn in' Rush 



County, hid., M.iy 2'.i. l.s.M. His early an- 
cestors came from England and settled in Virginia. 
The family has long Ijeen noted for its connection 
with the Baptist Cliurch, and particularly for the 
long line of preaclu'is il luis fiirnishcd to that de- 
nomination. The Docliii's father, .John H.Baker, 
was born in Virginia .lune 1'.), 1821, and his father, 
William Raker, in the same state in 1795, while 
the originator of the fnmily in this country, whose 
iiaiiie was also William Baker, was born in Eng- 
land but early in life settled in Virginia, where 
lie was a prominent liaptist preacher and bitterly 
oliposed the institution of slavery. The grand- 
father of our subject, as well as all his brothers, 
preached the doctrines of the Baptist f.aitli and 
opposed human slavery. It is related of the grand- 
father that upon one occasion when witnessing 
the abuse of a slave by his driver he so far forgot 
the dignity of his calling as to administer to the 
brutal slave driver a severe thrashing. In 1830 
he removed to Indiana, settling first in Fayette 
County and later in Boone County, where he died 
in 1875 at the age of eighty years. 

Two of his brothers, .lames and Andrew Baker, 
were also Baptist preachers. They both removed 
to Missouri and died in that state. Eli, a son of 
William Baker, was prominent in politics, served as 
Deput}" Warden of the Indiana State Prison, as 
Sui)erintendent of the Indiana State Deaf and 
Dumb Asylum, and was a man of large means. 
Three other sons were William. Andrew and Noah. 
The Doctor's father was ten years of age when his 
(larents came to Indiana, and was the eldest of the 
sons. He became a farmer and trader, and was a 
life-long member of the Baiitist Church, and was 
for man}' years Clerk of the Eagle Creek Church. 
He died at Lebanon, in IJoone Count\ , .laniiarv '2(), 



1890, leaving a good name and a considerable for- 
tune earned by his own exertions. 

The Doctor's mother, Jane Wood, daughter of 
James Wood, one of the pioneers of Indiami, was 
born in Fayette Count\'. Her father and ;ill her 
brothers were Baptist preachers; one of them 
Aaron, is now a resident of Iowa, wlieie he is dis- 
tinguished for his eloquence and ability. The 
grandmother of the Doctor, whose name was Sa- 
r.ah Bryant, was a relative of Willi:iiii Cullen Bry- 
ant and came from old Xautuckel slock. Mercy 
W.agoner, the Doctor's great-aunt, was a writer 
of some note for the leading periodicals of her 
day. The Doctor's mother died .June 2:5, 1855. 

Dr. Baker was ne.vt to the yuuiigcst of four chii- 
dren. His sister Sarah EIUmi married .lonatlian 
Hichardson, a farmer living lu^ar l-ebanon, Boone 
County; his brother, James W., is a farmer also 
living in Boone County; Amanda Jane married 
Jasper Jones, a farmer near l.cbMiion, in the same 
county. Dr. John J. liakcr passed his boyhood 
days in Zionsville, where his father was at the time 
in trade. He helped his father in the stoi-e and 
attended school, completing his education at the 
Zionsville Academy. At the age of eighteen he 
read medicine. In 1872 he took his first course 
of lectures, and in the winter of 1871-75 was grad- 
uated from the Physio-Medical College of Ind- 
ianapolis. Prior to this in 1873, he began tiie 
practice of his profession in Carmel, removing 
after two years to Big Springs, Boone County, 
where he remained for seven years. In May, 
1882, he located in Westfield and has since then 
been continuously in successful practice. 

October 2G, 187(1. our sMbjcct married Amanda 
F. Frost.a native of Howard County and a daugh- 
ter of William Frost, who was a dentist by pro- 
fession and directly descended from the Frost of 
Revolutionary fame. William Frost's mother was 
a descendant of an old <^)uaker family ;ind was re- 
lated to Charity Cook, the f.anious (^)u.iker preacher 
who spent six years in England. Mrs. I'.aker's 
mother was Mary Jane Jackson, a descendant of 
General Jackson. She conii)lete<I her education 
at the high school in Wesllield, and for many 
years taught in the public schools. Mrs. Baker's 
father was an extraordinar\- man in niaiiy ways. 



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Coming from a family the head of which was a 
drunkard, he drew in with his early breath a hatred 
for intemperance, and registered with his mother 
a vow to fight the traffic as long as he lived. This 
vow was well kept and while lie lived he was ever 
found among the workers for the cause of temper- 
ance, lie was a stanch friend of the poor, and no 
hungry man, tramp though he was, was sent 
empt}' handed from his door, but was fed at his 
table with the best the house afforded. He con- 
stantly sought out and relieved the needs of the 
worthy poor, never letting his right hand know 
what his left band did. During the days of slav- 
ery he was much interested in and well up in 
the workings of the underground railroad, and 
many a poor, runaway slave found peace, plent}' 
and safet3^ at his home. He was a man of broad 
views, powerful intellect and was an orator of no 
mean ability. It was said of him after his death 
that he had laid the foundations of the morals of 
the locality in which he lived. He died in April, 
1890, at the age of seventy-seven years. Mrs. 
Baker's mother is still living at Carmel. 

Mr. and Mrs. Baker have three children, Alden 
II. Maud J. and Linie B. The Doctor has never 
sought political office; he was formerly a Repub- 
lican, is now a Prohibitionist and has always been a 
temperance man. He is a Mason, a Knight of Pyth- 
ias and a Knight of Honor. Mrs. Baker is a mem- 
ber of the Eastern Star and was its first Worthy 
Matron in Westfield. They are both members of 
and workers in the Friends' Church. 



^^ LFRKD DICKSON HURST, who is always 
@WJ| | found in the front rank of any enterprise 
\\( % calculated to promote the growth and up- 
'^ building of Frankton, is a citizen whom 

IMadison County could ill afford to lose. He is 
lioth widely and favorably known, and we there- 
fore take pleasure in presenting his sketch to our 
readers. He was born in Wayne County, Ind., 
April 8, 1851), and is the son of William and Me- 
rab (Foster) Hurst, the former a native of Wayne 
County, and liie latter of Hereford Md. The 



grandparents, Dickerson and Meliza Hurst, came 
to Indiana about 1825, locating the midst of 
the forest in Wayne County. He became a 
large landowner, was extensively engaged in 
the stock business, and was a prominent and 
leading citizen of the community in which he 
made his home. 

William Hurst gave liis father the benefit of his 
services until twenty-five years of age. His i)ri- 
mary education, acquired in the common schools, 
was supplemented by stud}' in Asbur}- University, 
after which he engaged in teaching school for sev- 
eral years. At the age of tweuty-five he began 
farming for himself and made that occupation his 
life work. He became the owner of a large tract 
of valuable land and acquired a han<lsome com- 
petenc3'. His life was indeed a busy and useful 
one. He was a great reader, was deeply interested 
in all educational matters, and always took an ac- 
tive part in all literary movements in his com- 
munity until past the age of sixty years. He 
gave his children the best of all gifts— an oppor- 
tunity for a liberal education. 

Dickson, who is the fifth in order of birth in the 
family of nine children, attended the common 
schools, and afterwards spent four years in As- 
bury College. He adopted the profession of 
teacher in the public schools, and locating in Brazil, 
Ind., was rapidly promoted through the differ- 
ent grades until he became Superintendent, dis- 
charging the duties with great proficiency. He 
there remained until 1884, when he removed to 
Frankton, and took charge of the schools at this 
place for eight years. In 1892, he became a 
member of the Hoosier Manufacturing Company, 
which manufactures wire lawn fences; he is now 
President. He is also interested in the Frankton 
Land and Improvement Company, and was a prime 
mover in the establishment of the Quick City 
Glass Works. He is also engaged in farming, tak- 
ing an active interest in agricultural affairs. 

On the 24th of December, 1880, Mr. Hurst 
wedded Iva Bridges, of Brazil, Ind., daughter of 
D. W. and Lucinda (Daves) Bridges. F'our chil- 
dren were born unto them: Helen B., born Sep- 
tember 29, 1881; Lucia M., born .January .5, 1883; 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAnilCAL RECORD. 



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February 14, 1887; and Charlie C, born November 
21, 1887. The wife and mother of this family, 
a woman of beautiful character and nf)ble worlli, 
died October If), 1888. 

Mr. Hurst manifests a commendable interest in 
ever}' advance movement or enterprise of thecom- 
miuiitj', and the prosperity of the citj' is due in no 
Miiall deo;ree to his efforts. In jiolitics lie is a stal- 
wart Republican, and was a candidate on that 
ticket in 1892 for Representative of liis county 
in the State Legislature. The part which he took 
in the campaign proved him to be a [mblic speaker 
of Ihiency and force, and by his popularity and 
pergonal worth he reduced largely the Democratic 
majority in liisi-ounly. Mr. Hurst is popular witli 
all classes (.)f people, is wide awake and energetic, 
ami his success in life is due to his own efforts. 



r|p^OAH I.IDI.OW WICKKKSIIAM, M. D., a 

jj Jl) successful pliysiriaii iiiid iJiominciit sur- 
'\y^) geon of Anderson, was born .lanuary 7, 
1827, in a log cabin on his father's farm, in Chester 
Township, Clinton CVninty, Ohio. He traces his an- 
cestry to Thomas Wickersham, a native of England, 
who accompanied tiie famous William Penn to 
America, and settled in Philadelphia County, Pa., 
where his remaining years were passed. His grand- 
son, James, was the grandfather of our subject and 
a native of Chester County, Pa. The father of our 
subject, Enoch Wickersham, was born in Chester 
County, Pa., and was a farmer b}' occupation. In 
IWdG, at the age of thirty years, he removed to 
Clinton County, Ohio. Purchasing land there he 
I'rected a i)riinitive log cabin and engaged in agri- 
cultural pursuits. Late in life he ceased active 
work, and lived in (juiet retirement on Ins farm 
until his death in 18(;2, at the age of eighty-four. 
The mother of our subject was Margaret, daugh- 
ter of .lohn Stout, a native of North Carolina and 
a member of the Society of Friends. His ances- 
tois for many generations resided in Pcniisvlva- 



nia, and removed from there to North Carolina in 
an early day. He was a farmer by occupation, 
and in 1804 located in Clinton County, Ohio, 
three miles northwest of Wilmington, where he 
died at the age of about eighty years. Oui- sub- 
ject's mother died on the ninetieth anniversary of 
iier birth, and was buried near the old homestead 
in the lUickeye State. She and her husband were 
leading (Quakers of their community, and were 
people of great worth of character and gcnci-ous 
dispositions. In politics, he was lirst a Whig and 
later a Republican. 

[n the parental famil\- there were nine children, 
eight of whom grew to maturity, and lliree are 
now living. Our subject, the next to the young- 
est, in the fainil\', was reared on a farm until he 
reached the age of seventeen years. His child- 
hood was spent in an uneventful manner, and 
when eight years old he commenced to attend the 
public schools of Chester, the terms being three 
months in duration. IJy birthright .a meml)er of 
the Friends' Church, he attended services at the 
Chester meeting house, near his home. He suffered 
the usual inllictions of childhood, chickenpox. 
measles, whooping cough and scarlatina, but with 
these exceptions nothing occurred to break the mo- 
notony of his youth. His attendance upon winter 
.schools was maintained until he was aboutsixteen, 
and at the age of thirteen he attended a grammar 
school, occupying Tuesday of each week during 
the summer in that way. At the same age hi' as- 
sisted in the organization of an institution called 
the Chester Literary Association, held in the Ches- 
ter schoolhouse and continued for several years. 

An elder brother of our subject leaving home 
when the latter was ten, he afterward became his 
father's principal assistant in the work of develop- 
ing the farm and tilling the .soil. At the age of 
fourteen be became a practical convert to the u.se 
of a vegetable diet, to which he adhered wilhgieat 
tenacity for about two years. Wlu'ii tifl(>en years 
of age he became a member of a neighborhood 
class in astronomy and another in botany, both of 
which were conducted for two years or more. In 
the winter of lSll-1.-^ he explored the slate of 
Indiana on foot with Howell D. riionipsoii, visit- 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



dolpli, Grant, Madison, Heni-y and Fa3'ette, and re- 
turning to Ohio in the early spring. 

During- the winter of 1845-46 our subject 
tauglit school in the eastern part of Grant County, 
Ind., and was similarity engaged there in the fol- 
lowing winter, meantime having tauglit a summer 
school at Liberty schoolhouse. During the spring 
and summer of 1847 he was a student in Muncie 
Seminary, and in" the fall of the same year he en- 
gaged in teaching at Farinington, Grant County. 
In the winter of 1847-48 he taught in eastern 
Grant County. Again entering Muncie Seminary, 
he prosecuted his studies in that institution in the 
spring and summer of 1848, and followed the pro- 
fession of a teacher in the fall of that year, and in 
the winter of 1848-49, at Hageistown, Wayne 
C'oiinly, Ind. In the summer and fall of 1849 
and the winter of 1849-;J0 he taught school in 
Rush County. 

During 1850 our subject conducted the study 
of medicine in Clinton County, Oliio, boarding 
with his sister and using the medical books of Dr. 
A. Brooks. He taught school at AVickersham's 
schoolhouse in the winter of 1850-51, and in the 
spring of the last-named year commenced the reg- 
ular study of medicine in the office of Dr. William 
I>oinax, with whom he continued until March, 
18,')2. In the spring and summer of that year he 
engaged in the practice of his profession in the 
eastern part of Grant County, and in September 
made a contract to practice medicine with Dr. Lo- 
max in Marion, Ind., with a student's privileges. 

In .lune, 1853, the Doctor left Marion and re- 
moved to Mt. Etna, Huntington County, Ind., 
arriving there on the 5th of that month. He 
gradually acquired an extensive practice, which 
demanded a great superfluity of night riding 
over corduroy roads, pig and cow paths, by-roads, 
and in all kinds of weather. He made a specialty 
of malarial diseases and tlie practice of obstetrics. 
During the winter of 1856-57 he attended lectures 
at the Miami Medical College, in Cincinnati, from 
which institution he was graduated. In the spring 
of 1862, he left Mt. Etna, and on March 12, of 
that year he located in Anderson, where he has 
since remained. He still follows his i)rofession, 
but no longer engages in country practice. In 



addition to the degree of Doctor of Medicine 
received from the Miami Medical College tiie 
same degi'ee was conferred upon him in 1858 from 
the Ohio State Medical College. 

The Doctor has been connected with the fol- 
lowing-named medical societies: Grant, Hunting- 
ton and Madison County Medical Societies, Dela- 
ware District Medical Society and the Indiana 
State Medical Society, and for two terms served as 
President of the Madison County Meilical Society. 
For more than thirty j^ears he has been an active 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in 
which he has served as Steward and as a teacher in 
the Sunday-school. Socially he has been identified 
with the Washingtonians, the Sons of Temperance, 
the Good Templars and the Masonic fraternity. 
Strictly temperate in his habits, he has always 
been a total abstainer, both in the use of tobacco 
and intoxicants. P'rom the date of the organiza- 
tion of the Republican party until the present, 
he has been actively connected therewith, and 
during the war times was a strong advocate of 
anti-slavery. A man of progressive sympatliies, 
he has during the more than forty j^ears of his 
active practice ever endeavored to keep pace with 
the advancement of his profession. 

The family residence is located at No. 13 South 
Delaware Street, and in addition to this valuable 
property the Doctor owns an elegant house and a 
number of desirable lots in Anderson. He has 
materially aided in promoting the best interests of 
the place, and in every way possible has contrib- 
uted to its progress. In 1891 he platted on 
Nichol Avenue N. L. Wickersham's Addition to 
the city of Anderson, consisting of eighteen lots. 
He is a member of the Citizens' Gas Company, and 
some twenty-eight years ago was interested in the 
building of the Anderson and Lafayette Turn i>ike 
Road. Since he located in this state he has wit- 
nessed many changes, and during the early years 
of his professional practice he rode on horseback 
over very rough roads and through the mud, 
swimming creeks and rivers, and exposing him- 
self to the severest weather. 

The Doctor's marriage occurred in Grant Coun- 
ty, Ind., September 18, 1851, his bride being Miss 
Mary .1., daughter of Jeremiah Ward, a blacksmith 





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and farmer residing in Grant County. Mrs. AVick- 
ersham was born in Wayne County, tliis state, and 
hy lier marriage has become the mother of five 
chil(h-en: Turner A., who is engaged in the real- 
estate business atSalt Lake City; Enoch C, a dni<>-- 
gist at Sterling, Kan.; Margaret E., the wife of 
George E. Simon, of Anderson; Minerva 15., who 
married G. I). Slianklin, and makes lier home in 
Anderson; and Naomi A., the wife of Miles Smith, 
residing at Anderson. 



^ APT. BEN.JAMIN B. CAMPBELL, of An- 
((( III ''®''*°"' ""^^^ '^°''" '" Sharpsburgh (a suburb 
^^ of Pittsburgh), Allegheny County, Pa., Oc- 
tober 3, 1838. He traces liis ancestry to Scotland, 
his paternal great-grandfather having been born 
in that countr;^, a descendant of the house of Ar- 
gyle. Upon locating in Pennsylvania, he en- 
gaged in farming in PYanklin County, and both 
as a private citizen and in public affairs was al- 
ways loyal, energetic and ctHcient. During tiie 
Hevolutionnry War he was one of the valiant men 
who, leaving h.iine and loved ones, fought in the 
defense of the Colonies. 

The father of our subject. Rev. James Camp- 
bell, was born in Franklin County, Pa., near Mer- 
cersl)urg. lie received in youth an excellent 
education and was graduated from Princeton Col- 
lege. Entering the ministry of the Presbyterian 
Church, he held pastorates at Sharpsburgh and 
Cannonsburg. For a time he resided in Ohio, and 
after his return to Pennsylvania had charge of a 
Young Ladies' Seminary at Shirleysburgh for sev- 
eral years. He then removed to Alliens, Ohio, in 
order that his sons might have the advantage of 
attending the Ohio UniversitJ^ 

While a resident of Athens, Rev. Mr. Campbell 
fre(|ueiitly visited other sections of the United 



States. From that city he came to Anderson, 
where the subject of this sketch then resided. 
Soon after the war he accompanied Captain Camp- 
Ih'II to New Orleans, and remained in that city 
until his death, which occurred at the .age of sev- 
enty-nine. His first wife died in Sharpsburgh. Pa. 
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passing away in 1842. She bore the maiden name 
of Sarah Campbell, and was also of Scotch descent, 
but although bearing the same name, she was 
not related to the family of which her liiisljand 
was a member. 

The first union of Kev. .lames ('Mnipbell ivsuHcd 
in the birth of three children, two of whom are 
living: Benjamin B. and Ilijgh .1. The latter re- 
sides dn South Dakota, where he has served as 
Prosecuting Attorney and United States District 
Attorney. During the war he was a mem lier of 
the First Iowa, and later of the Eighteenth l.,wa 
Regiments, and was wounded at Wilson Creek, .Mo. 
At the expiration of service, he was honorably 
mustered out with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. 
The subject of this sketch gained the rudiments of 
his education in the common schools, and after- 
ward attended the Ohio University af .AHiens and 
the Juniata Academy at Shirleysburgh, Fa. His 
first employment was in a general store at Fan- 
nettsburgh, Franklin County, Pa., where he re- 
ceived the munificent .salary of ¥100 per vcar to- 
gether with his board and clotlios, with an incr(;ase 
of $50 in cash for the second je.-ir. 

In 1856, Mr. Campbell came west and secured 
employment in the ticket office of the old Belle- 
fontaine (now Bee Line) Railroad, when it was 
under the m.anagement of Gov. John Bidui^ri,. j,] 
the fall of 1857, he was made station agent at 
Anderson, and was the third man to hold the po- 
sition. Having learned telegraphy at Indianapo- 
lis, he also handled the instrument. In 1860, he 
resigned that position and entered the employ of 
Samuel Walden & Son, grain dealers, where he re- 
mained until the outbreak of the war. In August, 
1861, he enlisted in the Thirty-fourth Indiana 
Infantry, which was organized at Ander.son. Soon 
afterward he was appointed <^iarterm.aster-Ser- 
geant, and when a vacancy occurred was pro- 
moted to liuartermaster of the regiment. At 
A'icksburg he was made Quarterm.aster of (ieneral 
Hovey's division of the Thirteenth Army Corps. 
For meritorious services during the Vickslmn' 
campaign, our subject was promoted to the Cap- 
taincy of Company G, Thirty-fourth Indiana Infan- 
try, and was commi.ssioned by (iov. O. R. Morton. 
He participated in the actions at Island No. 10, 



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New Madrid, Yazoo Pass, Port Gibson, Cliampion 
Hill, Black River Bridge, Jackson and Vicksburg. 
After the return of tlie expedition to Jackson, the 
regiment was sent into the Teche country in 
western Louisiana, and Colonel Cameron, of the 
Tliirty-fourth, was promoted to Brigadier-General 
and appointed to the command of the District of 
the La Fourche. Captain Campbell was commis- 
sioned by President Lincoln Assistant Adjutant- 
General United States Volunteers, in which capa- 
city he served until General Cameron went out of 
the service, when he was assigned to duty on the 
staff of Gen. AV. T. Sherman at New Orleans and 
was his Adjutant in 1865. He was also Adjutant 
for General Doolittle, now of Michigan. He re- 
mained in the army until P^ebruary, 1866, having 
served four years and six months. 

Upon again entering civil life. Captain Camp- 
bell engaged in merchandising at Anderson. The 
firm of Campbell & Hellwig bought their goods at 
war prices, which shrank so rapidly as to make 
their investment an unfortunate one. In the year 
1870 Captain Campbell went to New Orleans, 
where he secured employment in the United States 
Custom House. He remained in this office as long 
as General Longstreet held it, and then went into 
service in the office of the Collector of the Port 
at New Orleans, and later in the Land Office. In 
1878 he was attacked by the southern scourge, 
yellow fever, but tiianks to the good nursing of a 
faithful servant, Hannah, he came out all right. 
In 1880 he returned to Anderson and engaged in 
business as a book-keeper for Edgar Henderson, 
later in the employ of E. J. Walden and then for 
a number of years in the wholesale Hour and feed 
business. 

In the early movements to secure the location of 
factories Captain Camjjbell was an energetic worker 
and a liberal contributor. He has been Township 
Trustee four terms. County Assessor, Deputy Re- 
corder, Deputy County Clerk, City Councilman 
and City Clerk. Socially he is a Master Mason, 
and has attained the Royal Arch and Council De- 
grees. He is a Past Sachem of Ononga Tribe of 
the Improved Order of Red Men. He is an active 
comrade of Major May Post No. 244, G. A. R., of 
which he was Commander for two terms. He is 



Past Junior Vice Department Commander and was ; 
an Aide-de-camp on the staff of National Com- 
manders Veazey and Weissert. He has attended 
several National Encampments as a delegate. In 
politics Captain Campbell is Democratic, and has 

1 served as delegate to many county and state con- 
ventions. At one time his acquaintance was so 
general he could call the name of nearly every 
man in the county. 

In 1860, Captain Campbell married Miss Jennie, 

i daugliter of William Roach (lately deceased), a 
pioneer settler of the county, who held the office 

I of Justice of the Peace for many years, and served 
a term as Sheriff. The result of tiie union was three 

I children, namely: Albert A., now a mail carrier; 
Thomas B., who is engaged in the grocery business; 

! and Hugh J., who is a book-keeper for I. D. Bos- 

; worth ife Co. Albert A. married Edna Mc^Kinley and 
they have one child, Alice Ruth. The other two 
sons are single and resicle at home.^ In addition to 
their own children, Captain and Mrs. Campbell 
have a niece, Ada Paris, who has long made her 
home with them and is considered as one of the 
family. Just before leaving the service. Captain 
Campbell received autograph letters from Generals 
Cameron, Sherman and Banks, complimenting him 
very highl}' for his soldierly qualities, efficiency 
and high character as an officer. These letters the 
Captain prizes highly, and shows with pardonable 
pride. 



EV. FATHER B. BIKGEL, first resident 
pastor of St. Joseph's Church at Elwood, 
Madison County, is a cultured man of 
P broad intelligence and fine attainments. 
Successful in the religious field of work to which 
he is ardently devoted, he enjo3^s the respect of the 
entire communit}' by which he is surrounded, and 
! commands the confidence of all the members of 
his parish. Our honored subject is a native of 
this state, and was born in Lake County, Ind., 
August 6. 1866. His parents, Peter and Theresa 
Biegel, were natives of Germany and descendants 
of sturd}' and industrious ancestors who in the 
Fatherland obtained high place among the upright 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



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and intelligent subjects of tlie Empire. They 
joined their fortunes in early youth, and soon 
after embarked for America. Safely crossing the 
broad Atlantic the father and mother made for 
themselves a permanent home in Lake County, 
lud., where the}' 3'et reside, and are widely known 
and regarded with esteem. Father Biegel spent 
the days of childhood upon the old homestead, 
but while yet a boy entered Calvary College, in 
Fond du Lac County, Wis., and after completing a 
course of studies there went to St. Francis' Semin- 
ary, near Milwaukee, where he became a close stu- 
dent of philosopliy and theology. 

Our reverend subject graduated with honor 
from St. Francis in 1889, and was then appointed 
by Bishop Dwenger as Pastor of the parish at El- 
wood. Father Biegel also served with faithful 
efficiency until June, 1893, as mission pastor in 
Nobtesville and Alexandria, both of these mis- 
sions at that lime being under the exclusive charge 
of our subject. The church edifice of the Roman 
Catholic congregation of Eiwood was first built in 
1881, under the supervision of Father Crowley. 
The parish then being a mission was placed under 
tilt' spiritual care of Father Crowley, who for six 
\t-ii- L;ave most faithful ministrations and accora- 
pli>lu(l much of good. Father Weichman suc- 
ceeded to the charge of the parish at Eiwood and 
remained in pastoral charge until 1889. At this 
latter date the mission became a regular parish 
and received Father Biegel as resident pastor. 
Ministering with zeal to a rapidly increasing par- 
ish, our subject is present in scenes of rejoicing, 
suffering and death, througli untiring patience and 
cheering hope aiding his flock to bear the burdens 
of life with resignation and thus prepare them 
for the world beyond. 

Father Biegel is not only a successful spiritual 
adviser, but is likewise a practical man of superior 
business ability. Since his arrival in Eiwood he 
has increased tiie capacity of the church edifice by 
making a large addition to the original building, 
the house of worship now being equal to the pres- 
ent demands of a rapidly increasing congregation, j 
On taking charge of the parish the first care of ! 
Father Biegel was to provide a much needed par- 
ochial school, and this he organized and equipped 



with excellent teachers in 1889. The school was 
an assured success from the first, and as the par- 
ish is gaining in numbers and financial strength, 
it is now the purpose of the congregation to build 
in the near future a large and commodious church 
edifice, using the present one for a scliool building. 
The enthusiastic enm-gy, scholarly attainments and 
clear judgment of Father Biegel combine to par- 
ticularly adapt him for the arduous and trying 
duties of his present responsible position, the 
work which lie has already accomplished in El- 
wood being an eloiiucnt tribute to his worth as a 
spiritual director and his qualities as a nmu and 
citizen. 



jf^ENRY W. IIEXLEYis a farmer of Ilamil- 
W))} ^on County, on section 21, Clay Township, 
iiW^ and numbered among the native citizens of 
(^ the Hoosier State. He was born in Rush 
County January 30, 1830. His great-grandfather, 
John Henley, was born in Virginia, and was a de. 
scendant of Patrick Henley, who emigrated from 
Ireland to America in the early part of the seven- 
teenth centurj', locating in Virginia. He was a well- 
to-do man, and his will is yet in existence in the 
historic record of Philadelphia. In it he gives two 
slaves their freedom, and to a man who owes him 
he gives the amount of his indebtedness. He was 
a farmer, and a member of the Friends' Church. 

Joseph Henley, grandfather of our subject, was 
born in North Carolina, and followed farming in 
Randolph County of that state. He married 
Penina Moigan, and unto them were born the 
following children: Susanna, deceased, wife of 
Jonathan Phelps; Saralr, deceased, wife of Thomas 
Thornburg; Thomas; Henry; Mary, wife of Will- 
iam Benford; Lucretia, wife of H. B. Hill; Micajah; 
Charles; Nancy, wife of Wvatt Stanley : Jesse and 
Robert, both deceased. The grandfather spent the 
last years of his life in Rush County, Ind. 
Thomas Ilenlej-, father of Henry W., was a native 
of Randolph County, N. C, and in 1829 came to 
Indiana. By his economy he saved enough 
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two years. He was a shoemaker by trade. With 
his own earnings he purciiased one hundred and 
sixty acres of land in Rush County, and then re- 
turned to North Carolina, where he married 
Abigail Starbuek, who was of Scotch descent. Her- 
fatlier, Thomas Starbuek, had three children, 
Tliomas, Abigail and Eunice. AVith his bride he 
returned to his new home, making the trip with a 
two-horse wagon, and clearing the road as he went. 
He added to his farm until he owned four hundred 
and eighty-eight acres in Indiana, and also had 
six hundred and foity acres in Iowa. Charitable 
and benevolent, he gave freely to all worthy en- 
terprises, was a generous, noble hearted man, and 
an official member of the Friends' Church. His 
death occurred at the age of eighty-four. 

Mr. Henley of this sketch completed the col- 
lege course of the Friends' Boarding School in 
Richmond, Ind., and at the age of twenty-two be- 
gan learning the carpenter's trade and the sawmill 
business. In 1865, he came to Hamilton County, 
and bought eighty acres of his present farm, which 
now comprises one hundred and twenty acres. 
There was on it a log house and barn, and thirty 
acres had been improved. For twelve years he also 
carried on a sawmill, and has since run a thresh- 
ing machine in connection with the operation of 
his farm. 

In 1856, Mr. Henley was united in marriage 
with Avis J. Maey, daughter of .lames and Anna 
(Mendenhall) Macy, the former a native of North 
Carolina, and the latter of Ohio. They became pi- 
oneers of Henry County, Ind., where their daugh- 
ter was born. Seven children graced the union 
of Mr. and Mrs. Henley, but they lost three 
in infancy. Lillie E. is the wife of William Small, 
and has three sons, Frank, Clyde and Girney; 
Nettie is the wife of Franklin P. Hinshaw, and has 
four sons, Thomas, Earl, .lett and Rew; Oliver T. 
married Effie J. Kane, and they have two daugh- 
ters, Elsie and a babe unnamed; Laura J. is the 
wife of Joseph I,. Lee, by whom siie has a son, ! 
Ralph H. 

The parents are members of the Friends' Church j 
of Poi>lar Ridge, and Mrs. Henley belongs to the 
Ladies' Foreign Missionary Society. Mr. Henley 
has held different positions in the church and is an 



earnest worker in its interests. In politics he is a 
Republican. His life has been well and worthily 
spent, and he is held in universal esteem. His 
friends throughout the community are man}', and 
it is with pleasure we present his life record to 
our readers. 

W J. WEICHMANN, Principal and proprietor 
I (^ of the Anderson Business College, was 
j|L-^Vi born in Baltimore, Md., September 29, 
1842, and is the son of John C. and Mary Ann 
Weichmann. At an earl}' age he accompanied his 
parents in their removal to Philadelphia, Pa., where 
he received an excellent education in the public 
schools, graduating from the high school in Feb- 
ruary of 1859. While a student in that institu- 
tion he received his first instruction in phonogra- 
phy under the tuition of the able and genial Pro- 
fessor Kirkpatrick. The system used was the 
Benn Pitman, to which Mr. Weichmann has always 
since adhered, finding it suflScient for all purposes. 
After leaving the high school, our subject 
entered a classical college at Carrollton, Md., 
where he prosecuted his studies for almost four 
years, meanwhile gaining a good knowledge of 
the modern and ancient languages. He is a good 
linguist, speaking French and German, and be- 
ing conversant with the Spanish and Italian lan- 
guages. In 1864-65 he held a position in the war 
department at Washington, D. C, after which for 
eighteen successive years he occupied a very re- 
sponsible post in the custom house at Philadel- 
phia, resigning the latter position on the 1st of 
October, 1886. 

During the same year iSIr. Weichmann removed 
to Indiana and settled in Anderson, where foi a 
period of two or three years he was actively en- 
gaged in stenographic work. In 1888 he was the 
stenographer and private secretary of J. N. Hus- 
ton, Chairman of the Republican State Central 
Committee of Indiana. When the campaign was 
over, he opened the first shorthand and commer- 
cial school at Anderson. He has met with con- 
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the means of helping numbers of young people to 
good positions. The school is a success both in 
numbers and the character of the instruction im- 
parted. Being an expert stenographer and ac- 
countant, Mr. ■yVeichraann is admirably qualified 
to successfully impart instruction, and makes :i 
specialty of shorthand and book-keeping. 

Uov. F. C. Weiclimann, brother of our subject, 
was for eight years stationed at Anderson as pas- 
tor of the Catholic Church. Ilis ministrations 
gave great satisfaction, and he was recognized as 
the most eloquent and popular pastor ever located 
in this city, as well as one of the finest orators in 
the state. A thoughtful and kind man, earnest 
and faithful in his relations with his parishioners 
and a firm advocate of temperance, he gained the 
affectionate esteem of all with whom he was asso- 
ciated. 



USTIX F. BRADLKY, a successful and 
proniiin'nt real-estate man and senior 
j 1) partner of the well known firm of Bradley 
& Martin, now engaged in handling 
extensive property interests in Anderson, Madison 
County, Ind., is a native of the state and has 
during his entire lifetime bsen associated vvith the 
upward growth and development of this part of 
the great west. Our subject was born in Marion 
County, near Indianapolis, February 1.3, 185.3, and 
was the son of William and Sarah (Roberts) Brad- 
ley. The mother was a native of Indiana, but the 
father was born in Kentucky, as was also the 
paternal grandfather, who removed to Indiana 
with his family when William was about eighteen 
years of age. The grandfather, a man of energetic 
enterprise, settled in Marion County, and, taking 
up land from the Government, engaged in the 
pursuit of general agriculture, a vocation to 
which the father also devoted himself his entire 
life. The grandfather and father passed the 
remainder of their busy days upon the old Marion 
County farm, where they finally entered into rest, 
respected by all who knew them. 

Our subject w.is one of the large family of ten 



children who blessed the home of the parents. Of 
the merry band of sons and daughters who once 
clustered about the old fireside, eight yet survive, 
and all are occupying positions of usefiilness. A. 
F. Bradley during his boyhood attended the 
common schools of Marion Couuu, mikI latLT 
enjoyed the benefit of a course of iiistnutidii in 
the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. 
When twenty-one years of age he began teaching 
school and continued as an instructor for the nine 
ensuing years, thu> making a wide actiuaintance 
throughout Marion Count \. At the ex|)iralion of 
that length of time, our subject (U'cidcil to I'litcr 
the mercantile business, which he |)rosp('ioMsly 
conducted in Indianapolis until April I, 1881). 
lie then removed to Anderson, and here engaged 
profitably in the real-estate business, in which he 
has since continuously remained. Mr. Bradley 
was the chief promoter of the enterprise known 
as the Englowood Addition, containing when 
platted about two hundred .'ind fifty-seven lots^ 
and accounted one of the most prosperous real- 
estate ventures of Anderson. Thoroughly posted 
in the value of property, our subject has devoted- 
himself to the general real-estate business with 
the best results, and is quoted as authority on all 
matters connected with the landed interests of 
Anderson and vicinity. 

In December, 1879, A. F. Bradley and .Miss 
Laura Butsch were married. The estimable wife 
of our subject spent the days of her girlhood in 
Indianapolis and is the daughter of Jose[)h 
Butsch, for many years a representative business 
man of the latter city, but now retired from the 
active duties of mercantile life. Mrs. Bradley is 
an accomplished lady, and in her youth enjoved 
excellent educational advantages. The pleasant 
home has been brightened by the birth of two 
intelligent sons and one daughter. William Fred 
and Joseph A. are now attending the e.xcellent 
schools of Anderson and ambitiously preparing 
themselves for still more extended opportunities 
of instruction; and Stella, a bright girl, was taken 
from the parents at the age of nine years. 

Mr. Bradley is fraternally associated with the 
Odd Fellows and affiliates with a lodge in Marion 
County, near Indianapolis. He is a valued mom- 



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ber of the ancient order, among whom he has many 
sincere friends. Politically a stalwart Republican 
and intelligently posted in local and national 
issues, our subject has, however, never been an 
ofHce-seeker, preferring to devote himself to the 
interests of his daily business. He is known as a 
liberal-spirited citizen, entering with zeal into the 
promotion of all matters connected with the public 
welfare, and is ever ready to assist in local im- 
provements. He and his wife occupy positions of 
social influence and command the esteem of a wide 
circle of acquaintances. 



I>'OR WEBB, who is now living a retired 
life in Frankton, has the honor of being 
a native of the Hoosier State. His birth 
occuired in Fayette County on the •29th 
of June, 1821. The family was founded in Amer- 
ica by Jesse Webb, the grandfather of our sub- 
ject, who was born on the Emerald Isle and came 
to America at an early age. He became one of the 
pioneers of Franklin County. His death occurred 
at the advanced age of ninety-three. 

Jesse Webb., Jr., the father of our subject, was 
born in Kentucky and was a farmer b}' occupation. 
For many years he resided in Fayette County, and 
then earae to Madison County, where he spent his 
remaining days. He voted the Republican ticket, 
was a member of the Baptist Church, and was a 
highly respected citizen. His wife, who bore the 
maiden name of Fannie Acklcraan, was born in 
North Carolina, but her parents were natives of 
Germany and in childhood came to this country. 

Our subject is the fourth in order of birth in a 
family of eleven children, but he and his Ijrother 
Edward, who resides in Fountain County, are now 
the only survivors. Under the parental roof Minor 
remained until twenty-two j'ears of age, when he 
commenced learning the carpenter's trade, which 
he successfully followed for twelve years. In 1855 
he began farming, and after a year he engaged in 
the sawmill business in connection with agricul- 
tural pursuits and for seventeen years continued 
the dual occupation. In 1875 he sold tlie mill and 



purchased the flouring mill of Frankton, which he 
operated for ten years and then sold to Venwell 
& Urmston. Since that time he has practically 
lived a retired life, although he has occasionally 
been employed as engineer in a mill. 

Mr. Webb has been twice married. In 1849 he 
was joined in wedlock with Mary Smeltzer, a 
daughter of Adam and Sarah (Banks) Smeltzer. 
Three children were born unto them: Elmer, who 
resides in Lafayette County, Ind.; Marshall, now 
living in Nebraska: and Ella, wife of Isaac Ncece, 
a resident of Kansas. The mother of this famil3' 
died in 1855, and in 1861 Mr. Webb was again 
married, his second union being with Sarah Ann 
Moore, daughter of William and Anna Moore, 
early settlers of Madison County. Four children 
graced this marriage: Lewis, at home; Jesse, de- 
ceased; William and jNIyrlie, who are still with 
their parent*. 

Mr. Webb exercises his right of franchise in 
support of the Republican party, but has never 
been an office-seeker, preferring to devote his time 
and attention to his business interests, in which he 
has met with signal success. He is a member of 
the Christian Church, and is a highly esteemed cit- 
izen. Mr. Webb is genial and pleasant in manner 
and a popular gentleman. He delights in fishing, 
and, as he is now living retired, has ample time to 
indulge his taste in that direction. 



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,^^ RIFFIN BROTHERS. Noblesvillc contains 
[If g—, a large number of successful business men, 
%=^\ prominent among whom may be mentioned 
the firm of Griffin Brothers, dealers in hardware, 
farming implements, grates and mantels, paints, etc. 
The establishment, which they are managing with 
rare skill and efficiency, is located on the north side 
of the public square, and is a two-story structure, 
24x132 feet in dimensions, the firm occupying tiie 
first floor and the basement. 

A visitor to the store will note with interest the 
varied assortment of walking and riding plows, 
wheat drills, corn planters, cultivators, hay rakes, 
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grades of binding twine, steam threshers, washing 
maeiiines, refrigerators, barbed wire (both gal- 
vanized and painted), lawn mowers, a full line of 
edged tools, saws, screen doors, rope, paints and 
oils, axle grease, implement lixtures and wheel- 
barrows. 

Here may also be found all the best varieties of 
cook stoves, including the "Garland," "Keystone," 
'■Kitchen Queen," "Dexter" and "Comet." 
Among heating stoves the firm carries a full line 
of wood, soft and hard coal heaters, making a 
specialty of the "Orient" and the "Economy." 
Both in quantity and quality the stock carried by 
Grittin Brothers surpasses many, and is conceded to 
be C(iual to the best establishments in the county. 
The store is a favorite trading place for farmers, 
who realize that here they receive the full value 
of tlieir money. 



jRi. AVID VANNATTER. The occupation of 
|| Jl farming is one that has received attention 
^^^ fiom the eailiest ages, and it is not to be 
wondered at that it has become the art it 
is at the present time. Among those who have 
shown a satisfactory knowledge of this calling, and 
whose operations are conducted in a very pro- 
gressive manner, may be mentioned David Van- 
natter, who is the owner of a valuable farm in 
Monroe Township. Like many of the settlers in 
this section of the country, he is a native of the 
Buckeye State, born in Tuscarawas County, March 
24, 1837, and the sou of Christopher and Maria 
A. (Ilerron) Vannatter, natives of Ohio and 
Pennsylvania, respectively-. The paternal grand- 
parents, .John and Sarah Vannatter, were natives 
of the Keystone Stale, and the maternal grand- 
parents, Richard and Elizabeth (Skeels) Herron, 
wore natives of Mary Land. 

The parents of our subject moved to Noble 
County Ind.. in 1852, and in the following spring 
to Delaware County, that state, where they made 
a permanent settlement. The mother passed away 
in 1865, and the father survived her until 1888, 
dying at the age of seventy-six years. Seven 



children \ver(> born to this worthy couple, and 
four are nuw living. David \;inn:i1tcr, the sec- 
ond in order of birth of these children, continued 
under the parental roof until twenty-one years of 
age and then commenced life on his own responsi- 
bility. On the 6th of November, 1860, he was mar- 
ried to Miss Nancy M. Burgess, daughter of David 
and Elizabeth (Bryan) Burgess, natives of \'irginia, 
who came to Delaware County Ind., at an early 
date. To Mr. and Mrs. Vannatter were born six 
children, two only surviving. .lulm, burn Ocldber 
9, 1861, died on the .".th of December, l.ssi, from 
malarial fever, all the family being sick and the 
mother unconscious at the time; Eldora Jane, born 
April 26, 1869, died August 21, 1872; Charles 
Wesley died February 14, 1865, aged four months 
and one day; Samuel died Septembers, 1863, aged 
one month and three days; George Franklin was 
born July 14, 1870; and William Archie was born 
November 7, 1875. IMrs. Vannatter's aunt, Mrs. 
Nancy Ward, who is hale and hearty at eighty- 
eight years, makes her home with the \'annattcrs 
at present. 

In December, 1864, Mr. Xannalter enlisted in 
Company 15, Thirty-eighth Regiment Indiana 
Infantry, under Captain Shaw, and was discharged 
at Moore's hospital. Chestnut Hill, Pa., in June. 
1865. He first left Indianapolis and went to 
Louisville, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenu., from 
there to Chattanooga and back to Nashville to in- 
tercept General Hood. He was then sent to Jef- 
ferson Barracks, Mo., where he was taken sick. Af- 
terward he was sentas guard to a number of bounty 
jumpers through to New York. From there he 
was sent to Hilton Head, thence to Wilmington, 
S. C; he marched through Raleigh, and was there 
at the time of the surrender of General Lee. From 
there he was sent to New Berne, N. C, and was 
there at the time of President Lincoln's assassin- 
ation. He sailed from that point to Philadelphia, 
and arrived at home June 22, 1865. He now 
draws a pension of %% per month. 

Previous to enlisting in the army he had been 
engaged in farming, and upon his return resumed 
his former occupation. In 1885 he removed to 
Marion Township, Madison County, Ind., and 
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Vannatter is a member of Gaston Lodge No. 425, 
I. O. O. F., and Lookout Mountain Post No. 140, 
G. A. R., at Gaston. He and his family are 
members of tlie Metliodist Episcopal Clnircii, and 
lie is a Democrat in politics. He has never been 
well since his service in the army. 



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A'. RS. ANNA BALLARD, a lady of worth 
and superior business ability, and the 
widow of Absalom Ballard, an honored pio- 
neer of Washington Township, Hamilton 
County, Ind., is widely known and universally re- 
spected in her home locality, where she occupies a 
social position of useful influence. Our subject, 
born in Preble County, Ohio, November 14, 1821, 
was the daughter of John and Anna (Davis) 
McClain, both natives of South Carolina. Grand- 
father George McClain was born in bonnie Scot- 
land and was the descendant of Scotch-Welsh an- 
cestors. He emigrated to the United States in the 
latter part of the eighteenth century, and locating 
in South Carolina there survived to a good old 
age. 

Grandfather Tollaver Davis was born in P^ng- 
land, and crossing the broad Atlantic made South 
Carolina his home in the Colonial days. He was a 
soldier of the Revolution, and was drafted into 
the American array. The father, John McClain, 
received a fair education in his childhood, and, a 
farmer by occupation, was a self-reliant and enter- 
prising man. Arrived at mature years, be mar- 
ried Anna Davis, daughter of Tollaver and Mary 
L. Davis. The Davis family were originally from 
England, but the Lees were of Welsh de- 
scent, grandmother Mary (Lee) Davis having 
been born in Wales. The union of the parents 
was blessed by the birth of thirteen children, 
eleven of whom survived to adult age, two little 
ones dying in infancy'. 

The sons and daughters were in order of age: 
Mar3', Benjamin, David, Susannah, John, Davis, 
Anna (our subject), Samuel, Hugh, Elizabeth and 
Lee Roy. The mother received only brief schooling, 
but she was a lady of intelligence and ability. Slie 



was a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and lived to an extreme old age, surviv- 
ing to reach one hundred and three years. Pass- 
ing into the evening of her days, with a faithful 
memory and long retaining her bright faculties, 
she was a most remarkable woman and was well 
known for her strength of character and kindli- 
ness to all the country round about. The father. 
politically a Whig, was actively interested in gov- 
ernmental affairs and was a leader in the local 
progress of his home neighborhood. An upright 
man, he died at seventy-five j'ears of age, mourned 
by a large circle of old-time friends. 

Upon December 12, 1839, in Preble County, 
Ohio, were united in marriage Absalom Ballard 
and Miss Anna McClain. The beloved husband 
of our subject was the son of Nathan Ballard, a 
native of Virginia, who removed to North Caro- 
lina at a very early day. The father was a man 
of fine attainments and possessed a fair education. 
In religious aflSliation a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, he was in political sentiment a 
Whig. He survived to the age of seventy-two 
years and passed away esteemed by all who knew 
him. Father Ballard married when young 
Miss Sarah, daughter of Jesse and Nancy (Os- 
borne) Lane, both natives of North Carolina. 
Unto the union of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Ballard 
were born many sons and daughters, several of 
whom died in infanc}'. Nine of the children sur- 
vived to adult age, and were Abner, Nancy, Jesse, 
Joab, Sarah, Absalom (the husband of our subject), 
Samuel, James and Temple. The mother received 
the usual advantages of her day, and a good and 
useful woman, was spared toiler family until sev- 
enty-three years of age. 

After his marriage, Absalom Ballard with his 
wife removed to Hamilton Countj^, Ind., in 1841, 
and settled on a forty-acre farm, all timber. In 
1867 he located on'' the homestead where our sub- 
ject now lives, ffid purchased eighty acres of good 
land, then partly imjjroved, and which lie after- 
terward brought up to a high state of cultivation. 
Mr. Ballard, an honest and hard-working man, 
toiled diligently to provide for the twelve chil- 
dren who brightened the pioneer home with their 
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vaiitaifes of an odiK'ation, Imt was a self-made man 
wlio won his way upward to liuancial prosperity' 
and an assured position of useful influence, 
lie was a devout member of tiie Friends' Cliureli, 
and politically was a Republican. lie was 
sixty-eight years old at the time of his death, 
and entered into rest mourned by many friends, 
in whose hearts his memory is yet green. He 
never belonged to a secret society, being opposed 
to such organizations. 

Ten of the family whom Mrs. Hallaid nursed 
and reared with the devotion of a true mother 
lived to adult age; the sons and daughters who 
clustered about her hearth being in order of birth: 
Kinily, Elizabeth, Nancy, Rebecca. Levi, Esther, 
(harles, Hugli, Jonathan and Elvvood. JM is. Bal- 
lard is, as was her husband, a member of the Friends' 
Church, and has alwaj's been a cheerful giver to 
the poor and needy. Now arrived at seventy-two 
years of age, hale and hearty, she may congratu- 
late herself ui)on her well spent life, mainly de- 
voted to the unselfish care of others. Beloved by 
all who know her, and surrounded by sincere 
friends and relatives, she is passing her latter 
years in calm content, only waiting the bidding of 
the Master. 



^^'NTIIONY MABIUTJ'. In the death of 
(^yjj this gentleman, winch occurred May 4, 
/// It 1888, Madison County lost a public-spir- 
'0J ited citizen and typical pioneer, one who 
had ever maintained a deep interest in the wel- 
fare of the county, and especially in the progress 
of the township of Richland. He was born in 
Union County, Ind., Decembei- I'l. I.s24. and was 
a son of Thornberry and Sus;ui (Smitli) Mabbitt, 
with whom in his youth he migrated to Madison 
County, settling in Monroe Township and being 
numbered among the earliest settlers of this part 
of the state. 

In the log cabin erected by his futhcr, and upon 
the home farm, our subject grew to manhood, 
well fitted to bear his part in the battle of life. In 
contrast to the boys of the present time, he had 



few educational advantages, his schooling Ijeing 
limited to a brief attendances in the pioneer tem- 
ple of learning situated near his father's home. 
From childhood his life has been a busy one, and 
in his youth he accomplished considerable pioneer 
work, aiding in cutting down trees cU'uriiig land 
and planting grain. 

Mr. Mabbitt chose as his helpmate Miss .Sarah .1. 
Colgan, with whom he was united in marriage 
May G, 1847. This estimable lady was born in 
Henry County, Ind., December 18, 1827, and is a 
daughter of William and Nancy (Hatlen) Colgan, 
who are said to have been natives of Kentucky- Re- 
moving in an early day to Indiana, Ihe^- made set- 
tlement in Henry County, their home being a log 
cabin in the woods. Before building the log house 
they resided for a short time in a tent. They 
were identified with the early history and growth 
of lleury County, and Mrs. Mabbitt in her child- 
hood frequently heard the wolves howling around 
the cabin door. When eight years old she accom- 
panied her parents to Madison County, and set- 
tled in Monroe Township, where she grew to 
womanhood. Her brothers and sisters are: Ellen, 
Lucinda, Minerva, Daniel, AVilliam and Abigail. 

After their marriage, Mr. and i\Irs. Mabbitt set- 
tled upon the farm where they made their home 
until the death of the former. They began house- 
keeping in a log cabin in the woods, and devoted 
their energies to the securing of better advantages 
and comforts. Being excellent managers— he 
upon his farm, and she in the home — they accum- 
ulated a competency and became well-to-do. 
They were prominent in the community, and their 
circle of friends was an extensive one. A Demo- 
crat iu politics, he served for several years as Jus- 
tice of the Peace and occupied other local posi- 
tions. He was a kind husband and father and an 
obliging neighbor, and his death was mourned not 
only by the immediate relatives of his family, but 
also by all with whom he was brought into busi- 
ness or social relations. 

At his death, Mr. Mabbitt left an estate of two 
hundred and sixty-two acres, of which his widow- 
now owns seventy-four acres, the balance being 
divided among his children, six of whom survive. 
They are: Granville; Angeline, wife of Ambrose 



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Manring; Amanda; Rebecca A., who is the wife of 
Davis Vermillion; Caroline, a teacher in the public 
schools; and William E. Mrs. Mabbitt resides upon 
the home farm and superintends the management 
of the estate. She is one of the representative 
and venerable pioneer women of Richland Town- 
ship, and is popular, not alone in the Methodist 
Episcopal Ciiurch, of which she is a member, but 
also throughout the entire communit3-. 



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ILLIAM CUNNINGHAM. This gentle- 
man, who is the efficient servant of Uncle 
Sam in the postoffice at Alexandria, Ind., 
has beeu a resident of this county since his birth, 
therefore has been deeply interested in its prog- 
ress and welfare, and has been one of its law-abid- 
ing and public-spirited citizens. IIi§ long resi- 
dence here has made him well known to the \\\ih- 
lic, and that he is highly regarded cannot be 
doubted when tiie large number of his warm 
friends are taken into consideration. His birth 
occurred six miles north of Alexandria, January 
!•'?, 1859, a son of Joseph Cunningliam, who was 
lioru in North Carolina in 1827. His father was 
William Cunningham, who was born in the same 
state as his son in the latter part of the eighteenth 
century. He was of Scotch and Irish descent, an 
early member of his family having been a learned 
writer of his da}' during the religious troubles in 
Scotland, it is supposed. Members of this family 
afterwards went to Ireland and from there came 
to America, the first trace of them in this country 
being found in the old North State, but the name 
of the original settler is unfortunately unknown. 

William Cunningham, who was the grandfather 
of tiie present AVilliam, was a farmer by occupa- 
tion and died in his native state, North Caro- ! 
lina, at an advanced age. Five of the nine chil- , 
(hen born to him and his wife were sons, and Jo- 
seph was the youngest. All the brothers came to 
Indiana about 1845 and settled in Madison 
County, where they became reasonably successful 
as farmers and accumulated a competence. The 
eldest, William, died in 1801 at about eighty-five 



years of age; John died near Anderson in 1872; 
George died in 1879; Samuel died in 1891. Jo- 
seph, the only survivor of this family, resided in 
Monroe Township, this county, until 1882, then 
went to southwestern Missouri and resided in Ver- 
mont County, near Nevada. The maiden name of 
his wife was Ellen James, who was born four miles 
west of Alexander, her parents being among the 
earl}- settlers of that section. They removed to 
Iowa many years ago and but little has since been 
known of them. The mother died in Madison 
County, Ind., in 1880. 

William Cunningham, whose name heads this 
sketch, was the third of five children born to his 
parents, a sister and a brother being older than 
himself. Nathan H., the eldest brother, died when 
he was twenty years of age. Rebecca married John 
F. Stewart, a farmer of this count}'. J. D. L. Cun- 
ningham was for many years a teacher in the pub- 
lic schools; he went to Missouri when his father 
moved there, and served as Deputy Clerk of Ver- 
non County; he is now First Assistant Postmaster of 
Nevada, Mo. George M. is the Postmaster of Gil- 
man, Ind. William had but limited opportunities 
for obtaining an education in his youth, and con- 
tinued to reside on the home farm up to the time 
of his mother's death, then began the hard task of 
making his own way in the world with but little 
means or education. The clothes he had on his 
back were all he possessed in the world, and his 
sole monetary capital consisted of fifty cents, but 
he soon found employment on a farm and worked 
by the month during the following summer. This 
money he spent the next winter in attending 
school; he continuing for some time, and so studi- 
ous and earnest was he, that at about twenty-one 
years of age he was eminently capable of teach- 
ing the young idea. This occupation he followed 
for the next thirteen years, during which time be 
won a reputation for ability, thoroughness and 
method that placed him among the leaders of the 
educators in his section. He has been a life-long 
Democrat, is quite a worker for his party, but has 
never sought political honors for himself. How- 
ever, he was brought to the fi'ont by his many ad- 
mirers for the position of Postmaster of Alex- 
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present term as President of the riiited States. 
After receiving the appointment lie entered upon 
diilics of tlie otlice. .lime 1(1. l.s;(;',, a position lie 
has proven hiiiisclf r.^niarkal.ly well qualified to 

nil. 

In 1SS2 <nir subject married a dauuhter of John 
Sloan, a farmer residing in the vicinity of .\lex- 
andria. hut two years after their marriage he was 
left a widower with one child, a boy named Lee, 
who died at the age of eight years. In 1886 
he married his present wife, who was formerly 
.Miss Emma .lohnson, the daughter of a successful 
farmer residing near Alexandria. To them three 
children were given, one of whom died in in- 
fancy. The other two are Everett and Earl. His 
pleasant personality and genial manner make him 
a social favorite, and Alexandria can boast of no 
more valued citizen than Air. Cunningham. He 
enjoys the reputation of uprightness and strength 
of character that distinguislies the sons of Hoos- 
ierdora, and not aloue for these admirable qual- 
ities is he known, but also for tho.se attributes 
whi(Oi go to make him a genial and w(Ucome corn- 



death fu 



.wed 



J?OHN W. COVERSTOX, M. D., as a prom- 
I inent physician has done much for the 
i cause of suffering humanity and won hon- 
' or and the evidences of deserved success 
for himself. While engaged in the cares of his 
laborious profession, he has not forgotten to ful- 
fill all the demands of good citizenship, and no 
enter|irise of a worthy public nature has appealed 
to him ill vain for support. He was born in 
Rockingham County, Va., September 10, 1840, to 
the union of Henry and Elizabeth (Carr) Cover- 
ston, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia, re- 
spectively, and of (Jerman descent. John Covcr- 
ston, grandfather of our subject, was a native of 
Pennsylvania and an old soldier and pioneer. He 
was with Commodore Perry in the battle of Lake 
Erie, and was severely wounded by a ball passing 
through his chest. While in this condition he 
walked with three other companions from To- 



ledo to York, I'a., bi 
after his arrival. 

Our subject 's maternal grandfather, .lolm ("arr, 
was a native of the Old Dominion. The grcnt- 
grandfalher, P^zekial (^arr, lived to be one hun- 
dred and five years of age, his death occurring in 
Virginia June 8, IHJfi. He w.as in the Revolu- 
tionary War and was with (ieiieral Washington 
on that perilous trip across the Delaware River. 
The father of our subject reached manhood years in 
Virginia, and when a child had been bound out to 
learn the harness trade. About 1851 he emigrated 
to Indiana, but previous to that had resided for 
some time in the Buckeye State. He resided in 
Madison County, Ind., until 1800, and then re- 
turned to Ohio. lie had .-ilways followed his 
trade until 18H1, when he removed to Kansas and 
engaged in farming. He was Colonel of the mili- 
tia in Virginia from 1810 until 1850 and was a 
born soldier, ever ready to fight for his country. 
In 1847 he went to Ricliinond, \a., to join the 
forces in the Mexican War, but was rejected on 
account of being slightly crippled in one foot. 
His death occurred in 1886, w-heii sixty-iune years 
of age. 

Dr. Coverston, the eldest of seven children, 
three of whom are now living, remained at home 
until twenty-four years of age, and secured a fair 
eduation in the'common schools. In Seiitember, 
1864, he was married to Miss Sara J. Pluminer, 
daughter of Henry and I'erlina (Ring) Plummer. 
(See sketch of J. M. Plummer.) He was always 
very studious in his habits and all new ideas were 
treasured in his mind. When sixteen years of age 
it became the dream of his life to enter the med- 
ical profession and he devoured with avidity all 
books on medical subjects. In 1861 he entered 
the office of Dr. William Suman, practicing phy- 
sician at Anderson, and studied under him until 
1868. In 1875 he commenced regular practice, 
and this he has followed most successfully ever 
since at Frankton, Ind. He is very poi)ular as a 
physician and at the present time is busy night 
and day. 

The Doctor's family consisted of live children, 
four now living. William R., born May 2'.K 1865, 
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in the office of the Superintendent of the Michi- 
igau division of the Big Four Railroad; Henry 
Uayinond, born August 28, 1870, is operator in 
the same railroad office with his brother William; 
Dollie, now Mrs. J. E. Campbell, resides in Car- 
thage, Ind., at which place her husband is station 
agent; Earl, born August 11, 1880, resides at 
home; Freddie, deceased, was born January 16, 
1875. The Doctor has been a member of the 
Masonic order since December, 1863, and during 
that time has filled every position in the order, 
lie is also a member of the Red Men, has held 
nearly every position in that order, and is now 
Keeper of the Record and Seal of the Knights of 
Pythias. He has been a member of the Christian 
Church since 1861. Politically he affiliates with 
ihe Democratic part}-, although lie is not a strong 
partisan, having voted for both (irant and Gar- 
held. He is a firm believer in the principles of 
the Prohibition party. 



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OHN W. WESTERFIELD, M. D., a pioneer 
physician and surgeon of Anderson, was 
^^ |i born in Preble County, Ohio, .Tune 1, 1816. 
'^/y He belongs to a family identified for gener- 
ations with the development of New Jersey, Ken- 
tucky, Ohio and Indiana, many of its members be- 
ing men of prominence in their respective commu- 
nities. Tiie paternal great-grandfather of the sub- 
ject of this sketch removed in an early day from 
New Jersey to Kentucky, when that now flourish- 
ing state was still a territory and Indians roamed 
unmolested through the forests, while wild an- 
imals howled around the rude doors of the lonely 
pioneers. 

Not only wore the Indians numerous in those 
early times, but they were also exceedingly troub- 
lesome and dangerous, often invading the little 
cabins of the frontiersmen and scalping the help- 
less occupants who had done them no harm. In 
a massacre and Indian fight at the fort near Booiie- 
ville Great-grandfather Westerficld was foully 
murdered. His wife and daughter were taken 
prisoners, and after remaining in captivity for 



months were ransomed. Grandfather .Samuel 
Westerfleld, was born in New Jersey and served 
in the Colonial army during the Revolutionary 
War. He accompanied his parents to Kentucky, 
where he became a minister in the Presbyterian 
Church. Subsequent!}', he removed to Preble 
County, Ohio, where he officiated as a minister of 
the Gospel for some ,years. He was seventy years 
of age at the time of his death. The name West- 
erficld was formerly Westervald, the change being 
made for convenience. 

The father of our subject, Rev. Jolin M. Wester- 
field, was born in Garrard County, Ky., and ac- 
companied his parents to Ohio, where he engaged 
in farming. Later, he became a minister in the 
Methodist Jlpiscopal Church, and was one of its 
most earnest and faithful preachers. In 1828 he 
removed from Preble County, Ohio, to Fayette 
Countj', Ind., where he engaged in farming, and 
also did good service for the church in the capa- 
city of a circuit rider. Later he went to Rush 
County, being engaged as a pastor in both places. 
While still in the prime of life, he died in Manilla 
at the age of forty-seven years. His wife, Nancy 
(Downing) Westerfield, was born in Garrard Coun- 
ty, Ky., and died in IS.'iO, aged sixt^'-four years. 

In the parental family there were seven sons 
and two daughters, of whom six sons and two 
daughters are now living. The youngest brother, 
Isaac, was a soldier in the Sixteenth Indiana In- 
fantry, and was promoted from the ranks to the 
position of Captain, serving more than three 3 ears 
in the Union army. The subject of this sketch, 
who is the eldest member of the family, was reared 
in Preble County, Ohio, until twelve years old. He 
then came to Indiana, of which he has since been 
a resident. During his boyhood years he attended 
school for a short time, walking two miles to the 
log building used for a temple of learning, then 
resting his weary limbs on split log benches, and 
in that uncomfortable position seeking to imbibe 
the wisdom contained in the old-fashioned text 
books. 

At the age of nineteen Mr. Westerfield com- 
menced to teach school in Rush County, and was 
thus engaged for three winter seasons, spending 
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of medicine under Dr. William Frame, of Rush- 
villc, and in 1839 came to Anderson, where lie 
soon gained a good practice. Tiie journe3' billier 
be made on horseback, while bis household effects 
came bj' wagon. He carried bis stock of medicines 
and drugs, and at first rented an oflice, but later 
built a block and there established his oflice. 
Anderson contained about three hundred peoi)le 
at the time of his arrival, and the surrounding 
country was sparsely settled. In order to reach 
bis patients he was frequently obliged to travel 
many miles through dense forests exposed to the 
inclemencies of the weather. Such hardships, how- 
ever, did not daunt him, and be continued ac- 
tively engaged as a practitioner until 1843, when, 
on account of berraorrhages of the lungs, he was 
oliliged to discontinue his outdoor labors. 

As soon as his health was sufficiently improved 
Dr. Westerfield opened a drug store at Anderson 
(the first in the place ) and conducted a good bus- 
iness on the corner of Eighth and Main Streets. 
Later he removed tlie store to the north side of 
the public square, where he built a frame struc- 
ture. After occupying it for about four years, he 
removed his stock of goods to a brick store which 
he had erected on the east side of the square. In 
1843 he was chosen School Commissioner, and 
served in that capacit}' for three years, when the 
ollice was abolished and the school funds went 
into the hands of an auditor. In 1846 he was ap- 
pointed auditor to take the place of Joe Howard, 
and later was elected to the oflice, serving five 
and one-balf years by appointment and election. 

In 1869 the Doctor built the Westerfield Hall, 
on Main Street between Seventh and Eighth. 
This is two stories in height and 36x98 feet in di- 
mensions. He also built a brick block on North 
Main Street, 36x100 feet; the old Union Hall on 
Main Street, and his residence at No. 149 AVest 
I\Liiii Street. He is identified with some of the 
foremost enterprises of Anderson and is a member 
of the Citizens' Gas Company. In Rush County, 
Ind., in 1842 be married Miss Mary Hussell. who 
was born in Kentucky, and they became the par- 
entis of a son. .lohn, who died in bis fouiteentb 
year. 

Sociallv, Dr. Westerfield is a member of the In- 



dependent Order of Odd Fellows. For more than 
forty years he has been a Spiritualist, and was the 
organizer of the State Association of Spiritualists 
in 1887, servingas its Treasurer for two years, and 
since 1889 officiating as its President. For the 
u.se of the Association he, with others, purchased 
thirty-four acres near Anderson. Here a beauti- 
ful grove has been laid out in lots and streets, and 
a number of buildings have been erected, includ- 
ing a lecture auditorium, lodging rooms, seance 
rooms, dining ball and many cottages. Natural 
gas and pure spring water are also on the grounds. 
Each summer the Association holds a camp meet- 
ing at this place, usually lasting for several weeks, 
and having for speakers some of the most brillant 
and prominent lecturers of the country. Med- 
iums for materialization, physicial manifestations, 
and tests and mediums of all phases of modern 
spiritualism are on the grounds, thus presenting a 
golden opportunity for investigators. The success 
of these conventions is largely due to the inde- 
fatigable efforts of the President of the Associa- 
tion. Politically, the Doctor is a Republican, and 
cast his ballot for William Henry Harrison in 
1840. 

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^ (LESLEY W. PAIUvKK. deceased, was born 
Im in <^'a*» ^'<'"»*.^' •'^'- C^, in 1833, and was 
^^ reared upon a farm in the state of his na- 
tivity. He became familiar with all the details of 
farm work, and in early life also learned the car- 
penter's trade. When a young man he deter- 
mined to seek a home and fortune in the west, 
and emigrating to Indiana, located in IJoone 
County, where he followed carpentering for a num- 
ber of 3'ears. When he had accjuired sufficient 
capital, he purchased eighty .acres of land in that 
coiinty. 

Mr. Parker was united in marriage in Boone 
County with Miss Elizabeth Beard, daughter of 
David Beard, and a native of the Hoosier State. 
The young couple began their domestic life upon 
a farm which he had purchased, and which be suc- 
cessfully operated until 1878, when he traded that 
property for one hundred and sixty acres of land 



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in Clay Township, Hamilton County, where the 
family now reside. The farm was then partially 
improved, but with characteristic energy he be- 
gan its furtiier development, and it soon gave evi- 
dence of liis labor in its neat and thrifty appear- 
ance. 

Four children were born of the union of Mr. 
and Mrs. Parker, but the two daughters died in 
early cliildhood. Frank, the elder son, married 
.lane McGhee, by whom he has one child, George. 
The other son is John P., who wedded Kate Rogers, 
and is now operating the old home farm. 

From early youth Mr. Parker was a member of 
the Baptist Church, and his family have the same 
religious faith, with the exception of his widow, 
who is now a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. He was a stalwart supporter of the Dem- 
ocratic liart}', and his sons have followed in his 
footsteps in this particular. He died in 1879, re- 
spected by all who knew him, and his loss was 
deeply mourned throughout the community, for he 
was a man of sterling worth and possessed many 
excellencies of character and had many warm 
friends. Since the deatii of her husband, Mrs. 
Parker has continued to reside upon the home 
farm, which she manages in connection with her 
son,. John P., who is a wide-awake and enterpris- 
ing agriculturist of this community. 



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^ANIEL H. FERNANDES. The legal pro- 
fession has at all times attracted to its 
practice men of eminent abilities and ex- 
tensive and varied information, whose 
talents, ('onsecrated to their chosen occupation, 
liavo uained for them a more than local fame. 
Among the attorneys and counselors-at-law resid- 
ing in Anderson, conspicuous mention belongs to 
tlie subject of this brief notice, who, now in the 
prime of his physical and mental vigor has 
achieved an enviable reputation as a successful 
lawyer and prominent citizen. 

Horn in Morgan County, HI., September 25, 
1854, our subject is the oldest of ten children in 
the family of Joseph and May p-ernandcs. The for- 



mer, a native of B'rance, eniigrated to the United 
States in his childhood, accompanying the other 
members of the family of his father, Emmel Fer- 
nandes, who settled in the northern part of Illi- 
nois and resided there until accidentally killed in 
a railroad accident. Joseph A. is still living upon 
the Illinois farm, where the greater part of his act- 
ive life has been passed. 

In boyhood, our subject attended Wliipple 
Academy, a department of Illinois College, and 
afterward spent three years in Hanover College. 
For a time he carried on the study of medicine, 
and was graduated from the medical department 
of Butler University', at Irvington, Ind. In 1879- 
80 he was engaged in reading law, and in 1884 
came to Anderson, where he established himself in 
the practice of law. About 1886 he opened an 
office of his own for the practice of law, which he 
has conducted with the highest success ever since. 

P'ormerly a Republican in politics, Mr. Fernan- 
des began to investigate the views of the laboring 
classes in connection with the principles of the 
People's party, and since that time (1891) he has 
been an earnest, untiring worker in the interests 
of the people, and prominent in the councils of 
that party. At the present time he is serving as 
Chairman of the Madison County Central Com- 
mittee, and is also a member of the District Cen- 
tral Committee. In 1892 he was the candidate 
(unanimously chosen) of the Populist party for 
the position" of Attorney-General, and polled a 
vote of more than twenty-two tliousand through- 
out the entire state. In Madison County the 
state ticket led the national by twenty per cent., 
and the fellow-citizens of Mr. Fernandes increased 
his vote for Attorney-General by twenty per cent. 

June 19, 1878, Mr. Fernandes was united in 
marriage with Miss Clara M. Robertson, of 
Jefferson County. The father of Mrs. Fernandes, 
Aquilla Robertson, was born on the farm where he 
now lives in the year 1804, and has been one of 
the prominent farmers of Jefferson County. In 
the early days in the history of that county he 
assisted in hewing the timber for the first Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church of Jefferson and Clark 
Counties, it having been erected near the line of 
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a vvealtliy iiuiii, he yavu lii.s cliildioii tlie best of 
advantages, and his oldesl s<,n, IJev. David A. 
Kobertson, is a noted clergyman in the Soutiiorn 
Indiana Conference. Mr. and Mrs. Fernandas are 
llie |)arents of one oliild, a daugliter, Grace C So- 
cially, Mr. Fernandes afliliates witli Mt. Moriah 
Lodge. A. F. A' A. M., and is also a member of 
Anderson Lodge No. lOG. K. of P. 



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Ji OIIN IL POORK,a native of Madison Coun- 
' ty, Ind., born October 12, 1827, Las through. 
j out a long career of usefulness devoted 
^ himself mainly to the pursuit of agri- 
culture and stock-raising. When the storms of 
Civil War disturbed the land, our subject was 
among the army of courageous and noble men 
who, answering to the appeals of the Government, 
gave themselves heroically to the preservation of 
the national existence and became volunteer sol- 
diers, bearing themselves with gallantry upon the 
fields of war. His parents, George and Catherine 
(llopps) Poore,were both natives of Ohio, and were 
there reared and educated, studying in the com- 
mon schools of their birthplace. Trained up to 
haliits of industrious thrift and early engaging in 
the work of life, they arrived at mature years 
earnest, energetic and self reliant, and were well 
fitted to care for a home and family of their own 
when they entered into marriage. They settled 
lirst among the scenes and associations of their 
early days, spending a number of years in the state 
of Oliio, but the}' finally followed the increasing 
tide of emigration to the state of Indiana, where 
the father, a man of ambitious enterprise, entered 
one hundred and sixty acres of land from the Gov- 
ernment, paying therefor -^1.25 per acre. The fami- 
ly, pioneers of their locality, settled in the dense 
woods of Indiana, and ut once entered upon the 
experiences incidental to residence in a new coun- 
try. 

Our subject, attending the district school of the 
ln)me neighborhood when he could be spare(L dili- 
gently improved the precious moments, and, well 
versed in the practical every day duties of farm- 



ing life, reached adult age manly, icsolutc and 
enterprising. The implements he used in l)reak- 
ing the land and cultivating tlic fields were of the 
most primitive character, and the [lursuit of agri- 
culture was then accompanied with more dillicul- 
ties than are thought of to-day. Not hmg after 
attaining his majority, John Poore was united in 
marriage with Miss Pluebc Ellswortii, a native of 
Madison Count}', Ind., and born April 11,1831. 
The estimable wife of our subject was the daugh- 
ter of Andrew and Susan Ellsworth, early and 
highly respected pioneer settlers of Fall Creek 
Township. Mrs. Poore is the only survivor of the 
family of Andrew and Sarah Ellsworth, who passed 
awa}' while j'et comparatively young, leaving 
their daughter Plusbe an orphan at a very tender 
age. Possessing marked ability, she arrived at 
womanhood energetic and capable, and has i)roven 
to her husband a iielpmatc indeed. 

Mr. and Mrs. Poore have been blessed by the l)irtii 
of a large family of sons and daughters of whom 
six 3'et survive: Rosetta, who is the wife of John 
Stanley; George R.; Catherine, deceased; Nancy 
J., wife of J. R. Brown; William H.; Sarah, wife of 
Benjamin R. Blake; and Phoebe, wife of .loseph 
Blake. 

Mr. Poore enlisted during the early part of the 
Civil AVar in Company D, Thirty-fourth Indiana 
Infantry, and participating in numerous decisive 
battles and skirmishes, fought with courage at 
Vicksburg, Champion Hills, and in the adjacent 
fields of war. For nearly three years constantly 
suffering exposures and privations, our subject lost 
his health and was incapacitated for duty, and his 
malady affecting his eyes, he became totally blind. 
He now receives a pension of 172 per month from 
the Government of the United States. After the 
war Mr. Poore returned to Madison County, where 
he has continued since to make his permanent 
residence. The valuable home farm comprises one 
hundred and ninety-five and three-fourth acres of 
excellent land, finely cultivated, and improved 
with attractive and substantial buildings, a mod- 
ern residence, roomy barns and granary. Politi- 
cally a Republican and an ardent believer in the 
principles of his party, Mr. I'oore is deeply inter- 
ested in both local and national government. He 



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is in religious affiliation a member of the Society 
of Friends and a sincere Christian man. A liberal 
spirited citizen, he fully possesses the confidence of 
a wide circle of old time friends and well-wishers. 



' OSEPH JARRETT, who was a man of ster- 
ling integrity of character and fine business 
^-.|j ability, formerly a leading general agricul- 
(^^ turist and stock-raiser of Lafayette Town- 
ship, Madison County, Ind., entered into rest in 
1884, mourned by all who knew him. He was a 
devout Christian man, a friend to educational ad- 
vancement, and in his death Madison County suf- 
fered the loss of a public-spirited, pioneer citizen. 
Our subject, a native of Virginia and born in 
(ireen brier in .June, 1823, was a son of William and 
Barbara (Smith) Jarrett, both of whom were also 
natives of the Old Dominion. The father and 
mother, energetic and enterprising, early de- 
termined to try their fortunes in the farther west 
and when .Joseph was only a little lad he emigrated 
with his parents toOhio,where the family remained 
but tone year, thence removing to Madison County, 
Ind., and settling on Lick Creek, three miles south 
of Columbus. There in a little log cabin in the 
midst of dense woods the father, mother and their 
family, with stout hearts and steady industry, made 
their home for many changing years. With the 
land to clear, the fields to cultivate and the im- 
))rovements, which gradually were made, leisure 
time was unknown, and from his earliest youth 
our subject entered into the pursuit of agriculture, 
and when he could be spared attended the little 
subscription school of the home neighborhood. 

To the brief schooling gained in his youth Mr. 
•Jarrett added in later years by reading and observa- 
tion, and, an intelligent and earnest man, was a close 
observer, gleaning knowledge by the wayside and 
constantly improving himself through association 
with books and the society of others. He attained 
to manhood thoroughly self-reliant and with zeal 
and courage won his upward way in life. Upon 
April 2, 1863, Joseph Jarrett and Miss Angeline 



Nibarger were united in marriage. Tlie estimable 
wife of our subject, a faithful companion and a 
true helpmate, was born in Rush County, Ind., 
April 19, 1841. Mrs. Jarrett was the daughter of 
Jacob and Lncinda (Harris) Nibarger. Her father 
was a native of Virginia, and her mother was 
born in Ohio. They came to Indiana in a very 
early day and for some time made their home in 
Rush County, but when Mrs. Jarrett was only a 
little girl removed to Hancock County, where their 
daughter Angeline received her education in the 
district school and was trained into the wa3'S 
of the household. The little log cabin where 
she received her primary instruction was rudely 
furnished and offered only limited opportunities 
for an education, but she there laid the broad 
foundations for a knowledge which she later re- 
ceived as she progressed in life. 

Nine children blessed the union of Mr. and 
Mrs. Jarrett, seven of whom are now living. 
Lucretia, Mrs. Calder Hiday, is deceased; Emma 
is the wife of James Fowler; Ida is the wife of 
Sigel Riger; Anna is deceased; I^ucy, Benjamin, 
Virginia, Allen .and Dora complete the family list. 
For sixteen years subsequent to his marriage our 
subject and his good wife remained upon the old 
Jarrett homestead upon Lick Creek, but in the 
spring of 1879 removed to section 32, Lafayette 
Township, where Mr. Jarrett continued in the 
pursuit of agriculture until his demise. He left 
to his bereaved widow and children a fine estate 
of two hundred acres of highly improved and 
valuable land, upon which Mrs. Jarrett yet resides. 
Our subject and his wife, long-time and valued 
members of the United Brethren Church, were ever 
foremost in good work and benevolent enterprises, 
and in their various home localities held high posi- 
tions of useful influence. Mr. Jarrett was politically 
a Republican and ardently interested in both local 
and national issues. A man of broad and liberal 
views, he was a promoter of enterprise, ever ready 
to do his full share in all matters of mutual wel- 
fare. True to every dutj' of life as a man, hus- 
band and father, he possessed a wide circle of 
friends, and his memory is yet green in the hearts 
of the many who knew and loved him for his ex- 
cellent qualities and genuine kindliness. Mrs. 




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Jai-rett, a lad}' of woitli and l)iisiness ability, liad 
in her bereavement the syiiiijatliy uf many true 
friends and is highly regarded in tlic edniuiunily 
of Lafayette Township. 



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roce 



il( K CAKIWlilGIIT. 



andria. was horn in Kli/.al>rth City. N. C.. 
uary 1, 1826. His father. Thomas Cartwright, 
so far as known, was born in the same state in 
1790, of English ancestry. Durinsr his early life 
he was a seafaring man. and in l.s:i:) rame ti) In- 
diana, settling at Jliltun, W.tynf ( 'ounl-y. where 
he was employed on the national road. On the 
12th of August, 1816, he brought his fanjily to 
Madison County, and located on a farm four 
miles north of Alexandria. There his death oc- 
curred in 1865. Early in life he was a Whig in 
politics, but later advocated the principles of the 
Democratic party, with which he voted during the 
balance of his life. Our subject's mother, Sarah B. 
Smithson, was a native of North Carolina and a 
descendant of English ancestors. Her death oc- 
curred when about eighty-flve 3'ears of age. 

Nine children were born to Thom.is and Sarah 
B. Cartwright, of whom one son and two daugh- 
ters are now living. Charles, the eldest child, 
went to Iowa and engaged in farming, and also 
followed the trade of a carpenter until his death, 
which occurred in Marengo, that state, when six- 
ty-eight years of age. Spencer was also a farmer 
and carpenter, and died four miles north of Alex- 
andria in 1855, being killed by the accidental dis- 
charge of a gun which he was cleaning. Miles, 
who was also a farmer and carpenter, died in 1862. 
William is a farmer, residing five miles north of 
Alexandria. Emaline married E^dward Christo- 
pher, a farmer, and resides at Suminitville, this 
county. Mary first married .lames White, and is 
now the wife of .lames Iviton. a farmer in Wis- 
consin. 

The original of this notice wa> three years of 
age when his i)areiits left the Old North State and 
located in Indiana, and seven years afterward he 
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came with them to Madison County. When a lad 
he was employed for some time in carrying water 
and whiskey for the men at work on the White 
Water canal, but the principal part of his time 
up to eighteen years of age was spent in as>isting 
in the work of clearing his father's farm, lie re- 
ceived but limited advantages for an education, 
and when eighteen years of age f)egan to learn the 
carp("nter's trade at Cambridge City. This occu- 

he spent one year on a farm. Later he joined a 
traveling show, acting as second clown in the 
light comedy. .Subsequently he owned a minstrel- 
show, with which he traveled for two years. 

Later oiu- subject embarked in the mereanlile 
business at the Crossroads, fi>nr miles iioilhwest of 
Alexandria, and was engaged in l)usincss there for 
five years. Afterward he opened the first hotel in 
Alexandria. During the summer of 1862 he or- 
ganized Company !•;, One Iluiubed an.l First, Indi- 
ana Infantry, of whii'h lie was eoinmissioned Cap- 
tain. He i)articipated m the battles of Hoover".- 
Gap, Chickamauga and Chattanooga. On account 
of failing health he resigned, November 7. LSli.'J, 
but as he begau«improving immediately after leav- 
ing the arm}', he re-enlisted, in March, 1864, as a 
member of Company K, One Hundred and Tiiir- 
tieth Indnma Infantry, and w.as promoted to the 
rank of Sergeantand later became Lieutenant. He 
took part in the battles of Peach Tree Creek, Snake 
Gap, Resaca, also in the fall of Atlanta, and went 
as far as Rome, Ga., on the famous march to the 
sea. Marching to Nashville, he participated in the 
last battle of that plaice, and was also present at 
El. Fisher, Wilmington, Kingston, Raleigh and 
Charleston. There he remained, looking after Con- 
federate property, until December, 1865, when he 
was discharged. 

After leaving the army, Capt. Cartwright en- 
gaged in the hotel business for one _year in Alex- 
andria, and for the following five 3-ears was pro- 
prietor of tlie United States Hotel at .Vnderson. 
For some years afterward he was engaged in the 
hotel business in different places. In 1891 he re- 
turned to Alexandria, and was engaged in the ci- 
gar and tobacco business at the time of the great 
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He has since engaged in the grain and provision 
business in his substantial briclc building on Canal 
Street, where he is now located. 

Capt. Cartwright has been twice married. In 
1857 he married Mrs. Jane (Fulton) Cartwright, the 
widow of his brother Spencer. She died, leaving 
two children, Thorras and Lucinda E. Thomas 
died a number of years ago, and his widow, and 
daughter, Blanche, make their home with our sub- 
ject. The daughter, Lucinda E., has been twice 
married, first to D. S. Elliott, and afterward to 
Charles Sherman. She has one child, Fredrick, 
and now resides in Indianapolis. Capt. Cart- 
wright's second marriage occurred at Summitville, 
and united him with Mrs. Christina Silcott, who 
died September 15, 1889. Socially, Capt. Cart- 
wright is identified with the Grand Army of the 
Republic and has served as Commander of How- 
ard Post, at Summitville, and is now a member 
of the post at Alexandria, lie is a charter mem- 
ber of the Order of Red Men, in which he is now 
officiating as Past Prophet. He is a member of the 
Grand Council of Indianapolis. In politics he is 
a Republican. 



J"' ONATH^ 
general 
fine far 
acres of 



' ONATHAN W. MOFFITT, who carries on 
farming and stock-raising on his 
farm of three hundred and eighty 
land on section 31, Delaware Town- 
ship, Hamilton County, was born on section 34 of 
the same township in 1841. and is a representative 
of an honored pioneer family. His grandfather, 
Charles Motfltt, was born in Ireland, and when a 
young man came to the United States and became 
a planter of North Carolina, where he spent his 
remaining d.ays. 

Silas Moffltt, father of our subject, was the 
youngest son in his family of nine sons and five 
daughters. He was born in 1794 and was educated 
in the common schools. At the age of twenty-six, 
in North Carolina, he married Hannah, daughter 
of AVilliam and Mary (MofHtt) Wilkinson, and in 
1823 emigrated with his family to Indiana, locat- 
ing on the farm where our subject was born. He 



came with a four-horse team and brought his 
household effects in a wagon. He had previously 
entered land, but settled on a farm which had 
been entered by his father-in-law. Unto Mr. and 
Mrs. MolHtt were born four sons and five daugh- 
ters: Mary, widow of Joseph White, of Indianapo- 
lis; Charles W., deceased; Rhoda,of Carmel; Will- 
iam C, deceased; Hannah, of Carmel; Margaret, 
deceased, who was first the wife of Isaac Burrouglis, 
and after his death married Cyrus Hunt; Tacy, 
deceased, was the wife of Allen Myers; Silas H., 
on the home farm; and Jonathan. The father was 
an old-lin€ Whig, and afterward a Republican. 
He served as County Commissioner in a very early 
day, and was an influential citizen. He accumu- 
lated several hundred acres of land and placed 
large tracts under cultivation. 

In the primitive schools our subject was edu- 
cated, and amid the wild scenes of the frontier 
was reared to manhood. When he was twenty- 
two years of age his father gave him one hundred 
and sixty-six acres of land, mostly timber, and he 
rented another farm of his father. As a com- 
panion and helpmate on life's journey, he wedded 
Mary Roberts, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth 
(Bond) Roberts, who were natives of Wayne 
County. Ind., as was also the daughter. Both her 
paternal and maternal grandfathers were ninety 
years of age at the time of their deaths. Unto 
Mr. and Mrs. Moffltt have been born seven chil- 
dren: Rhoda, the wife of Artliiu;^P. Stanley^ Frank; 
Olive, the wife of Charles Brown ; Emma, the wife 
of Otis Roberts; Nellie, who died at the age of 
seven years; Oscar and Carrie. The children have 
been educated in the high school of Carmel, and 
Frank was also a student of Bloomington, Ind. 
He followed teaching *for four years, and Rhoda 
was also a school teacher. 

Mr. MofHtt still owns the farm given him by his 
father, and its boundaries have been extended 
until it now comprises three hundred and eighty 
acres. In connection with general farming, lie 
carries on stock-raising, making a s|)ecialty of 
Short-horn cattle and fine hogs. He is a charter 
member of Carmel Lodge No. 401, I. O. O. P., 
and in politics is a Republican. In 1888 he was 
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office. He has been instrumental in liuilding tliree 
new selioolliouses, and talics an active interest in 
everytliiny: that tends tiiwani |ii-(imotini; the cause 
of education and the ui)buihliiio; of tiie eoni- 
niunit\-. 



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|I/_^ KNHY KRONNENBKRO, t'liairman of the 
Ir jl' Board of Commissioners of Madison County, 
/IW^ and an influential and prominent citizen 
(^ of Union Townshij), is one of the best- 
known residents of his locality. His life lias been 
a pre-eminently successful one, and now in his de- 
clining years, he enjoys the fruits of the labor of 
former years. He is the owner of six hundred and 
six acres, of wiiicli his home farm on section lo, 
comprises nearly five hundred. At one time his 
landed possessions aggregated fourteen hundred 
acres, the greater portion of which he lias divided 
among his children. 

The life of Mr. r.ronnenberg has been closely 
identified with the history of Madison County 
dining a large part of the present century. This 
county was his birthplace, and it has been the 
scene of his life's activities. He was boru here on 
the 4th of December, 1824, being a son of Fred- 
erick and Barbara (Easter) Bronnenberg, natives 
respectively of (Germany and Pennsylvania. His 
father emigrated to the United States probably in 
1818 or 1819, and in 1821, accompanied by his 
family, came west to Madison County, Ind., the 
removal being made with an ox-team ahd wagon. 
As the country was new and no roads had as yet 
been opened, he was obliged to cut his way 
through the brusii and timber, and the journey 
from Ohio (his former 'home) to Indiana was 
therefore a tedious one. 

When Government land came into tiie market, 
Frederick Bronnenberg entered one hundred and 
sixty acres, and subsequently, from time to time, 
entered other tracts of land, until his landed pos- 
sessions were large and valuable. His first home 
was in a log cabin on section 16, erected by him- 
self, and located in the midst of the woods. 
Neighbors were few, bvit wolves were numerous 
and all kinds of wild game abounded. As time 



passed by, people flocked hither, attracted by the 
superior advantages of climate and soil, and Mr. 
ics- til.. .IrvclopMUMit of 



In his death, which 
county lost one of its 
nilar citizens. I<'ort 



I'.ronnenbcig livcil t, 
the county, liiiiisclf 
terially and morally, 
red July 5, 18;j:5, the 
less pioneers and pi, 
Ikiv.' .•on,e and -..n,- 
filial rest, hut lii.s ii;iiiie is still iciiicinbcrcd with 
gr.atitude by all who cherish an affection f(jr this 
county and state. He had been promiiiciif in pnli- 
lic affairs, and held a number of township ollices, 
being for two terms Count v Commissioner and al- 
so serving in other capacities. 

In his youth, the subject of this sketch engaged 
in clearing land and tilling the soil, and accom- 
plished considerable pioneer work. His education 
was limited to such infoiiiiatioii asrould be trained 
in the primitive schools, held in log buildings of 
a rude construction, but as he is a thoughtful man, 
a close observer and a systematic I'eader, he has 
become well informed. His life occupation has 
been that of a farmer and stock-raiser, and he 
makes a specialty of raising, buying and selling 
horses, in which he has engaged with success for a 
number of years. 

On the 17th of November, 1847, occurred the 
marriage of Henry Bronnenberg to Miss Maria 
Forkner, a native of Henry County, Ind., and the 
daughter of James and L3'dia Forkner, of whom 
further mention is made in the sketch of Alfred 
Forkner, elsewhere presented. Of this union, the 
following named children (eight in number) sur- 
vive: Sanford. a farmer by occupation, and the 
owner of two hundred acres on section 14, Union 
Township; William B., who owns and operates one 
hundred and sixty acres on section 3 of Union 
Township; John M., residing on section 1.5, Union 
Township, where he owns one hundred acres of 
finely improved land; Thomas, whose farm on sec- 
tion 15, Union Township, comprises one hundred 
and thirty-two acres; Lucinda, the wife of John 
Noland, a resident of Richland Township, Madi- 
son County; Jane, wife of James Hancock, resid- 
ing in Richland Township; Alfred, who makes his 
home with his parents; and Susan, wife of Frank 
Pence, of Richland Township. These children 



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were given every advantage, and each, upon start- 
ing out in life for liimself, was given a tract of 
land by Mr. Bronnenberg. 

A Democi-at in his political belief, Mr. Bronnen- 
berg was for twent3'-two years Trustee of Union 
Township. In November, 1890, he was elected 
County Commissioner for a term of tliree years, 
and in November of 1893, he was re-elected for a 
further term of three years, the latter term begin- 
ning in December, 1893. As Chairman of the 
Board, he has rendered efficient service to his fel- 
low-citizens, and has justly gained their confi- 
dence. In former years lie was prominently iden- 
tified with the Masonic fraternity, and still retains 
an interest in that social order. 



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|r^-jEV. CURTIS H. iMALLERY, the son and 
lU^ grandson of lionored pioneer settlers of In- 
(!^ fli diana, and an eloquent and highly esteemed 
preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
is a native of Hamilton County and was born in 
Noblesviile Townsliip August 13, 1840. Aside 
from the sacred avocation of a minister of the 
Gospel, our subiect is a representative agriculturist, 
prosperously conducting one of the finest farms in 
Hamilton County. His father, Horace C. Mallery, 
born in the state of New York, April 6, 1815, emi- 
grated with his parents to the wilds of Indiana 
when only sis years of age. Reared and educated 
amid the primitive scenes of earlj- days, he attain- 
ed to manhood and wedded Miss Mary Pugh, born 
September 19, 1813. in Ohio. 

The mother, a woman of lovely Christian char- 
acter, passed away March 31, 1875. The father, 
identified from childliood with the advancement 
of Indiana, outlived his wife four years, and, re- 
gretted by ail who knew him, died November 11, 
1879. The paternal grandfather, Curtis Mallery, 
in wliose iionor our subject was named, was a 
man of sterling integrity and ambitious enter- 
prise, and w.as peculiarily adapted to make his up- 
ward way in a new country. Born April 8, 1774, 
he lived to reach seventy-seven years of age, 
and entered into rest October 1, 1851, mourned as 



a public loss. The paternal grandmother, Nancy 
Mallery, a worthy pioneer, bravely shared with 
her husband and family the rude experiences of 
life on the borders of civilization and lived to en- 
joy many comforts and luxuries in Noblesviile, 
where she died of cholera, August 19, 1850. 

Our subject was educated in the common schools 
of the home district, and, reared as a firmer, re- 
mained with his parents until his marriage. Upon 
April 25, 1860, Curtis H. Mallery and Miss Lydia 
R. Richmond were united in marriage. The esti- 
mable wife of our subject, a native of Indiana, 
was born in Madison Countj- and is the daughter 
of Francis M. and Sarah (Holiday) Richmond, 
pioneer settlers of Madison County, widely known 
and highly respected. Rev. Francis M. Richmond, 
a native of New York, died in 1853. His excel- 
lent life companion was born in Kentucky and 
])assed away in 1851. The union of Rev. Curtis 
H. and Mrs. Mallery was blessed by the birth of 
three children, two surviving. Arza V., born Oc- 
tober 18, 1867, married Maggie Passwater. and has 
one son; H. Frank, born January 6, 1874, Is at 
home. 

Immediately succeeding iiis marriage, our sub- 
ject settled with his young wife in a log cabin 
near his present comfortable residence and lived 
in the humble little home five happ}' years, then 
he built the house in which the family have dwelt 
so many changing seasons. Mr. Mallery is now 
erecting a fine residence for his son, and the 
country round about presents a striking contrast 
to the wilderness m which the grandparents, locat- 
ing and taking up a large tract of land three- 
score and twelve 3'ears ago, became genuine pio- 
neers of Noblesviile Township. Tiien, suffering 
and privations were the portion of the settlers, 
and wild game roamed through the woods and 
across the broad prairies. To-day, comfort and 
plentj' abound and an abundant harvest yearly 
yields a handsome revenue to the tiller of the soil. 

The ancestors of our subject, together with the 
majority of the honored pioneers who redeemed 
the land from its primitive condition, and who 
with courageous hearts bore uncomplainingly the 
heat and burden of the day, have gone before, but 
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nals of the west, the record of their unselfish lives 
hfiooming a part of our national history. Our 
.suhjoct received from his frood old fatlier a start 
in life, but he has added thereto by his own efforts 
until he now owns two hundred acres of valu- 
able hind uudtT a liiyli state of cultivation and 
well inipniMMl with nmdern and commodious 
liuildiiiL;.-. Tlic <>\i] Mallery homestead of the 
|Kiroiits is a laiidin.-nk of the long ago and is well 
known to ni()>t of llio dwellers in lianiilton 
County. 

The father early in life was a i)ronounced Whig, 
liul was later a stalwart Republican, to which 
parly our subject has always belonged. Mr. JMal- 
lery as a farmer, preacher and loyal citizen has 
ever been actively interested in local and national 
issues and, a strong friend to educational advance- 
ment, has liberally aided in the promotion of the 
welfare of his home locality. Known as a man of 
rectitude and public spirit, Rev. Curtis Mallery is 
numbered among the substantial and influential 
citizens of Hamilton County, and commands the 
thorough confidence of the community where 
he has lived and toiled for so many years. 



'T^iHOMAS .1. WILSON, a representative Indi- 
/^JN ana pioneer and a citizen of ability and 
\^iy enterprise, located in Lafayette Township, 
Madison County, has devoted his entire life to 
the pursuit of agriculture and stock-raising, and 
is widely known as one of the leading farmers of 
his township. A native of the state, our subject 
was born in Fayette County .January 2<), 1824. 
His parents, Jacob and Jane (Brooks) Wilson, 
were both born in the sunny south, the father be- 
ing a Virginian, while the mother was from Ten- 
nessee. The early death of his father and mother 
left Mr. Wilson an orphan at a very youthful age, 
and when but thirteen years old he was obliged to 
begin life for himself. A young lad, he found his 
way to Madison County and worked about among 
the farmers, generally by the month. Toiling often 
far lievond hisstrenoth. our subject arrived at nine- 



teen years of age and then determined to try his 
fortunes in Wab.ash Countv. where be spent the 
next two years, also einploycil as a farm laborer. 
With great prudence and careful thrift he w.-is 
enabled to gather together a small capital for 
future investment. In 184;j, having self-reliantly 
attained to his majority, he desiied to lake unto 
himself a life companion, and upon March 1(1. 
were united in marriage Thoiiia> .1. Wilson .aiid 
Miss Maria Smith, a lady of intelligence and 
worth. 

rntolhe union of our subject and bis estimable 
wife were born seven .■liildrcn. four of whom are 
now living: Coluinbu>; Margaret .1.. the wife of 
William Jones; John R., and Mary N'., the wife of 
R. U. Austin. Some time subsequent to the loss 
of his first wife Mr. WMlsoii married. April 12, 
1884, Mrs. Pamelia I'rather. the widow of W. 
I'rather, of Madison County. .\li>. Wilson had by 
her first husband. I'. C. Cumin.-, five children, two 
now living, John S. and Charles !•'. The accom- 
plished present wife of our subject, bom February 
7, 1832, was the daughter of William and l.uciiula 
(Pearson) McCarty. Her lather was a native 
Kentuckian, and her mother was born in South 
Carolina. Mr. McCarty, emigrating to Indiana 
in 1820, became an early settler of (ircene Count>-, 
locating in the dense woods and living in an iium- 
ble little log cabin. Immediately succeeding his 
marri.age Mr. Wilson located on land in i;i<'hl.and 
Township, but after remaining there four \ears 
removed to Lafayette Township, and later settled 
permanently on Ins farm desirably situated on 
sections 11 and 12, Lafayette Town.sliip. His 
residence was at first the customary log cabin, 

I deep in the centre of the woods, but as the farm 
under his skillful guidance rapidly developed into 
cleared and cultivated land, 3ielding an abundant 
harvest, all the surroundings underwent a trans- 
formation, the result of hard and i)atient toil. 
To-day our subject owns one hundred and twenty 

j acres of valuable land, which he has cleared, 
brought up to a high state of cultivation, and im- 

1 proved with attractive and substantial buildings, 
plainly attesting the jirosperity of the owner. 

Politically a Republican, Mr. Wilson is likewise 
a strong temperance man and a firm Prohibition- 



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ist, advocating the reform and uplifting of tlie 
masses to a liigher moral plane. Our subject and 
his excellent wife are botli valued members of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, and widely known 
throughout Madison County for their sterling 
traits of character and genuine kindliness, have 
a wide circle of old-time friends in Lenwood, and 
in tliat village as well as the surrounding com- 
munities of their home, enjoy the higliest respect 
and thorough confidence. 

^^ EORGE B. EPPJ;RSON,a prominent and suc- 
cessful business man of Anderson, was born 
II in Auglaize County, Ohio, Julj' 6, 1864, 
and is tlie younger of two children in the family 
of John B. and Margaret (Bortz) Epperson. His 
father, wlio w.as a native of Kentucky, crossed the 
Ohio River when a young man, and made settlement 
in Ohio, where he followed the occupation of an 
engineer. Early in the progress of the Civil War, 
he entered the Union army and occupied tlie posi- 
tion of Assistant Quartermaster. While in active 
service at the front his death occurred, April 7, 
1864. A man of kindly disposition and lofty 
patriotism, his memory is revered as one of the 
martyrs of the Rebellion. His widow, who is now 
(1893) sixty-six years of age, was born in Holmes 
County, Ohio, her ancestors having been Pennsyl- 
vanians of German origin. 

The biograjjher in reviewing the childhood 
years of the subject of tliis sketch finds little of 
especial interest to narrate concerning his youth- 
ful days, which were uneventfully passed in the 
Buckeye State. In April, 1888, he came to Ander- 
son, at a time when the second factory was being 
built in the city. By trade a house painter, he was 
attracted here by the advantages the city offered 
for business, and followed his chosen occupation 
for a time after locating in Anderson. He then 
embarked in business as a contractor, and remained 
thus occupied for a period of nearly three years. 

In June of 1891, Mr. Epperson purchased the 
business of J. E. Daniels, a dealer in paints, oils, 
varnishes and asphalt roofing. He conducted this 



enterprise for a short time, and subsequently added 
to it the business of sidewalk paving, making the 
latter the leading feature. He has been very suc- 
cessful, and conducts a large and increasing busi- 
ness, having several important contracts at the 
present time. His prosperity is the result of in- 
domitable perseverance and good judgment, and 
he is recognized as one of the energetic young 
men of Anderson. 

The marriage of Mr. Epperson occurred on the 
10th of May, 1892, at which time he' was united 
with Miss Nettie Macartney, a popular young lady 
of Anderson. Mrs. Epperson is the daughtei- of 
the late John E. Macartney, a native of Baltimore, 
Md., who spent the latter years of his life in An- 
derson, dying here in 1852. Socially Mr. Epper- 
son is a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, F. & A. M. 
In his political connections, he ad^heres in princi- 
ple to the Democratic party, and is interested in 
public affairs, though not a politician. 



\I? EWIS U. HOAGLAND, one of the promis- 
I 1^ ing and enterprising young business men 
/J'-^Yn of Clarksville, was here born April 19, 
18t)0. His parents were Alex C. and Matilda A. 
(Passwater) Hoagland. The father was born in 
Lebanon, Ohio, January 16, 1826, enlisted July 
21, 1861, in Company E, Thirty-ninth Indiana 
Infantry, and died in Andersonvilie prison, in No- 
vember, 1864, after ten months' captivity. His 
parents were natives of Germany, and early in this 
century came to the United States, locating in 
Ohio, where they spent their remaining days. The 
mother of our subject was born in Kent County, 
Del., December 26, 1826, and is now living with 
our subject. She was one of eight children, of 
whom two are yet living, herself and a brother, 
M. Passwater. The parents, Manlove and Mary 
Passwater, were natives of Delaware, who came to 
Indiana in 1837, and settled in Wayne Township, 
Hamilton County. 

Mr. Hoagland whose name heads this record 
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bis education in its public schools. He remained 
at iiome until twenty years of age and then began 
teacliing, after wbicii he ojiened a store in this 
place and has since hi'en niinihei-ed among the 
leading business men of the communit\'. He is 
wide awake and enlerpiising, sagacious and far- 
sighted, and his well directed efforts have brought 
him success. 

Mr. IloaglandV mother is a member of tiie 
Methodist Episco|)al Church, and is an active 
worker in its interests, doing all in her i)Ower to 
l)romote its growth and upbuilding. In politics 
he is a supporter of Reiiuhlicaii principles, and 
was appointed by President Ilariison as Postmas- 
ter of Clarksville. Tiie duties of the |)osition he 
discharged with a promptness and lidelity that 
won him the commendation of all concerned. 



yilLLIAM KELLY, a prominent business 
, man and practical agriculturist and stock- 
^J^ raiser of Hamilton County, Ind., prosper- 
ously conducts a large and highly cultivated farm 
in Wayne Township, and also devotes a portion 
of his time to various interests in Noblesville. lie 
is a native of Ilamilt.ui County, and was born in 
Wayne Township, .May 2-2, IK.". 1. His paternal 
grandparents, .lonallian Kelly and his good wife, 
were natives of Penn.sylvania and later removed 
to Carroll County, Ohio, settling on a farm tliere. 
They afterward made their home in Adams Coun- 
ty. Ind., and here passed away at an advanced 
age. The father, Aaron Kellv, born and reared 
on his father's farm, remained with his parents 
until he had attained to his majority. 

When about twenty-two years of age, Aaron 
Kelly married Susanna Stern, a native of Penn- 
sylvania, who resides in Hamilton County, near 
the home of our subject. The mother was a 
daughter of Christopher and .Susanna Roudebush 
Stern, t)ld-time citizens of the Quaker State, where 
they were widely known and highly respected. 
Our subject, one of twelve children, was trained 
upon the home farm into the daily round of agri- 
cultural duties, and was well fitted bv practical 



experience to begin life for himself long before 
reaching his twenty-first year. He attended the 
district school of his home neighborhood, likewise 
improved himsell by obscrxatiou ;ui(i leading. and 
constantl}' adding to his stock of knowledge, was 
mainly self-educated, and a man of to-day, lias 
kept himself fully abreast of the times. 

Upon September 29, 1875, William Kelly and 
Miss Emma A. Brooks were united in marriage, 
receiving the congratulations of many mutual 
friends. The accomplished wife of our subject 
was born in Wayne County, Ind., and was a 
daughter of John and Maliiida ( Keever) Brooks, 
who came to Indiana m a very e uiy day. Pio- 
neer settlers of the state, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks 
shared in the .sacrifices and privations incidental 
to a new country, and are now living on their 
farm m Henry County. Mrs. Kelly w.as one of 
eight children who gathered on the old homestead 
many 3'ears ago. She received her education 
mainly in the public schools of Wayne County, 
and thoroughly trained by her excellent mother 
in housewifely arts, was (pialified to assume the 
responsibilities of a household when she became 
a wife. 

The pleasant home of Mi-, and .Mrs. Kelly has 
been brightened liy the birth of three children. 
two daughters .and a son. I.ula May was liorn Oc- 
tober 29, 1876, and, an attractive young girl, is 
now budding into a gracious womanhood. Oraer V. 
was born February 1, 1878; Mary C. was born 
November 10, 1879. The thiee children have 
passed with honor through the graded school, and 
are excellent scholars and promising young people, 
with an apparently bright future before them. 
Immediately after his marriage Mr. Kelly bought a 
farm of eighty acres, to which he later added sixty- 
five acres. He also i)urchased forty acres of the 
old home and likewise invested in seventy other 
acres near his homestead and fort} acres near 
Noblesville. These various tracts of land are 
mostly under high cultivation and annually in- 
creasing in value. 

Financially prospered, our subject owns some 
choice property in Noblesville. and, a man of bus- 
iness enterprise, has industriously won his upward 
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also buj'S and sells stock, and for six years has 
likewise furnished ties to the Lake Erie Railroad. 
Mr. Kelly is a charter member of the order of Red 
Men. and is also a Knight of Honor, and has a 
host of friends among these societies. -A strong 
Democrat, as was liis father before him, our sub- 
ject cast his first Presidential vote for Samuel J. 
Tilden. Mr. Kelly is highly respected for his in- 
tegrity of character and public spirit, and is widely 
known as a man liberally aiding in the promotion 
of local enterprises and iniiirovements. 



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bINN.i:U.S S. P.ALI 
^ has gained a reput 
^ ited to the bound 



LDWIN as an attorney 
itation which is not lim- 

idaries of iN'oblesville or 

Hamilton County; and as a man, he is recognized 
as energetic, u))right and thoroughly efficient in 
everything he undertakes. A native of Hamilton 
County, the subject of this sketch was born in the 
village of Westfield, December 28, 1867. He traces 
his ancestry to England, whence in an early day 
in the history of this country, representatives of 
the Baldwin family emigrated hither and made 
settlement in North Carolina, with the develop- 
ment of wliich tliey were afterward closely con- 
nected. In their religious belief, they were identi- 
fied with the Society of Friends, and politically 
they atliliated with the AVhig party, and were 
stanch Abolitionists. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject, David 
Baldwin, was a pioneer of Hamilton County, and 
upon coming thitlicr, entered land in the vicinity 
of Westfield. Both in educational and religious 
affairs he maintained a deep interest, and was one 
of the foremost men of the county. The father of 
our subject. Rev. N. D. Baldwin, is a minister in 
the Friends' Church, and is now a resident of West- 
field. A man of strong personality and accurate 
judgment, he is conceded to be one of the most 
l)rogressive citizens of Westfield, and the schools 
and cburciies of that place owe much to his ener- 
getic exertions. He married Miss Susan Sherrick, 
a native of Indiana, and a daughter of .Jacob Sher- 
rick, who was born of (iermaii descent in the Key- 
stone State. 

In tiie common and liigli schools of Westfield, 



the subject of this sketch received a practical edu- 
cation, and the knowledge there acquired was af- 
terward supplemented by a course of studj- at Earl- 
ham College, Richmond, Ind. In the fall of 1889, 
after having engaged for a lime in teaching, he 
entered the law department of the University of 
Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he was gradu- 
ated in 1891 with the honors of class orator, se- 
cured by contests. He was admitted to the Bar at 
Noblesville, and immediately afterward opened an 
office at this place. His practice has increased and 
is profitable, and his reputation as a thoroughly 
informed attorney and general practitioner is 
rapidly extending. 

The political questions and issues of the present 
age receive from Mr. Baldwin the same earnest at- 
tention which he gives to his private affairs, and 
his sympathies are given to the principles of the 
Republican party. Socially he is identified with 
the Masonic fraternity, and has attained the Thir- 
ty-second Degree, and is also a Knight of Pythias. 
On the 20th of September, 1892, he married Miss 
Hattie O. Witt, who was born in Pontiac, 111. She 
is a daughter of Capt. S. M. and Maria (Landon) 
Witt, of Pontiac, III., the latter being a cousin of 
the renowned FAi Perkins. Captain Witt is also 
a relative of Joaquin Miller, the noted poet of the 
Sierra Madre. Captain Witt gained his title 
through his brave service in the Civil War, and is 
now actively cf)nnected with the Grand Army of 
tlie Republic. He is an active politician, belong- 
ing to the Republican party, and is one of the solid 
and substantial business men of Pontiac. 



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ANIEL E. R. THOMAS. Although not 
one of the earliest settlers of Madison 
County, Mr. Thomas has resided here fur 
^ a period suflScientl}- long to justly entitle 

him to the honored title of pioneer. The farm 
which he owns and cultivates is located on sec- 
tion 11 of Lafayette Township, and has been 
brought to its present highly imi)roved condition 
through the unwearied efforts of the proprietor. 
In years gone by his home was a log cabin, sur- 
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occupies an elegant residence, containing every 
evidence of tlie I'eiined tastes of the inmates and 
sunounded by fertile acres. 

.V native of Lewis County, Ky., and l)iirn Feli- 
ruary 20. 1828, our subject is Ihe mui of Daniel 
and Mary (Mc(iueen) Tlioiiias, ImiIU (,f wlioni were 
h.iru in the Old Dominion. lii> father was a sol- 
dier in the War of LSI 2, and his. maternal grand- 
father (!\Ic<^)ueen) was a Revolutionary hero, so 
th,-it he inlierits fi-oni both parents the spirit of 
palriolic fci'vor and mipuNes. Wlu'ii six years 
old he accdiiipauuMl Ins paieiits to lii<liana, making 
.settlement in Rush County, where he was reared 
to manhood amid scenes (,f pioneer life. In his 
youth he was accustomed to use the old wooden 
mold-board plow and oxen, and has assisted in all 
kinds of ]noneer wt)rk. 

The education acquired by .Mr. Thomas was re- 
ceived in the early schools of Rush County, wliicli 
were held in a log house, with grea.sed p.aper in- 
stead of window panes and i)uncheon lloors. 'I'he 
writing desk was a board resting upon wooden 
puis fastened in the walls, and everything was of 
I'ude construction. \'\h>u the Ith of Noveml)er, 
I.S48, in Rush County, Ind., Mr. Thoni.as was 
united in marriage with Miss Josephine Ililligoss, 
wlio bore him eight children. Seven of the num- 
ber are now living, namely: William: Alonzo; 
Austin; Laura, wife of C.C.Wilson; Mary, who 
married S. D. Montgomery; Amanda, who is the 
wife of William Lowe; and Ella, Mrs. Stephen 
Doiiohoo. Clement V. is deceased. Mrs. Joseph- 
ine Thomas died in the spring of l.s.s'.l. Our sub- 
ject was again m.-irried, in IIS'.M, chousing as his 
wife Miss Jane May, daughter of the late Samuel 
May, formerly of Lafayette Township. iSIr. and 
Mrs. Thomas are the parents <jf one son, Rufe C. 

Coming to iSIadison County in 18<;.-), Mr. Thomas 
.settled u|)on his present farm, where he has since 
resided. At present lie is the owner of one hun- 
dred and lifly-eiuht acres, but in former years his 
landed possessions aggregated nearly four iiundred 
acres, lie has at various times given to his chil- 
dren valuable tracts of l;ind, which has .somewhat 
lessened his own iiroperty. At the time of lo- 
cating here only twenty acres had been cleared, 
and it reipiired the utmost perseverance on his 



part bef(n-e the place was under good cultivation, 
lie is a man wliose dictif)nary contains no such 
word as f.ailure, and his success lias been achieved 
solely through his indomitable and untiring exer- 
tions. 

Politically, .Mr. Thomas is a Dcmoi-rat. but is not 

otlice-seeker. In his religious con \ictioiis. hi' ullili- 
ates with the Christian Church, in whii-h he scr\cs 
as Deacon, and to tlic support of which he is a lib- 
eral contributor. A well known citizen of .Madi- 
son County, he enjoys the esteem of his l:irge 
ciri-le of acquaintances. 



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Township, where he owns ftnir 
acres included in one farm, and 
lifty acres in another estate. 

Referring to the ancestral history of our subject. 
we find that he is the grandson of Charles MollitI, 
a native of Ireland, wlio emigrated to the I'liited 
States in his youth, and locating in North Caro- 
lina, there married and reared his family. The 
father of our subject, Silas MollitI, was b(u-n in 
Randolph County, N. C, in 17'JLand was reared 
upon his father's farm, where he actjuired a 
thorough knowledge of agricultural pursuits. In 
his native state, he was united in marii;ige with 
Miss Hannah, daughter of William and Mary 
(Mollitt) Wilkinson, and a native of North 
Carolina. 

In 1822 Silas Jlollitt came to ibimillon County 
and, purchasing a large tract of land in Delaware 
Township, liuiit a cabin and commenced the 
arduous t.ask of iminoving a farm. He then 
returned to his home in Nortli Carolina, and in 
1823 migrated to Indiana, .accompanied by his 



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wife and two childien. The removal was made 
with a four-horse team, and all the earthly effects 
of the family were conveyed in this primitive 
manner to tlie new home. Upon arriving here 
Mr. MofBtt settled in the log cabin which he had 
previously erected and where he made his home 
for tliree years. He then erected the present resi- 
dence of our subject, which was the second brick 
house in the. township and was constructed with 
brick of his own manufacture. 

Devoting his attention strictly to farming, Mr. 
Moffltt was unusually successful in developing a 
farm and cultivating his land. He became the 
owner of several hundred acres, and made his 
home liere until his death, which occurred in 1872. 
Politically he affiliated with the Whigs until the 
organization of the Republican party, after which 
he^identiflcd himself with that political organiza- 
tion. In an early day he served as Commissioner 
of Hamilton County, and was Trustee under the 
old law, being one of the prominent men of his 
community. He and his wife were the parents of 
nine children, namely: Charles, deceased; Mary, 
who is the wife of Joseph White; Rhoda; Hannah; 
William, deceased; Margaret, who married Isaac 
Burroughs, and after his death was united with 
Cyrus Hunt, and is now deceased; Taca, formerly 
tlie wife of Allen Myers, and now deceased; Silas 
II., of this sketch; and Jonathan W. 

At the age of twenty-seven, our subject was 
united in marriage with Miss Melissa J., daughter 
of Charles aud Isabella (McGrew) Myers, and a 
native of Hamilton County, Ind. Unto them 
were born six children, as follows: Nettie; Naomi; 
May, who was a student in Irving College tliree 
terms, and was formerly engaged in teaching; Cas- 
sius, deceased; Alice and Effle, deceased. The 
wife and mother passed away on August 31, 1885, 
mourned by a wide circle of acquaintances, and 
especially by her immediate family, to whose wel- 
fare she had ever been devoted. 

The success which has attended Mr. Moffltt's 
efforts is the result of untiring perseverance and 
energy. He received one hundred and sixty 
acres from his father, while the rest of his posses- 
sions have been acquired through his unaided 
exertions. In his social relations he is identified 



with Carmel Lodge No. 421, F. & A. M., with 
which he is prominently connected. He is one of 
the progressive citizens to whose efforts the pros- 
perity of Delaware Township is so largely due, 
and as a representative man of the county, he is 
entitled to prominent mention in this volume. 



J'ACOB EILAR, a leading citizen and suc- 
cessful general agriculturist, is a native of 
the state of Indiana, and a son of pioneer 
settlers, was born in Wayne County Feb- 
ruary 13, 1829. For a number of years past our 
subject has been prominently identified with the 
progressive interests of White River Township, 
Hamilton County, where he is widely known and 
highly' respected as a man of business ability and 
sterling integrity of character. His father, Samuel 
Eilar, was a native of Essex County, Canada, and 
remained upon the home farm until twenty-one 
years of age, when he married the mother. Miss 
Susanna Snyder. The husband and wife removed 
immediately after their marriage to Dayton, Ohio, 
and settled on wild land, which the father culti- 
vated until he later journeyed with his wife and 
family to Wayne County, Ind. 

Here the father entered a half-section of land 
and built the log cabin in which his son Jacob was 
afterward born. For nearl}' a score of years the 
parents with their family continued to dwell 
within the humble home first erected, but in time, 
as they prospered, the father finally built a sub- 
stantial brick house, in which he later died, aged 
eighty-four years, his life having been one of use- 
fulness and industry. The paternal grandparents 
were Valentine and Susanna (Cullipp) Eilar. The 
grandfather, a native of Germany, died near Day- 
ton, Ohio, aged sixty-eight years. Grandmother 
Eilar, born in Philadelphia, survived to reach 
ninety years and died in Wayne County, Ind. 
The father of our subject was one of four chil- 
dren. The mother, one of seven children, and 
like her husband born in Essex County, Canada, 



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died in Wayne County, Ind., aged four-score and 
'four years. 

Tlie maternal grandparents were .John and Eliza- 
lu'lli Snyder, wliose people were nearly all farmers, 
.lulin Snyder was a skillful mechanic — a hlack- 
STiiilli, a silversmith, a gunsmith, and at times a 
licUsmith, manufacturing little hells with vvliich 
the Iiidiuns tiiiiimcd their leggins. TIr- father of 
our subject look an active part in the War (.>f 
1SI2. He w.as drafted and hired a sul)stitute, but 
served as teamster during the entire period of the 
coutlict and proved a brave and able soldier. He 
liad several rehitives engaged in the late Civil 
\\':\r. Mr. llil.ir was reared from his childhood to 
liard work, and assisted in the clearing and culti- 
vating of the old farm. He attended the little 
sul)scription school held in a cabin with slabs for 
seats and rough planks for desks, spaces about fif- 
teen inches square a(imitting light tiirough greased 

'I'he early education of Mr. Kil.'ir was necessarily 
limited, liut he afterward added to his stock of 
knowledge by reading and stud.\, being in fact 
mainly self taught, lie was one of twelve children, 
tliree sons and three daughters yet surviving, and 
all living upon farms. From the time he was ten 
years old Mr. Hilar worked hard, and beginning 
the battle of life when only :i eluld h;is resolutely 
won his upward way to a position of eomfoit and 
usefulness. I'pon April (i, 18.50, .lacol) Hilar was 
united in marriage with Miss Pha'be Crull, boin 
September i). l.S2i1, in Wayne County, near the 
early home of our subject. Mrs. Hilar was the 
daughter of .biliii li. and Margaret (Fetters) Crull, 
who emigr.ated from Pennsylvania to Ohio, thence 
to Indiana in a very early day. They took up a 
tract of land in Wayne County, and later removed 
to Henry County, where Ihey died, Mr. Crull aged 
eighty-one. and his good wife at ,seventy-tive 
years of age. 

Mrs. Hilar was one of twelve children, ten girls 
and tvvo boys. Eight daughters and the two sons 
are yet living, and all are engaged in agricultural 
pursuits. The paternal grandparents, John and 
Margaret (Bocher) Crull, died near D.ayton, Ohio, 
the grandfather aged sixty-seven, and the grand- 
mother at seventy-five years of .age. The father of 



Mrs. Hilar was one of eight children, four sons and 
four daughters, all Pennsylvanians. The maternal 
grandparents of l\Irs. Hilar were Peter and Eva 
Fetters, also natives of the (ifuaker State and later 
residents of Indiana, where Grandfather Fetters 
died at sixt\'-eight years of age, and grandmother 
Fetters at seventy. The estimable wife of our 
siibjeet was enrlv inured to hard work and lias 

Two children bU^ssed the union of Mr. and Mrs. 
Eilar, and both are surviving. Mary E. S. B., born 
February 2, 18r)l,is the wife of Philip .Sheets, and 
has no children; .John S.. bom May ■2:i, Ls,')!!, mar- 
ried Amanda Newby, and has four children, one 
deceased, three daughters surviving. 

After his marriage our subject settled near his 
old home, and at the expiration of eighteen months 
rented huiil, wliieh he ciillivMted six years. He 
then sold two horses for >!l."i() and bought forty 
acres of land for «;!2(), paying down the ^loO, 
all he had in the world but *!.')0. With energy 
redoubling his efforts, Mr. Hilar worked at his 
trade of carpenter as well as cultivated and cleared 
his fnriii. He later sold and bought an eighty- 
acre tract near where he now resides. He built a 
fine house and barn in 1880; he later sold out, 
and bought one hundred acres also near his 
present locality, and six years ago settled on his 
valuable homestead. 

Our subject, the .son and grandson of very early 
western pioneers, relates the following interesting 
reminiscence of early days: His father and mother 
removing from Canada to < )hio. j(iuriieyeil on two 
pack ponies, and carried with them all their 
worldly possessions. During their trip they were 
overtaken by a mail-carrier, an old Frenchman, 
who had to cross a creek. He undertook to swim 
over with a heavy overcoat on and the hor.se swam 
out and left him. He pas.«ed the father of our 
subject about a mile below on some driftwood. 
Father Eilar went back to two Indian huts, and, 
an expert talker in both the French and the In- 
dian tongues, induced them to go to the rescue. 
He walked back fifteen miles and found his wife 
all alone, a panther right above her. The father 
killed the fierce animal. The mother carried 
the money, and had 1600 in her pocket at the 



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time. The night was one never to be forgotten 
and alwoys remembered witli horror. Old times 
have passed awa}', and now our subject and his 
estimable wife enjoy peace and plenty, where 
three-score years ago (trivations and sacrifices were 
the portion of the early settlers. Mr. and Mrs. 
Eilar and their children are all devout members of 
the German Baptist Church and active in good 
work. Our subject is politically a Republican, 
and cast his first Presidential vote for .John C. 
Fremont. He takes an abiding interest in gov- 
ernmental issues, and, a liberal aid in all matters 
pertaining to mutual welfare, is numbered among 
the substantial farmers and public-spirited men of 
Hamilton Conntv. 



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<!? AWRENCE JOHNSON, a prominent citi- 
I /?§) izen and enterprising farmer of Richland 
I'L^ Township. Madison County, is a native of 
Indiana, having been born in Fayette County, 
September 27. 18.3.3. He belongs to a family whose 
mcm[)ers have always been prominent botli in 
times of war and i)eaee. His paternal and mater- 
nal grandfathers were lieroes of tlie War of tlie 
Revolution, and several of his mother's brothers 
participated in the AVar of 1812. 

The father of our subject, Lawrence Jolinson, 
.Sr., was a native of New Jersey, and married Miss 
Polly Pierce, who was born in New York State. 
About 1816 in company with iiis fatlier he came 
to Indiana, settling in Fayette County and becom- 
ing one of the pioneers in this part of the state. He 
attained to the venerable age of seventy-five, and 
then passed away, August 25, 1880, full of years 
and honors. Only two of his cliildren are now 
living, Othniel, a resident of Fayette County, Ind., 
and Lawrence, of this sketch. 

In one of the log cabins of Fayette County 
(which during the earlier i)art of this century 
were the finest residences to lie found in the stale), 
the subject of this brief sketch grew to a sturdy 
manhood, iiis youthful days being mainly devoted 
to the arduous task of clearing and improving a 
farm from tlie wilderness. For a short time he was 



a student in the subscription schools of the neigh- 
borhood, but his education lias been acquired 
principally by self culture. Through reading and 
observation he has become well informed, and 
possesses a general knowledge of all subjects of 
importance. 

September 25, 1862, Mr. Johnson was married to 
Miss Laura Graliam, a native of Rush County, Ind., 
born June 23, 1843. She is the daughter of Heze- 
kiah and Elizabeth (Stamm) (4raham, both of 
whom were born in Pennsylvania, the former hav- 
ing removed to Ohio at the age of nineteen years. 
A few years later he came to Indiana and made 
settlement in Rush County, where his family oc- 
cupied a log cabin in the woods. His death oc- 
curred in 1870. He had been twice married, and 
is survived by his second wife, a resident of Rush 
County, and now seventy-two years of age. Grand- 
father Graham is said to have been a soldier in 
the Revolutionary AVar. 

Of the brothers and sisters of Mrs. Johnson, we 
note the following: Elizabeth is now Mrs. A. M. 
Girard, a resident of Rush County; Pluebe is tlie 
wife of F. Rhoads, of Delaware County, Ind.; 
Samuel, makes his home in Illinois; Rachel, now 
Mrs. Martin Stevens, of Fayette County, Ind.; He- 
zekiah, is in Kansas; Ellen, is the wife of Robert 
Gilson, of Rush Count}', Ind.; Emily, Mrs. James 
Gross, resides in Illinois; Abigail is the wife of 
Jerry McCowan, of Missouri; Hattie, who mar- 
ried George Dunn, resides in Marion County, 
Ind.; Joseph makes his home upon the old Gra- 
ham farm in Rush County, Ind., and Annie is 
the wife of George Miller, of Rush County. Unto 
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson there have been born five 
children, viz.: John M.; Elsie E., the wife of L}'- 
man J. McClintock; Jennie, who married Edward 
Tappan; Hattie and Ethel. 

After his marriage Mr. Johnson resided for a 
short time in F'ayette County, and subsequently 
for a number of years made his home in Rush 
County, this state. In 1880 he came to Madison 
County and settled upon tlie farm where he has 
since resided. He is now the owner of three hun- 
dred and seventy-four acres of arable land, under 
a high state of cultivation, and with fine improve- 
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among the agriciillurisl 
attributable to his iiulcfa 



Madison Couiily is 
lie iieisevoi-aiico aiui 
untiring energy, aiidhe isentillcd to a place among 
the representative farmers of the community. In 
politics he adiieres to Dcnioeratic princiiiles. IIis 
wife is a member of the .Mctliodist ICpiscopal 
Church, to tlie siiiiport of uiiicii they contriliute 
geuerouslv of tiicir tiiiu> and nieaiis. 



J^ DAM FOKXKY. The success wliicli lias 
(@^[ j attended tiie efforts of i\Ir. Forney en- 

I w titles iiim to more than passing nienlion 
^J in this volume. As a farmer, he has been 

progressive and enterprising, and as a citizen, he 
lias long been ranked among the most public 
spirited of Madison County's residents. Tiie farm 
of wliich he has been the owner for about fifteen 
.years consists of eightv acres, and is pleasantly 
located on section 19, Adams Townshi)). 

The ancestors of our subject were for many 
generations residents of Germany, wlience in an 
early da}- in the history of the United States, 
(irandfatlier Forney emigrated to the New World 
and settled in Lebanon County, Pa. In that 
county, the father of our sutijecl, .lacob Forney, 
was born on Christmas Day, lS(i:t, and upon a 
farm tliere he grew to a sturdy manhood, having 
but few educational advantages. In his youth lie 
learned the trade of a distiller, but did not. how- 
ever, follow that oeeupatiun tlirdiiglioiit his active 
life. He was united in marriage with Miss Mar- 
garet Shaffer, who was born in IJerks County, 
Pa., and died in .January, 188i). 

In the fall of I860, aecoiupauied by his family, 
.lacob Forney came west and settleil in Madison 
County, where he has since engaged in agricultural 
pursuits in Adams Township. Through the exer- 
cise of economy and industry, combined with 
excellent m.anagemeut, be h:is beeome well-to-do, 
;ind is recognized as one <if the most proiniiieiit 
farmers of the towiislii|). In his political belief, 
he has afHliated with the Republican party since 
its organization, prior to which he was identified 



Lutheran Church and 


is an earnest CI 


ristian. 


proving by the uprightn 


>ss of his life the s 


ncerity 


of his religious belief. 






Of a family of se\ 


en children, f.,u 


• were 


reared to maturity, iiai 


lely: .loiiat lian .1.. 


Adam, 


Harriet and Rosaua, the 


aller being now d( 


ceased. 


Jonathan served duiing 


flie Civil War as 


I ni.Mii- 


ber of a Pennsylvania 


lattery. The sub 


..,-t of 


this sketch was born 


n Lebanon Count 


V, Pa.. 



November 13, 1842. He received such educa- 
tional advantages as were available in the common 
schools of the neighborhood, and at the age of 
thirteen began to learn the ti'ade of a shoeuKiker, 
which he followed until the (ipcning of the Civil 
War. 

In the fall of 18(10 Adam Forney arcouipaiiied 
his father to Indiana, and in .\pril of the ensuing 
year he enlisted as a ineinlier of the Inion army, 
his name being enrolled in Company .'\, Kightli 
Indiana Infantry. The company, however, was 
not called into active service, and accordingly he 
again enlisted. .lune lo, I.SGI, as a member of 
Company A, Tliirteentli Indiana Infantry. On 



of Rich 

18(;i-(12 
K'ailniad. 



the 11th of July, about a month at 
listment, he participated in the b.att 
Mountain, and during the winter < 
served as guard on the Baltimore d' Oh 
He was present at the second battle of I'.ull Run, 
and under the command of General McClellan 
took an active part in the engagement at Gettj's- 
burg, the Battle of the Wilderness, and about thirty 
minor engagements. In the seven days liuht at 
Harrison Landing he was wounded in" the left 
hand, and in the Battle of llu^ Wilderness received 
a wound in the left side. 

At the expiration of his period of service, June 

•20, 18GL Mr. Forney w.as !i. ably diM-harged. 

with the rank of Cor|)oral. lie returiieil lo In- 
diana and for three years afterward followed the 
trade of a shoemaker in this state as well as in 
Illinois. Later he operated as a renter for nine 

tion lit, that township, which he has since [ilaced 
under excellent cultivation. He is a man who 
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as a result of his well directed efforts he has ac- 
quired a competency. 

With the public life of the township Mr. Forney 
lias been more or less connected since coming to 
Madison County. A Democrat in his political 
opinions, he has been chosen by his fellow-citizens 
to occupy various positions of responsibility. In 
1888 he was elected Trustee, and two years later 
was re-elected to that office, in which he rendered 
efficient service. He also served as Township 
Assessor for three years and is a frequent at- 
tendant of the county and state conventions of 
his party. Socially he is a member of the Masonic 
f ratern ity. 

The marriage of Mr. Forney occurred April 5, 
1869, and united him with Miss Catherine Stohler, 
a native of Lebanon County, Pa. The parents of 
Mrs. Forney were Michael and Mary (Swanger) 
Stohler, who migrated from Pennsylvania to In- 
diana about 1852, and made their home in Adams 
Township until their deaths. A lady of culture 
and refinement, Mrs. Forney is highly esteemed. 
by all who enjoy her acquaintance, and is especial- 
ly popular in the Lutheran Church, of which she 
has been a member since girlhood. 



?ILLIAM F. STULTZ, a prominent citizen 
of Washington Township, Hamilton Coun- 
ty, Ind., is widely known as an excellent 
businessman and prosperous general agriculturist, 
upon whose fine farm have been discovered two 
gas wells. Mr. Stultz, a native of his present lo- 
cality, was born in Washington Township Septem- 
ber 6, 18i;3, and is the sou of the pioneer settlers, 
Francis and Mary (Petrie) Stultz. The paternal 
grandfather, Philip Stultz, born in Pennsylvania, 
removed when quite young with his parents to 
Stokes County, N. C. Grandfather Stultz attended 
the common schools of the old Tar State, and re- 
ceived a fair education in German. He married 
Catherine Ketner, the daughter of highly respected 
citizens and natives of North Carolina. 

Grandfather and Grandmother Stultz were 
blessed with the birth of eleven children, one of 



whom died when an infant. Those who lived to 
adult age were: Betzie; Francis, the father of our 
subject; Rebecca, Thomas, Philip, Joseph, Sarah, 
Anna, William and Fiza. Philip Stultz, Sr., the 
grandfather of these brothers and sisters, and the 
great-grandfather of our subject, emigrated from 
Germany to Pennsylvania in a very early day, and 
later was numbered among the substantial citizens 
of Stokes County, N. C. He was a farmer by oc- 
cupation, and after a life of unvarying industry 
passed away in North Carolina. Francis Stultz, 
the father, had a fair education, and combined the 
occupations of farming and teaming, making long 
trips with whisky and dry goods, which often oc- 
cupied him for weeks at a time. He had arrived 
at twenty-eight years when he married jMiss Mary 
Petrie, daughter of Daniel and Hannah Petrie, 
natives of North Carolina. 

Fourteen children clustered about the hearth of 
the parents, two only dying in infancy. The 
twelve surviving to manhood and womanhood 
were: Margaret E., deceased; Charity, Julia A., 
Nancy, Joseph; William F. and Mary J., twins; 
Minerva; Martha A., Emily, George and Salathiel 
D. Immediately after his marriage Francis Stultz, 
with his wife, removed to Putnam County, Ind., 
where he located with his father about 1832, 
and worked upon a farm. In 1834 the father 
made his home in Washington Township, Hamil- 
ton County, and entered from the Government one 
hundred and sixty acres of land near the pres- 
ent residence of our subject. On the old home- 
stead the fourteen sons and daughters were born, 
and there all those who arrived at adult age were 
married. The father, devoting himself unwear- 
iedly to the pursuit of general agriculture, was 
prospered and reared his children u|) to habits of 
thrifty industry. 

The family table was always loaded with the 
best of everything to eat, and everyone was made 
welcome who happened in, the Stultz homestead 
being noted far and wide for its hospitality. The 
parents were both devout members of the Chris- 
tian Cluirch and active in good work. Francis 
Stultz was politically a Democrat, and an ardent 
believer in the principles of the i)arty. lie died 
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spected by all who knew him, and left to his sons 
and daughters the unblemished record of an up- 
right life. The mother, yet surviving, and aged 
eiglity-<inp, furnished many facts woven into this 
shetcli. Slie is a lady of intelligence, beloved by 
;ill who know her. William F. Stultz, our subject, 
remained upon the home farm, assisting his (par- 
ents and working for others by the nidntli until 
twenty-four years of age, when ho niairied and 
liegan life for himself. 

The estimable wife of our subject, Mrs. Malinda 
.). (Harvey) Stultz, was the daughter of William 
and Cindariihi R. Ilaivey. natives of Wayne Coun- 
ty. Ind. The liarvcxs arc of Irish descent, but 
the paternal grandparents were both born in North 
Carolina, removing in an eai ly day to Wayne Coun- 
ty, Ind. Immediately following his marriage JMr. 
Stultz settled with his wife upon a rented I'ai-m, 
wliieh he cultivated for live years, then buying 
lifty acres of the homestead he now owns. As his 
circumstances permitted our subject added to his 
land until he now has a fine farm of one hun- 
dred and sixtj'-eight acres, highly cultivated and 
iini)roved with attractive and commodious build- 
ings. The farm, one of tiie best in the township, 
is worth fully 180 per acre aside from its devel- 
opment as a gas field. It was in 1891 that the 
successful organization, the Northwestern Gas 
Company, with headquartei's at Zionville, Boone 
County, Ind., vvas formed. 

The six men who incorporated the Northwestern 
Gas Comijany, with a capital of *2,'),(H)0, were 
William F. Stultz. (icorge Stullz, Salatliiel Stultz, 
.lames Biviulel, Marcus 1). Harvey and IVnjamin 
Kuclier. In the spring of 1891 they commenced 
to pros|)ect, and were more than usually fortunate, 
five out of six wells which they dug proving a 
grand success. Two of these wells are on the farm 
of our subject. 

Mr. Stultz has a i)leasant home, and he and his 
excellent wife enjoy together many luxuries of 
life. They both received good educations in the 
common schools and are great readers and close 
observers, well posted in all public aflfairs of the 
d.ay. They have no children, but find many with 
whom they liberally share their abundance. I'pon 
the 16th of August, 1890, lightning struck a large 



barn on the farm and burned it to tlie ground. 
Fortunately the structure was insured, and Mr. 
Stultz received as a compensation for his loss 
$1,440. Our subject is, as were his i)aternal an- 
cestors, a strong Democrat, and is accounted a 
public-spirited man, ever ready to aid in local 
improvements and enterprises. 



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J I OHN S. SIMMERMON,a representative gen- 
eral farmer and successful stock-raiser of 
' W^ayne Township, Hamilton County, Ind., 
_ ' is a native of the township, and was born 
in his present locality March 15,18.39. Actively 
identified from early manhood with the progress- 
ive interests of this part of the state, our subject 
lias long been numbered among the leading and 
inlluential citizens of the county, and, a self-made 
mail, has been financially prospered. His father, 
John Simmermon, was a Pennsylvanian by birth 
and a son of Benjamin Simmermon. also a native 
of the (Quaker State. The paternal grandfather 
removed with his family to Ohio when the father 
of our subject was only nine years of age, and 
passed away in the Buckeye State, .aged sixty 
years. 

The Simmermons were of German ancestry and 
were the descendants of a thrifty people who pos- 
sessed a large estate. The good wife of Benjamin 
Simmermon, Margaret (Nagol) Simmermon, like- 
wise born in Pennsylvania, died in Ohio at fifty 
years of age. The father was one of eight children 
who blessed the home of the grandparents, all of 
whom have now entered into rest. ,Iohu, Sr., 
was but eleven years of age when the death of the 
grandfather threw him upon his own resources. 
He worked out by the month and did whatever his 
hands could find to do until 18:!;!, when he em- 
igrated to Indiana, locating in Hamilton County, 
and not long after, at twenty-four years of age, 
he wedded Miss Mary Fisher. With his young 
wife he settled on wild land, and with energetic 
industry entered into the cultivation of his home- 
stead. 

The first care of the father was to build upon his 
land the humble cabin, lGxl8 feet, which became 



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the home and birthplace of four of his children. 
Our subject aud a sister now living were born in 
the primitive house, and there spent the first j-ears 
of happ3' childhood. In 1849 the family removed 
to Wayne Township, the father buying a farm 
upon which he passed the remainder of his life, 
dying at sixty-five years of age. He was politi- 
cally an active Democrat and was a devout mem- 
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a lib- 
eral giver m behalf of religious and educational 
advancement. The mother of our subject, a sin- 
cere Christian woman, was beloved by all who 
knew her, and departed this life in Wayne County, 
deeply mourned, at sixty-eight years of age. 

Of the nine children who gathered in the pio- 
neer home of the parents six yet survive and are 
all members of the farming communities of Ham- 
ilton County. Reared and educated amid the pio- 
neer scenes of his liome locality, Mr. Simmermon 
attained to his majority, and not many mouths 
after was, upon November 4, 1860, united in 
marriage with Miss Margaret J. Castor. The latter 
was born in Wayne Township, November 24, 1840, 
and was the daughter of John Castor, a native of 
Armstrong County, Pa., who was born October 22, 
1810,and died January 1, 188.3. He was the son of 
Nathan, also a Pennsylvanian, and married Free- 
love Castor, born February 14, 1809. She became 
the mother of twelve children, and survived until 
August 14, 1888. The union of our subject and 
his estimable wife has been blessed by the birth 
of five children. 

Floyd W. married Paulina Wright anci has two 
living children. lie has l)eeu a successful school- 
teacher for a score of 3'ears. Alma married George 
Aifderson, and has three children. Marion G. is 
the wife of Walter Green and has ten children; Min- 
nie is the wife of Edwin C. Aldred and has one child. 
John li. is at home. Immediately after his mar- 
riage, Mr. Simmermon settled on his present farm 
of eighty acres, and for five years he and his fam- 
ily lived in a little log cabin, then moved into a 
better and larger habitation. In 1884 our subject 
erected at a cost of *5,000 a handsome modern 
structure, one of the most attractive residences in 
Wayne Township. Our subject, devoting his at- 
tention exclusivclv to mixed farming and stock- 



raising, has been very successful in handling high 
grade cattle and horses, and owns one of the most 
highly cultivated and profitable farms of Hamil- 
ton County. 

Mr. Simmermon is politically a Republican, and 
is actively interested in local and national issues. 
He cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham 
Lincoln, and has ever since been a faithful adher- 
ent of the party of reform and progress. He is 
fraternally associated with the Ancient Free & Ac- 
cepted Masons, and has many warm friends among 
the ancient order. He and his wife and all of 
their children arc valued members of the Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church, and take a leading place 
in the social and benevolent enterprises of the 
denomination. Our subject is a generous sup- 
porter of religious work, and, a public-spirited cit- 
izen, ever lends a helping hand in all matters per- 
taining to the mutual welfare of the township. 



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J? AMES LAWS. One of the fmest farms in 
Richland 'lownship (and, indeed, one of 
1 the best in Madison County) is that owned 
' and occupied by the subject of this bio- 
graphical notice. It is pleasantly located on sec- 
tion 8, and comprises two hundred and eighty- 
seven acres, upon which have been placed all the 
improvements to be seen on a model estate. A 
substantial set of farm l)uildings has been erected, 
including a comfortable residence, a commodious 
barn and other outbuildings for the storage of 
grain and shelter of stock. 

A native of Maryland, our subject was born 
in Caroline County on the 18th of March, 1847, 
being a son of James E. and Margaret (Hubbard) 
Laws, natives respectively of Delaware and Mary- 
land. He was only four years old when he was 
orphaned by his mother's death, and after that 
sad bereavement he resided a portion of the time 
with his father and afterward with friends until 
he attained his majority. In the spring of 1869 
he came to Madison County, and, locating in 
Richland Township, was for a time employed as a 
farm laborer. Meanwhile he bought and sold 
horses, and his various enterprises proving profit- 



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all the .appiirte- 
e and <jf rude con- 



able, he was enabled to save a sufficient amount 
of money to purchase a farm. 

As well may be imagined from the aliove ac- 
count of our subject's youth, he had few advan- 
tages for acquiring a goocl education, but he 
availed himself to the utmost of every oii|)ortuu- 
ity for gaining knowledge. For a sliort time he 
was a student in a pioneer school lield in a log 
cabin with a puncheon floor. Sm.all trees split 
open were used for seats, and were supported by 
wooden pins. A plank on the side of the wall 
was utilized for writing, and 
nances of the school were meagi 
struction. 

The first wife of ]\Ir. Laws bore the maiden 
name of Mar}' A. Peck. The lady who now pre- 
sides over his home was formerly Alta McMullen, 
and was born in Illinois. One child has blessed 
this union, a daughter, Edna, who was born on 
the 23d of November, 1882. Mr. Laws perma- 
nently settled upon his present farm in 1880, and 
h.as since devoted his attention to its cultivation. 
While his private affairs naturally receive the 
major part of his time and attention, yet he is in- 
terested in matters of public interest and is prom- 
inent in local affairs. Both in principle and party 
belief he is a Prohibitionist, and has occupied a 
number of township positions, including that of 
Road Supervisor. He united with the Methodist 
Episcopal Church at the age of fifteen years, and 
has since l)eeu a consistent member of that de- 
nomination, to the support of which he is a lib- 
eral contributor. In social and I)usiness circles 
he is respected by all with whom he comes in con- 
tact, and occupies a. foremost position among 
Madison County's representative citizens. 



JOHN F. THURSTON. Among the success- 
ful agriculturists who have contributed ma- 
ternall\' to the cultivation and development 
,^_^ of Van Buren Township, Marlison County, 
we may well mention the name just given, for 
none are better known for industry and devotion 
to duty, as well as for the intelligent management 
of his affairs, than .John F.Thurston. He has been 
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sufficiently shrewd to grasp at every opportunity 
offered for the bettering of his financial conditifm, 
but has never done so at the expense of his own 
self-respect or by fraudulent means. He is well 
known to the citizens of his section, and his ct)r- 
recl mode of living has gained for him a popularity 
which is merited in every respect. A native of 
the Iloosier Stale, he was born in Franklin C'ounty 
May 28, 1828, and is the son of Oliver Perry and 
Maria L. (Flint) Thurston, natives respectively 
of Pennsylvania and Maryland. 

Our subject's paternal grand|)arents, Samuel and 
Hannah (Kelley) Thurston, were natives of the 
Emigre State, and the former was killed by a fall- 
ing tree while returning from th.e Bai>tist Cluircli 
in which he and his wife held membersliip. He w;is 
one of the early settlers of Indiana, and bought 
Government land. Grandfather Flint was a na- 
tive of ^Maryland and a member of the Baptist 
Church. He was a seaman. 11 is son, Joseph Flint, 
brother of Mrs. Thurston, was a Baptist minister, 
and also served as Judge of the Circuit Court. 
He was a self-educated man, having attended 
school only three weeks. 

The father of our subject was born October 21, 
1802, and when but fourteen years of age came 
with his parents to Indiana and located in Frank- 
lin County, where he followed farming until his 
death, in I860. He was a self-educated man and a 
fine mathematician, solving the most intricate piob- 
lems with ease and accuracy. He was also a self- 
made man, and secured his start in life by working 
with teams for sixty-two and one-half cents per 
day. At his death he was worth about -s 12,000. 
In religious connections, he was a member of the 
old-school Baptist Church, in which he ollieiated 
as Clerk, Treasurer and Elder for many years. 
He was an active worker in the church and a lib- 
eral contributor to all its movements. In politi- 
cal views he was Democratic. 

The lady who on the 11th of November, 1821, 
became the wife of Oliver Perry Thurston, bore 
the maiden name of Maria L. Flint. .She died June 
18, 1870, after having become the mother of eleven 
children, two of whom died in infancy. Those 
who attained years of maturity were as follows: 
j Sarah, deceased, formerly the wife of the Rev. 



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Robert Spiers; John F., our subject; Elizabeth 
Mrs. Walter Brady, deceased; Samuel, who resides 
in Madison County, Ind., and is engaged in 
farming; AVilliam and Dorcas, deceased; Joseph 
H., now residing in this county; George R., a far- 
mer of VanBuren Township, this county; and 
Oliver P., deceased. 

The original of this notice remained on the 
farm assisting his father until twenty-one years of 
age, when he received a horse, bridle and saddle. 
Afterward he engaged in farming on shares, con- 
tinuing the same until 1852. At that date he 
bought a farm of eight}^ acres, for which he paid 
11,100, his father giving him $550, but he going 
in debt for the remainder. Six 3'ears later he sold 
this for §3,600, and then came to Madison County, 
where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of 
land, adding to the same from time to time until 
he owned six hundred and forty acres. In 1852 
be married Miss Margaret Morris, a native of 
Union County, Ind., and the daughter of Enoch 
Morris, of Indiana. Seven children were born to 
this union. Mary M., deceased, was the wife of 
James II. Woollen, who is a farmer, stockman 
and grain-dealer of Clay County, Neb. Mr. and 
Mrs. AVoollen were the parents of four children: 
Belle, Maggie V., John William and Enoch Gil- 
bert. The next in order of birtii of i\Ir. Thurs- 
ton's children is Enoch Palmer, who married Miss 
Johanna Runyan, and engaged in farming in Col- 
orado. They have five children: Dora B., Henry 
C, Maggie M., Georgette and John. Oliver P. 
married Miss Mollie Stanley, and has three chil- 
dren: Chester, Edgar and Nellie. George married 
Miss Ella Elsworthand they have one child, Alva. 
Ora Walter is at home. Nannie B. married Joseph 
Howard (deceased), and now resides in Indianap- 
olis; she has one child, Mable Howard. Clement 
died in infancy. 

Our subject gave two hundred and eighty acres 
to his children and has since sold all his property 
but ninety acres. After residing in Boone Town- 
ship until 1885, lie moved to his present home. 
He now owns about twenty lots in Summitville 
and valuable property in Alexandria. He has met 
with reverses, having lost about 13,000. He is in- 
terested in the Johnson Land C'oini)any and is a 



stockholder in the Citizens' Bank. In politics he 
is a Democrat and has filled various official posi- 
tions, being a member of the Council at the pres- 
ent time. In 1880 he was elected County Com- 
missioner and served for six years, the second time 
being cliosen without opposition. He and his wife 
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in 
which he is Trustee. In his community he is a 
man of great popularity and is an honored repre- 
sentative of one of Madison County's most highly 
respected families. 



J "I. OHN S. SHANNON, the energetic and effi- 
I cient City Attorney of Alexandria, Madi- 
1 son County, Ind., is a man of ability and 
culture, and, enjoying the contidence and 
esteem of his fellow-townsmen, is also a general 
favorite throughout the county. Our subject is a 
native Indianian, and was born March 6, 1866, in 
Decatur County, being the ninth in a family of 
six sons and four daughters who blessed the home 
of the parents. The father, Thomas C. Shannon, 
born in Shelbyville, Ky., in 1821, was the son of 
James Shannon, a native of Lovington, Ya. The 
Shannons originally settled in Harrisburg, Pa., 
but later i-emoved to Kentucky. A great uncle, 
a man of courage and high character, served with 
bravery as a Colonel in the Mexican War. He 
was a noted Whig and a leader in the politics of 
Kentucky, and as a member of the State Senate 
distinguished himself by his executive ability, 
and, faithful to the interests of his constituents, 
was universally esteemed. While making a can- 
vass for a re-election he engaged in a dispute 
with his opponent, a hot-headed Democrat, who 
attempted to kill him, and in self-defense lie 
picked up a stone, and, hurling it at the attacking 
party, received a deadly blow and both contestants 
expired on the spot. Thomas C. Shannon, the 
father, a life-long farmer and a pioneer agricult- 
urist of Indiana, was prospered, and at three- 
score years and ten passed peacefully away, dying 
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and wealth, he aided tlie Union cause during the 
war and cared irenoroiii^iy fur the families of sev- 
eral of the men wlio slionldcred a mn.-kcl and 
went to tiie front. 

The mother of our subject, Mary (JIaync) Shan- 
non, a native of Fk'niini^sbur<i;, Ky., was the 
daughter of Hugh IMayne, a Scotchman by birth 
and a ^aduate of (ilasgow University. A cul- 
tured and scholarly man, he was a lifelong preacher 
oi the United Pre.sbyterian Church, and was offi- 
ciating as a minister of .lonesboro. III., at the time 
of his death. The mother resides on the old home- 
stead, near the village of S|irmgliill. The eldest 
son of the jiarents, William P., is a graduate of 
Miami University, of Oxford, Ohio, and is the 
Superintendent of Schools at Greensburgh, Ind. 
George W. died at ten years of age. Anna was 
educated at Oxford Female College, Ohio. James 
Mayne was educated in Oxford University, Wabash 
College and Hanover College, and for many years 
a teacher, later engaged prosperously in the lumber 
business in Alexandria, and continued in the 
same occupation until the time of his early death, 
at twenty-eight years of age. Thomas R. and 
Hugh F. are on the old homestead with their 
mother. Sarah J. died when six years old. Mary 
H. married Robert E. Innis, a successful farmer 
near Alexandria, who passed away in 1889, his 
widow now being a resident of the city. The 
youngest daughter, Justina, married T. L. LaRue 
and makes her home in Greensburgh, Ind. .Tohn S. 
Shannon, reared upon his father's farm, enjoyed 
excellent educational advantages, first attending 
the district school, and then completing a course 
of study in the Greensburgh High School, from 
which institution he graduated in 1885. At 
eighteen 3-ears of age, entering the Indiana State 
University, he graduated with honor in 1888, and 
immediately began the study of law. 

Mr. Shannon spent a twelvemonth in study 
at Greensburgh, and for the next year received 
instruction in the law dep.artment of the State 
University, and was admitted to the Bar in Ander- 
son in 1891. Locating in Alexandria, and in a 
short time becoming Village Attorney, our subject 
held the position with ability until the organiza- 
tion of the city; then, in February, 1893, being 



appointed City Attorney. Mr. Shannon is num- 
bered among the rising young lawyers of the state, 
and, beginning his professional career under most 
favorable circumstances, owns valuable property 
in and about Alexandria, among which is a 
fine farm not far from the city, which he received 
from his father's estate. He is politically a Re- 
publican, and the descendant of an old-line Whig 
family. Deeply interested in all matters pertain- 
ing to local and national welfare, he is a man of 
the people, ever ready to lend a helping hand in the 
promotion of progressive advancement and ])ublic 
enterprise. A popular and gifted son of Indiana, 
our subject has before him a future bright with 
promise of public distinction and useful inlluenee. 



<S^DWARD STULTZ, who since 1865 has re- 
IW) sided upon his present farm of eighty acres 
it^-4 on section 19, Clay Township, Hamilton 
Count}', was born within a mile of his present 
home on the 23d of October, 1837, and is a son of 
Thomas and Sallie (Ketlner) Stultz. The founder 
of the family, in America came from Germany to 
this country about two hundred years ago. He 
brought his family, among whom was Philip, a lad 
of six years. They located in Penns^'lvania, and 
Philip was married and had a son of the same 
name, with whom he removed to North Carolina. 
A third Philip Stultz was born in that state, and 
became the grandfather of our subject. In North 
Carolina, he married Catherine Yates, and about 
1830 he emigrated to Putnam County, Ind. They 
reared a family of ten children: Rebecca, wife of 
Philip Stultz; Frances; Betsy, wife of James Hooper; 
Sallie, wife of Woodson Dodd; Anna, wife of James 
Ilartman Fiza, wife of William Bateraan; Thomas, 



Phi 



Wi 



iani A. and Joseph. The grandfatln 



was a Democrat, and died in Putnam County, Ind., 
in 1850. His wife passed away in 18t)"2, at the 
age of eighty-one. 

Thomas Stultz, father of Edward, was born in 
Stokes County, N. C, and there married Sallie 
Kettner. In 1832. they removed to Putnam Coun- 
ty, and later came to Hamilton County, entering 



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eighty acres of land in Clay Township, where 
he made a highly improved farm. He after- 
wards went to Boone County. He, too, voted the 
Democratic ticket. His children were: Philip, who 
was deaf and dumb and was burned to death wiicn 
a boy; Granville, who is deaf and dumb; Anna, 
deceased; John H., deceased, also a deaf mute; 
Jane, who died in childhood; Edward; Emanuel, 
who is also deaf and dumb, and is supposed to be 
living in the west; Samuel, deceased; Emeline, who 
has been three times married, her husbands being 
in the following order: John Sanders, Abraham 
Bowen and George Reveal; Wiley; Perlina, who 
IS deaf and dumb; Silas, deceased; Charity, wife of 
George W. Sluder; Sarah, wife of M. Davis; and 
James. 

In the district sclioois our subject was educated, 
and at the age of sixteen began learning the car- 
penter's trade, whicli lie followed in Putnam Coun- 
ty. In 1862, he enlisted in Company K, Sixty- 
third Indiana Infantry, and participated in the bat- 
tles of Resaca, Twin Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, 
Atlanta. Franklin, Nashville, Ft. Fisher, Golds- 
boro and Kingston. From the effects of wading 
a river, he was taken sick and sent to the hospital 
at Troy, N. Y. He was discharged in Albany, 
N. Y., June 27. 1865, after three years of faithful 
and valiant service. 

Returning to Hamilton County, Mr. Stultz was 
united in marriage with Sarah J., daughter of 
P^zekiel and Ruth (Warren) Clampitt. They be- 
came parents of five children: Charlie W., Luther 
W., Orrie E., Maud ¥,. and Nora E., who died in 
infancy. The mother died in 1884, and the fol- 
lowing year Mr. Stultz wedded Katie Taylor, 
daughter of John G. Taylor. Six children have 
graced their union: Fred W., Fay W., deceased, 
Albert W., Mary, Edwin and Clarence. 

For a time Mr. Stultz followed carpentering in 
connection witli farming, but afterwards abandoned 
that work. His present farm comprises eighty acres 
of rich land, and he also has forty acres in Boone 
County. lie is a stockholder in the Eagle Creek 
Gas Company, which has three wells. In politics, 
lie affiliates with the Republican party. Socially, 
he is a member of Zionsville Lodge No. 285, I. (). 
0. F.; Banner Lodge No. 59, K. II.; and formerlv 



belonged to the Masonic lodge of Zionsville. He 
is a member of the Christian Church, and his wife 
belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 
the community where he has so long made his 
home, he is both widely and favorably known, and 
in the history of his adopted county, he well de- 
serves representation. 



yilLLIAM O. HILL, a leading business man, 
^ll manufacturer of tile and successful gen- 
^^7^ eral agriculturist, prosperously conduct- 
ing a farm in White River Township, Hamilton 
County, Ind., has for more than a score of years 
been intimately identified with the progressive in- 
terests and rapid advancement of his present lo- 
cality. A man of enterprise, he has taken an active 
part in the development of natural gas, and has 
been a prominent factor in the promotion of various 
matters of mutual welfare. Our subject is a native 
of the south and was born in Virginia July 18, 
1826. His parents, James M. and Sarah (Edwards) 
Hill, were likewise born in the Old Dominion, and 
there reared and educated. 

The father, trained in a round of .agricultural 
duties upon the farm of the paternal grandfather, 
was a lifetime tiller of the soil, but was also a 
wagonraaker by trade. In 1830, the parents with 
their children, journeyed to Highland County ,Ohio, 
and in 1832 came to Wayne County, Ind. James 
Hill worked at his trade in Centreville until 1836, 
then sold out and removed with his famil}' to 
Hamilton County, and settled near where our sub- 
ject now resides. Taking up eighty .acres of 
wild land the father built a log house, 18x20 
feet, which humble habitation sheltered the fam- 
ily for many changing years. The next resi- 
dence was made of hewed logs, and was one of 
the best of its kind, and in this home the father 
passed away at the age of seventy-seven 3'ears. 
The mother died at the residence of a daughter in 
Atlanta, Ind., aged eighty-four. 

Our suTiject was one of eleven children, six of 
whom are yet living. The four sons are all farm- 
ers, and occupy positions of useful influence. An 
uncle of our subject, William Hill, served with 



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courage in the War of 1812, and a man of earnest 
purpose, was an excellent soldier and a faithful 
pioneer citizen. Mr. Hill spent the days of boy- 
hood mainly working upon the old homestead, and 
also received limited instruction in the little sub- 
scription school of the neighborhood. Upon No- 
vember 29, 1849, William O. Hill and Miss Ellen 
Colip, bdrn in Hamilton Count}', were united in 
niarriaLi;i'. The union was blessed by the birtli of 
five childien, liiree of whom are \"et living. Louisa 
.1., married, and tlie mother of four cliildren, is also 
the grandmother of one child. Allie A. is a widow 
and the mother of six children. Samuel is mar- 
ried and has one ciiild. 

The estimable first wife passed away when only 
twenty-eight years of age, dying in the present 
liorae of our subject. .She vvas a lady of lovely 
character, and daughter of John and Susan (Hy- 
ers) Colip, both of Irish ancestr}*, but earl}- settlers 
of Indiana, where they were widely known and 
highly respected. Our subject married a sec- 
ond time, being united January 10, 18G4, to Mrs. 
Zilpha Colip, born in Highland County, and the 
widow of Allen Colip, a native of Hamilton Coun- 
ty, Ind., who died here aged twenty-six. By her 
first husband, Zilpha A. became the mother of four 
children: .lolin, Emma, Clarence and Allen. Her 
nnirriage with Mr. Hill was blessed by the birth of 
three ehildien: James A., married; Elmer, mar- 
ried; and Charles William. The second wife died at 
the home of her husband, aged thirty-two years. 

Mrs. Zilpha Hill was a lad\- of ability and high- 
ly esteemed. She was the daughter of .(acob M. 
and Emily (St. Clair) Carson. The Carsons, Ohio 
people, came to Indiana in 18.J.3, and the mother, 
surviving, yet resides here. The fatlier died at 
seventy-six years of age. Mr. Hill married the 
third time, December 2, 1869, then being united in 
wedlock with Miss Sarah Carson, born in Highland 
County, Ohio, November 10, 1840. Her grand- 
parents, Borter and Charity (Pierce) Carson, were 
North Carolina people, but emigrated to Ohio in j 
or before 1810, being numbered among the pioneer 
settlers of the Buckeye State. (Ti-andmother Car- 
son survived to four-score years, and the grand- 
father passed away at a very advanced age. 

The inatenial grandfather, James St. Clair, was a i 



native of Virginia; the maternal grandmother, 
Mary St. Clair, was horn in Nortli Carolina, and 
both were reared in the south. They emigrated to 
Ohio in a early <lay, ahunt istit;. The St. Clairs 
were of French descent, the Caisons probably of 
Irish ancestry. Two years after his first marriage 
our subject settled on his present farm of one hun- 
dred and sixty acres, three of which were cleared, 
and the land further improved with a log house, 
18x28 feet. At the expiration of twelve years, 
Mr. Hill erected a line house, which was burnt 
to the ground in 1H8 1. Tlic latter part of the 
same year he built his present handsome and 
commodious residence. The Hill homestead is 
numbered with the fine stock farms of Hamilton 
County, and houses some choice horses and cattle, 
our subject extensively handling the best graded 
stock. 

Aside from the maiiageineiit of his farming in- 
terests, Mr. Hill has for the past eighteen years 
been profitably engaged in the manufacture of tile, 
and in 1890 and 1891 gave a considerable portion 
of his attention to the development of the gas 
wells of his loealit}-. Politically a Republican, our 
subject takes a leading part in local matters, and 
is thoroughly posted in the issues of the liour. He 
is a member of tlie Dunkard Church, and is fore- 
most in aiding religious and benevolent enterprises. 
He and his excellent wife occupy- a high social po- 
sition, and enjoy the esteem and confidence of 
nian\' friends. 



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OIIN W. WISE is the owner of two hun- 
dred acres, constituting one of the finest 
farms in Delaware Township. Hamilton 
County. This valuable jaoperty he has 
acquired through his indomitable industry .-ind 
good management, with the exce|)tion of a small 
tract of land received after his father's death, upon 
the settlement of the estlite. As a farmer Mr. 
Wise displays excellent judgment in the rotation 
of crops, fertilization of the soil and cultivation 
of the land, and as a result of his efforts he has 
gained prosperity. The paternal ancestors of our 
subject were residents of Germany, where iiis 



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grandfather, Sebastian Wise, was born and reared. 
Shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War 
he emigrated to the United States and settled in 
Virginia, removing thence to Ross County, Ohio, 
and from there, about 1818, he came to Hamilton 
County, Ind. Here he made his home with two 
of his sons until his death, which occurred a few 
years after coming hither. Prior to his emigra- 
tion, he married a German lady, and they became 
the parents of six children, two of whom died in 
childhood. Tlie others were: Peter, Michael, 
George and Hannah. In his religious belief he 
was a Lutheran. 

The father of our subject, Peter Wise, was born 
in Virginia, and accompanied his father about 
1800 to Ohio, where he operated a rented farm, in 
Ross County, for a number of years. In that 
county occuned his marriage to Miss Polly, daugh- 
ter of William Bryant and a native of Ohio. Their 
union resulted in the birth of three children, 
John W., Silas and William. Mr. Wise, Sr., emi- 
grated to Indiana about 1825, accompanied by his 
family, and settled in Hamilton County, where he 
had previously entered six liundred acres in Dela- 
ware Township. He made the removal from Ohio 
to tliis state overland, in a wagon with four 
horses, and at once after arriving in this county 
commenced the work of clearing and cultivating 
his land. He succeeded in clearing the larger part 
of his original purchase, and also purchased and 
improved eighty acres additional. 

After the death of our subject's mother, Peter 
AVise married Elizabeth Burroughs, and this union 
resulted in the birth of three living children: 
Eliza, now the wife of William West; America, 
who married II. Kooker; and Alfred. Mi-. Wise 
attained to the age of seventy-six, and died at his 
home in Delaware Township. In his religious 
atliliations, he was identified with the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. Politically, he was first a Whig 
and afterward a Republican, and served in several 
important positions, having been Revenue Col- 
lector for two terras and Supervisor for a number 
of years. 

Born in Ross County, Ohio, October 20, 1820, 
the subject of this sketch remained in his father's 
home until he was thirty years of age. He mar- 



ried Miss Nannie, daughter of Charles and Isabella 
Myers. Mr. and Mrs. Wise are the parents of 
four children, namely: Josephine, the wife of 
William Van hart; Charles M.; Luther and Hol- 
land. The religious home of the family is in the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Wise 
is now serving as Trustee. Politically, he is a 
Republican. After his marriage he purchased one 
hundred and sixty acres, and also received some 
property upon the death of his father. He is now 
the owner of two hundred acres, upon which 
he has placed first-class improvements. He is 
one of the moneyed men of the township, and 
in addition to what he now owns has aided his 
children financially, having given his daughter 
|!2,000 in cash upon her marriage, and also as- 
sisted his sons. 

AMES HANNAH, who was for many years a 
successful and prominent general agricul- 
^^ |i turist of Lafayette Township, Madison 
'^Jl' ■ County, Ind., and a public-spirited citizen 
widely known and highly esteemed, entered into 
rest November 30, 1892, mourned by a host of old 
time friends, in whose hearts his memory will long 
be green. Mr. Hannah was a native of Pennsyl- 
vania, and born February 17, 1823, was the son of 
Andrew and Catherine (Shade) Hannah. When 
about fourteen years of age, he accompanied his 
parents to the farther west of Ohio, and with his 
father and mother settled in Pike County, where 
he attained to manhood. He enjoyed only limited 
opportunities for an education, but studied in the 
subscription and district schools of Pennsylvania 
and Ohio. Aiding his father in the care of his 
farm and energetically sharing the toil of seed- 
time and harvest, he gained a thoroughly practi- 
cal knowledge of the pursuit of agriculture, and 
was well fitted at an early age to self-reliantly be- 
gin the battle of life. In Pike County, Ohio, 
August 2."^, 1853, were united in marriage James 
Hannah and Miss Alia Penisten, born in Ohio, 
February 7, 1830. The estimable wife- of our sub- 
ject was the daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth 



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(Boils) Penisten, long-time residents of the P>uck- 
eye fState, where Mr. Penisten was born, his wife 
being a native of Pennsylvania. 

.Mrs. Hannah, reared in her native county and 
state, received instruction in the schools of tliose 
pioneer days in the west, when the schoolhouses 
were mostly constructed of logs and furnished 
with slabs. The union of our subject and his esti- 
mable wife was blessed by the birth of two chil- 
dren, Elizabeth C, deceased, and Lewis A. In 
the fall of 18r)3, Mr. and Mrs. Hannah emigrated 
from Ohio to the neighboring state of Indiana, 
and located in Madison County. The family made 
the journey in a big covered wagon drawn by a 
good team of horses, and camping out wherever 
niglit overlook them were seven days on their 
way. At the close of a 3'ear's residence in Madison 
County, Mr. and Mrs. Hannah settled on the valua- 
ble farm where the widow of our subject now 
makes her home. The homestead was partially 
cleared when il came into the possession of our 
subject, who entered with ambitious enlerpri.se 
into the cultivation of the fertile soil, and who 
later improved the broad acres with attractive and 
commodious buildings. For nearly two-score years 
Mr. Hannah reaped annually an abundant harvest 
from the old farm, which thus made excellent re- 
turns for time and labor invested. The patient in- 
dustr3' and tireless perseverance of our subject 
were the marked characteristics of his life, and 
combined with his natural ability, gave liiin an 
inijietus upward to assured financial success. 

During the last twenty-live years prior to the 
death of Mr. Hannah, his health was not firm, and 
he was frequentl}' a sufferer, but he bore with 
resignation ill-health and physical discomfort. He 
was an exemplary Christian, and was a devout 
member and otlicial of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and as a Class-leader was especially suc- 
cessful in winning many to a higher life. Politi- 
cally a Republican, he was often solicited to ac- 
cept public office but always declined, preferring 
private life and home duties to official position. 
The widow residing on the eighty-.acre home- 
stead, containing some of the best land in the 
county, is a lady of worth and intelligence, and 
likewise possesses business ability of a high order. 



She is a member of the .Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and .active in good work. .lames Hannah 
passed away, regretted by all who knew liim. He 
was a man ot upright character and a kind neigh- 
bor, sincere friend, devoted liusl)and and father, 
and a true American citi/.cn, patriotic and loyal, 
and throughout las entire cait'cr of bu^y useful- 
ness was ever faithful to each duty of life. 



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jf SAAC W. HAROLD. In the perusal of this 
I volume the reader is doubtless impressed with 
the fact that it is not .-iccident that helps a 
man in the world, Imt pei,-i>tcut energy and un- 
ceasing industry. The life of l,-:iac W. Harold af- 
fords an illustration of tlie fact that he who is 
shrewd to discern oi)portunities and quick to grasp 
them will attain a high place in the regard of his 
fellow-men. A laborious, painstaking man, his was 
a life of diligence, honor and success, and when 
the sun of time .sank below the horizon of eter- 
nity it was felt by all who know him that a good 
man had gone to his final reward. At an ad- 
vanced age he passed away, in 1887, at his home 
in Carmel. 

A brief reference to our subject's parents will 
be of interest to our readers. His father, Benja- 
min, was a son of Richard Harokl, and was a na- 
tive of North Carolina, wlicncc he removed to 
Hamilton County. Ind., in 18 in. He w.-is a virtu- 
ous, upright man and an honored citizen in his 
community. Among the children born to himself 
and his wife, whose maiden name was Rachel 
Stanley, was one whom they named Isaac ^., antt 



whose birth occurred in Guilford, N. C, in 1828. 
In his boyhood he was a student in the district 
schools for three mouths, and after he became self- 
supporting, at the age of sixteen, he conducted 
his studies in different schools. He prepared him- 
self for the profession of a teacher, which he fol- 
lowed for many years, mostly in Hamilton Count3'. 
In Ohio in 1874 Mr. Harold married Miss Han- 
nah, daughter of John and Sarah (Kinzer) Bailey". 
Tracing the genealogy of Mrs. Harold we find 
that her father was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth 



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(Timberlake) Bailey; Thomas was a son of Jacob 
and Elizabeth (Parker) Bailej'; Jacob was a son of 
Moses and Judith (Buinard) Bailey, and Moses 
was born in 1682 to the union of Joseph and Eliz- 
abeth (Hoops) Bailey. Thomas Bailey was born 
in Virginia August 4, 1777, and followed the oc- 
cupation of a farmer, also engaging at the trade 
of a blacksmith. About 1809 he migrated to 
Ohio and enteied a tract of land from the Govern- 
ment in Highland County. 

The father of Mrs. Harold, John Bailey, was 
born in the Old Dominion in 1806, and was a 
child of three years when he was brought by his 
parents to Ohio, receiving his education in the 
common schools of the Buckeye State. A farmer 
by oc.cupation, he accumulated large landed pos- 
sessions, and after his marriage made his home 
upon one farm until his death. His first wife bore 
the maiden name of Mary A. Baker, and they had 
three children, William, Lydia A. and Thomas. 
His second marriage united him with Miss Sarah, 
daughter of John and Mary (Deerdorff ) Kinzer. 
There are six children living, MaryE., Hannah J., 
•lohn H., Joseph, David and Sarah C. (grand- 
father Kinzer was a native of Pennsylvania, and 
in an early day removed to Highland County, 
Ohio, where he engaged in farming. His wife 
made the long journey from Virginia to Ohio on 
horseback. They were the parents of seven chil- 
dren, namely: Margaret, the wife of David Oeker- 
man; Jacob, John, Daniel, David; Sarah, who mar- 
ried John Bailey; and Catherine, the wife of 
Daniel Davis. 

Immediately following his marriage our subject 
located in Carmel, where for a number of years he 
followed merchandising. Later he purchased forty 
acres near the city, but never removed to that 
place. lie was a man whose high attributes of 
character won the admiration of his acquaintances. 
In youth he was identified with the Society of 
Friends, but in later life was an attendant upon 
the services of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
Politically he was a pronounced Republican, and 
gave to the affairs of the day his earnest consid- 
eration. He and his wife had a family of three 
children, one of whom died in infancy. The 
others are Elbert W. and Carrie B., both of 



whom are well educated, the son being a graduate 
of the Carmel High School, and the daughter hav- 
ing finished the studies of the common school at 
this place. 



ELIAS FINK, a retired farmer living in 
Alexandria, was born in Rockingham Coun- 
ty, Va., May 18,1822. Tradition tells us 
that two brothers, William and Valentine Fink, 
came to this county in Colonial days and served 
in that conflict that made America an independent 
nation. It is said that during the war they were 
separated and never again met. One of the 
brothers was the grandfather of our subject, but 
he died when the father of Elias was only seven 
years old. In his family were three sons: William, 
Jacob and John. The mother afterwards became 
the wife of Henry Wagner. 

John Fink, father of our subject, was bound 
out in his boyhood to Mr. Kepplingler, a farmer, 
and never saw his people again. He cleared a 
ti-act of ten acres while with that gentleman, and 
the field to-day is known as John's field. He 
married Christina Smith, who was born near 
Waterloo, Loudoun County, Va., April 20, 1797, 
and was of German descent. Mr. Fink's educa- 
tional privileges were very limited, and it is said 
that at his first attendance at school the only 
book he had was an almanac. During the infancy 
of our subject, his parents removed to Hardy 
County, Va., in 1837 went to Greene County. 
Ohio, and in February, 1841, to Delaware County, 
Ind., where John Fink purch.ased eighty acres of 
land, twelve miles from Muncie. In 1858 he sold it 
for $2,500, and went to Marshall County, where 
he died in 1863, leaving a good estate. In early 
life he was a Democrat, but joined the Republican 
party on its organization. Although reared in 
the Lutheran Church, he afterwards joined the 
United Brethren Cliuich. His wife survived him 
two years, passing away in January, 1865. 

Elias F'ink is one of eleven children. The eldest, 
Jacob, died in infancy. William, who was born 
in 1817, was a blacksmith, and died in December, 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



1857. Catherine Ann, born August 30,1820, is 
the wife of Hiram jMongold, of Shawnee County. 
K;in. Margaret, born Noveuiber 2, 1824, married 
.Icihn Good, and died in Marshall County, I nd.. in 
May. 188."). .loiin I)., born December 9, 1827, 
.served for a short time in thi' late war, married 
Sarah liristol, and i.s a well-to-do farmer in Mar- 
shall County. Ambrose N., born July 28, 18:50, 
was twice married, and is now a farmer of Potta- 
watomie County, Kan. Mary Melinda, born De- 
cember 23, 1832, is the wife of James Cvimmin.s, a 
merchant of Jlissouri. Isaac H., born A|)ril 21, 
18;i(), entered the army at the call for tiiree months' 
troops as a member of the Ninth Indiana Infantry, 
and was in the service until the last gun bad been 
(ired. While serving on the staff of General Grose, 
he was wounded at Resaca. He participated in 
many hard-fought battles of the war. He married 
Mary Cummins, and when last heard of was living 
in Arkansas. Sarah F^lizabeth, born November 12, 
1838, became the wife of .lacob Suuam, and she 
died near Anderson, Ind. 

The educational advantages of our subject were 
very limited. He remained willi his father until 
nineteen years of age, and then began working by 
the mouth on a farm. He was married March 23, 
1844, to Harriet Frances Stoops, who was born in 
Ross County, Ohio, February 21, 1823. She is of 
German and Irish descent. Her grandfather was 
a pioneer of Ross Count}', and her father, Adam 
Stoops, was there born. She died June 28, 1881. 
Five children were born of that marriage. Sarah 
J., born May 7, 184.5, became the wife of William 
Hughes, and after his death wedded William Beti- 
more, of Nebraska. John Adam, born April 27, 
1817, was married August 29, 1872, to Belie, 
daughter of Nathan O'Brien, of Alexandria, and 
was killed by a brick wall falling upon him after 
a fire in Alexandria, December 10, 1892. William, 
born January 1, 1850, married Delilali J. Perr3',by 
wliom he has six children, and lives on a farm in 
!Sh)nroe Township, given him by his father. James 
Franklin, born November 9, 1852, married Eliza- 
beth J. King, daughter of Tiiomas King, a pioneer 
of Madison County, and he also lives on a farm 
given him by his father. Mary Emil^-, born Oc- 
tober 22, 1860, is the wife of John A. Betimorc, 



and their home also was a iMcsent from her father. 

Mr. Fink was married to .Iiiliet Feigns October 
3, 1883. She was born in (irant County, Ind., 
and her father, Sawyer Baxter Fergus, was born in 
Rockingham County, A'a., and became a pioneer of 
Grant County. He served as Township Trustee 
for several years, and there died many years ago. 
He married .Julia McFadden, a native of Pennsyl- 
vania. Mrs. Fink was one of five sisters and five 
brotiiers, who are all yet living, while two mem- 
bers of the family died in childhood. Her twin 
sister, Harriet, is now living in Hartford City, Ind. 

After bis first marriage, Mr. Fink operated 
rented land for some years. In 1849 became to 
this state and purchased eighty acres near Frank- 
ton. In 1856 he removed to Monroe Township, 
where he carried -on farming until 1881, since 
which time he has lived a retired life in Alexan- 
dria. In the spring of 1893 he erected his line, 
palatial residence, vijherc he and his wife expect to 
spend their remaining days, surrounded by all the 
comforts that go to make life worth the living. In 
politics he was a Democrat until the organization 
of the Republican party, which he has since sup- 
ported. At the age of twenty years he joined the 
Methodist Church, and has been one of its faith- 
ful members, having served as Trustee, Steward 
and Class-leader. He has been a life-long temper- 
ance man. His career has been an honorable and 
upright one and is well worthy of emulation. 



'^T^ AVID D. TAPPAN. There is no iuher 
tance so rich as the records of the worthy 
lives of those who have departed from this 
I world and have gone to receive the reward which 
awaits them in heaven. We all have strivings 
after a high ideal, but an ideal alone is of little 
value if not re-enforced by the example of those 
' who, like ourselves, have human frailties, 3'et 
I have been enabled to so overcome them as to 
i lead lives of usefulness, integrity and true God- 
liness. That death loves a shining mark was pain- 
fully illustrated when it became known that David 
D. Tappan, one of Madison County's best known 



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citizens and most successful fanners had passed 
to that bourne whence no traveler returns. He 
was born in Union Count}', Ind., October 19, 
1821, and passed aw.ay on the 28th of April, 1890. 

Isaac and Eleanor (Dunham) Tappan, the p.ar- 
ents of our subject, were natives of Indiana, and 
the father was a plasterer by trade. Our subject 
began working at that trade with his father wlien 
a young man, and followed the same for several 
years. Afterward he drifted naturally into agri- 
cultural pursuits, and this continued to be bis 
chosen occupation until his death. His early edu- 
cation was received in the schools of Union Coun- 
ty, and, although his advantages were not of the 
best, he improved his spare moments and became 
one of the well posted men of his section. About 
the year 1846 he came to Madison County, Ind., 
and settled in the wilds of Richland Township 
in a log cabin. He purchased a good farm, be- 
gan improving and clearing it, and on this passed 
tlie remainder of his days, honored and respected 
by all who knew him. He was a wortiiy and 
exemplary member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and he had served .as Class-leader and 
Steward for many years. 

Mr. Tappan was successful in life and left a val- 
uable estate to his heirs. Although frequently 
solicited to fill important offices, he preferred the 
quiet of home life, but at the same time was pub- 
lic spirited and progressive. He was married on 
the 19th of December, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth 
I. McNeer, a native of Monroe County, Va., born 
August 24, 1832, and the daughter of Andrew 
and Catherine (Roach) McNeer. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Tappan were born ten children, eight of whom 
are living: Eleanor, wife of James M. Forkner; 
llezekiali C; Mary M., wife of Joseph Watkins; 
Emma, wife of the Rev. J. II. Jackson, of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church at Elkhart, Ind.; Nora, 
wife of (^eoige Kirk; Jennie, wife of C. F. Heri- 
tage; William A. and Edward A. Mrs. Tappan's 
parents were natives of \'irginia. and she is of 
Scotch descent. 

In 1834 Jlrs. Tappan came with her parents 
to Madison County, Ind., and settled in Monroe 
Township, two miles south of Alexandria, where 
they were among the early settlers. Mrs. Tapjian 



has one surviving sister, Ruth, wife of Silas Jones. 
Her parents were members of the Methodist Epis- 
copal Churcli. Mrs. Tappan at present resides in 
North Anderson, but she owns eighty acres of 
land in Richland Township. She is a consistent 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a 
representative pioneer woman, possessing pluck, 
energy and perseverance. She remembers many 
interesting incidents of pioneer days, and relates 
tbem in a telling manner. On one occasion Mr. 
McNeer was out hunting with a party and got 
lost in the woods east of Alexandria. He was 
out four days and four nights, and b}' accident 
came out of the forest about three miles north ot 
Anderson. He was all right, but during that time 
he suffered both physically and mentally. He was 
a self-made m.an, all his property' being the re- 
sult of much hard labor on his part, and was one 
who had the confidence of all, his word being con- 
sidered as good as his bond. 

*^ ^i" '*■ ' •'■ ^^^^ *'• • —' "r ^' 

'jflOSEPH H. THURSTON. The agricultural 
I part of the community is its bone and sinew, 
-^li from which come the strength and vigor 
^^f/ necessary to carry on the afi'airs of manu- 
facture, commerce and the state. When the farm- 
ing people are composed of men and women of 
courage, enterprise, intelligence and integrity, 
prosperit}' will attend all departments of activity, 
and this is pre-eminently the case in Madison 
County. The prominent farmer and stock-raiser 
of whom we now write has a fine farm of three 
hundred and twenty acres in Van Buren and Mon- 
roe Townships, and in everything relating to the 
management of it is thoroughly posted. He was 
born October 22, 1838, in Franklin County, Ind., 
to the union of Oliver and Maria (Flint) Thurs- 
ton, mention of whom is made in the sketch of 
John F. Thurston. 

The incidents of the early life of our subject 
were not materially different from those of other 
boys living on the farms. He was trained to work 
at anything necessary for him to do, and his schol- 
astic advantages were received in the common 



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schools, where he was well drilled in the common 
branches. When twenty-two years of age, he was 
UKirricd to :\Iiss Mary K. Welsii. a native of Frank- 
lin Coiitity, IimI.. horn March 24, 1811, and the 
daughter of .loseph and Mary (Allen) Welsh, na- 
tives of Pennsylvania. Air. Welsh resided in his 
native state for many years after his marriage, and 
then removed to Franklin County, Ind., where he 
l)e(;anie the owner (.)f a line farm, whifli he eon- 
ducted successfully until his death in 1890, when 
seventy-nine years of age. lie was a consistent 
member of the Presbyterian Church, and contribu- 
ted liberally of his means to its sup|(ort, as he did 
to all other worthy movements. 

Mr. Welsh was the son of .lames and Hannah 
(Graham) Welsh, natives of Ireland and pioneer 
settlers of Pennsylvania He was married August 
•22, 18;]3, to Miss Allen, who bore him six chil- 
dren, as follows: llann:ili K., (lecc:isi-d; .losiah Al- 
len, now a resident of Butler, Ind., married Mi.ss 
Catherine Moreland, and they have three chil- 
dren, John G., Grace E. and Laura B.; James II. 
now resides in Middleton; his first wife was Ann 
Diplioye, and his second Ann Barbar, who bore 
him one child, Marj- C. ilary E., wife of Mr. 
Thurston; Susannah Martha, deceased, was the wife 
of John Miles, of Franklin County; and John F., 
deceased. The father of these children was Justice 
of the Peace and Assessor of his county for a num- 
ber of years, and a [jrogressive and honorable citi- 
zen. 

Aftei- bis marriage oui- svibject lived on a rented 
farm in Franklin County foi- r.uir years, and then 
moved to .Madixm County, Ni-tlling on the farm 
where he now lives. He has been successful as a 
farmer, and his understanding of agriculture in 
its various departments is broad and deep. As be- 
fore .stated, he is the owner of three hundred and 
twenty acres of land, and has it well improved and 
well cultivated. In politics he advocates the prin- 
ciples of the Deniocratic party. He is a member of 
the Baptist Church, and has held the ollice of Trus- 
tee for four years, and in his religious faith and 
pr.actiee has the close sympathy of his wife, who 
belongs to the same society. Eight children have 
blessed their union. Martha Alice, wife of Cieorge 
Bookout, of Van Buren Township, h.as had three 



children; Gertrude, dece.ased, Pearl and Clarence; 
John F. P. married Miss Flora Heritage, and has 
had two children. IlormMu W.. deceased, and Her- 
bert; Joseph K. married Miss Annie Wbitely. who 
bore him one child, Robert W.; Walter Scott mar- 
ried Miss Bertha Tomlinson; Harvey A. is at home; 
Orous Kdmond is deceased; Mary (4. and Bertha 
May are at home. 



ENRY W. HEKH, head of the Alexandria 
' AVindow (;iass Factory and one of the large 
property owners of the city of Alexandria, 
was originally from the Buckeye State, 
PortsiiKiuth June 7, 18Gfi. He is the son 
luel and Catherine (Wilhelm) lleer, both 
natives of (iermany. Samuel Hecr came to Amer- 
ica when a young man, and in the same vessel 
with his future wife, .\fler reaching this coun- 
try they were married, and the father folk)wed 
the trade of a boiler-maker for some time. Later 
he embarked in the grocery business, and after the 
death of his wife, in 1871, he retired to his farm 
near Portsmouth, Ohio, where his death occurred 
five years later. He possessed all the energy. 
perseverance and frugality of the native (;erinan, 
and was universally respected. 

The original of this notice was the seventh in 
order of birth of nine children, six sons and three 
daughters, lie was but live years of age when he 
lost his mother, ;ind but, ten years of age when his 
father died. The latter left a good estate, and the 
family was kept together by the elder children 
until all had reached mature years, when the sis- 
ters married and the family liecame scattered. In 
1880 our subject went to Covington to live. His 
brother .lohn w.as a traveling salesmnn for several 
years, but is now a clothing merchant at Ports- 
mouth, (Jhio. Uavid, another brother, is travel- 
ing salesman for a wholesale boot and shoe house. 
Anna, a sister, married Frank Adams, and resides 
at Ilartwell, Ohio, where her husband is engaged 
in the manufacture of candy. Lizzie married 
George Dohrmann, an architect at Covington, Ky. 



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Samuel was a traveling man for a number of 
years, and is now a clothing merchant at Ports- 
mouth, Oliio; Kate married William Buck, a trav- 
eling man, and resides in Covington, Ky.; Chris- 
tian is a member of the firm of Titus, Ileer & Co., 
shoe manufacturers of Portsmoutii, Ohio; and the 
youngest member of the family, F. Charles, is a 
traveling salesman with headquarters at Coving- 
ton, Ky. 

Henry Heer received but an ordinary common- 
school education in his boyhood days, and when 
quite a young man entered the wholesale boot and 
shoe house of J. & A. Sirapkinson & Co., of 
Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained for three 
years. During this time he took a course in a 
business college, and this completed Ins educa- 
tional attainments. After leaving the boot and 
shoe house above mentioned he became, like his 
brothers, a traveling salesman, and was on the 
road for the same house for two years. Later he 
was with a Boston house for six years. In the 
yeai- 1888 he married Miss Juliet Scott, of Alex- 
andria, daughter of James P. Scott, a grocery mer- 
chant of that city, and niece of D. M. Scott, one 
of Alexandria's wealthy and prominent men. 
After his marriage 3'oung Heer continued on the 
road until 1892, and then invested his means in 
Alexandria real estate. This proved a good in- 
vestment, and on the 15th of July, 1892, he bought 
a half-interest in the Alexandria Window Glass 
Factory, of which he is the head. This is one of 
the largest enterprises in the town, and he left the 
road to take charge of it. 

Aside from his large business interests, Mr. Heer 
has other interests in tiie city, being the owner 
of several buildings, among them the Ileer Block, 
one of the first in the city. It is said of him 
that during the financial depression and stagna- 
tion of business in 1893 he went to all of his ten- 
ants and said: "These are hard times, and you 
can't afford to pay the rent you are paying,"- and 
of his own accord reduced their rent. This little 
incident but illustrates the true character of this 
prominent young business man. Mr. Heer is a 
true friend to the less fortunate, and his work- 
men speak in the highest praise of his upright 
and honorable conduct. In his ixilitical views he 



supports the principles of the Republican party 
and is a strong Protectionist, not for his own in- 
terests, but for the interests of those in his em- 
ploy. He has never aspired to political honors, 
but his friends elected him to the City Council. 
Mr. Heer Las shown his appreciation of secret or- 
ganizations by becoming a Royal Arch Jlason, 
and he is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. 
Two children have blessed his marriage, William 
Scott and Benjamin Lewis. Mr. Heer is an excel- 
lent example of a self-made man, for he started 
out to fight life's battles for himself with no 
capital, and although he was poor, he was rich 
in integrity, industr3^ and resolution. 

^^ NTHONY BERTSCHE. It is a matter of 
^0| the greatest importance to turfmen and 
]/rii horse owners to find out the most reliable 
(^ and honorable houses engaged in the pro- 

duction of harness and turf goods, and thus ensure 
getting the worth of their money in what will be 
of the most benefit to them. Anthony Bertsche 
has been continuousl.y engaged in the manufacture 
of harness in Alexandria since 1856, and there is 
not a single detail of the harness and saddlery 
business that he does not understand. He belongs 
to that class of people that has done so much to build 
up the interests and contribute to the commer- 
cial prosperity and importance of this countr}' — 
the Germans — and since coming to this country 
has enjoyed that freedom of thought and inde- 
pendence of action which have ever been denied 
the residents of the Fatherland. He first saw the 
light in Wurtemberg, Germany, February 15, 
1831, a sou of Johanas Bertsche, who was a stone 
mason by trade. He died when the subject of this 
sketch was six years old, and the latter was left 
motherless at the age of ten jears. He was an 
only son, but iiad two sisters, both of whom lived 
and died in the Old Countiy. 

After the death of his mother young Anthony 
went to live with an uncle, by whom he was 
kept in school until he was fourteen years of 
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trade of a harness-maker in Schweiningen, near 
his native town, at whicii he served an appren- 
ticesliii) of tla-ee years, continuing to remain 
witii his former master one year longer as an em- 
ploye, at the end of whicii time he went to 
Switzerland, where he worked as a journeyman 
for about a year and a-lialf. Upon his return to 
Germany he became sul)ject to military service and 
was drafted into the (ierraan army, but he hired 
asulwtituteandsetsail for America, landing on the 
shores of this country in 1852. He worked at his 
trade in Pittsburg and otlier cities of Pennsylvania 
and Oliio until l<S.")f), when ho came to Indiana and 
settled in Alexandria and began the manufacture 
of harness. At that time lie had very small means, 
and for a considerable time he had a hard struggle 
for existence and to keep the wolf from the 
dof)r. llowi'vcr, liis iicrsevorance was remarka- 
ble, and he 1i.-i,n cuntinucd the business up to the 
present time, iiaving built up a very large and 
paying patronage. In 1857 he purchased the lot 
on which the new brick building now stands, and 
in oilier portions of tlie city he has a good deal of 
pifipcity, wliich increased so in value during the 
business boom of Alexandria tliat it made a 
wealtiiy man of Mr. Bertsche. From the old 
estate in Germany he inherited $1,100, which he 
wisely invested in real estate iu the city, and this 
was the foundation of his present aiiiple fortune. 
In his business Mr. Bertsche uses only the best 
leather, and as he is a thoroughly .skilled workman, 
his products have become famous for superior 
quality, fine workmansliip and superior iiiouiitings. 
Mr. Bertsche was married in the year 1S5'.» to 
]\Iiss .lane Ellis, a nati\e of Madison County, and 
to their union five children have been given, 
the eldest of whom, Belle, is tiie wife of 
.Vrlautis Ruiiyan, the Trustee of the township 
and a prominent young politician; the others are 
Ralph, Daisy, Elfie and Bessie. Mr. Bertsche has 
always been in sympathy with the Republican 
party, the measures of which he has at all times 
supported, and he .and his wife li.ave bei'ii nieui- 
bers of the Melluulist Episcopal C'limrli for more 
than thirty years. He is one of Alexandria's most 
enterprising citizens, and has always been identi- 
fied with movements beneficial to the communitv. 



He is mucli esteemed and highly respected as a 
man of business veracity and sound integrity. He 
is a man of thoroughly practical views, and bis 
good judgment has placed him in an independent 
financial position. 

Vj^OBERT P. GRIMES, a prominent and suc- 
|i#i(' cessful merchant of Andcii-son, became a res- 
'ii\V ident of this city in 1872, at the age of six- 
teen. He was born at McConnelsville on 
the 23d of September, 1850, and is the son of W. 
M. Grimes, a native of St. Cnairsvillc, Ohio, who 
was a school teacher in his earlier life, and later 
became a minister in the Presbyterian Church. In 
18C1 he entered the army as a volunteer Chap- 
lain, which position he tilled with the rank of 
Captain for three years. He then entered the reg- 
ular army as Chaplain and served about four 
years, being stationed during the greater part of 
the time at Ft. (Wbson, Indian Territory. 

In 1872 Rev. Mr. (irimes came to Anderson and 
took pastoral charge of the First Presbyterian 
Church, remaining here for six years. He then 
returned to McC'onnelsville, Ohio, and preached 
until the fall of 188'.l, when he died at the age of 
sixty-nine years. His wife was Jliss Lydia, daugh- 
ter of Robert A. Pinkerton, who came from Penn- 
sylvania with his father, and located at Marietta, 
Ohio, in 1812. He went to McConnelsville, which 
w.as then a village of huts, and engaged in car- 
pentering and the undertaking business. He died 
in that place. The mother is a resident of Mc- 
Connelsville. She had three children, two of 
whom are living, Mrs. Anna Andrews, of McCon- 
nelsville, and Robert P. 

The .subject of this sketch resided in McConnels- 
ville until 1872, when he came to Anderson with 
his parents. Soon after arriving in this city he 
became a salesman in the dry-goods store of .1. R. 
Cain <k Co., and tilled that position in various es- 
tablishments until 18.s;i, when, in (■(Jiinection with 
D. AV. Campbell, he opened a dry-goods store in a 
small building. At the end of four years Maj. 
C. T. Doxey purchased Mr. Campbell's interest 



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and the store was located in the magnificent stone 
front tliree-story building on the corner of Eighth 
and Meridian Streets. At the end of the 3'ear Mr. 
Grimes bought Major Doxey's interest, and has 
continued the business as sole proprietor. 

The store is the largest in Anderson, the main 
floor being 36x244 feet. All the departments are 
admirably arranged. The first floor is devoted to 
dry goods, millinery and cloaks; on the second 
floor may be found Lice curtains, portieres and 
window shades; on the third floor is a splendid 
assortment of carpets. Twenty-four clerks are 
emploj'ed. Twice a year Mr. Grimes goes east to 
inspect the market and buy for the approaching 
seasons. He gives close attention to his business 
and takes little active interest in other enterprises, 
although he is a member of the Fuel Supply Com- 
pany and Citizens' Gas Company, and is one of the 
owners of Oakdale Addition. On account of his 
correct business methods and his good judgment of 
men, Governor Mathews appointed him a member 
of the Board of Police Commissioners, and he is 
the only Republican on the Board. His social and 
benevolent memberships are with the Knights 
Templar, Red Men, Elks, Royal Arch Masons 
United Workmen and National Union. 

In October, 1878, Mr. Grimes and Miss Mattie 
C. Smith were married. Mrs. Grimes is the daugh- 
ter of James and Mary Smith, old settlers of this 
locality, and she was born here. Her father was 
a contractor and builder, and many Anderson 
homes were his handiwork. Mr. and Mrs. Grimes 
have three children, Mabel, Morris and Mary, all 
of whom reside with their parents at No. 54 West 
Eighth Street. 



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(1/ ENRY ROADCAP. For more than thirty 
if))' .years a resident of Madison County, closely 
/^^' identified with the growth of Lafayette 
^^ Township and an unceasing contributor to 
its material development, Mr. Roadcap has gained 
an enviable reputation throughout this section of 
the state. Especially notable is his work in con- 
nection with the upl)uilding of the village of 



Florida, in this county. In addition to the farm 
upon which he resides, and which is located on 
section 26, Lafayette Township, he is the owner of 
valuable real estate in North Anderson. As a re- 
sult of his labors he is now in his old age sur- 
rounded by all the comforts of life, un harassed 
by fear of poverty or irksome cares. 

A descendant of German ancestors, our subject 
is the son of Daniel and Frances (Hoffman) Road- 
cap, and was born in Page County, Va., August 31 
1815. At the age of thirteen years he accompan- 
ied his parents to Rockingham County, Va., and 
was there reared to manhood, meantime attending 
sciiool whenever opportunity offered, and also en- 
gaging in farming pursuits. In his youth he did 
not have the advantages now offered to children, 
but through self-culture he has been enabled to 
overcome the adverse surroundings of early \ ears. 

In Virginia in 1838 Mr. Roadcap was united in 
marriage with Miss Lydia Myers, and they became 
the parents of twelve children, eight of whom are 
now living. They are: Elizabeth, the wife of 
Milton Rains, a resident of Nebraska; Frances, 
who married Conrad Koontz, and also makes her 
home in Nebraska; Barbara, the wife of George 
Mathies, of California; Mary, the widow of Joab 
Rains, of Nebraska; Catherine, who is tlie wife of 
Frank Beeson, a resident of Wayne County, Ind; 
Benjamin, whose home is in Anderson, this state; 
Joseph, residing in Anderson; and Peter, who lives 
in Madison County. The wife and mother died 
in October, 1877. 

The present estimable wife of our subject, whom 
he married September 14, 1880, was formerly Mrs. 
Maria Siiowers, the widow of John Showers, a 
resident of Henry County, Ind. Mrs. Roadcap 
was born in Lebanon County, Pa., October 12, 
1823, and is a daughter of George and Elizabeth 
Hicks, natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Hicks was 
of German descent, and her grandfather, John 
Romiche, is said to have been a participant in the 
War of the Revolution, By her first marriage 
Mrs. Roadcap had ten children, seven of whom 
are living, as follows: Sarah, the wife of James 
Baker, a resident of Lafayette Township; George 
W., residing in North Anderson, Ind.; Emma, who 
is the wife of Asa Fadely, of Henry County, Ind.; 



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Catherine, Mrs. John Graybill, a resident of Henry 
County; Mary, who married William Conner and 
lives in North Anderson; Frank, a resident of St. 
Joseph, Mo., and Asa, who lives in Decatur, 111. 

In IS.To Mr. Roadcap, accompanied by his fam- 
ily, came to Indiana and for a time sojourned in 
Henry County, removing thence in 1861 to Mad- 
ison County. lie located in Lafayette Township, 
and slioitly afterward purchased his present farm, 
consisting of ninety-eight acres. A Democrat in 
his political opinions, he has been elected upon the 
ticket of his chosen party to numerous positions 
of responsibility and trust. He is a strong advo- 
cate of public schools and has done much to pro- 
mote the standard of scholarship in his neighbor- 
hood. He and his wife are earnest members of 
the (iernian Baptist Church, in which he is serv- 
ing otMcially as Deacon and to the support of 
which he contributes regularly and generously. 
Among tiie venerable citizens of this township he 
is one of the foremost, and few residents of the 
county are more widel\- known, and none more 
favor.nbly than he. His life has been an emi- 
nently useful one, and the success which he has 
gained is that of which he is worthy. 



^pf RLANTIS RUN VAN, a representative cit- 
(@/^| izcn and popular Trustee of Monroe 
/// ll) Township, Madison County, Ind., is rec- 
(^/ ognized as a man of executive ability and 

clear judgment, and as an official rendering valua- 
ble service to the general jjublic and efficiently 
conducting the duties intrusted to his care he com- 
mands the high esteem and entire confidence of 
his fellow-townsmen. Born on a farm near Kemp- 
ton, Clinton County, Ind., October 8, 1863, our 
subject was the fifth in a family of twelve chil- 
dren, five sons and seven daughters, who blessed the 
home of Ira and Kmeline (Slinger) Hunyan. The 
father was born in Hamilton County. Ohio, not 
far from Cincinnati, in 1827, and was the son 
of .lames Runyan, born in New Jersey. The 
paternal great-grandfather was Benjamin Runyan, 



a man of worth and upright character. The fam- 
ily were in earh" days small fanners and mechan- 
ics, honest, hard-working and intelligent citizens. 
In 1841, the father, then about fourteen years old, 
emigrated with his jiarents to Indiana and .settled 
in Henry County, on land not far from New Castle. 
During the Civil War Ir:i Runyan was extensively 
engaged in the coopering business, and accumulated 
quite a fortune in that line of work. Three of his 
brothers enlisted in the army, La Fayette, John 
and Jonathan, the last-named courageously yield- 
ing up his life upon the field of battle. 

The father, later removing with his fainilj- to 
Madison Count}', is now si)ending the evening of 
his days in Alexandria. Of the happy family who 
once gathered about the old fireside, seven of the 
twelve children are yet surviving, three sons and 
four daughters. The eldest brother, William A., 
is a well known resident of Alexandria. The 
youngest brother, Clarence, is completing his edu- 
cation and is a youth of promise. Lethie, the eld- 
est of the family now living, is a maiden lady, and 
is at home with her parents; Salina is the wife of 
Peter Noble, a prosperous and extensive farmer of 
western Nebraska; Edith married Robert K. Ball, 
a successful farmer and stockman, residing near 
Alexandria. Josephine is the wife of Alva Kauf- 
man, an able teacher in the schools of Summitville, 
Ind. The boyhood of our subject was spent on 
his father's farm, but he enjoyed the adv.-intage of 
a liberal education, completing his studies in the 
Northern Indiana Normal College of Val]iaraiso, 
and spending the 3-ears 1881, '82 and '83 m that 
excellent institution, graduating with honor. Mr. 
Runyan taught for some time, but although suc- 
cessful as an instructor, decided to adopt another 
and more lucrative vocation, and for the past few 
years has been prosperously engaged m stock and 
mercantile trading. 

Our subject began business by buying and sell- 
ing stocks of goods of bankrupt firms in one line 
of trade and has been especial I}- successful in both 
his purchases and sales. Although young in 
years, Mr. Runyan, enterprising and ambitious, has 
become a power in local politics, and takes a high 
place in the public affairs of Madison County. In 
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Township, he is now ably discharging the duties 
of the office to the great satisfaction of Iiis home 
constituents. In 1892 our subject was placed upon 
the Democratic ticltet as candidate for the position 
of County Treasurer and after a hard fight was 
defeated. His popularity liowever was unimpaired, 
and it is confidently predicted that Arlantis Run- 
yan will be the next County Treasurer of Madison 
County. His father was a lifelong Democrat, and 
trained from his youth to a strong belief in the 
principles of the party of the people, our subject 
is accepted by scores of friends as the coming 
standard-bearer of victorious issues. 

September 1, 1886, were married Arlantis Run- 
yan and Miss Belle Bertsche, daugher of An- 
thony Bertsche, a German by birth, and a wealthy 
and prominent business man of Alexandria, his 
residence and store being landmarks of the place. 
Our subject and his accomplished wife are the 
parents of two bright and intelligent little ones, a 
son .and a daughter, Edith and Arthur. Their 
home, one of the pleasantest in the city, is the 
abode of hospitality and the center of attraction 
to numerous friends, both Mr. and Mrs. Runyan 
being social favorites and foremost in good works 
and benevolent enterprises. 



rZEKIEL EGGMAN, a public-spirited citizen 
who has ably occupied various important 
1^^^ positions of local trust and is widely known 
throughout Madison County, has long been one of 
the leading and successful general agriculturists of 
Anderson Township, and a man of sterling integ- 
rity, commands the high regard of the entire com- 
munity among which his busy life is passed. A 
native of Brown County, Ohio, and born April 9, 
1827, he was the son of John and Ruth (Doughty) 
Eggman. The mother was Ixirn in New Jersey 
and reared and educated in her childhood home. 
The father removed from his birthplace to Brown 
County, Ohio, in an early daj- and was numbered 
among the pioneer settlers of the Buckeye State. 
Of the sons and daughters who once clustered in 
the hojne of the parents the following j-et survive: 
Hannah, the eldest daughter, residing in Califor- 



nia; Lydia, a well known resident of Anderson 
Township; Prudence, also living in Anderson 
Township; and Ezekiel, our subject. When the 
latter was only ten years of age his father died, but 
the family continuing their residence in Ohio, our 
subject remained in his birthplace until about six- 
teen j-ears of age. He was educated in the school 
of the district, and attained to youth manly and 
self-reliant. Before he had reached his seven- 
teenth birthday lie accompanied his brother-in-law, 
Uriah Edwards, to Jefferson ville, Ind., where he 
learned the trade of a steamboat joiner, and serv- 
ing a four years' apprenticeship, engaged mainly 
in cabin building. 

Our subject subsequently followed the trade as 
a journeyman and contractor in that locality' a 
number of seasons and later went to Cincinnati, 
working at his trade thei'e four years, and at the 
expiration of that time devoted himself to bridge 
work on the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad. In 
1863 he came to Madison County, and after a 
brief stay in the village of Anderson removed to 
land on section 28, where he settled in the dense 
woods, erected a sawmill and sawed the lumber 
with which he afterward built his own frame 
house. He cleared the land, cultivated the fertile 
soil, and received excellent returns, each )-ear 
reaping an abundant harvest. He yet owns forty 
valuable acres, but has given most of his estate to 
his children. His early life was one of i)rivation 
and self-sacrifice. When a mere youth his good 
father suddenly passed awaj% and Ezekiel was 
obliged to toil earl}' and late to assist his widowed 
mother and aid inthecare of the smaller children. 
His education was necessarily limited, but an am- 
bitious boy, he improved every opportunity of 
increasing his book knowledge, and a man of 
broad intelligence, is mainly self educated. Be- 
ginning life for himself with little or no capital 
save a pair of willing hands and a stout heart, Mr. 
Eggman has been prospered financially, and before 
he divided his property among his sons and daugh- 
ters owned two hundred and forty acres of land. 

Thrice wedded, our subject was first married to 
Miss Margaret Dorsey, who bore him one son, 
John W. The second wife, Mrs. Mary (Oliver) 
Eggman, was blessed by the birth of three chil- 



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dien, all of whom are now livini;. I Ininiali is the 
widow of Thomas Harris; Sarah A. is tlio wife of 
J. W. Gwinn; George F. is the youngest born. 
Mr. Eggman's second wife died August 18, 1892. 
Mr. Eggman is an active member of the Methodist 
Protestant Church, and has served as a Class-leader 
and Trustee, being both liberal in the support of 
religion and an able worker in the good cause. He 
was for some time connected with the Grange and 
was a leader in the organization and Master of the 
Midway Grange. IMr. Eggman was a prominent 
factor in the late Farmers' Alliance movement m 
Madison County, and was likewise formerly con- 
nected with the Knights of Honor, a beneficiary 
order. Our subject was Dictator of Lodge No. 16, 
K. of II., at Anderson, and also for a number of 
years efficiently served as Inspector on the Board 
of Elections. A strong Democrat, and a leader in 
the local councils of the party. Mr. Eggman is 
recognized as a man of extended inthience, and 
enjoys the esteem of a host of friends. Mr. Egg- 
man was again married October 19, 1893, to Miss 
Fannie Janes. 



^^ HAKLIE M. C ANN ADA Y. As a represen- 
(l( _ tative of a profession in which he has 
^^y gained prominence and success, and as a 
member of one of Hamilton County's honored 
pioneer families, Mr. Cannaday is justly entitled 
to considerable mention in this volume. Tiiougli 
scarcely 3'et in the prime of life, he is well and 
favorablj' known as a successful educator, and in 
the discharge of professional duties and obliga- 
tions has acquired local fame. A young man of 
superior intellectual attainments and high order 
of abilities, he is recognized as an honor to iiis 
pnifession and to the community in which he has 
always resided. 

Ill referring to the family history of our sub- 
ject, we find that his paternal grandfather, William 
Cannaday, was a native of Tennessee, whence he 
emigrated north in youth and settled in Henry 
County, Ind. There he spent the remainder of 
his life, and there at a good old age he i)assed to 
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his final reward. Tiie father of our subject Cal- 
vin R. Cannad.ay, tliough now decreased, still lives 
in the memory of his fellow-citizens and the large 
circle of acquaintances to whom his manly virtues 
had endeared him. Doubtless throughout Hamil- 
ton County there w.as no citizen more prominent 
than he, and a few words with reference to his 
career will therefore b(^ approiiriate in this con- 
nection. 

Born in Henry County, Ind., February 21. 1827, 
Caivui R. Cannaday was there reared to man- 
hood. His wife, whose maiden name was Nancy 
I. Walker, was born in North Carolina, but at the 
age of two years was brought to Henry County. 
In February, 1864, they removed to Hamilton 
County and settled in Fall Creek Township, where 
Mr. Cannaday engaged in agricultural pursuits, 
and at the same time followed his trade of a car- 
penter. In addition to these occupations he also, 
for about ten years, was engaged in selling agri- 
cultural implements and machinery in Hancock, 
Madison and Hamilton Counties. The farm on 
which he settled ' originally consisted of eighty 
acres, which has since been added to by purchase, 
until it now comprises two hundred and twenty 
acres. 

A man of deep religious convictions, Mr. Canna- 
day was deeply interested in church work through- 
out his entire life, and did noble service in the 
cause of religion in the community in which he 
lived, always giving liberally of his time and 
means. It was largely through his efforts that 
two houses of worsliip have been oi'cctcd. one in 
Wayne Township and the other in Kail Creek 
Township. The Christian Church edilice in his 
own neighborhood, completed in 1898, is a monu- 
ment to his zeal and faithfulness to duty. He 
died on the 11th of August, 1893, at the age of 
sixty-six years, leaving his wife and the foilovving 
children: C. M., of this sketch; Sophronia J., the 
wife of Thomas Roudebush, of Hancock County; 
George W. and Ulysses C, both of whom live on 
the home farm; William 15.. a teacher residing at 
home; and F.iiiiiia I'"., who is also at home. 

The subjec'l of this sketch attended the common 
schools in boyhood, and worked on the farm dur- 
ing the summer seasons. Later he attended Spice- 



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land AcadeiD}^ for two years, after which he en- 
tered Richmond Normal School. Subsequentl\' he 
spent considerable time in other normal institu- 
tions,and also at Butler Universitj^iu Indi.inapo- 
lis, finisliing his studies at the Indianapolis Busi- 
ness College, where he passed the examinations. 
After completing his studies, he embarked in the 
profession of teacliing, in wliich lie lias since en- 
gaged. 



ILES F. WOOD. Like many of the repre- 
sentative citizens of the count3% Mr. Wood 
is a native of Ohio. He was born near 
New Paris, Preble County, in 1849, and is 
now one of the most successful business men of h^s 
section. A man's life-work is the measure of his 
success, and he is truly the most successful man 
who, turning his powers into the channels of an 
honorable purpose, accomplishes the object of his 
endeavor. Mr. Wood has made the best use of his 
native and acquired powers and is a prominent 
man. He is the son of James S. and Mary (Richard- 
son) Wood, the former a native of Kentucky, born 
about 1808, and the latter of Ohio, born in 1812. 
Our subject's paternal grandfather, Aquilla Wood, 
followed the occupation of a blacksmith; and tlie 
maternal grandfather, Jonathan Richardson, was 
a farmer. The latter died during service in tlie 
War of 1812. Mrs. Wood's mother, whose maiden 
name was Rebecca Austin, was a niece of Stephen 
Austin, who founded the colony in Texas. 

James S. Wood, tlie father of our subject, was 
reared in his native state, on the banks of the Ohio 
River, and was married tliere in 1834 to Miss 
Richardson. In that county they made their home 
until 1850, when tliey came to Madison County, 
Ind., where the father's death occurred in 1872. 
Farming had been his original occupation during 
life and he had been quite successful in this, being 
classed among the substantial men of his township. 
He was but ten years of age when his parents died, 
and from that time on he was obliged to hoe his 
own row in life. In politics he was at one time a 
Whig, but upon tlie formation of the Republican 



party he joined its ranks. Later he was a memlitr 
of the Know Nothing party, and was a man of 
very decided views. Nearly all his life he was a 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but 
later in life, there being no organization of this 
church in his neighborhood, he identified him- 
self with the Christian Church. In every capacity 
he was considered one of the prominent and in- 
fluential citizens of his township. 

Mr. and Mrs. Wood have had the following chil- 
dren: Rebecca, deceased; William H., deceased; 
John S.; Elizabeth, deceased; Francis M., now re- 
siding in Fairniount, engaged in the lumber busi- 
ness; David A. and Levi N., twins. (David A. served 
in Company E, Thirty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and 
died in the hospital at Louisville, Ky., in 1862. 
Levi N. is also deceased.) Isaac B., who resides in 
Summitville, Ind.; Hannah J.; Miles F.; Rosella, 
deceased; James M., of Summitville; and one who 
died in infancy. Our subject was but an infant 
when brought bj' his parents to Madison County. 
They settled first near Alexandria, but subsequently 
moved to Van Buren Township, and when our 
subject was fifteen years of age he enlisted in the 
Union army, Company K, One Hundred and Thir- 
tieth Indiana Infantry, under Capt. Jesse Butler, 
of Grant. He was sent immediately to Louisville, 
K}'., thence to Nashville, from there to Chattanooga, 
on to Ringgold, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, and then 
througli Georgia. On the 17tli of June, our sub- 
ject's company made an attack on a dismounted 
company at Lost Mountain, and there Mr. AVood 
lost his arm. He was taken to the field hos|)ilal 
and from there to Chattanooga and thence to 
Nashville, where he remained one week. From 
there he was sent to the hospital at Louisville, and 
after remaining there seven weeks, was discharged, 
January 3, 186.5. Returning home he engaged in 
selling books as a means to secure mone3' to educate 
himself. After receiving a good English education, 
he commenced teaching and followed this profes- 
sion for six years, at last teaching at Summitville. 
Later he accepted the position of Deputy Sheriff 
of Madison County, and held that position for two 
years. After that he became Deputj- County 
Treasurer under M. Thomas, and during the four 
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leaving the Treasurer's office lie turned bis atten- 
tion to collecting at Summitville, but subsequently 
engaged in tiie hardware business for two years. 
He next ventured in the furniture business in 
connection with collecting and the insurance busi- 
ness, and met with well deserved success. Follow- 
ing that venture, Mr. Wood organized the Summit- 
ville Brick Company, was made President, but Inter 
Secretary, and Is now Superintendent. 

December 24, 1884, Miles F. Wood and Miss 
Cornelia Loder, of Rusli County, Ind., were united 
in marriage. Mrs. Wood is the daughter of .John 
Loder, who is now deceased. One child has been 
born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Mary H. 
In politics, Mr. Wood is a Republican, and takes 
an active interest in all the affairs of that party. 
Fraternally he is a member of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the 
School Board, and has been Justice of the Peace 
for fifteen years. He and his wife are worthy 
members of the Christian Church, in which Mr. 
Wood is Clerk and Su|)crintcndenl of the Sabbath- 
sciiool. 



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ONATIIAN DIPBOYE. In tracing the 
genealogy of the Dipboye family in Amer- 
ica we find that three brothers of that 
name emigrated from France, their native 
(■(iimiiy, and settled in Pennsylvania prior to the 
War for Independence. One of these brothers, 
George M. Dipboye, the grandfather of our sub- 
ject, served in the war and was held a prisoner 
three years. He then escaped by running down a 
channel of water. Later he settled in Virginia, in 
the town of New Market, and passed the remainder 
of ills days with his son, Abraham Dipboye, the 
fatlier of our subject. His wife, Mary Dipboye, 
was a native of (German}'. 

Abraham Diiiboye first saw- the ligiit of day in 
Carlisle, Pa., about 1787, and there grew to 
manhood. He married Miss Rose Anna Goodyear, 
a native of Germany, but who came with her 
parents, George and Arbena (Summers) Goodyear, 
to Pennsylvania when but a girl. In that state 
her parents passed tlie remainder of their days. 



After his marriage, Abraham Dipboye resided in 
Pennsylvania until after the birtli of three chil- 
dren and then moved to New Market, Va., about 
18i;i. From there he moved to Henry County, 
Ind., in 1835, and located on a farm in Fall Creek 
Townsiiip, where he died about one year later. He 
was a plasterer by occupation and followed that 
trade until his death. He was a well educated 
man and quite a linguist, speaking F^nglish, high 
and low(ieriiian,and French with fluency. Studi- 
ous and well posted, he was a brilliant conversa- 
tionalist, and a man well posted on the current 
topics of the day. lie was especially fond of his- 
tory and had a wonderful memory. A woilhy 
member of the Christian Church, he was recognized 
as a consistent Christian iiiiiii. In politics lie was 
a Whig. By attending carefully to business he 
became quite wealth}-, and passed his closing days 
in peace and comfort. His wife died in Henr^- 
County, Ind., about 1873. 

The parents of our subject were married in 
1808, and nine children were given them, (ieorge 
M., deceased, was a jilasterer by trade, and died in 
Delaware County, Ind., while on a visit; Abraham, 
deceased, married Miss Mary Ann Impswiller, and 
died in Middleton, Henry County, Ind.; Joseph, 
deceased, married Miss Lucinda Summers; Daniel 
married Miss Eliza Cummings, and was killed 
while cleaning a well; Jonatlian is our subject; 
Margaret is the widow of Sidney Graves; Mary R. 
was first married to J. Hurley, and after his death to 
Granville Ellison; she now resides in Delaware 
County; Elizabeth, the widow of Andrew Johnson, 
resides in Delaware County; and Serena married 
Daniel Noland, and resides near Chesteilicld. 

Jonathan Dipboye was born in New Market, 
Va., in L819, and remained under the parental 
roof until 1838, two years after the death of his 
father. In 1837 he married Miss Eleanor Bartlett, 
a native of the Old Dominion, but who came to 
Indiana with her father, Robert Bartlett, when 
but a girl. She was an intelligent. Christian 
woman, and her death, which occurred in 1X77, 
was a sad blow to her family and friends. .Vfter 
their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Dipboye moved to a 
cabin in the woods and cleared a farm of seventy 
acres. There this enterprising young couple lived 



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for twenty years, after which they sold out and 
moved to Frankton. There they bought and im- 
proved a farm of one hundred and ninety-five 
acres, and there his wife's death occurred. In 
1883 Mr. Dipboye moved to his present place. 

To our subject's marriage were born eighteen 
children, the following now living: Robert, a 
minister of the Christian Church, resides in Ar- 
kansas; he married Miss Hannah Manliff, and 
has five children. Abraham J. now resides in Co- 
lumbus and is the editor of XX\e Herald; he married 
Miss Emma Overman and four children have been 
born to them. Joseph W. is a minister of the Chris- 
tian Church in Elwood, Ind; he married Eliza- 
beth Fisher and they have four children. Daniel 
J. married Miss Lucinda Bartlett and they have 
one child; he is now superintendent of a lead 
factory in Webb City, Mo. Amanda married 
Jesse Cummings and resides in Middletown; they 
have five children. Mary R. married Rev. An- 
drew Wiley, deceased, and she now resides in 
Madison County, this state; her second husband 
is Henry Adams; she has three children b}' the 
first union and four by the second. Elizabeth, 
wife of Jesse Shill, resides near Elwood, and has 
five children. Margaret Jane, wife of Rudolph 
Waj'meyer, has four children, and resides in Madi- 
son County. Catherine became the wife of George 
May, of Madison County, and they have four 
children; and Lucinda, the wife of James Staium, a 
farmer, entered the ministry when twenty-two 
years of age as an evangelist, and has carried on 
her ministerial duties in a number of states. She 
has four children. Eight children born to Mr. 
and Mrs. Dipboye died when young. 

Mr. Dipboye was married the second time in 
1879 to Miss Alice Terrell, a native of North 
Carolina. She died in August, 1892, in full com- 
munion with the Christian Church, although she 
had formerly been a Baptist. Two children were 
born to this union: Emma B. and Cora Vir- 
ginia Viola. Although our subject started out 
in life with limited means, he has made his 
way to the front and is now in comfortable cir- 
cumstances. In August, forty 3^ears ago, he en- 
tered the ministry, became a member of the Mi- 
ami Conference, and during these forty years has 



organized about forty churches. He is an evangel- 
ist, and has preached about five hundred funeral 
sermons. For four years he was Presiding Elder in 
the Eastern Indiana Conference, and held the 
same position for five years in the Union Miami 
Conference. Now he works as he feels able to. In 
politics he is a Democrat, and socially a Master 
Mason, being Chaplain of Frankton Lodge. He 
is one of the old and honored citizens of the 
county, and has accomplished much good in his 
life. 

SYLVESTER GWINN. Examples of unre- 
mitting zeal, strict integritj- and financial 
success may be met with in every agricul- 
tural district of our country. Especially 
is this the case in Hamilton Countj', where the 
farmers are almost invariably well-to-do, intelli- 
gent and enterprising. As a representative of this 
class, we mention the nam« of Mr. Gwinn, the 
owner and occupant of a farm located on section 
22, Jackson Township. At one time the owner of 
five hundred and two acres, he has given to his 
children three hundred and sixty acres, and now 
retains in his possession one hundred and forty- 
two. Here he engages in general farming and 
stock-raising, and is especially successful in the 
latter branch of agriculture. 

Concerning the father of our subject, we note 
the following: James Gwinn was born in Mon- 
roe (now Summers) County, W. Va., Februar3' 10, 
1811. In youth he removed to Wa3me County, 
Ind., where he married and continued to reside 
until about 1841. From there he went to Madi- 
son County and settled on a farm in Stony Creek 
Township. A man of untiring energy, his success 
in life is proved by the fact that, although he started 
without mone3- or land, he accumulated over 
one thousand acres, upon which he engaged in 
general farming and stock-raising. In the twi- 
light of his life, he now lives retired from active 
cares, and is passing his declining 3ears in the 
quietude of his home. Politicall3- a Democrat, 
he has served as Trustee for one term and also oc- 
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forty years lie has been identified with the Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church, where he is esteemed as a 
man of kind disposition and exemplary habits. 

Tlie Gwinu family is of Irish descent, and the 
fust representatives in America settled in Virginia. 
The grandparents of our subject, Samuel and Eliz- 
abeth (Taylor) Gwinn, were natives of West 
Virginia, where they resided for a long time upon 
the old Gwinn farm. They died at the old home- 
stead and were buried in the cemetery there. The 
mother of our subject, whose maiden name was 
Mary Huntzinger, was liorn in Wayne County, 
Ind., in 1820, and was there married about 1839. 
I lei- death occurred in 1860. She was a daughter 
of .lolin and Susan (Lichty) Huntzinger, natives 
of Pennsylvania, who came to Wayne County, 
Ind.. in an early day. Mr. Huntzinger died in 
Noblcsville at the age of eighty-four, and his wife 
passed away in Madison County. The Huntzinger 
family is of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. 

There were three children in the parental fam- 
ily, our subject being the youngest. Susanna 
married William Prather, a prosperous farmer of 
Ston}^ Creek Township, Madison County, and they 
are the parents of two children, Madison and 
James S. Laban first married Surrena Dellawter, 
by whom he had one child, Grant; after her death 
he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Prather, 
and they make their home in Madison County. 
Sylvester was born in JNIadison County, Ind., in 
1845, and remained with his parents until 1865. 
He then settled on a farm three miles west of Ar- 
cadia, upon which he resided for twenty-four 
years, meantime clearing the land of its heav3' 
timber growth and improving about one hundred 
and twenty acres. From that place he removed to 
a farm on section 16, Jackson Township, and 
later located on section 22, where he now lives. 

The first marriage of Mr. Gwinn occurred in 
1866, and united him with Elizabeth, daughter of 
Nicholas and Saraii Keck. She was a member of 
the Lutlieran Church, and a devoted wife and 
mother. Four children were born of this union: 
James, who married Stella Devaney; Anna, the 
wife of David Hobb, a merchant of Atlanta, this 
state; Alta, who makes her home with her aunt, 
Mrs. Prather, in Madison County; and Sarali, who 



lives with her grandmother. Mrs. Elizabeth Gwinn 
died in 1885, and our subject was again married, 
October 8, 1889, his wife being Amanda, daughter 
of Henry and Fanny (Smith) Sowers, natives re- 
spectively of Germany and Lancaster County, 
Pa. Mr. and Mrs. (iwinn are the parents of two 
children, Mary and (irover. In his leligious be- 
lief, our suliject is in sympathy with Christians, 
but is not identified witli any denomination. Pn- 
litieally he is a Democrat. 



0~ RRIN W. MAIN, a pioneer settler of Indi- 
ana and a lifelong enterprising agriculturist 
and stock-raiser, now cultivating an exten- 
sive farm l(;eated in Duck Creek Township, Madi- 
son County, Inrl., is a native of Ohio and was 
born in 1822. His father, Christopher Main, born 
and reared in the Empire Slate, was a man of en- 
ergy and ambition, and removing westward in 
the very early days, made his permanent home 
in the Buckeye State. There in the wilderness of a 
new country he cleared, cultivated and improved 
a homestead, entering with ardor into tlie promo- 
tion of the vital interests of his new locality. His 
mother, Millie (Weaver) Main, was the descendant 
of practical, industrious and upright ancestors 

i and a helpmate indeed, she cheerfully shared with 
her husband and family the trials and privations 
incidental to pioneer life. 

Our subject, was the eleventh child born to the 

j father and mother, around whose fireside clus- 

: tered a merry liousehold of sons and daughters. 
The parents removed to Indiana while Orrin was 
only a little lad, and journeying by wagon to the 
neighboring state, settled in Henry County in a 
locality sparsely settled and as yet abounding in 

j wild game and possessing but few cultivated 
farms. 

Orrin W. attended the priinitiv;e log school 
houses of Henry and St. Josei)h Counties, Ind., 
and assisting his father in the cultivation of the 
fertile soil, grew up to manhood, earnest, self re- 
liant and well fitted to make his own way in life. 
At twenty-three years of age, he began farming 



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upon his own account in Henry Count3\ Ind. He 
remained there twent3'-four years, devoting him- 
self exclusively to the pursuit of agriculture, and, 
a public-spirited citizen, was intimately associated 
with the rapid growth and upward advancement 
of his part of the state. AVhen about forty-seven 
years of age, Mr. Main left the farm endeared to 
him by many memories of the past, and removing 
to Michigan settled in Buchanan Township, Ber- 
rien County, wliere he remained for fouiteen 
years. At the ex|)iration of this time, Mr. Main 
removed to 8t. .Joseph County, Ind., and con- 
tinued there from the fall of 1889 until March 1892. 
At the latter date, Mr. Main came to Madison 
County, where he has since lived. 

In 1845, Orrin W. Main and Miss Elizabeth 
Branchcomb were united in marriage. Mrs. Main 
was a native of Henry County, Ind. Unto this 
union were born two children, one of whom died in 
infancy. Viola married Wellington Halloclc and 
is now residing in Marion, Ind. The mother, a 
most estimable lady, died in 1865, and in 1866 
our subject was a second time married, wedding 
Miss Esther Sparklin, a lady of worth and fine 
character. She survived to become the mother of 
two children: .Tane, who married William Woods 
and resides in Benton Harbor, Mich., and Mary, 
the wife of Ira Ullery, whose home is in St. .Joseph 
County, Ind. In 1888, Mrs. Esther Main passed 
away, mourned by many friends. 

November 8, 1892, Mr. Main married Mrs. Ra- 
chel (Hiatl) Dickey, the widow of Robert Dickey, 
who died in 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Dickey were 
united in wedlock in 1854, and unto their union 
were born ten children, all of whom excepting one 
are yet surviving. Ambrose, a citizen of Califor- 
nia married Sophronia Johnson; Melissa is the wife 
of Nathan Lane; Mary married Rutherford Austin; 
Rebecca became the wife of Miles Hocket; Jemima 
is Mrs. McRunyan; Etta is the wife of Glen Ham- 
ilton; Lemuel married Gertie Holwell; Elmer and 
Jane are at home. 

Mr. and Mrs. Main are both valued members of 
the Christian Church, and are liberal supporters of 
religious work. The excellent wife of our subject 
is an active aid in benevolent enterprises, and 
possesses the warm regard of man^y friends. Mr. 



Main is a Democrat and is interested in 
and national issues; he is a liberal-spirited 
ever read}' to aid in all matters of public e 
prise. 



\1L^ ENRY FISHER is the son of the founder of 
Ijfj' Fisher's Village, and is himself one of tiie 
/^^^ most prominent residents of this place, 
(^/ with the history of which he ha^ been 
identified from its establishment. For many years 
he has engaged in mercantile pursuits here; he also 
conducts an extensive business asA dealer in stock 
and grain, and owns an elevator in the village. 
His landed possessions consist of eighty acres ad- 
joining the town, a part of which has been placed 
under excellent cultivation. 

In noting the ancestral history of our subject 
we find that his grandfather, Henry Fisher, was 
born in Maryland and migrated thence to North 
Carolina shortly before his marriage to Hannah 
Dillon. He was a man of limited education, but 
sound common sense and accurate judgment, and 
in the pursuit of his occupation of farming be- 
came the owner of valuable property. In 1852 
he removed to Indiana and made his home with 
his children here until his death. His wife died 
in North Carolina. They reared a family of nine 
children, namely: John; Salathiel, father of our 
subject; Noah, Henry, Henderson; Lyda, wife of 
U. L. Leonard; Sallie, who married Lindsa Man- 
ship; Delia, the wife of William Manship; and 
Mary. Politically Grandfather Fisher was a Jack- 
sonian Democrat and a warm advocate of party 
principles. 

Salathiel Fisher was born in North Carolina in 
1811 and received a common-school education. For 
sometime he followed the trade of a blacksmith and 
wagonmaker, but during the latter part of his life 
followed farming pursuits. At the age of twenty- 
two he married Mar\', daughter of Thomas and 
Hannah (Swigett) Northam, who were probably 
natives of New England, while she was born in 
North Carolina in 1812. Politically Mr. Fisher 
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wife were devoted members of the Methodist 
Jlpiscopal Cliurcli. 

Coining to IiuliaiKi in I8r)2 S.ilatliiel Fisher set- 
tled in Hamilton Cnunty and bought one hundred 
and sixty acres of heavily timl)ered land, upon 
which were a large number of poplar and oak 
trees. He added to his original purchase forty 
acres, and lived lo see the larger part of the estate 
placed under cultivation. For a short time he en- 
gaged in merchandising at Fisher's Station, which 
village lie founded about 1872. His death occur- 
red on the 2«th of November, 1873; his wife 
passed away .lune 2, 1877. They were the parents 
of the following children: Henry, the subject of 
this sketch; Elizabeth, who first married John 
Detnoret and afterward became the wife of Thomas 
Hague; Emily C, the wife of (ieorge IManship; 
Thomas A.. .lohn H., and Adelia, who married 
William .Mock. 

In the free schools of North Carolina our sub- 
ject gained Ids education. These temples of 
learning were of a primitive character, contain- 
ing huge fircfilaccs eight feet in width and having 
other piiM)itive furnishings, lleiuw remained with 
his father until lie was twenty-two, after which he 
operated a rented farm for several years. He then 
purchased forty acres, which he cleared of its 
heavy timlier, and to the improvement of which 
he devoted his attention. At various times he has 
engaged in the purchase and sale of land, and his 
speculations in that line have proved profitable. 

At the age of twenty-two Mr. Fisher married 
Miss i\Iargaret Deinoiet. a native of Ohio, and a 
daughter of .lohn and Hannah Denioret. This 
union resulted in the birth of two children, the 
elder of whom, John, married Susie Crosslc}', and 
died leaving one child. Ora. William, the younger 
son. married Amanda Wad^woilli. The mother of 
these children died in 1S,S|, :ind :\Ir. Fisher was 
afterward united in marriage with Mrs. Nancy A. 
(Lacey) Seymour. In the Methodist Episcopal 
Church our subject has served as Class-leader for 
thirty years. Socially he is identified with the 
M.asonic fraternity, being a member of Hamilton 
Lodge No. 530. Politically he is a Republican. 

During the Civil War, Mr. Fisher entered the 
Union army in 1862 as a member of Company F, 



Sixteenth Indiana Infantry, and his regiment was 
assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. He 
participated in many desperate engagements. 
among which may be nientionecl the fullowing: 
Richmond (Ky.), Haines" Uluff, Arkans.as Post, Poit 
Clibson, Raymond, Black Road Bridge, J.ackson 
(Miss.), Carrion Crow, Bayou New Iberia, Hender- 
son Hill, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill. Maiksville, Vel- 
low B.ayou, Brazier City. lloni.M and I loiialdsville. 
He was never wounded, hut was taken prisoner at 
Richmond, Ky., and after three days w.as paroled, 
remaining in the parole camp for two months. At 
the expiration of his jieriod of enlistment he was 
honorably discharged, and returned to his home 
with a record for vali)r of which he and liis friends 
might well be proud. 



,ip^ AL.VriHEL I). STlLrZ. the youngest 
^^^ child of the lumored Indiana pioneers, 
lll/JI Francis and Mary (Petrie) Stultz. natives 

"" of North Carolina, is a highly esteemed 

citizen and representative general agriculturist 
of Washington Tovvnsliip, Hamilton County, Ind. 
Our subject, a man of enterprise and one of the 
promoters of the Northwestern Gas Company, was 
born upon the old Stultz homestead in Washington 
Township, February 8, 18,52. The paternal great- 
grandfather, Philip Stultz, emigrated from Ger- 
many to America, settling in Pennsylvania in a very- 
early dav. He later made his home in North Caro- 
lina, was a farmer by occupation and lived to a good 
old age in Stokes County. His son, also Philip 
Stultz, was born in the Quaker State, but was only 
a lad when he accompanied his parents to North 
Carolina. He attended the common schools of 
the latter state and received a good education. 

Grandfather Stultz married Miss Catherine Ket- 
ner, whose parents were well known and highly 
esteemed residents of the south. Of the eleven 
children who gathered in the home of the grand- 
parents, ten survived to adult age an<l were in 
order of birth .as follows^ Eizabeth, Francis (father 
of our subject), Rebecca, Thomas, Philip, .losepli, 
Sarah, Anna, William, and Fiza. Francis Stultz re 



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ceived a good education in tlie schools of bis home 
district, and attained to mature age. Energetic 
and enterprising he both farmed and teamed in 
Nortli Carolina, liauling whisivej and dry goods, 
and making many a long trip between points. 
The parents of the mother were Daniel and Han- 
nah (Krouse) Petrie, early and esteemed citizens 
of North Carolina. Tlie liome of the parents shel- 
tered a large family of intelligent children, two of 
whom passed away in infanc3'. The twelve wlio 
grew up to attractive manhood and womanhood 
were Margaret E., Charity, Julia A., Nancy, Jo- 
seph, William F. and Mary J. (twins), Minerva, 
Martlia A., Emily, George and Salathiel D. All 
of the last named are living but Margaret E. 

In a very brief time after their marriage the 
parents journeyed to Indiana, where the father 
worked upon the farm of Grandfather Stultz, who 
liad located in Putnam County. Remaining in 
that part of the state from 1832 until 1834, the 
father and mother in the spring of that year 
came to Washington Township and entered one 
hundred and sixty acres of land not over three 
miles from the farm upon which our subject now 
resides. The parents were from early youth de- 
vout members of the Christian Church and active 
in benevolent enterprises. Francis Stultz was a 
Democrat, a man of strong convictions, and was 
well posted in local and national affairs. He 
passed away esteemed by all who knew liira, at 
eighty-one years of age. He and his good wife, 
who yet survives him, shared many hardships of 
pioneer days and lived to enjoy the comforts and 
luxuries of later life, the old Stultz homestead be- 
ing renowned for its good cheer. 

As soon as our subject reached his mrjority he 
began life for himself, working upon the home and 
adjacent farms, but remained with iiis parents 
until twenty-seven years of age, then marrying 
Miss Laura Cox, daughter of George and Sarah 
(Jones) Cox, natives of Ohio. One little one, who 
died in infancy, blessed the union. Mr. and Mrs. 
Stultz both received good common-school educa- 
tions and have added to their early stock of 
knowledge by reading. They are both church 
members, but Mrs. Stultz communes with the 
Christian Church, while oui- subji^et alliliates with 



the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have been 
financially prospered and are surrounded with 
the comforts of life. Before his marriage Mr. Stultz 
owned twenty acres of laud in Boone County, 
to which he afterward added twenty more, and 
possesses a fine property in Jolietville. He over- 
sees his home farm and is also a grain buAcr and 
a busy man. 

The Northwestern Gas Company, of which oui- 
subject was the chief promoter, was organized in 
1890 with a capital stoekn)f 126,000. The officers 
and directors of the company were B. C. Boocher, 
President; M. D. Harve}', Secretary; William F. 
Stultz, Treasurer; Salathiel and George Stultz, and 
James Brendel. The company afterward put in 
a plant at Zionsville, Ind., and subsequently sold 
|!7,000 worth of stock to private individuals. The 
business is a financial success. The officers for 
the present year are W. C. Boocher, President;, 
and George Stultz, Secretary, Treasurer aud Man- 
ager. The organization owns four excellent wells, 
one of them being the best in the township. Mr. 
Stultz was at one time fraternally associated with 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but is not 
now actively connected with the order. He is 
politically a Democrat and a firm supporter of the 
party. He and his worthy wife have a wide cir- 
cle of acquaintances and possess the high regard 
of their home community. 



ETER LA BELLE. Although he has re- 
|) sided in Anderson for a comparatively 

1^ brief period, the subject of this sketch has 
already become well and favorably known 
throughout this city and the surrounding country. 
As an architect he possesses more than ordinary 
ability, and has aided in the construction of many 
of the most substantial and elegant buildings in 
this section of the country. His designs possess 
the merit of originality, and the residences con- 
structed under his supervision are ornaments to 
the city and are perfect, both in exterior appear- 
ance and interior arrangement. 

The family of which our subject is a member 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RPX'ORD. 



iu;uiy generations have been noted for longevity. 
Thf paternal grandfatiier of our subject attained 
lo advanced years, tiie grandfather passing away 
at tlie age of ninety-seven, and the grandmother 
surviving until stie was one hundred and two. 
I'hc fatlier of our subject, Jolin B. La Belle, was 
liorn in France, whence in early life lie emigi-ated 
to Canada and later settled in New York State, 
where he now lives at the age of eighty years. 
During his active life ho was an nrchiteft and 
liuilder. hut is now retired from active l)usiness 



The mother of our sulijeet bore the maiden 
name of Lucy Doclvum .and was born in New York. ! 
where she is now (l«'j;l) living at the age of 
eighty. The family of which she is a member is I 
noted for longevity, her mother having died at 
the great age of one hundred and five years and 
six months. The subject of this sketch was edu- 
cated in the Ft. Edward University, graduating 
in 186,"). After completing his literary studies he 
commenced to read medicine, but after spending 
one year in that way he turned his attention to 
ar(!hitecture, which he studied, first under the in- 
struction of his father, and later in several schools. 
In Keysvillc, N. Y., Mr. La Belle commenced the 
practice of his chosen occupation, and for a time 
resided in that place, meeting with llattenng suc- 
cess financially and gaining a name among the 
prominent arcliitects of the country'. From Keys- 
villc he moved to Troy in 1878, and ten years 
later, in 1888, came west, settling first in Marion, 
Ind. After spending three years in that place he 
came to Anderson, in September, 1891, and here, as 
elsewhere, soon gained a more than local reputa- 
tion as an architect. Among the buildings which 
he has designed may be mentioned tiie Marion 
High School building, the County Infirmary, and 
a very large number of substantial business blocks 
and handsome residences. He has planned the 
best buildings now standing in Anderson, and the 
uniform reliability of his business dealings and 
acknowledged ability have caused his services to 
be in great demand throughout this county. 

On the 28lh of February, 1870, occurred the 
marriage of Mr. LaBelle and IMiss Philomene, 
daughter of John Dolaii, of Cohoes, N. Y. Tliey 



are the parents of three children, Clara Kvaleena, 
Mary and Maude. Socially Mr. La Belle atliliates 
with the Knights of Pythias, being ii prominent 
member of that organization. In political belief 
he is independent, casting his vote for the best 
men and the best principles, irrespective (jf parly 
ties. Although a newcomer in Anderson. Mr. La- 
Belle has by his ability repeatedly demonstrated 
the fact that he is ?/i6 architect of Madison County, 
and has met with unqualified success in the prac- 
tice of his profession in this section. He is at 
present a competitor for the architectural work of 
the ()lymi>ia, (Wash.) State House, showing 
that he is known awav from home as well as here. 



EORGE A. PIHPPS, one of the enterprising 
. and progressive business men (jf Madison 
County, is proprietor of a saw and grist 
mill at Huntsville. He is doing a good business 
and is an important factor in the progress and 
prosperity of the town. A native of Pennsylva- 
nia, he was born in Montgomery County on the 
4th of .January, 1842. His paternal grandfather, 
William Phipps, was of German descent. 

The father of our subject, William Phipps, was 
born near Philadelphia, Pa., and throughout his life 
followed the occupation of farming. He died in 
November, 1880, at the age of sevent3'-six j'ears. 
In politics he was a supporter of Democratic prin- 
ciples. His wife, who bore the maiden name of 
Margaret Aiman, still survives him. They had a 
family of three children, George A., Mary J. and 
Arnold A. The father of Mrs. Phipps, Arnold 
Aiman, was born and reared in Montgomery 
County, Pa., and there followed agricultural pur- 
suits. He married Sarah Redheiffer, who was also 
born in the Keystone State and was of Gorman 
origin. 'I'hoy held mombei-ship in the Episcopal 
Church. 

No event of special importance occurred during 
the boyhood and youth of our subject, which were 
quietly passed upon the home farm. During the 
Slimmer months he aided in the labors of the field, 
and in the winter attended the district schools. 



PORTRAIT AND lUOGRAPH'CAL RECORD. 



After arriving at mature years he chose as a com- 
panion and helpmate on life's journey Miss Ar- 
minta Alfont, daughter of Robert Alfont, of Phil- 
adelphia. By tlieir union has been born a family 
of six children, Margaret E., Benjamin F., Claude 
A., Harry E., Sallie and Hazel N. 

Mr. Phipps began life for himself at the age of 
twenty-five, and in 1869 came to Huntsville, lud., 
where lie entered the gristmill operated by B. F. 
Aiman. There he laliored until 1882, when he 
rented the mill, and in 1891, by purcli.ase, he be- 
came owner of the same. It has a capacity of 
seventy-five barrels per day. He also bought a 
sawmill, one of the oldest in the county, and this he 
now operates. Mr. Phipps is a large stockholder 
in and President of the Pendleton Window Glass 
Company, with which he has been connected since 
August, 1889. It has a capital of $30,000 and is 
a paying enterprise. In his social relations our 
subject is a Mason, and in political belief he is a 
Democrat. He and his wife liold membership 
with the Methodist Episcopal Church and are 
widely and favorably known in this community. 
He possesses those qualities which enable him to 
carry forward to successful completion whatever 
he undertakes, and as the' result of his diligence 
and enterprise has become quite well-to-do. 



ANIEL M. HARE, one of the wealthy 
I jl stockmen of Sheridan, was born in Iligh- 
'^ land County, Ohio, September 16, 1851. 
The first representative of this family in 
the United States was one Jacob Hare, the great- 
gieat-graiidfather of our subject, and an English- 
man bj' birth, who in early life came to America 
and settled in Virginia, there marrying a German 
lad}'. .Jacob, the great-grandfather of Daniel, 
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and 
his son, Daniel, was a soldier in the War of 1812, 
enlisting in Ohio, where he had made settlement 
several j'cars prior to entering the army. It was 
during his service that Philip Hare, father of our 
suliject, was born near Cbillicothe, Ohio, in 1812. 
A man of liberal education, Grandfather Hare 



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was a preacher in the Methodist Church, and was 
known as "Bishop" Hare. Whether or not he 
was ever in reality a bishop is uncertain, though it 
is possible that he received the title from his long 
and continuous service in the Methodist Church. 
As an orator he was eloquent and interesting, and 
always held the close attention of his hearers. He 
died in Ohio," as did his father. He had a brother, 
Jacob, a very eccentric man, who accumulated a 
fortune in real estate in Columbus, .and instead of 
willing it to his relatives, bequeathed it to the city 
of Columbus for the term of ninet3--nine years. 
This property is now worth millions of dollars, 
yet it cannot be touched by any of his relatives. 

Philip Hare was the eldest of nine children 
(three daughters and six sons) and receiving a fair 
education, followed the profession of a teacher 
for some time. His principal occupation in life, 
however, was that of a farmer, in which he was 
engaged until his death in Ohio, in 1881, aged 
seventy-one years. Like his father, he was identi- 
fied with the Methodist Church. He was a prom- 
inent man in local affairs, and served for many 
3ears as Justice of the Peace. One of his brothers, 
Joseph, is a well-to-do farmer in Oiiio. 

Another brother, Huston, was a Methodist 
preacher, and in Iowa served for several jears as 
Presiding Elder. In the Civil AVar he entered the 
army as Chaplain of an Iowa regiment, and being 
taken prisoner, gave up his life in Libby Prison. 
His son, Wilbur, was an artist of some note, and 
entered the service as a member of the regiment 
to which his father belonged. He was taken pris- 
oner at the same time, and like his father, starved 
to death in Libby. Another brother of Philip 
Hare went to Mississippi, where he married the 
daughter of a wealth}' planter and died soon af- 
terward. John, also a brother of Philip Hare, 
was a farmer in Ohio, and died there at the age of 
fifty. Marcus D. Lafayette, served as Captain of 
Company A, Seventieth Ohio Infantry, through- 
out the entire period of the war, and was killed 
by a sharpshooter on the day Lee surrendered, 
after having participated in many of the most 
desperate engagements of the war and escaping 
without a wound from them all. A sister, Sarah, 
married Milton Robbins and lives in Ohio. Mary 



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married a Mr. Duff.y, a soldier in tlu 
•■iiul botli are now deceased. 

The mother of our subject, wliose maiden name 
was Martha Owens, was born at Tracy, near East 
St. Louis, 111., being a daughter of William Ow- 
ens, a farmer and one of the pioneers of Illinois. 
Aside from this we know but little of the family 
history. Mrs. Martha Hare still survives and 
inalves her home in Brown County, Ohio. Our 
suliject is the fifth of a family consisting of six 
sons and five daughters, all of whom with one ex- 
Cf|jtiou are now living. Eleanor died in infancy. 
Sarah married C. R. Boatman, an artist residing 
in Sheridan. Mary married Richard Hilling, who 
died leaving one child; afterward she became the 
wife of Samuel Cowen, a resident of Brown 
County, Ohio. Ellen became the wife of William 
Winters, a stockman of ]>ro-.vn County, Ohio. 
William is a grocer at Sheridan. IVrry follows 
farming pursuits in Ohio. Kate luariicd John 
Campbell, a hardware merchant at Sardinia, Ohio. 
Lewis is a barber in Cincinnati; Eiaiik is engaged 

Receiving a good cduc'dion in youth, our sub- 
ject was a teacher in the public schools before he 
was eighteen. For several years he taught in 
Oliio, and in 1875 came to Indiana, where for a 
number of years he was instructor i,n the schools 
of Sheridan and Boxley. He left the schoolroom 
to engage in farming and the stock business, and 
in the pursuit of agricultural affairs has accumu- 
lated a corapeteucy, being now recognized as one 
of the most extensive stock-dealers in the county. 
He is the owner of two fine farms, and all that he 
has and all that he is may bo attributed to his un- 
aided exertions. 

In 1877 Mr. Hare married Miss Edith, daughter 
of Eber Teter, one of the pioneers of Hamilton 
County, and a sister of the Rev. Eber Teter, Presi- 
dent of the Indiana Conference of the Wesleyan 
Metliodist Church and Vice-President of the Na- 
tional Conference. She is also a sister of Ambrose 
Teter. a lu-orainent farmer of Adams Township, 
of whom, as well as of Rev. Eber Teter, further 
mention is made elsewhere. Mr. and Mrs. Hare 
are the parents of four children, one of whom, 
Lulu, died in the summer of 1893, when in her 



fifteenth year. The others are: I'hilip, a boy of 
twelve years (18'J3); Sidney, who is iiiiie years 
old, and an infant named .lohn H. 

In political opinions Mr. Ilaie is a I'rohiliiti<in- 
ist, with a tendency toward Democracy. He has 
never held or aspired to any political ottice, pre- 
ferring to devote his attention exclusively to his 
private aff.aiis. In his religious connections he is 
an earnest and .active member of the Wesleyan 
Methodist Church, with which his wife is also 
identified. They are numbered among the most 
prominent residents of Sheridan, and are promi- 
nent in the .social circles of the village. 

TJie following is the record of the parents of 
Mrs. Hare: Her father, Eber Teter, was born in 
West Virginia April 13, 180G, and died July 20, 
1878. Her mother, whose maiden name was Mar- 
garet Pliares, was born in AVcst Virginia October 
18, 1813, and died December 22, 1889. Of their 
marriage, which took place June 8, 18.S1, the 
following named children were born: Maliala, 
whose birth occurred April 20, 1832, and who died 
September 7, 1889; Boyd, who was born December 

1, 1833; George, who was born August 25, 1836, 
and died February 8, 1891; Ambrose, whose birth 
took place September 12, 1838; Catharine, born 
September 18, 1840; Isaac, who was born October 
10, 1842, and died October 29 of the same year: 
Sarah, who was born December 2, 1843, and died 
August 13, 1845; Eber, Jr.. whose birth occurred 
January 28, 184G; iVIargaret, wiio was born April 

2, 1848; Solinda,born December 7, 1851, and died 
July 18, 1876; Jacob, who was born March 10, 
1854, and died January 15. 1861; and Kditli. who 
was born January 8. 1857. 



AMUEL STEPHENSON A X I) E U SO X. 
Throughout all Madison County there arc 
few farms containing the valuable itn- 
novements that are to be found on the 
estate owned by the subject of tins sketch. The 
j place is pleasantly located in Stony Creek Town- 
ship, and is embellished with substantial buildings 
and modern farming implements. In addition to 
general farming, Mr. Anderson engages in stock- 



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raising, and as a result of his energy and excellent 
judgment he has gained a position among the 
most progressive of Madison County's citizens. 
Throughout his entire business life, he has allowed 
no obstacle to dampen his indomitable energy or 
discourage him in his undertakings. 

An extended mention of the parents of our sub- 
ject will be found on another page of this volume, 
in the sketch of Edward I. Anderson. Samuel ,S. 
was born in Wayne Township, Hamilton County, 
Ind., on the Uth of February, 1836, and was there 
reared to manhood. In his eiiildhood he was a 
student in the primitive temple of learning 
near his father's liorae, and amid adverse surround- 
ings gained the rudiments of his education. The 
first school building erected in the township was a 
log cabin put up by the senior Mr. Anderson and 
a few neighbors. 

At the age of twenty-five, S. S. Anderson was 
united in marriage with Miss Mary McClintick, 
who died in 1867, leaving two children, James M. 
and Mattie Jane. The son lives near the old home- 
stead, and the daughter is at home. The second 
marriage of our subject united him with Miss 
Martha McClintick, a sister of his first wife, and 
a daughter of George and Lucinda McClintick. 
P\)ur children have blessed this union, Mary Edna, 
Nancy Ethel, George Beal and Elvin Earl. In this 
community the family occupies a high social posi- 
tion, and both Mr. and Mrs. Anderson enjoy the 
esteem of all who know them. 

Having lived in this county for a quarter of a 
century, Mr. Anderson is well known by the peo- 
ple here, and takes an intelligent interest in all 
local affairs, being an adherent of the best princi- 
ples and best men, irrespective of party ties. In 
religious matters, he is a Methodist, and a member 
of the church of that denomination at Lapel. The 
improvements upon his farm have been made by 
his own exertions, and it is now recognized as one 
of the finest estates in the township. The original 
log cabin, in which the family formerly resided, 
has been replaced by an elegant and comfortable 
rural home, erected in 1871. After his marriage 
Mr. Anderson located southeast of his present res- 
idence, but five years later, upon his first wife's 
death, he broke up housekeeping and returned to 



his father's home, remaining there until his second 
marriage. He is a man of excellent judgment and 
firm convictions upon all subjects of importance, 
and is regarded as one of the substantial citizens 
of the com m unity. 



AVID S. OSBORN, who is engaged in 
farming and stock-raising in Clay Town- 
ship, claims Indiana as the state of his 
nativity. He was born in Marion County, 
in 1842. His grandparents, James and Elizabeth 
Osborn, were natives of Virginia, and were of 
Irish descent. The former was a well-to-do planter 
and slave owner, and served in the Revolutionary 
War. His entire life was passed in the Old Domin- 
ion. His children were Elizabeth T., Jonathan, Solo- 
mon, David and Nina. The latter was captured by 
the Indians at the age of fourteen, and after seven 
years was obtained through a treaty. She was well 
treated, but two others who were captured at the 
same time were burned at the stake before her 
eyes. 

Jonathan Osborn, father of David, was born in 
Virginia in 1779, and on attaining his majority 
was married. Five children were born of that 
union: Comfort; Stephen, deceased; Hester; Polly 
and Eliza, both deceased. After the death of his 
first wife, Mr. Osborn married Mrs. Fuller, who 
had two sons, Shelby and Jolin, by her first mar- 
riage. They had three children, Jonathan, Sarah 
and James. After the death of his second wife, 
Mr. Osborn married Nancy Hines, and their chil- 
dren were David, Hulda and Nancy. In 1836, the 
father went to Marion, County, Ind., where he 
bought eight}' acres of land, and entered forty acres 
adjoining. He died in 1874. After the death of 
tlie mother of our subject, he wedded Mrs. W.arcn- 
felts, and after her death Mrs. Jincy Hushaw. 

In the usual manner of farmer lads, David Os- 
born was reared to manhood, and in the common 
schools was educated. On reaching man's estate 
he chose as a companion and helpmate on life's 
journe.y Miss Hannah Roberts, a native of this 
state, and a daughter of Jacob and Ruth Roberts, 



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the former born in Maryland, and the latter in 
Indiana. Eight children graced the union of our 
subject and his wife: John W.; Jacob; Cora, wife 
of Charles Taylor; Emsley, Mellie, George, Francis 
Martin, and one who died in childiiood. 

Tiie parents hold niembersliip witli the Lutheran 
Churcli. Mr. Osboru votes with tlie Democratic 
p.-irly rind takes quite an active part in local poli- 
tics, lie began farming for himself on rented land 
in Marion County, and in 1882 came to Hamilton 
County, where he purchased eighty acres of his 
present I'arm, which now comprises one hundred 
and four and one-half acres. In connection with 
its cuilivation, lie is engaged in runninii' :i thresh- 
ing maciiinc and in raising fine draft iiorscs. lie 
is a man of good business ability, and has become 
a sulislantial citizen, his success having been 
acliievcd through well directed efforts, pcrsever- 



.^?[/ SHER G. WALTON, senior member of the 
'mLM iirm of Walton & Whisler, millers at At- 
lanta, was born in Greene County, Pa., 
January 1, 1836. The family of which he 
IS a member originated in fLnglaiid. His father, 
Jonathan Walton, likewise a native of (ireene 
County, was a child when taken by his parents to 
Indiana, and resided for a time near Harrison. 
Thence he removed to the western part of Ohio 
and engaged in milling. While a resident of the 
r.uckoye State lie volunteered in the Union service 
during the Mexican War, and dying during the 
conflict was buried in Mexico. He was a Whig in 
political belief. 

The mother of our subject, Saraii (Goodrich) 
Walton, was born in Pennsylvania, and was there 
married about 1832. She accompanied her hus- 
band to Indiana in 1842. and later moved to Ohio. 
She was the mother of four childr(ui, our suliject 
lieing the second in order of birtli. 'I'lie eldest, 
William, died aged about twenty years. The 
youngest, P^lizabeth, married Joseph Webbert, and 
both are now deceased: they are survived by two 




children: Asher, who lives in Chicago, and Will- 
iam, also a resident of Chicago. Our subject re- 
mained with his parents until his father enlisted in 
the Mexican War, after which he resided with his 
uncle, A. B. Goodrich, until the death of that gen- 
tleman. Mr. Goodrich was a merchantand woolen 
manufacturer, and our subject worked in tlie store 
during the winter and superintended the mill in 
summer. 

After his marriage Mr. Walton worked as clerk 
for his father-in-law for one year, and then pur- 
chased the business, which he conducted until 
1861. His father-in-law, John S. WollT, then be- 
came a partner in the business, and the linn of 
Wolff & Walton continued until 1867, when the 
senior member retired from the firm. Our subject 
next formed a partnership with Mr. Whetstone 
under the title of Walton & Whetstone. In 1872 
this firm was superseded by Whisler ik Sowers, and 
one year later our subject bought the interest of 
the junior member, since which time the firm has 
been Walton & Whisler. 

In 1858 Mr. Walton married Miss .lulia Wolflf^ 
who was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1836, be- 
ing a daughter of John S. Wolff. Mr. and Mrs. 
AVaiton are the parents of four children, viz.: 
Cora, wife of Rev. W. D. Parr, pastor of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church at Kokomo, Ind., they 
being the parents of three children, Julia, Walton 
and Miriam; Rose, who married L. T. Vancleve. 
pastor of the Christian Church at Ijlooraington, 
Ind., they having two children, Eugcniaand Ruth: 
Edwin, who resides with his father; and Sliirle\- S.. 
a student in the schools of r.looinington Ind. 
The three eldest children are graduates of Emi- 
nence College, in Kentucky. 

Beginning in his active business career with no 
capital, Mr. Walton is now the owner of a business 
block valued at 110,000, a mill worth $25,000, and 
a residence worth |>8,000, besides landed property. 
He is also a stockholder in the First National 
Bank of Noblesville. Politically a Republican, 
Mr. Walton served as Postmaster at Atlanta from 
the administration of President Johnson until 
President Cleveland's first term of oHice. So- 
cially he is a member of Atlanta Lodge, I. O.O. P., 
of which he is permanent secretary. In religious 



POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



connections, both Mr. and Mrs. Walton are mem- 
bers of the Christian Church, in which he is an 
Elder. 



EDWARD E. FITTSFORD. To place on rec- 
ord the principal events in the life of an 
honored and honorable man, to perpetu- 
ate his memory in the hearts of posterity, and 
wreathe around his name the halo of virtue and 
valor, is the pleasant privile<>e of the biograph- 
ical writer. The name of the subject of this 
sketch is one which will live for years to come in 
the memory of his associates and the affection of 
his descendants. He was born in Licking County, 
Ohio, on tlie 28th of December, 1838, and departed 
tins life on the 28th of March, 1890, at his home 
in Richland Township, Madison County. 
I Our subject was the son of Isaac and Sarah 
(Gljnn) Pittsford, whom in liis boyhood he ac- 
companied to Indiana, settling in Madison County, 
upon the farm now owned by James Larmore, in 
Union Township. The surroundings were prime- 
val, and the farmer bo.y had few advantages for 
acquiring a good education. However, he availed 
himself to the utmost of such opportunities as 
were offered him, and through self-culture and 
systematic reading became well informed. His 
time was devoted principally to the work of clear- 
ing and improving the home farm, and earl^' in 
life he gained a practical knowledge of agricul- 
tural pursuits. 

On the 17th of April, 1862, Mr. Pittsford was 
united in marriage with Miss Caroline M. Cham- 
bers, who was born in Madison County, Ind., Feb- 
ruary 16, 1840. Her parents, Hiram and Hannah 
(Thompson) Chambers, were both in North Caro- 
lina, whence in an early day they removed to 
Indiana and settled in Madison County. Of their 
children three survive: Melinda, the widow of 
.loshua Betterton; Emily, the wife of Peter Fosnot; 
and Caroline, Mrs. Pittsford. Upon coming to 
Madison County Mr. Chambers settled in the woods 
of Richland Township, wliere he endured all the 
hardsliips of frontier life. He and his wife resided 



in this county until their death. Mr. Pittsford and 
his estimable wife became the parents of one son, 
Oscar Isaac, who resides with his mother upon the 
old homestead. He married Ida Heagy,' and they 
have two children, Blanche P. and George H. 

Some two years after his marriage Mr. Pittsford 
settled upon the farm in Richland Township, 
where he resided until his death, meanwhile en- 
gaging in agricultural pursuits. A Democrat in 
politics, he served as Supervisor of Richland Town- 
ship and in numerous other positions of trust and 
responsibility. In his religious connections he was 
identified witli the Christian Church, of which he 
was a prominent member. In his death the county 
lost one of its most able and enterprising citizens 
and farmers. With the assistance of his wife he 
became well-to-do, and acquired tlie ownership of 
eight}' acres, upon which Mrs. Pittsford now re- 
sides. She is a lady of kindly disposition and 
phil.anthropie spirit, and an earnest worker in the 
Christian Church. 



;^p*)lMOTHY METCALF, a prosperous gen- 
li^^ eral agriculturist and successful stock-raiser 
^^^^ residing upon one of the best farms in his 
locality, Boone Township, Madison County, Ind., 
has for two-score years been identified with the 
advancement of his present home interests and, 
widely known, is highly esteemed for his business 
ability and sterling integrity of character. Our 
subject is a native of Wayne Count}', Ohio, and 
was born in August, 1843, upon the old home- 
stead. The father, David Metcalf, was likewise 
born in the same jtlace, and the paternal grand- 
parents were among the pioneer settlers of the 
Buckeye State, where they spent their useful lives 
and enjoyed the respect of many friends. Tiie 
mother, Catherine (.Jewell) Metcalf, was the de- 
scendant of a long line of industrious and upright 
ancestors, true and loyal citizens of the United 
States. When our subject was a lad of ten years 
the parents removed from Ohio, emigrating to the 
neighboring state of Indiana and settling in Mad- 
son County, which the}' made their permanent 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



home. The father here profitably engaged in farm- | 
iiig and followed the avocation of a tiller of the 1 
soil until his death in LSCl. 

Mr. Metcalf, then eighteen years of age and a 
self-reliant youth of earnest purpose and intelli- 
gent ability, had worked for his father upon the 
faiin, an<i had also run a sawmill. While a child 
attending the cdminon schools of the township j 
anil tlKiniughly laying the foundation of a good 
education, he was also being trained into the daily 
round of agricultural cares and was early prac- 
tically fitted for his life work as an enterprising j 
and succcssfid farmer. Our subject purchased his 
present farm in IsiM.aiul lias since brought Ins 
land up to a high state of cultivation and im- 
jiroved the broad acres with excellent and com- I 
modious buildings, the Metcalf homestead being 
one of the most attractive i^ieces of property in 
the neighborhood. 

In the year 1864 were united in marriage 
Timothy Metcalf and Miss Lydia E. McMahan, 
danghter of Enoch and Elizabeth (Smith) Mc- 
i\l!ihan. The union of our subject and his es- 
timable wife has been blessed by the birth of five 
ihililren, three sons an(i two daughters. David E. 
married Myra Nelson and lives in Madison ("oun- 
tv. Ind.; Enoch H. married Eva Riinyan and re- 
sides in Boone Township; Albert -I. is at home; 
Lizzie is dece.ased; Katie is with her parents. 

Mis. Metcalf, a lady of worth, is a valued mem- 
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is ever 
ready to assist in religious work or benevolent 
enterprises of her vicinity. Politically a stanch 
Kei)ublican, our subject cast his first Presidential 
vote for Abraham IJncoln in 18()4, and since a 
faithful adherent of the party of reform, takes a 
deep uitcrest in both local and national issues, but, 
never a politician nor desirous of public office, is 
content to do his duty as a loyal citizen at the 
polls. Financially prospered, Mr. Metcalf markets 
the product of his fields in Summitville, Ind., and 
is accounted one of the substantial and thor- 
oughly reliable men of Boone Township, where 
from youth to mature age his career as a neigh- 
bor, friend, husband, father and citizen has been 
distinguished by his unfailing kindness and recti- 
tude, which have endeared him to a multitude of 



friends and won him the high regard of all his fel- 
low-townsmen. 



(t^,DWARI) 1). REAliDON. Among the young 
|W| men who accepted the famous advice given 
/JL-f! by Horace (irecley, "Oo West," and have 
every reason to rejoice that they did so, may be 
mentioned the name of Ed w,ird D. Reardon, an 
influential attorney-at-law of Anderson. .Since 
coming to Madison County he has built up an 
extensive and lucrative practice, and having liecii 
industrious and energetic, in the interests of his 
clients, as well as an eloquent and able advocate 
before court and jury, he has gained an enviable 
reinitation in legal circles throughout the state. 

It is always interesting when considering the 
principal events in the life of a successful man 
to notice, though but briefly, his ancestral history. 
Referring to our subject's lineage, we And that on 
both sides of the house he is descended from a 
long line of Irish ancestry. His father. Michael 
J. Reardon, was born in County Cork, Ireland, 
and at the age of eight years accomijanied his 
mother, uncle and brother to the United States, 
where he has since made his home. Our subject's 
mother, who bore the maiden name of .lulia Dillon, 
was ijorn in Brooklyn, N. Y., about one month 
after her parents emigrated to America. She 
died in 189.3, at the age of seventy-two. 
I Born at Newport, Sullivan County, N. H., on 
I SSth of Octol)er, 1858, our subject received his 
primary eduation in Claremonl, N. H., where for 
a time he was a student in the high school. 
Later he entered the scientific department of 
1 Dartmouth College, where he prosecuted his liter- 
I ary studies for three years. Upon completing his 
collegiate course he read law for three years in the 
office of Hon. Edmund Burke, of Newport, N. H., 
and was admitted to the Bar in 188(1. From 
Newport he proceeded to Rutland, \'t., and fipcn- 
; ing an otHce engaged in the practice of law until 
1888. 

While residing in Rutland. Mr. Reardon was 
j prominently connected with the public affairs of 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



his town and county. From 1883 until 1885 he 
fllled the position of City Prosecuting Attorney 
of Rutland, and under the administration of Pres- 
ident Cleveland he served as Deputy Internal 
Revenue Collector from 1885 until 1888. Upon 
removing westward he made a sojourn of two 
years in Cleveland, Ohio, where he engaged in the 
marble business. Locating in Anderson during 
the year of 1890 he resumed the practice of his 
[irofession, in which he has since engaged. In 
connection with his legal work he is interested in 
the real-estate business, buying and selling lots in 
Anderson and other cities. In all matters of im- 
portance, local or national, he maintains a deep 
interest, and during Presidential campaigns is one 
of the most active workers of the Democratic 
party in the county. 

The marriage of Mr. Reardon, which occurred 
July 20, 1886, united him with Miss Eliza A. Boyle, 
a resident of Troy, N. Y. Mrs. Reardon is a daugh- 
ter of Edward and Eliza D. Boyle, of New York 
State, the former being now deceased, while the 
latter is still living. In the social circles of An- 
derson Mr. and Mrs. Reardon occupy positions of 
prominence and are highly esteemed by their large 
circle of acquaintances. 



m^m 



^Wt, MBROSE TETER, an extensive tile manu- 
i@/ul l facturer and farmer of Adams Township, 

m l4' Hamilton County, was born on the farm 
(^C just west of where he now lives, Septem- 

ber 12, 1838. He is the son of Eber Teter, of 
whom mention is made in the sketch of Rev. Eber 
Teter, presented on another page of this volume. 
As he grew to manhood, he aided in clearing and 
cultivating the home farm, and was the recipient 
of ordinary common-school advantages. After 
attaining mature years he formed a partnership 
with his father in the farm and stock business, and 
continued thus engaged for three years. 

During the Civil War Mr. Teter was a member 
of the Home Guards, of which he was Sergeant. 
He was called to the front during the Morgan 
raid, but this was his only active service during 



the war. In 1872 ho built his tile factory, and 
has been an extensive manufacturer ever since. 
April 16, 1863, he was united in marriage with 
Miss Susan Mills, who was born at what is now 
Carniel, Hamilton County, June 30, 1840. Her 
grandfather was Alexander Mills, and her father. 
Tliomas Mills, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, 
March 13, 1817. But little more is known con- 
cerning the early history of the family. The 
mother of Mrs. Teter, Rachel (Warren) Mills, was 
a member of a prominent and pioneer Quaker 
family of Hamilton County. 

Mrs. Teter is one of a family of thirteen chil- 
dren, five sons and eight daughters, all of whom 
are living, with the exception of two that died in 
infancy. Her brother, William Nelson Mills, was 
a soldier in the Civil War, serving for three j^ears, 
and accompanying General Sherman on his inarch 
to the sea. He is now a resident of Adams Town- 
ship. Another brother, Levi B., also served in the 
late war, and now lives in Arkansas. In her girl- 
hood Mrs. Teter received only such educational 
advantages as were obtainable in the schools of 
the district, although she also had the benefit of 
excellent training from her father, who w.as a man 
of fair education. 

The union of Mr. and Mrs. Teter has resulted in 
the birth of five children, namely: Isabelle, who 
was born P'ebruar^' 20, 1864, and is the wife of 
Oliver H. Mann, residing upon a part of our sub- 
ject's farm; Elmer Elsworth, who was born Novem- 
ber 26, 1866, and is interested with his father in 
the tile factory; Luella, whose birth occurred 
March 17, 1872, and is now the wife of William 
A.Harvey, who operates a portion of our subject's 
farm; Hugh H., who was born March 28, 1875, re- 
siding at home; and Blanchard Garfield, who was 
born September 26, 1881. 

For many years after the organization of the 
Republican party, Mr. Teter was a firm advocate 
of its jirinciples, but of late years he has been 
identified with the Prohibition party. At one 
time he was a candidate for the office of County 
Commissioner, but he fell short of an election. 
During the Fremont campaign he was a member 
of a glee club that traveled all over the country, 
and thus enthused vigor and life into the new 



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party. When seventeen vears of age lie united 
with the Weslyan Clnuoli, and has lived in tiiat 
faith ever since. l\'\> wife is also an active niciii- 

ICIIAEL CAV!.()l;,a hi.yhly esteemed eiti- 
\| zen of Nolilesville, pioneer of the slate, 
and for more than two-score years num- 
bered aiii()n<> its leading agriculturists, 
has ivsidcd in llamillon County since 1851. Ilav- 
iiijj retired fidiii act i\c fnrming duties, he is quiet- 
I3' passing the twilight of his life in a jjleasaiit 
home in Noblesvillc. Here, surrounded by ohJ 
friends and acquaintances, he recalls many remin- 
iscences of the past, and in memory frequently 
dwells upon the scenes of l.s.'iO. A native of Ohio, 
lie was born in iMontgomery County, near Daj'- 
tuii, .luly 28, 18i;5. His father, John Caylor, ,an 
enterprising (4erman. crossed the Atlantic in a 
very early day and settled in Monlgomery C.mn- 
ty. Ohio, wiien the lUickeye State was little more 
than a wilderness. There w.as in fact only one 
cabin in Dayton wiien he courageousl_y set himself 
to work reelaiming the land from its wild condi- 
tion. 

The mother of our subject was Salome, daugh- 
ter of Henry A. Kinsey, both natives of the Old 
Dominion. Michael Caylor spent his boyhood 
days on the old Ohio homestead, meantime aiding 
ill the work of the farm and also attriiding the lit- 
tle log schoolhouse of the district. In l.s;)(i,an ani- 
liitious young man of twenty-three, he determined 
to try life for liimself in Indiana, and journeying 
hither, settled in Henry County, where he success- 
fully engaged in agricultural pursuits for sixteen 
years. In 1851 he made liis In. me in Hamilton 
County, and, as before, devoted himself mainly to 
the tilling of the fertil,' soil ,,f Indiana. In 1,S81 
he located permanently in >;oblesville and relin- 
quished business cares, but still retains the owner- 
ship of his fine farm of eighty acres, higlily cul- 
tivated and unproved witli substantial and mod- 
el 11 buildings. 

In Ohio, ill l«:il, Michael Caylor married Miss 
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.piaintaiic. 



lull 



>{ Maryland, who 
by her circle of ac- 
aiid two S..11S were 



only one is tiow living: Kliza, the widow of W. C. 
Burcliam. A second time entering the bonds of 
matrimony, our suliject in 1871 married .Mrs. 
Mary Schuck, daughter of Henry Crull. ;i well 
known pioneer of Hamilton County. This excel- 
lent lady entered into rest, beloved by all who 
knew her, .Inly 28, 18'.H1. 

Mr. Caylor is a valued member of the ( lerman 
IJaptist Ciiuivh and is a sincere Christian, a liber.al 
supporter of religious work and active In the du- 
ties of the church. .\ Kepuhlii'aii from the forma- 
tion of the party, and po,-led in local .•iiid ii:itional 
issues, he has taken an especial iiilenM 111 m-IkjoI 
and home matter-, and has. without ostentation, 
been an importanl f.-ictur in tlu^ progress and de- 
vekipment of various interests of Ilamiltnn Coun- 
ty. He and his daughter, Mrs. Bureham, reside in 
an attractive but modest home in iS'obles\ille. and 

liurcham. a l.-idy of intelligence and worth, was 
greatly bereaved by the death of her husb,-ind, who 
w.as a man of ability and eiitei prise. 

W. C. 15urcham was born in Hamilton County, 
Ind.. being the son of Henry and Amelia (Sliuler) 
liurcham, natives of North Carolina, but very 
early settlers of Indiana. 'J'he parents had been 
located for some years in Hamilton County, when, 
in 18.'?0, their son Wyles was born. As soon as he 
was old enough he assisted in the work of culti- 
vating the Ihhiic farm, and likewise eiijoyeil the 
benelit of instruction in the i)riinitive school of 
the district. lie was a life-long .agriculturist, and 
w.as prosperously conducting a farm when, in 
1803, he was suddenly killed by the falling of a 
tree. A young man of enterprise, he had cU^ared, 
cultivated and improved a large tract ..f land, and 
was aecouiilcd one of the prominent farmcis of 
Hamilton County. 

In 1854 Jlr. Bureham and Aliss Kliza Caylor 
were united in marriage, and of the union were 
born three children: Mary A., deceased; .M.aggie S., 
wife of B. M. Wood, of Anderson. Ind.; and Wyo- 
tuto Belle, wife of James A. Downing. Valued 



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PORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 



members of the German Baptist Church, Mr. and 
Mrs. Burcham aided in the extension of religious 
work and influence. Mr. Burcham. was an up- 
right and conscientious man, and endeavored to 
be true to every obligation of life as a hush.ind, 
father, citizen and friend, and in iiis untimely 
death Ilamiltun Count)' sustained a public loss. 
Many years have passed sincf! he was laid away to 
rest, but in the hearts of all who knew and loved 
him his memory is ytt green. 



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\1| OIIN SHARP. The subject of this sketch, 
11 one of the most progressive citizens of 
^:^lj Frankton, has become so well known in 
-^^' this community that he needs no special 
introduction to our readers. His friends are many, 
and we therefore feel assured that this record of 
his life will be received with general interest. A 
native of Delaware Count3% Ind., he was born 
August 31, 1841, and is a son of Edward and 
Anna (Thompson) Sharp, the former a native of 
Tennessee, and the latter of Virginia. The paternal 
grandparents, William and Elizabeth (Williams) 
Sharp, were born in Tennessee, and removed to 
AVayne County, Ind., at a ver^y earh- day. 

With reference to the maternal grandfather of 
our subject, David Thompson by name, we note 
the following: His father, Robert Thompson 
was of Scotch parentage and settled in the Colony 
of Virginia prior to the American Revolution. 
He was born in Amherst County, Va., vSeptember 
12, 1771, and during General Wayne's expedi- 
tions against the Indians of the northwest he dis- 
tinguished himself as a l)rave soldier, and was 
rewarded by a letter of grateful commendation 
from the captain of the company in which he 
served. This document we deem worthy of pub- 
lication. It is in the following words: 

"The bearer hereof, David Thompson, has served 
as Corporal in my com])any of riflemen in the 
army of the United States, from which he has 
obtained an honorable discharge. But in justice 
to the said Corpoial, foi- many services he has 
rendered the pulilic, I consider it my duty and am 



fully warranted to say that his conduct ha> 
uniformly met with my approbation, as well as 
that of all other officers who had an opportunity 
to know him. 

"Corporal Thompson was employed in recon- 
noitering the Indian country and paths leading 
to and from their several towns and villages, as 
well as being constantly in advance of the army 
during the campaign. While thus engaged, he 
assisted in taking seven Indian prisoners — all 
warriors except one^frora their towns and vil- 
lages, in order to gain information for our army. 
In accomplishing this great object, several skir- 
mishes ensued, in which he behaved in a brave 
and soldier-like manner, and when the garrison of 
Ft. Recovery, which I had the honor to com- 
mand, was attacked and surrounded by nearly 
two thousand savages, this Corporal Thompson 
made an escape through them, with intelligence to 
the Commander-in-Chief, who was twenty-four 
miles distant from the place. For this service, I 
now beg leave to return him my sincere thanks, 
and hope that all good people who are friends to 
their country may receive and treat with respect 
the said David Thompson, .i reward which he 
has merited. 

"Certified under my hand and seal at Staunton, 
in the state of Virginia, the 29111 day of October, 
1795. 

"Ai.EXAXDER Gibson, 
"Captain in the Tenth Legion." 

At the expiration of his period of service, 
David Thompson was honorably discharged by 
Maj.-Gen. Anthony Wayne, Commander-in-Chief 
of the Legion of the United States. After 
the treat}' of Greenville, August 8, 1795, when 
the troops were disbanded, he settled in what is 
now West Virginia, and there formed the acquaint- 
ance of Mary Swope, whom he soon afterward 
married. She was born September 21, 1775, in the 
old fort in Monroe County, Ind. In 1817 he 
removed with his wife and ten children to Butler 
County, Ohio, and in 1823 to Henry County Ind. 
About 1842 they settled in Salem Township. 
Delaware County, where both Mr. Thonijison and 
his wife died. 

The father of our subject was born in 1801 and 



PORI'KAIT AND P,U)(!KA1>1IIC'AL RECORD. 



7-2S 



grew to manliooc) in Wayne Counly. After his 
marriage he renuived with his hride In Delaware 
County, wliere lie heennie a very siieeessful farmer 
and hirge properly owner, lie was als,. a l)roni- 
ineiil citizen and was deeply interested in public 
affairs. In 1854, at the age of (ifty-three. he died 
of typhoid fever. I n the family of thirteen chil- 
dren, eight ,.f wh are now living. ..ur snIOeetis 

ninth in order of birth. In l.SCO he left his home 
in Delaware County and came to Frankton. where 
he clerked in the store of J. & C. (^uick until the 
spring of 18(12, and then returned home. 

On the 10th of August, I SC,-.', .Mr. Sharp enlisted 
in ('(jmpany 11, Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry, 
and w.as sent directly to the front. He took part 
in the battle of Richmond, Ky., where bis legi- 
ment suffered very .severely, being almost totally 
destroyed and captured. 'I'he Iriiops ri4.nrned to 
Richmond, Ind., and remained there until an 
exchange was made in October. They then went 
to Memphis, where they were .attached to Sherm.an 's 
Thirteenth Army Corps, which sailed down the 
river to attack Vicksburg and then up the Yaz(Kj 
River, i)articipaling in the battle of Chickasaw 
Bluffs. They then proceeded up the Mississippi 
River and took part in the capture of Arkansas 
Post, after which they returned and assisted in 
building the canal across Young's Point. 

In March, 1863, the regiment went to .Milliken "s 
Bend, where Grant organized his Mcksburg cam- 
paign, and the Sixty-ninth Indiana was in 
advance of Grant's forces on the m.'irch across 
Louisiana to the vieinity of Carthage. On tlie 
30th of April they crossed the river, and on the 
1st of May participated in the battle of Ft. (Jib- 
son. On May IGtli occurred the battle of Cham- 
pion Hills; on the 17th the battle of Black River 
Bridge, and on the lOtli the investment of Vicks- 
burg. After the charge of May 22, the division 
was sent to Bl.ack River Bridge to guard the rear. 
During the siege, Mr. Sharp was taken sick, pros- 
trated by sunstroke, and on July 1 was transferred 
to Memphis and afterward to the A'cteran Reserve 
Corps. He was at Washington during the Grand 
Review and received his discharge .hine 2ii, 18(),"). 
He w.as exempt from duty only thirty days during 
the entire service. 



Petuining home after a few months Mr. Sharp 
went to .Missouri, where he remained but a short 
time. Il(^ then laiiie to Fr.ankton and on Novem- 
ber ;», 18t;.-|. married .Miss ,lane, d.-iiight,ei- of ,Iohn 
and l.avina (Heath) (^lick, natives of Ohio .and 
North Carolina, respectively. They remained upon 
the home farm for a year, and then Mr. Sharp 
engaged in farming near Klwood iinlil the fall of 
l,S70, when he eame to Franktcm and embarkeil in 
merchandising under the linn name of ('. (^iiiek .V- 
Co. He continued a member of that lirm until 
September, 187«, after which he engaged in grain 
dealing for Ihrt'e y<-ars, in Frankton and Flw(,od. 
lie next pnrt'hased from .lohn (»uirk a farm con- 
sisting of two hundred acres, and engaged in the 
breeding of Short-horn cattle until the spring of ' 
lS'.);i, when lie sold his farm and stock and i>iir- 
ehased an interest in the Frankton Land ,V Iin- 
pn,ven,enl Company, of whi<'li he is now Presi- 
dent. 

Socially. Mr. Sh.arp is a .Mason. In polities he 
is a stalwart advocate of the Republiean party. 
His career has been a siieei's>fiil one. .■mil his enter- 
prise, good managi'iiient .and |ier>e\'ei.anee have 
won him prosperity. He is one of the most 
p(>[>iilar citizens of Madison. County, and i> kind- 
hearted, generous and benevolent. He is .a man 

and is a citizen whom Frankton could ill afford 
to lose. 



iT^ A.MIKL rRITTIPO. Of the citizens who 
^^^ have added to the prosperity of the vil- 
'|L/j| hige of Fisher's .Switch, perhaps no one has 

"^'' gained a reputation more en viable or a po- 
sition more notable than has the gentleman of 
whom we write. Coming to this place in Novem- 
ber, 1886, he has since engaged in the mercantile 
business here, and now carries a large and varied 
assortment of dry goods, the value of which is es- 
timated at *.'),()()0. The store building is 24x62 
feet in dimensions, and is conveniently located 
for the purposes of trade. 

In noting the parental history of oiir subject, 
we find that he is the son of Samuel Trittipo, who 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



was born in Morgan County, Va., in 1790, and was 
reared on- a farm, making the occupation of an 
agriculturist liislife calling. In the Old Dominion 
he married Miss Phd'be Brooks, and they reared a 
family of nine cliildren to manhood and woman- 
hood, two having died in childhood. The otiiers 
are: Mary E., John W. and Andrew J., all of whom 
are deceased; Margaret, the wife of A. W. Craig; 
Samuel, of this sketch; Daniel, Sarah E.; Matilda, 
who married William Fertig, and Thomas E., de- 
ceased. Politically, tiie senior Mr. Trittipo was a 
Jacksonian Democrat. Removing to Ohio in 1834, 
he settled in Miami County, and from there went 
to Hamilton County, Ind., where he remained un- 
til his death in 1844. His wife passed away sev- 
eral years prior to liis demise. 

Born in Morgan County, Va., in 1831), tiie sub- 
ject of this sketch was a lad of fourteen when 
he commenced to earn his own living and for a 
time thereafter he was employed upon a farm, re- 
ceiving a monthly salary, which, though small, 
enabled iiim to lay by a little for the future. After 
continuing thus engaged for about four years he 
went to California, making the journey by water 
and across the Isthmus to Panama. Upon reach- 
ing the Golden State he worked for a time in the 
gold fields at Weavcrvilie, on the Trinity River. 
Continuing in that wa.>- for a year and a-half, lie 
was quite successful in his efforts and secured a 
considerable amount of gold. Later he prospected 
in the northern part of California, .and then re- 
turned via the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to New 
York, and from iiiere to Indiana b}' rail. 

■ Upon his return to Hamilton County, Mr. Trit- 
tipo resumed farming operations, and for a time 
operated a farm in Fall Creek Townsiiip. In Feb- 
ruary, 18.') I, he embarked in the mercantile busi- 
iness, in which he has since engaged. In 1852 he 
was chosen Postmaster at Fall Creek, and has offi- 
ciated in tliat capacity at various places ever since. 
In addition to merchandising lie superintends the 
management of several farms, and is the owner of 
about eight hundred acres in Fall Creek and Dela- 
ware Townships. In his political belief he is a 
Democrat, and socially affiliates with Hamilton 
Lodge No. 535, F. & A. M. 

The first marriage of Mr. Trittipo occurred in 



Hamilton County in 1853, uniting him with Miss 
Nancy, daughter of Absalom andPoll3- (Humbles) 
Setters. They became the parents of one son, Albert 
AV., who is now in business with our subject, and 
who married Margaret Ringer. Mrs. Nancj' Trit- 
tipo died in 1864, and our subject afterward mar- 
ried Miss Celinda J., daughter of Dr. Robert P. 
and Susan Kimberlin. Their union has resulted 
in the birth of the following children: Robert S., 
Voorhees E., Ethel, Grace, Fletcher and Ray Dell. 
Mr. Trittipo is very popular wherever known, 
and makes a friend of every man he meets. One 
of his most prominent qualities is his sterling 
business character. In his work he is methodical, 
and hi* sagacity in business matters has won for 
him the admiration of all with whom he has deal- 



ANIEL SIGLER, M. D.,isa successful gen- 
)) eral medical practitioner and skillful sur- 
geon who since 1874 has prosperously 
engaged in professional dut}' in El wood, 
Madison County. In 1889 he erected on the beauti- 
ful grounds of his family residence an elegant office 
building, especially arranged to meet the demands 
of his extensive practice. The spacious building 
contains six rooms, the upper floor being used as 
a library, while the main floor is divided into re- 
ception and operating rooms and a laboratory. 
Our subject is a native of Lafayette Township, and 
was born about six miles from Elwood in May, 1843. 
He was the fourth of the seven children of Daniel 
and Elizabeth (Shank) Sigler. The father, a na- 
tive of Page County, Va., emigrated to the north 
in 1835 and settled in Pipe Creek Township with 
his wife and family. He engaged successfully 
in fanning and followed the pursuit of agricult- 
ure all his life. He died at sixty-one years of age 
upon his Indiana homestead, passing away in tiie 
year ISGl. His good wife, also a native of Vir- 
ginia, survived liim many years, entering into rest 
in 1890, at about eighty-two years of age. Dr. 
Sigler remained upon the old farm until eighteen 
years old, and attended the common schools of 



PORTRAIT AND P.KKiRArilJCAL RF.CORD 



r25 



Madison County, later entering Butler rniveisily. 
wiiieli lie .attended one year. 

Oursul.jcct for llie four succecdiii- ycnrs eii- 
gjiged in ^cll.>ol teaehiiiL; in .M;i<li>(m ('(Minty. and 
at the .same time i)ursiied the study of medicine. 
In 180;) abandoning the role of instructor, he went 
to Detroit and attended the lectures of tlie Detroit 
INIcdicMl tulicge. after which lie sctllcl in Tiiitoii 
County; he (•ngagcd in llic iiracticc of medicine 
in tii.at locality until February •20, 1.S7(). when he 
established hiin.self in Elwood. In 1873, tempo- 
rarily relinquisliing liis practice, lie journeyed to 

from which well known iiislitulioii our suhjec't 
graduated with high honor March 1, 1871. Dr. 
.Sigler then returned to Elwood and once again 
successfully resumed a practice second to none in 

fine residence whicii he built on .South Anderson 
Street in 1881, and which, surrounded by ^louuds 
kept in perfect order and shaded by handsome 
trees, is one of the most attractive spots in the 
city. The otlice building, erected at a lavish ex- 
penditure, adds to the a[)pearance of the home !-es- 
idenee anil is a monument to the success and en- 
terprise of the owner, who has acquired an envia- 
ble reputation as a citizen and professional man of 
a high order of ability. 

December .'U. 18(;8, were united in inarri'ige 
Daniel .Sigler and Miss Minerva Tierce, of Frank- 
toii, daughter of Francis Pierce, a prosperous and 
energetic Madison County farmer, and an early 
settler and enterprising ijioiicer in the cnltnic of 
the fertile soil of the state. Into th.- union of 
our subject and his estimable wife were born 
two children, a son and daughter. The son, B. V. j 
Sigler, a young man of great promise, died De- 
cember 23, 1892, aged twenty years. In this ter- 
rible bereavement, Dr. and Mrs. Sigler received 
the sympathy of many friends. Lelia \ivia Sighr, 
four years of age, survives. 

Dr. Sigler is fraternally a member of Quiiicy 
Lodge, A. F. A- A. M. A representative citi- 
zen and a man of the people, he is heartily in- 
terested in all matters of mutual welfare, and as 
a friend to educational advancement, he has 
served with abilitv as a member of the Board 



of School Trustees, and with excellent judgment 
and keen perception h.as materially aided in the 

citizen and honored physician commands the en- 
tire eonlidence of his fellow-townsmen and the 
general public. lie liasa large practice, wliich ex- 
tends far bevond the corporate limits of the city. 




K 

1 1 is said that I 

man to commemor.ate th 

neighbors but soon the ) 

use. Mr. Edwards Iwca 

land-owner and during 

of land to each one of h 



esent spelling i^ame into 
le a large merchant and 
is life gave eighty acres 
> eiuliteen children.' 



•losepli Ilerit.age, the father of our subject, was 
born in Wayne County in 1837, and vvasonei)f four 
brothcis. William E., Henry and Ferry, the oth- 
ers, are thrifty farmers of this neighborhood. In 
18a8 Joseph came to Madison 'County a poor young 
man and settled six miles south of Alexandria, 
but his industry and enterprise have brought him 
one of liu' largest and finesl, farms in Ricli- 
laiid Township, where he is numbered among its 
wealthiest agriculturists, lie married .Sarah A. 
Hughes, a native of Franklin County, Ind., and a 
daughter of AVilliam Hughes, who was born in Ire- 
land, and l)ecame one of the pioneers and highly 
respected citizens of the Iloosier State. Into ,'\Ir. 
and Mrs. Heritage were born nine children. Will- 
iam, Joseph and Emory are successful farmers liv- 
ing north of Anderson; INIarv E. is the wife of Lee 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



T. Waterman, editor and proprietor of the Ander- 
son Bulletin, a daily and vveekl}- newspaper of that 
city; Susan B. is the wife of Daniel F. Doan, who 
is connected with the Lippineott Glass Works of 
Alexandria. 

The subject of this sketch remained njjon his 
father's farm until a youtli of sixteen. He re- 
ceived only the ordinary educational privileges of 
the public schools, but was an apt scholar and far 
in advance of other boys of his age. In his six- 
teenth year he was himself a teacher in the pub- 
lic schools. Soon after he entered tlie Northern 
Indiana State Normal School at Valparaiso, from 
which he was giaduated befoie iiis twentieth birth- 
day. He then [lurchased a farm south of Alexan- 
dria, which for several years he operated through 
the summer, while in tiie winter he again taught 
school. He was for three years one of the most 
successful teachers that Alexandria has ever 
known. 

In 1884 Mr. Heritage was joined in wedlock 
with Jennie, daughter of the late David Tappan, 
who was one of the most prominent farmers in the 
county, and died worth 150,000. Mr. Heritage 
was a far-seeing young business man and years 
ago made investments in Alexandria property. In 
1890 he became connected with the Alexandria 
bank, and in .January, 1893, when it was organized 
as a National bank vvas elected cashier. He was 
one of the party that purchased fifty-five acres of 
land and laid out the Southside Addition and lo- 
cated Alexandria's first glass factoi-y. He was Sec- 
retary of the Alexandria Improvement Company 
from its organization until .January, 1893, when 
he resigned. He laid out an addition to the town, 
helped tooi-ganize the Building and Loan Associa- 
tion and was its Secretary until his duties in the 
bank comiielled his resignation. He is a third 
owner in the block known as the Three H Block, 
owned by llarlan, Hannah & Heritage, three of 
the most solid financial men in the town. He 
is one of four who have just completed the new 
opera house at a cost of '$2r),000. This build- 
ing is on-e of the finest in the state, and would do 
credit to a much larger city than Alexandria. 

Mr. Heritage has aided in the u|)huildiiigof many 
other enterprises, but the above will indicate some- 



thing of the energetic and progressive spirit which 
have made him a valued factor in this community. 
Be it said to his credit that although his father 
was a wealthy man he never accepted financial aid 
from him, preferring to make his own way in life, 
and although he is but little more than thirty 
years of age he is a wealthy man. He may also 
truly be called a self-made man with all the praise 
that the term involves. In politics he is a stanch 
Republican, and although he has never sought 
official honors, he has served on the County Cen- 
tral Committee, and is a member of the City 
Council. He is a Knight Templar Mason, has been 
Secretary of the Blue Lodge, and is now Secretary 
of the Chapter. He has a beautiful home in Har- 
lan's second addition, where with his wife and 
their four interesting children, Bessie, Vera, David 
and Byron, he spends his leisure hours in the en- 
joyment of the fireside. 



KTER FOSNOT, who is a noted reprc- 
I sentative citizen and one of the old 
pioneers of Richland Township, Madison 
County, Ind., is a native of this county, 
his natal day being .January 30, 1830, and has 
passed nearly all his long and honored life here. 
He is a member of a family whose history was 
identified with the state in daj'S of an earlier and 
a simpler style of living. His parents, ,lohn and 
Elizabeth (Michaels) Fosnot, were both natives of 
Maryland, but at an early date moved to Ohio. 
From there in the '20s they removed to Madison 
County, Ind., and settled in Union Township, a 
short distance west of Chesterfield, on the state 
road. 

The country was then a hunter's paradise, and 
here the early settler found food for his family in 
addition to the pleasures of the chase. The tract 
of land on which Mr. Fosnot settled vvas all in the 
woods but a small garden spot, and he erected a 
round log cabin and began to make improvements 
and clear his land. He and his ambitious wife ar- 
ranged their limited household goods in this primi- 
tive house, and in a very frugal manner began 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCOKD. 



tlifir career as pioneers. Tliere tliis worthy con- 
pli' passed their last days, tlic father dying about 
KSKi. Of the c'hihlrcu bdru to Ihciii hut tliree 
survive: Peter, Wilhuiii uud ThmiiMs. Tlie father 
was a man possessed of an unlimited amount of en- 
ergy, and beint;; frugal and persevering, he accum- 



of Joshua Relterton; IMrs. I'^osnol 
widow of IMr. Pittsford. Mi>. I^o- 
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sier State, and was born in Lawrence County May 
21, 1827. Her parents were natives of South 
Carolina, and early in the '30s emigrated toINLadi- 
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of Richland Township. They w('re among the 
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Thomas Benton Hunt, a brother of Mrs. Stanford, 
was a leading politician of Indiana. Our subject 
received her education in the district schools of 
her home neighborhood, and at tweuty-two years 
of age was married. It was upon December 31, New 
Year's eve, 18.')7, that Thomas Stanford and Miss 
Mary .1. Hunt were united in wedlock, receiving 
the he;irly best wishes and congratulations of 
friends and relatives. For thirty-six jears the 
husband and wife shared each other's joys and 
sorrows, but upon February 9, 1H91, Thomas 



POETEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Stanford entered into rest, mourned as a public 
loss. 

Tlie revered husband of our sulijoct, Thomas 
Stanford, was born in Henry County, Ind., May 
1, 1833, and was the son of Thomas R. and Mary 
(Arnett) Stanford. The fatlier and mother were 
lionored pioneers of Henry County, wliere Thomas 
R. survived to reach four-score years of ago. The 
mother likewise lived to an advanced age, and both 
parents were highly esteemed by their old-time 
neighbors. Mr. Stanford was one of twelve 
brothers and sisters, six of whom are now surviv- 
ing and are mostly occupied with farming. Reared 
upon his father'.-, farm and trained up to a full 
knowledge of agricultural pursuits, Thomas Stan- 
ford attained to manhood energetic and enter- 
prising. He had received during his childhood 
advantages of instruction in the district school of 
his home neighborhood and afterward added con- 
stantly to his store of knowledge by reading and 
observation. 

When about eighteen years of age Mr. Stan- 
ford self-reliantly began life for himself by clerk- 
ing in a geneial store, where he remained actively 
employed for the succeeding ten years. He then 
removed to a railroad station called Ashland, and 
was located there for five years. In 1864 became 
with his family to Hamilton County and settled 
on the farm where our subject now resides, but 
three years later made his home in Noblesvilie. 
For four years he successfully conducted a dry- 
goods store, annually handling a large amount of 
merchandise and building up an extensive trade. 
Once- more returning to the home farm, he again 
devoted his time mainly to the tilling of the soil 
and stock-raising, and, a man of enterprise, also 
identified himself with the develo()ment of the 
various interests of his locality'. 

Mr. Stanford was one of the original promoters 
of natural gas in Wayne Township, and, possessed 
of executive abilitj', aided in organizing four nat- 
ural gas companies. He was politically a Repub- 
lican and actively interested in local and national 
issues, and cast his first Presidential vote for .J. C. 
Fremont. Our subject and her husband were 
both long-time members of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church, and lil}('rally aided in religious work 



and benevolent enterprise. In the death of Mr. 
Stanford the county and state lost a valuable citi- 
zen, and Wayne Township lost a true friend, ad- 
viser and co-worker in progressive advancement. 
In the hearts of the widow and the four orphaned 
children the memory of the husband and father 
is as green as yesterday. A kind neighbor, a sin- 
cere friend and upright citizen, he will not soon be 
forgotten by the community among whom his 
presence had so long been a familiar one. 

Of the six children who blessed the union of Mr. 
and Mrs. Stanford, two little ones passed away in 
infancy. Alma and an infant unnamed; Lena L. 
married Frank Patterson, and has three sons; 
Harry H., fitting himself to be a ph^'sician, is now 
studying in the medical college at Indianapolis; 
Clem C. is at home and runs the old farm; Maggie 
B. is at home. These sons and daughters have all 
enjoyed excellent educational advantages and 
have worthily fitted themselves to occupy with 
honor any position of life to which they may be 
called. They are all members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church and are active in good work. 
Our subject, surrounded by her promising family 
of bright, energetic and enterprising young peo- 
ple, finds much to occupy her houi'S, and with 
her children enters into the affairs of the day, 
keeping herself thoroughly abreast of the times. 
Widely' known, Mrs. Stanford and her sons and 
daughters possess the high regard and thorough 
confidence of a host of friends. 



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JOHN A. SMETHERS is a practical and 
progressive farmer of Madison County, and 
an honored veteran of the late war. lie 
resides on section 9, Green Township, where 
he owns and operates one hundred and nineteen 
acres of arable land, which he has himself cleared 
and developed. Tlicrefore the improvements upon 
the place stand as monuments to his thrift and 
enterprise. 

Mr. Smethers was born in East Tennessee March 
28, 1844, and is a son of Philip and Catherine 
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Sniethers, was of German descent :ui<I followed 
faiiniiiij. In an early day he eamo to rendleton, 
1 11(1.. 1ml. ,'iftcr a t>w yc:n> returned to Tennessee. 
Ill the tall of ISIS he a-ain eaiiie to Pendleton 
and lioiiijlil one hundred and twenty acres of land 
a mile and a-half west of the village. On that 
farm he died in J8(!;). In i)olilios he was a Dem- 
ueratiiiitil ISlWl.wheii lie liecanie a Pepulilicaii. He 
wedded Mary Crumhand reared the rollowiii<r chil- 
dren : Samuel, who died in iMissouri; Philip; Kli,who 
died in this county; Jesse, who die(] in Iluntsville; 
.lohii, who died on the home farm; .lames, who 
served a> Coiiioial in the l-;ii;lity-niii tli Indiana 
Infantry and is now liviuu' in PeiHlleton; and 
Mrs. Nancy Welty, of Kansas. 

Philip Sniethers, a native of Tennessee, came to 
Indiana with his parents in the early settlement 

of the ( nty. and in IS-IS l,,cal,.d in Green 

Township, wliere he died in ISCl. at the age of 
forty-four years. His widow still survives, at the 
age of seventy-five. She ua> horn in Tennessee 
and is a daughter of .lolm \\'(|i\. a farmer and 
cooper. liy her niarri.agc she lua-ame the mother 
of three rliildren. .lolm A.: William K.. of Colo- 
rado, who served in the Thirty-ninth Indiana In- 
fantry during the late war; and Parliara K. Steele, 
of Kansas. 

Ppon the home farm the suliject of this sketch 
was reared to manhood, and at the age of eighteen 
he began to earn his own livelihood by working 
as a farm hand by the month. The country found 
in him a valiant defender during the late war. 
lie enlisted in August, 1862, as a member of Com- 
pany B, Eighty-ninth Indiana Infantry. IIi! was 
taken prisoner at Munfordsville, but was soon 
parolled, and, after being exchanged, went to 
Memphis, continuing with his regiment until dis- 
charged in August, 18()1, after the Red Hiver ex- 
pedition. Returning to his home he resumed 
farming, which he has since followed. 

In March, 1869, Mr. Smethers married Lydia, 
daughter of Wesley White, a pioneer farmer of 
Madison County, who died about fifteen years ago. 
His widow still survives him at the age of eighty- 
nine years. They reared a large family of nine 
children. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Smethers have been 
born seven children, Willard E.; Edgar, who died 



at the age of six; Lecta, who died at the age of 
four; Leroy, who di(^d at the age of a ,\car and a- 
half; May A., Kliior.a aii<l Rosalie, wh,. died in 
Florida. 

In October, 1871, .Mr. Smethers located upon 
the farm where he now resides, and has since de- 
voted his energies to i(-s cultivation, lie has spent 
several winters in I'"lorida, where he owns an 
orange grove of ten acres. He e\eri:iscs his right 
of franchise in support of the Republican party, 
and faithfully iierforms his duties of citizenship. 
Himself and wife are highly esteemed throughout 
the community, and liave the warm regard of a 




^. LBERT GORDEN. One of the men who 
'■ @//^l l made Alexandria the thriving city of six 
housand souls that it now is, is Albert 
Gorden, a shrewd, successful and far- 
sighted business man, who has bent the force of 
circumstances to his will, and is now in an inde- 
pendent financial and an enviable social position. 
Perhaps it is not to be wondered at that he is tlie 
liublic-spirite<l citizen that he is when it is known 
that he is a nativ; of Madison County and has 
spent his life witliin lier borders, lor self-interest 
has by no means been the mainspring of his ac- 
tions, and he has done many disinterested deeds 
that stand greativ to his credit. He was born 
Novemlier 5, 1854, his |)arents being .lames and 
Susan Ann (LaRue) Gorden, both natives of the 
Old Dominion. The paternal grandfather, Ander- 
son Gorden, came to Madison County in 1840, and 
was accordingly one of its very first settlers, and 
eventually one of its progressive tillers of the 
soil. The maternal grand|)arents, .lacoband Mary 
R. LaRue, were of Irish descent, and were al- 
ways highly regarded in the sections in whicli they 
resided. 

.lames (iorden was born in 1820, and in a very 
early day became a resident of .Madison County. 
.Soon after his marriage he met with an accident 
which resulted in the loss of his right leg. He 
was engaged in running a threshing machine, and 



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while managing the horse-power accidentally 
stejiped between the heavy cog wheels, which 
crushed his leg nearly to the knee. This accident 
occurred when he w.is just in the prime and vigor 
of young manhood, and at a time when his energy- 
was laying the foundations of at least a comfort- 
able competency. This ill luck however, did not 
lower his courage nor diminish his pluck and his in- 
domitable will, ambition and determination car- 
ried him successfully through this trying time, lie 
devised a pattern from which he made an artifi- 
cial leg, which served him well all his life, ami 
tiie winter following his accident he worked at the 
shoe trade. Thenext spring he continued his ag- 
ricultural operations on a farm which he purchased 
in Delaware County, consisting of forty acres, but 
a short time thereafter he sold his farming inter- 
ests and purchased eight}' acres in Madison 
County, which is now a part of his fine estate. As 
a tiller of the soil he was remarkably successful, 
for his ideas were original and always practical 
and in a very few years he became extensively en- 
gaged in the buying and selling of cattle and 
other stock, although he commenced in this busi- 
ness in a small way. His natural adaptability for 
this line of business, his keen judgment and fore- 
sight insured his success from the start, and he was 
supplied with capital by his very good friend John 
Darrow, with whom he was associated for several 
years. This partnership was at last dissolved by 
mutual consent, and during the six years that Mr- 
Gorden continued the business he handled over six 
thousand head of cattle. He kept adding more 
land to his first purchase of eight}- acres until he 
became possessed of four hundred and eighty acres 
of as fine farming land as is to be found in Madi- 
son County. His death occurred .January 12, 1887, 
at the age of sixty-seven years. He was one of 
the most prosperous and successful of men, and 
made his mark in the world notwithstanding ad- 
verse fortune. 

Albert Gorden was the fourth of his father's 
eight children, seven of whom are living, and pos- 
sessed the same natural (lualities as his father for 
speculation and successful business dealings. He 
was connected with his father in his business until 
he was about twenty-four years of age, when he 



purchased for himself a farm of forty acres, 
and for some time was engaged in farming and 
stock buying. His first ventures, which were al-^ 
most failures, owing to adverse circumstances over 
which he had no control, only tended to make 
him more deteruiined and ambitious. In 1887 he 
became interested in real estate at Alexandria, and 
moved with his family to that place to live, and 
here he eventually became one of the ten men 
who first organized and started the boom for that 
place, which at that time only consisted of seven 
iiundred inhabitants, or thereabouts. He is one of 
the principal stockiiolders in the new opera house, 
and besides his other interests in Alexandria is the 
possessor of a fine farm of two hundred and ten 
acres in Monroe Township. 

Our subject was united in marriage on the 5th 
of November 5, 1878, to Miss Frances R. McLead, a 
daughter of Spencer and Elvira (Beebe) McLead, 
both natives of Ohio, who removed to Madison 
County in 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Gorden have had 
three children, Herbert, born October 20, 1886, 
being the only survivor; two died in infanc}-. 
Mr. Gorden is a member of Alexandria Lodge No. 
235, A. F. & A. M., and his political faith is cen- 
tered in the Republican party. 



J/ AMES MADLSON PLUMMER is not only a 
prominent farmer of Madison County, liid., 
but has been a most successful educator in 
' this county for the past thirtj'-one years. 
Broad-minded and liberal, he is in favor of reform 
and progress, is a liberal patron of educational 
literature and a wide reader. He has been a life- 
long resident of this county, his birth occurring 
here November 27, 1841, and the people have had 
ever}' opportunity to judge of his character and 
qualifications. His parents, Henry and Perlina 
(_Ring) Plummer, were natives of North Carolina 
and Kentucky, respectively, and his grandparents. 
Philomen and Mary (Means) Plummer, were na- 
tives of the old North State and of Irish de- 
scent. Great-grandfather Plummer was born in 
the same state and was a great plai 



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slave-holder. He was a Rtvolulionary soldier. 
Tlio maternal g-randpareiils, Klijali and Mary Mor- 
ton Kill-. u(_'rf natives of llir Old l),.uiiiii..n, liut 
ifiuuvi^d from there to Kentucky at an early date, 
and from tliere to Indiana still later. There tlie 
closing scenes of their lives were passed. 

Henry I'lummer, father of our subject, airom- 
l-aiiied his |,:ueiils lo Wnyne County, hid., in 
ISIIl. and was only four yeais old when the .jour- 
ney was made. He grew to manhood in that 
county, and although liis educational advantages 
were limited he was naturally of a studious turn 
of mind, and through his desire for learning and 
eagerness to seize u[ion everything liable to in- 
crease his store of knowledge, he not only ac- 
([uired a good idea of business, but became an 
educator of considerable note, teaching for many 
years. He took an active interest in .'dl political 
and religious affairs, and later in life bec.-ime an 
elder and minister in tlie church. Mr. I'lummer 
was a natural logician and was very strong in de- 
bale or argument. About I.S2(I he removed to 
Madison County. Ind., and there made his home 
until his deatli in I.SSl. when seventy -eight years 
of age. He was a man of decided views, but was 
pleasant and agreeable in his manner of advancing 
them, and was highly respected in his coinnninity. 
For two terms he was County Commissioner, and 
he was also Trustee of his township for a number 
of terms. He voted the Democratic ticket and 
was a life-long member of the Christian Church, a 
successful farmer and a prominent .-md representa- 



est 



.'s .Ma.li 



I'h 



if wIk 
his b, 



mng- 
,• liv- 



a log schoolhouse, but during his school days he 
saw the log cabin reiilaced by a more pretentious 
brick structure, and the educational advantages 
gradually improved. His education in the com- 
mon schools was supplemented by a course of 
study in the graded higii schools of Milton and 
.\nderson. He is one of the veteran school teach- 
ers of INIadison Countj-, having taught thirty-one 
consecutive j'ears here. He is a clear thinker, a 
logical reasor.er, an expressive talker, and has ever 
h.ad unique, orderly and systematic methods in ed- 



ucational work. On the tlh of November, I8G9. 
he was married to Miss Martha .\nn Franklin. 
daughter of lienjanim F. and .Maiy (I'ersonett) 
Fraiddin, natives of New Fngland and descend- 
ants of the great philosopher and statesman, Ben- 
jamin Franklin. To our suliject and his wife was 
born one child, Henry Franklin. Mr. I'lummer is 
a menibcidf the I'-nrmers' Mutual Benevolent As- 
social ion, and is :dso a member of the Christian 
Church. • His political views harmonize with those 
of the Democratic party. Mr. I'lummer is the 
owner of a good farm, but much of his attention 
is Lfiven to educational woik. 



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Lr.KRT RANDALL is a general agiuail- 
turist of Il.unilton County. an<I owns one 
himdicd and ten acres of arable land sit- 
uated in Delaware Township, lie is a na- 
tive of Indiana, having been born in Wayne 
County, August S. ISS."}, and ha> been identified 
with the delopment of this state during his entire 
life, having aided in the growth of its material 
interests and the progress of its prominent indus- 
tries. 

The father of our subject, .loseph Bandall, was 
born ill South Carolina in l.SO:!, and was reared to 
manhood in the stati' of his birth, receiving a 
somewhat limited education in the common schools. 
Early in life he began to earn his living, and from 
youth was self-suii|iortiiig. For a tinu; he worked 
by the month on a farm, and later was employed 
in a distillery. Coining north he located in Pre- 
ble County, Ohio, and there married Sarah, daugh- 
ter of Jonathan Roberts. 

After his marriage, about Ls.i 1. .losciih Randall 
migrated to Indiana, and emliarked in farming 
pursuits in Wayne County, where he sojourned 
for a number of years. In 1841) he came to Ham- 
ilton County and purchased one hundred and 
sixty .acres of land, which had been partly im- 
proved. -Unto this, as time passed by, ho added 
until he became the owner of two hundred and 
twenty-three acres, comprising one farm. He and 



POxiTRAlT AND BlOGRAPmCAL RECORD. 



Lis wife became the parents of the following chil- 
(iren, namely: Mary, deceased, formerl3' the wife of 
A. Jcffi-ies; Elihu, deceased; Enos; Albert, our sub- 
ject; Louisa, the wife of Isaac Bond; Jonathan, 
Walter; Gulie; Elnia, who married William Jeff- 
ries, and Elam, deceased. The mother of these 
children died in Hamilton County, about 1856. 

By his second marriage, which united him with 
Mis. Sarah Mendenhall, Joseph Randall had a 
familj' of four children, one of wliom died in in- 
fancy. The others were: Elmiia, Melvina and 
Lincoln W. In politics Mr. Randall was promi- 
nently identified with the Whig party, and was a 
friend to all public and progressive measures. In 
liis religious belief he was a Quaker. His death 
removed from the community one of its most en- 
terprising and affable residents and honored pio- 
neers. 

At the age of nineteen our subject rented a 
farm and commenced the work of tilling the soil, 
lie continued as a renter until 1864, when, having 
saved his earnings, lie purchased eighty acres (a 
portion of his present farm) and has since added 
to the original purchase, until he is now the owner 
of one hundred and ten acres. The improvements 
and substantial buildings which now adorn the 
place are the result of his efforts, and stand as 
monuments to his thrift. At the time of purchas- 
ing this property, he did not have sufficient cash 
to pa}' the entire amount, and had to incur an in- 
debtedness of more than S.3,000. However, he has 
been so prospered that he now owns a good home 
and owes no man. 

The marriage of our subject, which occurred 
when he was nineteen years old, united him with 
Miss Mary E., daughter of John and Eliza 
(Keeler) Applegate. Mrs. Randall was born in 
18;i.'j, upon the farm where she now resides. She 
is the mother of ten children, as follows: Clara, 
who married H. Lloyd; Fremont; Mary, the wife 
of Charles Fisher; Ellen, who married Thomas 
Woolman; Layton W.; Frank; Charles; Amanda, 
Mrs. Luther Wise; Harmon and Claude. The 
children have been given excellent educational 
advantages, and are prominent in tlie various 
communities where they reside. Mr. and Mrs. 
Randall are earnest Christians, and are active 




members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 
his youth Mr. Randall was a Whig, and since the 
organization of the Reiuiblican party has advo- 
cated its platform and principles. 



E. JESSUP, who resides on section 3, 
Oj Clay Township, Hamilton County, was 
li here born May 6, 1858. His grandfather. 
Abraham Jessup, was born in Guilford 
County, N. C, in 1773, and came of an old Mas- 
sachusetts family. When a young man he emi- 
grated to Wayne County, Ind., making the trip 
on foot with an elder brother. He entered land 
near Richmond, and in 1832 emigrated with his 
family to Hamilton Count}-, where he entered one 
hundred and .eixty acres of land, and afterward 
purchased an additional eighty acres. Near Rich- 
mond, he was married to Hannah Wright, and 
they had the following children: Polly, Jane, 
Hannah, John C, Elizabeth, Rachel, Alfred and 
IJllis. The father was a member of the Friends' 
Church, and voted the Whig ticket. lie died in 
1852. 

John C. Jessup, father of our subject, was h(irn 
in Wayne County in 1817. Ho received a limited 
education in the common schools, and at the age 
of twenty-five was married in this county to 
Maria, daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Lyon) Sharp. 
She was born in Rush County, Ind., in 1825, and 
her parents were natives of Kentucky. Her father 
served in the War of 1812, and in an earl}' day 
came to Indiana. When Mrs. Jessup was ten years 
old he removed from Rush to Hamilton County, 
and for six weeks lived in a camp while the log 
cabin was being built. On his marriage Mr. 
Jessup received eighty acres of land from his 
father, then built his log house and began life in 
true pioneer style. Five children came to bless 
the home: Selvester, who was killed in battle at 
New Hope Church, Ga., May 10, 1863; Hannah, 
the wife of William Ilussey; Nanc}', the deceased 
wife of Martin Carey, and twin sister of Hannah; 
John W. and Alfred E. The father of this familv 



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was a failliful iikmiiIu.t <>{ the Frii-iuls' Cluiivh. 
and in politics was a Wliii,' and Kei)ulilii'an. lie 
owiiod and improved one hiindicd and uiglity 
acres of land, besides giving some to Lis ciiildien, 
and was a snccessfnl stoci<- raiser. Ho passed away 
September 18, \»\H. U\- wife still survives him 
and makes her home with hei- youngest son. 

A. K. .h'ssup remained under the pareTital roof 

aginy; the home, lie receive<l eiglily-live .'icres 
of his father's estate, tu wliieli he has .•nldeil from 
time to time until he iidwinvns a line f;inii of 
one hundred ami seventy-live acres, under a high 
state of cultivati.in and well improved, lie is re- 
garded as one of the le:iding agriculturists of the 
community. 

In l.ssi Mr. .lessup married l-;va. daughter of 
Morns and U.aehel ( 1 liel t ) .lessup. She wa- horn 
in Henry ('(Uinty. hut was reared in this county. 
Four children grace their union: Clarence, Will- 
iam, Gretclicn and Laura. 

Mr. Jessup is a member of Carniel Lodge No. 
1(11. l.O. (). F.,aiid (aniiel Lodge Xo. :!.-):., K. of 1'. 
In politics he is a IJepiililicaii, and in l><s.s wa^ 
elei'ted Township Trustee, which position he has 
since filled with credit to himself and satisfaction 
to his constituents. He is a worthy re|)resentative 
of an honoreil pioneer family, and he liimself is 
'familiar with the ex|ierienees ai 
frontier life, feu- he has always li\ 



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:()11X CROSSLKY is numbered among the 
prominent citizens of New Hritton and has 
^~^mi been identified with the development and 
f^^J growth of this village since the time of lo- 
cating here. A plasterer by trade, he has followed 
that occupation throughout his entire active life, 
in addition to which he h.as also engaged exten- 
sively in farming, and is tlie owner of forty acres 
where he now lives, beside- .-in eiglity-:iere tract 
located in Noblesville Township. I lamilton ( 'ouiity, 

ship. 

Amid the picturesque scenery of the Blue 



.Mountains, in Lehigh County, I'a.. the subject of 
this sketch lirst opened his eyes to the light Octo- 
ber 20. ISlC, and there his h(yho(jd days were 
<piietly passed. Little is known concerning the 
history of his ancestors, but the family records 
state that Lis grandfather w.as born in F^ngland, 
whence he and his wife, whose maiden name was 
Custer, emigrated to the United States shortly he- 
fore the War of the Revolution. He w.as a crip- 
ple, and on that account did not enlist in the 
army. 

The father of our subject, .lohn Crossley, Sr., 
was born in rcnnsylvania, and was reared in a 
village in that state, where he learned the trade of 
a stone mason and plasterei. He followed these 
trades, as well as that of a car|)eiiter, throughout 
his active life, and also engaged to some extent in 
farming pursuits. Purchasing a sm.all farm in Co- 
lunihia County, P;i., where he made his home for a 
numbei of years, and Later <lisposing of that place, 
he came to IIamilt(ui County, where he reinaine<l 
until his death. 

The marriage of Mr. Crossle_y, Sr., united him 
with Mary, daughter of George Mosher, the latter 
being a farmer by occupation. He was a soldier in 
the Revolution.-iry War. He enlisted at the begin- 
ning of thatconllicl and served until its close, 
anil while in active service was several times 
wounded. .Mr. and .Mrs. Crossley became the par- 
ents of eight children, two of whom died in 
childlio(jd. In the order of birth they were named 
Mary, John, Rachel, F:iizabeth (deceased), Lucinda, 
Margaret, Harriet and .lames, the three last-named 
being deceased. 

At the age of eighteen our subject began to 
work on a farm by the month, and later learned 
the trade of a plasterer. Coming to Hamilton 
County in is.'is he followed his trade exclusively 
for some time, after which, in partnei>hip with his 
father, he purchased eighty acres of uniini)roved 
land, which he cleared and improved. His next 
purchase consistcil of the forty acres upon which 
he now resides. In Noblesville Township he mar- 
rieii :Mi>s Susan, daugliter of Conrad and Susan 
(Hinbaugh) Weaver, and they were the parents of 
eight children, one <»f whom died in infancy. The 
Others are William, John Weslev, Andrew Jaekisoii, 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Amanda, wife of David Ringer; Sarah; Rachel, 
who inanied R. Law; and Susanna, wife of John 
Fisiier. Mrs. C'rossley died at her home on the 
25th of December, 187L 

A Democrat in politics, Mr. Crossle3' served as 
Township Trustee for tliree j-ears under the old 
law. He has also rendered . efficient service as 
School Director for a long period, and drew the 
first money ever used for school purposes in Dela- 
ware Township. He is known for his sturdy 
championship in the past of every measure calcu- 
lated to benefit the community, and has always 
been progressive, fearless and honest. To him 
and such as he is due the material advancement of 
the village of New Britton, and he is recognized 
as one of the foremost citizens of this place. 



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SAAC D. BOSWORTH, one of the prominent 
I business men of Anderson, and the owner of 
one of the largest planing mills and lumber 
3'ards in this section, was born in Montgomery, 
Hampden County, Mass., June 5, 1835. He is the 
son of Isaac and Asenath (Bush) Bosworth, both 
natives of Hampden County, Mass. The father was 
by occu[)ation a farmer and carpenter. In 1856, 
he came west to Illinois, locating at Kankakee, 
where he remained ten years. He then removed 
with his family to Sauk Rapids, near St. Cloud, 
Minn., where he bought a farm, and resided there 
until his death August 17, 1893, at the age of 
eighty-sis. He is a member of the Methodist 

Tiie mother of our subject was born in IMassa- 
chnsetts in 1809, and is the daughter of Zadoch 
Bush, a farmer by occupation, who died in 1825. 
The Bush family were of English descent, the first 
settlement of tliem being in Westfield, Hampden 
County, Mass.. in 1G66. Of the children born to 
Isaac and Asenath Bosworth, six are living, of 
wiiom our subject is the eldest. The others are, 
Mrs. Eliza J. Trask, who is at home: M. A., propri- 
etor of a planing mill and luinlwr yard at Vinccn- 
iies, Ind.; Marcus F., on the farm in Minnesota; 



Mrs. Mary J. Guild and Mrs. Martha Kealer, resid- 
ing in Minnesota. 

Isaac D. Bosworth, our subject, remained in 
Massachusetts until about twenty-two years of age, 
and was educated in the common schools of his . 
native county, and later spent three j-ears at the \ 
Willbraham Universit}'. In 1857, he came west to 
Chicago, and from there went to his father's home 
in Kankakee County. The first winter there he 
taught school. He remained with his father on 
the farm until twentj'-six years of age, assisting 
with the work. On the 30th of August, 1861, he 
enlisted in Company G, Thirty-ninth Illinois | 
Regiment, and went to the valleys of Virginia, 
where he served uuder Generals Banks, Shields and 
Foster; in the expedition of South Carolina under 
P. Q. Gilmore, and then went back to Virginia under 
Butler, at Petersburg. He was iu the engagements I 
at Winchester, Port Republic, Suffolk, Black Water, 
Morris Island, Ft. Sumter and Petersburg, and 
never received a scratch, although out of five bunk 
mates he was the onl.y survivor. In front of the 
Burnside mine, he was mustered out and honora- 
bly discharged in the fall of 1864, his term of ser- 
vice having expired. 

Upon his return home, our subject engaged iu 
farming for one y<;ar, and then took up his work 
as a carpenter. In 1869, he went to Anderson to 
look after some legal business, but finding that it 
would require his presence tliere for perhaps a 
year, he went to work at his trade, and soon en- 
tered the Eagle Chair factory as a partner, and in 
1873 disposed of his interest. In 1874 he formed 
a partnership with his brother, Melas A., under the 
firm name of Bosworth & Brother. Their business < 
grew to such pro|)ortions that they removed from 
North Main Street to No. 13 North Meridian 
Street. They purchased that corner and engaged 
in the lumber and planing mill business. 

In 1885, Mr. Bosworth bought his brother's in- 
terest and remained in that location, where he had 
a building 36x100 feet, three stories high. In 
1891, the business had grown to such proportions 
that better facilities and more room had to be pro- 
vided for it. Our subject removed to Jackson 
Street, near the Big Four Railroad, where he erected 
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feet of lloor space, lie suM the corner on North ' they 
Meriiliaii Street for $1.')() per front foot; this men: 
plnec h;i(l originally cost him only -"^UildO. 'I'lie tern: 
mill is provided thronghout with the latest 
|iroveil machinery and steam enuiiie. lie mn 
facliM-es s;ish. ,lo,,rs, lilinds. eti-.. for the track 
An.lerson and the snrioundiii" countrv. Th 



•e one chihi, Ai 
.f the Methodist 



the Knights of I'vtl 



Thelumher yar.lin connection with the mill is<,ne 
hundred feet wide, and two and one-hal f blocks 
lon.ti'. with a, slied .'l-'idx-il feet, (wo st.ories hinh. In 
l.ssi; Mr. liosworth put in an electric light plant in 
whicli a two hundred horse-power engine is used, 
and of the capacity of one thousand incandescent 
and ninety-five arc lights. 

In l.sCT, Isaac D. IJosworth and Asenath Wynn 
\vei-e united in marriage at Kinnuindy, JMarion 
('(jnnty, III. She was the daughter of Rev. .loini- 
than and Asenath (.lanes) Wynn, who were from 
New York. Her father was a minister in the 
Metiuidist Episcopal Church, and died in Illinois. 
Mr. and Mrs. Bosvvorth are the parents of three 
chihlreii. .Asenath Luella, who was educated in 
Anderson, is the wife of William Poling, .manager 
of the electric light plant; Alda Estella is attend- 
ing the Female College at Columbus, Ohio; and 
Isaac (J. is at school at Manlius, N. V. The mother 
of these children passed away .lune i:!. l.s:i;i. Mr. 
I'.oswoith is a member of Major .M.ay Post, (i. A. 
i;., and w.as on tlie staff of the Dep irtnient Com- 
mainler at llic Milwaukee Eneam|)ment. He is a 
supporter .and attendant of the :Methodist Episco- 
lial (linrch. In politics he has always been a 
Republican. an<l takes an active part in all the 
work ol Ih.at party. 

William S. I'oling. the son-in-law of our subject, 
who married .Vsenalh Euella liosworth, is the man- 
ager of the electric light plant. He was born in 
Logan, I'erry County, Ohio, in 1.S67, and was 
educated ;il the Northwestern University, at Ada, 
Ohio, from wliich he graduated in 1888 with the 
degree of Ph. (;. He came to Anderson the same 
year and engaged in the drug business. In l.s.s'J 
he became a clerk and then took an interest in the 
business with his father-in-law, our subject. In 
1891, he married Mr. Hosworlli's daughter, and 



.surer of Madi- 
lougli his long 
lerests of Rich- 
inely imi)roved 
this sketch has 
u'li throughout 
>• enterpri.se to 
lint.ains a deep 
s elTorts have 
laterial welfare 



if t;eor 



yKKMS HEA(;V. Tliroii 
with public alTairs as N 
,, „ son County, and .also 
association with the agriciill ura 
land Township as the owner of 
farm on section 4, the subject 
become widely and favor.ably 1, 
this section of country. In e 
which he gives his support In 
and unwavering interest, and 
resulted in the promotion of th 
of the township. 

Born in Cumberland County 
of October, 1818, our subject is 
and Elizabeth (Black) Heagy, both of whom were 
natives of Adams County, Pa. Crandfatlier lilack 
enlisted as a soldier during the War of the Revo- 
lution, and for gallantry and distinguished bravery 
was promoted from the ranks to the position of 
Captain. The ancestors on the paternal side were 
ecpially patriotic and loyal. 

Weems Heagy was reared to in.anhood upon a 
farm, receiving only a limited education. At the 
age of seventeen vcars he commenced to learn the 
trade of a carpenter and joiner, .at which lie >ei ved 
an apprenticeship of three years and afterward 
was engaged for many years as a contractor. Mi- 
grating to Indiana in 1839, and locating in 
Wayne County, Mr. Heagy was there married in 
February, 1845. The lady who became his wife 
was Miss .Jane K. Ib.ilmes, who was born in Del.a- 
ware, July 1, 1822. She was a child of three 
years when brought by her parents, Robert and 
Eliz.abeth (Ellsberry) Holmes, to Wayne County, 
Ind., where amid pioneer environments she was 
reared to womanhood. Jlr. and .Mr.s. Heagy are 
the parents of seven children, six of whom are 
now living, viz.: George, a resident of'Richland 
Township; Caroline U., the wife of Jasper Nelson, 



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of Peoria, 111.; Marj' J., who married Henry Burk, 
and makes her home in Anderson, Ind.; .Josephine, 
the wife of R. A. F. Miller; Wilson M. and Fran- 
cena. Elizabeth is deceased. 

In the siiring of 1848, Mr. Ileagjcame to Madi- 
son Count}-, and in 18.53 located upon the farm 
where he has since resided. His first purchase 
consisted of eighty acres, to which he has added 
by subsequent purchase until at one time Lis 
landed possessions aggregated two hundred and 
eighty acres. He is now the owner of one hun- 
dred and ninctj'-eight acres, mostly under good 
cultivation and embellished with first-class im- 
provements and suitable buildings. For a num- 
ber of years after coming here he made his home 
in a log house, and in 1863 moved into his pres- 
ent residence, which is a comfortable and con- 
veniently arranged abode. With no moneyed 
capital, but with an abundance of industry and 
patience, he and his wife have accumulated their 
present property, and have become well-to-do. 

As a Democrat, Mr. Heag.y has been inseparably' 
.associated with the political affairs of his town- 
ship and count}' for a number of years, and has 
filled many of the most important positions with- 
in the gift of his fellow-citizens. For several 
years he served as Trustee of Richland Township, 
and also rendered efficient service as Treasurer of 
Madison County. In his social relations he is 
identilied with the Masonic fraternity, being a 
member of the lodge at Anderson. In former 
years he belonged to the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, but is not now actively connected 
with that organization. 



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^^ AMUEL E. HANNAH. As a representa- 
^^^ tive of the progressive and successful 
Iv^UJ) farmers of Madison County, especial men- 
tion belongs to the subject of this sketch 
whoconducts general agricultural operations upon 
section 8, Richland Township. Tlirough the ex- 
ercise of careful man.agement in the conduct of 
his business affairs, he has become the owner of 
one hundred and ninety-three acres, which he has 



embellished with first-class improvements, and 
upon which he engages in general farming and 
stock-raising. 

Born in Wayne County, Ind., on the 8th of 
April, 1854, our subject is the son of Hugh and 
Rebecca (.Jackson) Hannah, natives respectively of 
Ireland and the state of Pennsylvania. His ma- 
ternal ancestoi'S were Quakers, and were promin- 
entl}' identified with that society for several 
generations. His father emigrated from Ireland 
to the United Slates, and became an early settler 
of Wayne County, Ind., whither he came with his 
parents in his childhood. He remained closely 
identified with the growth and progress of his 
adopted home until his death, which occurred in 
1860. His widow still survives (1893) at the age 
of sixty-seven, and makes her home in Marion 
County, Ind. 

The only survivor of the parental family is the 
subject of this sketch, who was a child of six 
years when he was orphaned by the death of his 
father. He then accompanied his mother to Illi- 
nois and resided in Kendall County for several 
3'ears, attaining his education in the home schools. 
There his mother was a second time married, be- 
coming the wife of Joshua Holston, with whom 
she returned to Madison County, Ind., and settled 
upon the farm now owned b}' .James Laws. Mr. 
Holston died upon the home farm in April, 1879. 

In Richland Township, Madison County, Samuel 
Hannah spent the most of his childhood years, 
and there he was a student, first in' the common 
schools and later in the grammar schools. For 
about two years he attended the Chicago High 
School, and subsequently entered the Rockfoid 
University, at Rockford, 111., where he prosecuted 
his studies with diligence and success for one year. 
On the 27th of December, 1876, he was united in 
marriage with Miss Florence, daughter of .John 
Tap|ian. a prominent resident of Madison Count} , 
Ind. This union resulted in the birth of one 
child, a son, Everett, who was born on the r2tli of 
May, 1879. 

As a member of the Republican |iarty, Mr. 
Hannah takes a deep interest in the public affairs 
of his community. For three years he served as 
Assessor of Richland Township, and has occupied 



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other positions of public trust. In 1892 he was 
a candidate for the office of County Commissioner 
on the ticket of the Republican parly, but was de- 
feated by his opponent, Henry Brounenberg, wiio 
had a majority of one hundred and sixty-two 
votes. As the county is sti-(.)ngly Democratic, the 
fact that he was defeated by so small a majority 
proves tiiat he lias the friendship, not only of his 
chosen party, but also of the opposing i)olitical 
organization. 



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■JllrDGK WILLIAM GARVKH. 
II of the l',ar of NoblesviUe, a 



ntate Senator, 



(^> an>ong the n.« 
NoblesviUe, vvliere for 
ducted a large general 
Known throughout II: 

and succc-sful legal ' 

tidence of numerous c: 



Nestor 
formerly 

St iullueulial citizens of 
a iialf-century he has con- 
practice in all the courts. 

milton County as an able 

idvocate, he has enjoyed 
the iiigh regard a;id con- 

lents and the general pub- 



lic, and is to-day one of the most popular men in 
his locality. Born in Butler County, Ohio, July 
1'.), ISIO, be is the son of Leonard and Catherine 
(Fisher) Carver, natives of North Carolina and 
eai'ly settlers of the Buckeye State. 

Leonard Oarver emigrated from his native state 
to Oliio in 1790, and entered with the enlliusiasm 
of youth into the experiences of life u|)on the 
frontier of civilization. He spent the remainder 
of his days in Butler County, where he passed 
away at the advanced age of eighty-seven 3'ears. 
The lemote ancestors of the Garver family were 
sturdy Germans. The paternal grandfather was a 
native of North Carolina and was a man of in- 
dustry, highly respected bj' his friends and neigh- 
bors. He was a Democrat politically, and a firm 
advocate of the principles of tlie party. The 
mother of our subject, who was born in North 
Carolina, was the daughter of Jacob Fisher, a hero 
of the Revolutionary War and later a pioneer 
settler of Butler County, Ohio, removing tliither 
in company with Leonard Garver, the two men 
being life-long friends and associates. 

In Butler County, Ohio, our subject spent the 
dajs of his boyhood, and received his education 
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in the common branches of study in the little 
subscription school of the home neighborliood. 
An ambitious yoiitii, he d(!termined to acquire a 
profession, and u|)oii attaining to his majorit,y, 
entered the law ollice of .ludge i'.lackroid, in 
Indianapolis. The .ludge, nlio |.icMde(l in the 
Supreme Court, also at one tune instructed a class 
of law students, and under liis able advice Mr. 

I Garver prosecuted his studies for two years. In 
ISII.lic was :idniiltcd to the I'.arnt I ndiaiKi p„lis, 
and iluiiiig the same year located in Ni)bl(.>ville, 
and, o|.H'ning an otlice, soon enjoyed an cxlcnded 
clientage and successful practice in all the courts. 
In 18().'), Mr. (Carver was appointed .ludge to 
lill a vacancy, and di>elia]ged the responsibilities 
intrusted to his care with lidelily. In IStifi. he 
was elected Judge of the Common I'leas Court, 
and at the clo.se of his four-year term of judicial 
olUce was re-elected, and again in 1874. Not long 
afterward the Legislatuie aliolisbeil the C.iurt of 

' Common I'leas. Many years before, in 1.S47, be 
was elected to the State Senate, representing Ham- 
ilton, Tipton and Boone Counties, and served a 
term C)f three years to the great satisfaction of 
his constituents. In 1876, he i<>pie>ente<l in the 
State Legislature the counties of llainilton and 
Tipton, and performed the duties of thai (.Ibee for 
one term. While in tiie Senate he was Chaiinian 
of the Committee of Finance, and while in the 
House served as Chairman of tlie Committee on 
tlie Organization of Coiiits, and look an active 
part in botli sessions in general legislative mat- 
ters. 

,More than two-score years ago Hon. \\'illiain 
Garver was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Ham- 
ilton County. He also served for four years under 
President Buchan.an as Special Mail Agent in the 
Postolflce Department. Before the Civil War a 
strong Democrat, he has since been a pronounced 
Republican. In \xr.2. be organized the lOighty- 
ninth and One llundied and Fii>t Indiana Regi- 
ments, and took command of the latter, which was 
incorporated with the Fourteenth Army Corps of 
the Army of the Cumberland. As Colonel of the 
One Hundred and First, he actively participated in 
the battle of Stone River, and later was engaged at 
Vaught's Hill, where he aided in repulsing i^lor- 



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wan and compelling him to flee from the countiy. 
Afterward, on account of severe sickness, lie was 
obliged to resign. 

In September, 1842, William Garver and iMiss 
Eliza J. Stephenson were united in marriage. The 
estim.able wife of our subject was the daughter of 
.lohn B. Stephenson, a pioneer settler of Hamilton 
County and a man universall}^ respected for his 
ability and sterling integrity. The companion of 
Mr. Garver's early life passed away in the year 
1852, beloved by all who knew her. Afterward 
our subject was united in marriage with Miss 
Eliza .T. Ray, an accomplished lady, and daugh- 
ter of Ex-Governor Ray, a pioneer governor of 
Indiana, a genial and courteous gentleman, of fine 
attainments. Mrs. Garver died in 1870, mourned 
by a large circle of friends and relatives. She had 
borne her husband eight children, of whom six 
sons are surviving, two daughters being deceased. 
William is a prosperous physician of Anderson, 
Ind.; Frank successfully conducts a fine farm in 
Hamilton County; -Jesse resides in Montana; Rev. 
Leonard J. is a Congregational minister, holding 
a pastorate in California; Albert is a skillful medi- 
cal practitioner of Cicero, Ind. 

The present wife of our subject was formerly 
Mrs. Talitha Pierce, widow of the late Henry 
Pierce, a merchant at Marion, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. 
(larver are devoted members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, and are liberal givers in behalf 
of good works and benevolent enterprises. They 
occupy a high social position and receive the con- 
fidence and sincere regard of a wide circle of 
friends. Few men can show a longer or more 
enviable record of public work than our honored 
subject, whose course in life has ever been dis- 
tinguished by courage, rectitude and the unfail- 
ing enterprise characteristic of a true American 
citizen. 

FNOS KUTLKDOK. There is no greater 
pleasure for the hand and pen of the his- 
/l' — '^ torian or biographer to perforin than to 
record the life and achievements of a man who be- 
gan life's battles under adverse circumstances and 



who through his unaided efforts has secured the 

; general acknowledgment of being an honest man, 
a worthy citizen and a prosperous farmer. Such 

1 a man is Enos Rutledge, one of the leading agri- 
culturists of Madison County. A native of the 

I old North State, born February 18, 1844, he is the 
son of William and Susan (Phillips) Rutledge, 

; both natives of North Carolina and of English 
descent. 

Our subject's paternal grandfather was a prom- 
inent citizen, and for several years was Sheriff of 

I Surry County. He was also a heavy manufact- 

j urer and carried on an extensive business in the 

I iron trade. The maternal grandfather, William 
L. Phillips, was a man of much prominence, and 
a prosperous planter of North Carolina. When 

; our subject was sixteen years of age he was left 
fatherless, and he being the eldest of seven chil- 
dren, all the responsibility and care of the family 
devolved on his brother William and himself. On 
July 14. 1864, when twenty years of age, he left 
home, and turning his face towards the setting 
sun landed in Indiana. He first settled in 
.Jefferson, but later went to Indianapolis, and from 
there to Winchester in 1872, making the distance 
on foot. F'or some time he was engaged as a farm 
laborer, and then came to Delaware County, where 
he rented a sawmill, which he conducted veiy 
successfully until October, 1874. 

At the last-mentioned date he came to Madison 
County and took charge of a mercantile store at 
Gilraan, continuing there for two years, when he 
engaged in the sawmill business in partnership 
with J. W. Miller. His principal business interests 
have been at Oilman, and he owns a fine farm of 
two hundred and twelve acres near that place, be- 
sides his mill and other property. He is one of 
the live, wide-awake, enterprising citizens, and is 

[ worth at least $20,000. He is endeavoring to 
make his town a manufacturing center, for it h.as 
the location of natural gas and other advantages 
to offer the manufacturer. With the push and 
energy of a few such men as Mr. Rutledge there is 

I no reason why this little town should not become 
a very important place. 

On August 31, 1875, Mr. IJutledge was married 

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and Harriet (Wooley) Miller, liolli natives of 
Camden, Oliio. (See sl«'tch of .l.-ic<,l, IMiller in tlic 
Delaware Counly liistoiv.) i-'oui- cliildren have 
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hulledjre, but only two 
are now living: Hattie, born January 6, 1880, 
and Ruby Agues, Itorn February ;{, 1890. Our 
siilijeet lias slniwn bis apprecialion of seerct 
organizations by lieconiing .'i niemlier of the 
Masonic fraternity, Alexandria Lodge, No. 2.'5.5. 
In politics he is a Democrat. As a business man 
Mr. Hutledge has been unusually successful. He 
is broad and liberal in all his dealings, and aside 
from his fanning and milling operations, he 
engages extensively in the live-stock business. 



^M LFRHD U. PAINTER, of the Phillips Land 
^/ l l ^ *^''*^ Company, and proprietor of the 

III It Alfred M. Painter Addition to Alexan- 
^jj dria, is one of the pushing, energetic and 

thorough-going business men. It is the men of 
broad and comprehensive views who give life to 
coininunities and build cities — men who in the 
darkness of adverse circumstances, as well as in 
nioie favorable periods, look beyond the clouds 
and have the pluck-, energy anil foresight to 
push forward their enler|)rises, extend speculation 
and fairly wrest success from calamity. Just such 
a man is Alfred M. Painter, one of Madison 
County's best business men. He was born in 
Monroe Township, Madison County, Ind., Sep- 
tember 20, 1841, to the mai'riage of (Jeorge 
Washington and Keziali (Marsh) Painter. lie 
comes of good old Virginia stock, for his father 
was a native of that state, as was also the grand- 
father, Alexander Painter. The great-grandfather 
was a native of Germany, who first settled in 
I'ennsylvania when coming to this country, and 
later in the Old Dominion. 

Althougii Alexander Painter was a Virginian, 
he never owned slaves, in fact was greall}' opposed 
to slavery. He brought his family to the Hoosier 
State as early as 1825, and settled in Henry 
Count}', where he lived to be nearly one hundred 
years old. He had four sons. The eldest, David, 



■Jl 



County, 



continued on the old lioniestead in lb' 
where he die<l in the spring ot l«'.t:f. age.l eighty- 
three yeais. Cbiislopber died in Henry County 
in 1882, and Kperson died in Fulton County, 
Ind., in 1880. The father of these children was an 
excellent citizen an<I a worthy member of the 
Methodist Eiiiscopal Church. George Washington 
Painter, one of the foiu- sons mentioned above and 
the father of our subject, was born in Virginia, July 
23, 1811, and was one of the pioneers of Madison 
County. He experienced many hardships in this 
new couTitry. lie lost his first piece of I:iiid. but 
finally, in LSIO. purchased one hundred and sixty 
acres near Alexandria, for which he gave ^100. 
He was obliged to rini in debt for this, but at his 
death, which occurred in 1885, when seventy-four 
years of age, he was (jiiite a wealthy man. His 
wife was a native of the IJuckeye .State, but when 
a child came to Indiana with her |iaiiiils. and 
later went with them to Illinois. There her 
parents p.assed the remainder of their d:iys. .Mis. 
Fainter <lied in IKCI. 

The original of this notice w.as sixth in orderof 
birth of twelve children, nine sons and Ihrie 
daughters, and of this family six .•ire now living, 
five sons and one daughter. The eldest son, 
.Samuel D., was a mule and died when lifly-six 
years of age; Silas 1'., who is a fanner residing 
northeast of Alexandria, married Dorcas Heritage, 
and has four children; George A., a farmer near 
Alexandria, married Miss Alvina Norris, and they 
have live childreu; he has been .Iii^tiee of the 
Peace for many years; William I!. inarrie.I Sai.ah 
J. Smith and followed farming until his death 
in 1863: he had two children; James A. died 
when four years of age; Alfred M. is our subject; 
Lewis M., who was a soldier in tlie Civil War. 
died in 187;»; Mary died young, as <iid also 
Sarah; Noah W. has been twice married, first to 
Miss Lucinda Ray, who died leaving two children; 
later he married Mi.ss Pluebe Kippy, and they 
have five children: lie lives on bis father's old 
homestead: Ferriii F. lias been twice married, first 
to Miss Mary Kicfer; and the last time to .Minnie 

I Willey; he has made a fortune in the contract- 
ing and real-estate business and is now in the real- 

I estate business in Alexandria. The only sister 



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living is Margaret J. L., who has remained single. 

Alfred M. Painter had limited educational 
advantages in the pioneer schools of Indiana, for 
much of his time was spent in clearing up his 
fatlier"s farm. He was engaged in the arduous 
duties of the farm when the Rebellion broke out, 
and although he was not twcnt_y years of age 
when the call for three hundred thousand men 
was made, he flung down the implements of peace 
and took up the weapons of warfare. He promptly 
enlisted in August, 1861, in Company E, Eighth 
Indiana Infantry, and was mustered into service 
at Indianapolis September 5. He went immedi- 
ately into the enemy's country, first in St. Louis, 
then in Jefferson City, and his first baptism of 
rebel fire was at Pea Ridge. After this he was 
through Arkans.as and Missouri, until he was taken 
sick and had to go to the hospital at St. Louis. 
In the spring of 1862 I'le joined his regiment at 
Iron Mountain, Mo., and soon after was sent to 
take part in the memorable siege of Vicksburg. 
Following this he was in New Orleans, Mobile, 
etc., and up the Rio Grande River to Ft. Aspranda, 
where during the winter of 186:5 he w.as trans- 
ferred to the Sixty-ninth Indiana. In thespring he 
was on the Red River exj^edition and then went by 
boat on the Mississippi River, the Gulf and James 
River to Washington. His command was sent into 
Maryland after the Confederate General Early 
and he spent some time in the Shenandoah Valley. 
He was finally honorably discharged at Harper's 
Ferr3', September 5, 1864. 

Returning to the farm in 1865 he married Miss 
Samantha Finch, who was born in Madison County 
and who was the daughter of J. G. Finch, a 
pioneer blacksmith. Mr. Painter continued on the 
farm for seven years, and in 1872 operated a saw- 
mill at Alexandria. This he ran for two years and 
then engaged in the butcher and stock business 
for a couple of years. Later he operated a flour- 
ing mill in Henry County for two years, and was 
afterwards in the produce business until 1890. 
when he organized the Phillips Land & Gas Com- 
pany. This company bought and laid out two 
hundred and fifty acres, and besides tliis oui- sub- 
ject owns the addition known as Alfred M. 
Painter's Addition. He has taken a deep interest in 



all enterprises that have changed the village into 
a prosperous city, and is one of the county's most 
public-spirited citizens. His worthy wife died in 
December, 1892. Eight children were born to 
their union, four of whom died in infancy. The 
four living are: Elizabeth, who resides with her 
father; Harry, a stone-cutter; Albert, a druggist; 
and Arthur, who is in school. Mr. Painter has 
always been a Republican in his political views, 
but has never aspired to political honors. He is a 
prominent Grand Army man, and an Odd F'ellow, 
having passed all the chairs in this order. Mr. 
Painter is one of the solid business men of Alex- 
andria and a highly respected citizen of the town 
he has helped to build. 



,i^, AMUEL HUGIIEL, for sixty-three years ^ 
^^^ constant resident of the state of Indiana 
iR/jl and long prominently connected with the 
agricultural interests of Madison County, 
is an honored citizen of Anderson Township, and 
residing upon section 17, is widely known as a 
practical and successful farmer and stock-raiser of 
excellent ability and enterprise. His fine farm of 
three hundred and sixty acres, one of the best in 
the county, is under a high state of cultivation 
and is well improved with excellent and commo- 
dious buildings of modern construction. Our sub- 
ject is a native of Ohio, and was born in Clarke 

i County, May 4, 1825. His father, Ephraim IIu- 
ghel, a man of sterling character and energetic 
purpose, was likewise a native of the Buckeye 
State. The mother, removing there when a young 
girl with her parents, spent the daj's of her 
girlhood in that state, where later she was wedded 
and entered upon the lite of a wife and mother. 

j The Hughels were of sturdy Welsh ancestry, but 
Susan (Lownian) Ilughel was the descendant of a 
thrifty and industrious race of Hollanders, wlio 

j transmitted to their sons and daughters the virtues 
which have made them true and loyal citizens and 
guided them up the Ladder of life to assured suc- 
cess. The father and mother, after residing for 
sometime subsequent to their marriage in Ohio, in 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



182!) journeyed with tlicir family to the state of 
Indiana and liere niacJe tlicir in'mianciit lioinc in 
INfadison County. 

They sftlicd in .UidcrMin Town^liip .soulli of 
tlic Wliite River, and lived for .some length of 
linu' in a little lo<f cabin, the father in the mean- 
time clearing and ciiltivatini;- the land, preparing 
it for furtlu-i- improvements. The ilughel family 
were the piuiiccr- of tlicir locality and together 
.sliare(i the privation.s and sacrilices. The .survi- 
ving children who gatliered upon the old home- 
stead in the wilderness ai'e, IMathias. (!eorge, Kliz- 
alwMi (wife of Daniel (Jiiiidcr, who lives in Ver- 
milion Coiinly. III.) and our sulijcct, Samuel. 

Mr. Ilughel, reared and educated in Madison 
County, enjoyed only limited opportunities for 
schooling and early began the work of life. Toil- 
ing iip<.ii the farm of lii> father, he used the prim- 
itive w<iodeii |)lows. then the only Uind to be seen 
wiHiiii the borders of the state. When he could 
be spared, he found his way to tlie log school- 
house. Miidiigh whose window of greased pai)er 
the light was but dimly \ i>ible. 'I'lic interior of 
the primitive house of iiislniclion was of the 
rudest character, the seats and desks being made 
of sl.abs. 

March -MK is.'il. Samuel Ilughel and Miss Lean- 
na Louthain weic united in marriage. The estim- 
able wife of our subjc(M was a native of Ohio and 

ter of James and l^'rances (Dye) i.outli.'im, both 
descendants of .sturdy Dutch ancestors. When 
liveyear.sof age, Mrs. Hnghel removed with her 
parents to Indiana and settled near Logansport, in 
which locality she was re.ired to womanhood. 
The union of Mr. and Mrs. Ilughel was blessed 
by the birth of eleven sons and daughters, of 
whom six survive. Kstlier is the wife of Lewis 
A. Larmore: Arthur. Herman. Frank, Benjamin 
and Xettic complete the list of living brothers 
and sisters. 

After the marriage of our subject he entered 
with zeal into the clearing, cultivating and im- 
proving of Ills present farm, which, possessing an 
extended area of fertile land, annually yields an 
abundant harvest and is widely known as one of 
the most prolitable farms in this section of the 



country. Mr. and .Mr.s. Ilughel an 


I' valued mem- 


bers of the Christian Church and 


arc' active in 


good woiks and benevolent enter] 


nises. I',,liti- 


cally astning Democrat, onrsubjeel 


is intelligellliy 


posted on the affairs of the <lay an 


d lakes a deep 


interest in both local and national i 


ssues. A gen- 


nine jiioneer, aiding in the deveh 


)pmeiit of tht 


state.anda citi/.en of sterling inlegi 


ity, i'ver lend- 


inga helping hand in niatU'is of m 


utu.al welfare 


he is regarded with high respect. ; 


ind linanciallN 


prospered, is iinnil)eied among the 1 


e.ading men o( 


the county. 





/p^EORGK W. TrCKI'-.R. The inllueucc of a 
ill (^ great and g.iod man will be ever expand- 
%^ ing with the lai)se of time, and his deeds 
of charit.v and .acts of love will live to commemo- 
rate his name and perpetuate his memoiy. It can 

be truly said that a gre.at and g i man has been 

gathered to his tathcrs. but, his \ iitucs live after 
him, and his reputation, sustaiiied under the con- 
flict of a long career of extraordinary activit}-, 
bears no blemish, and his name is everywhere 
mentioned with re^]>ei-t and lioiiov. (ieorgeAV^. 
Tucker's birth occurred .Vugust ■2:>. |,S2:i, and he 
was the son of .lohn and Sar.ali Tucker. 

The i)arents (^amc to Madis(ui County. Ind., al 
an early date and settled right in the woods of 
riii.Mi Township. There our subject urcw to ma- 
tur.' years and learned those liabits of industry 
and per.severancc which characterized his sub,se- 
quent career. He secured a fair education, but was 
mainly self-editcated, much of his spare time be- 
ing devoted to strfdy. Like his father, our sub- 
ject selected agricultural pursuits as his chosen oc- 
cupation, and followed that very successfully all 
his life. He married Miss Rebecca Coo|)er, a na- 
tive of Mrginia, born August 6, 1842. but at the 
time of her marriage a resident of Henry County, 
Ind. Her parents, Wilson and Elizabeth A. Cooper, 
were both natives of Virginia, but when .Mrs. 
Tucker w.as about twelve years of age they left their 
native state and came to Indiana, locating in 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Henry County. There she grew up and married 
Mr. Tucker. 

It can be truly said that Mr. Tucker was a self- 
made man. Beginnini^ life without capital or in- 
fluence, he fought his way to an honorable position 
and acquired a comfortable competency. His 
death, which occurred on the 25th of October, 
1879, was the occasion of universal sorrow, for all 
felt the loss to be sustained by the departure of 
such a man. He was a kind husband and oblig- 
ing neighbor. The utmost confidence was reposed 
in him, and his word was ever considered as good 
as his bond. So passed away from earth a good 
man. He was a worthy member of the Christian 
Church, and in that his wife still holds member- 
ship. She resides on tlie home farm of eighty 
acres left by her husband, and is deeply interested 
in all worthy movements, contributing liberall}- 
to theii- support. 

Mrs. Tucker was one of twelve children born to 
her parents, onl}^ five of whom are now living: 
Emily, Eliza, Martha, Charles and Mrs. Tucker. 
Eliza makes her home with her sister, Mrs. Tuck- 
er, and botii are respected and esteemed mem- 
bers of society. For many years Mrs. Tucker 
has made her home in this county, and on the farm 
which she assisted her husband in locating and 
clearing, she expects to pass the remainder of her 
days. She has proved herself a good manager, 
and as a friend and neighbor is considered gener- 
ous, kind and accommodating. 

R. W. Z. KING, the leading dentist of 
'' Alexandria, was born in Raleigh, N. C, 
*^^ May 21, 1862, and comes from an old 
(Juaker famil}^ His father, William King, 
was a member of the Societ3' of Friends. He was 
born in Greenboro, N. C, in 1804, and was at one 
time a wealthy jalanter and cotton raiser, but the 
late Civil War swept away the most of his fortune. 
He died in Raleigh, N. C, in 1864. The mother 
of our subject, who bore the maiden name of 
Emma Jones, was also a member of an old Quaker 
family. After the death of her husband, she con- 



tinued to live in the south until 1871, when she 
changed her place of residence, removing to 
Spiceland, Ind., for the purpose of educating her 
children. She died at that place two years later, 
passing away at the age of sixty-three. 

The King family numbered seven children, our 
subject being the youngest of four brothers and 
three sisters. His eldest brother, Rufus, is a 
prominent preacher of the Societ.y of Friends in 
Bush Hill, N. C, a man of rare attainments. lie 
is considered one of the most eloquent and able 
preachers in the state. He has traveled in man\' 
foreign countries in the interest of his church, be- 
ing selected by his people on account of his espe- 
cial fitness for the important work. One sister, 
Gizella, became the wife of Gaston Smith, a m.as- 
ter mechanic and railroad engineer, and died at 
the age of thirty-three years. Mamie became the 
wife of Rudolph Miller, a real-estate dealer of 
Indianapolis, Ind., where her death occurred in 
1888. Benjamin F. and Nelson M. are engaged in 
merchandising in Baltimore, Md. Emma, who 
completes the family, died in infancy. 

The Doctor spent the first nine years of his life 
in the state of his nativity, and then accompanied 
his mother to Indiana, where he attended the 
Spiceland Academy until fourteen years of age. 
He then went to Carthage, Ind., where he lived 
with a Quaker preacher, Amos H. Hill, five years, 
working on the farm in the summer months and 
attending school in the winter season. On the 
expiration of that period he entered the Earlham 
Quaker College, at Richmond, where he pursued 
his studies one year, and then worked one year for 
the Western Electric Company, at Chicago. The 
succeeding five years were passed on the south- 
western frontier in Texas, Louisiana and Indian 
Territory, after which he again returned to Spice- 
land and married Ole F. Chamness, daughter of 
William S. Chamness, a prominent Quaker mer- 
chant of that place. Unto them were born two 
children, Cecil and (4uy, but both are now de- 
ceased. 

After his marriage, Mr. King took up the study 
of dentistry with Drs. Pepper & Lamb, of New 
Castle, Ind., and a year later entered the Dental 
College of Indianapolis, from which he was gradu- 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



ur, 



ated in Marcli, 1891. He at once commenced 
practice at Spiceland, and when the boom began 
at Alexandria he came to this place, where he has 
since met with a high degree of prosperity. Ho 
has won an excellent patronage, now enjoying a 
good business. The Doctor is the inventor of a 
new process for putting in teeth without a plate, 
and makes a specialty of thai kind of work. He 
is considered the leading dentist m this part of 
llie stale, and wf>rk comes to liini from far and 
near. He is a member of the Red Men, the 
Knights of l'ythias,(Jdd Fellows, Encampmentand 
the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Demo- 
crat. Wherever he goes the Doctor wins friends, 
and he holdsa deservedly high reputation through- 
out the community and among his professional 



^|p\. AZEL NEELV. More than four-score years 
iL^ have come and gone since tlie subject of this 
/(?M) 1/ sketch opened his eyes upon the scenes of 
^S^' earth. Time, that has transformed the 
child into the venerable man, has also wrought 
wondrous changes in the a'^pect of the state where 
for years be has made his home. I-'orests have 
been removed, large tracts liave been placed under 
cultivation, houses have been erected and large 
cities have risen where once the wild animals 
roamed. In the transtVirmation and improve- 
ments thus etl'ectcd he has been no unimportant 
factor, and now in his declining years lie can re- 
lied with a fe<-liiig of natural pride upon his life 
work. 

On the 16th of August, 1810, the subject of this 
sketch was born in Ohio County, Va., being the son 
of Thomas and Elizalieth (Simons) Neely. (Jiand- 
father Simons w.as a soldier in the Revolutionary 
War, where he rendered etticient set vice as a Cap- 
tain. At the age of about eighteen months Hazel 
was taken by his parents to Wayne County, Ind., 
and shoi-tly afterward to Fayette County, the same 
slate, removing thence to Franklin County. From 
there the father of our subject returned to Virgin- 



ia, where he remained until hi-< death. 1 he three 
surviving children aiv l!.-i/.el. .Mr-. Itachel Hall 
and Mrs. Eliza Nordyke. 

Aftei the death of the f:ither tlic family re- 
turned to Indiana, again m.-ikiiig sctllcmeiit in 
Fayette Comity. Iiil.s27. -riK Ic" i'.a/.c! ( as he 

ty, and in 18;it came to Madison Coiiiitw sitiling 
in the northeastern corner of Inion low n-hip. 
The farm he purchased was eiiil>clli>h((l li\ a log 
cabin and about nine acres had been clnircil. the 
remainder being covered by a dense finest growth. 
Deer, wolves, bears and other wild animals abound- 
ed, and Mr. Neely, being an expert sportsman, 
was accustomed to limit frei|uently and with good 
success. At one time he kilh'dabear weighing 
two hundred and lilly or three hundred pounds. 
His attention was devoted priiu-ipally to tlie work 
of clearing his farm, and he suceeeih'd in placing 
sixty-four acres under cultivation. 

.Mr. Neely has led an adventurous and indus- 
trious existence, and has endured all the hardships 
incident to life upon tiie frontier. When he located 
in Delaware County, he w:i~ penniless and worked 
there for ^3 per month, usinu in his faiining op- 
erations four yoke of o\en .•ind an old wooden 
mold-board plow, eommonlv known as the bull 
plow. He eng.aged- in splitting rails at twenty- 
five cents per hundred, being thus employed dur- 
ing the winter seasons, lie is truly a typical pi- 
oneer, resolute, dauntle.ss, persevering and ener- 
gatic, a man peculiarly suited to the pioneer's ar- 

In his boyliood. Mr. Neely had few opportunities 
for the ac<iuiiemeiit of knowledge, and attended 
school but three months .altogether. The schools 
of that day were held only in the winter season. 
The building was constructed of logs, with pun- 
cheon tlooi's and rude benches; the apertures in 
the logs were covered with greased paper, wiiich 
answered the purpo.se of a window. The method 
of instruction w,as as [irimitive as the building, 
and the instructor was usually a man of poweiful 
physique, but limited information. 

In 183.3 Mr. Neely was united in marriage with 
Miss Sarah Suman, who was born in Maryland, 
being the daughter of Jacob Suman, of Montgoni- 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



ery County, Ohio. Of this union one daughter was 
born, Hester A., who resides with her father. The 
wife and mother passed away on the 7th of Sep- 
tember, 1856, mourned by all who knew her. Her 
deatli was a heavy blow to her husband, whose 
true and faithful helpmate she had been for more 
than twenty years. In social circles Mr. Ncely 
and his excellent daughter are highly esteemed, 
and are popular throughout their community. 
!SIr. Neely still retains tiie ownership of one hun- 
dred and twenty acres, from wliich he derives a 
handsome income. 



Ji'OIIN V. CULLEN, M. D., a successful phy- 
j sician and surgeon of Anderson, was born 
' in P.itriot, Switzerland County, Ind., De- 
_ ' ceniber 17, 1837. He was of direct Scotch 
descent, his father, William, having first opened 
his eyes to the light in Dundee, Scotland. The 
paternal grandfather, AVilliam CuUen, Sr., was a 
native of the land of thistles and there learned 
tlie trade of a tailor. Upon emigrating to Amer- 
ica he resided for a time in Cincinnati and was 
engaged in iMisiness as a mercljant tailor. Later he 
located in Ohio County, Ind., and embarked in the 
mercantile business at Rising Sun, continuing a 
resident of tiiat city until his death. Like so 
many of his countrymen, he was a devoted mem- 
ber of the Presbyterian Church. 

In Edinburgh, Scotland, William Cullen, Jr., 
learned tlie trade of a tailor. When a little past 
twenty-one years of age he emigrated to America, 
and after a short sojourn in New York proceeded 
to Cleveland, Ohio, and from that place walked to 
Patriot, Switzerland County, Ind. In that vil- 
lage, and later in Rising Sun, Ohio County, Ind., 
he was engaged as a merchant tailor and met with 
considerable success in business, becoming the 
owner of valuable property in the city last named. 
Late in life he removed to Rushville, Ind., where, 
in the home of his son. Judge Cullen, he passed 
away at the age of more th.an four-score years. 
In religion he was a Presbyterian, and officiated 



as an Elder in his church. Politically he was in 
early days a Whig, later a Democrat, and finally 
joined the ranks of the Republican party. 

The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
name of Louisiana Gurley and was born in Grant 
County, Ky. Her father, Daniel B. Gurley, a na- 
tive of Pennsylvania, was a pioneer farmer of 
Kentucky, whence he removed to Indiana and en- 
gaged in farming near Patriot until his death. 
Mis. Louisiana Cullen still resides in Rushville. 
and is now (1893) eighty-five years old. She had 
a family of three sons and three daughters. The 
five who survive are as follows: Judge William 
A., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Oue Hundred and 
Thirtieth Indiana Infantiy, and a faithful soldier 
during the two years of his service, was Judge 
of the Fourth Judicial Circuit for nine years and 
is now a prominent attorney of Rushville, Ind.; 
Elizabeth is the wife of James East, of Rushville; 
our subject is the next in order of birth; Alice is 
the wife of John Jones, a resident of Rushville; 
Emma married Alford Caldwell and makes her 
home in Rushville. 

At the age of thirteen years the subject of this 
sketch accompanied his parents from Patriot to 
Rising Sun, Ind., and after graduating from the 
high school of the last-named town he entered Wa- 
bash College, where he conducted his literary stud- 
ies for one year. He then commenced the study 
of medicine with Dr. W. H. Sullivan, of Rising 
Sun, and in 1858 entered the medical department 
of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 
where he lemained for one year. His studies 
finished, he opened an office for the practice of 
his profession at Florence, Switzerland County. 
Ind. 

In 1862 Dr. Cullen was commissioned by Gov- 
ernor Morton as Assistant Surgeon of the Sixteenth 
Indiana Infantry, of which two years later he be- 
came Surgeon with the rank of Jlajor. He was 
with his regiment in the Vicksburg campaign, the 
engagements at Champion Hill, Jackson, Port Gib- 
son, the expedition up the Red River into Texas, 
the battle of Pleasant Ridge or Sabine Cross 
Roads, and then accompanying his regiment to 
New Orleans subsequently took part in a number 
of battles and skirmishes. He was mustered out 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



of tlio service i;i June, and discliarged in August, 
1865. 

Hoturning to tlie north liie Doctor entered the 
Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, graduating 
fioni that institution in l,S(!(;\vith Use degree of 
Doctor (if .Medicine. In F.-hruary, 186G, he lo- 
cated in .Vnderson. « licrc lie foi med a partnership 
witli Dr. 'J"li(iiiia> N. Jones, continuing in that con- 
nection for nine years, when the partnership was 
dissolved, lie tlien continne<l ahnie until failing 
health obliged iiiin to withdiaw fidin active prac- 
tice, and he now confines his attention to otHce 
liusiness. Through constant attention to profes- 
.-ional duties, and as a result of his skill, he has ac- 
i|uircd a competency'. lie is the owner of one 
liniidred and twenty acres adjoining the city on 
llie east, and occupied by a tenant. His city real 
estate includes a liandsonie ri'sidence at No. 51 
South Main Sti-eet, where lie makes liis lidiiie, and 
other lots and houses. 

Since 1.S78 tlie Doctor lias spent the winters in 
tlie south. Witli liis camp (Miuipage lie seeks the 
shoies of the Little lilack River in Arkansas, where 
he pitches his tent and enjoys the sport of hunt- 
ing deer and other game, as well as fishing in the 
walci> of the >trcaiii. In lliiswayhis health is 
invigorated and the winter seasons are jjassed 
pleasantl}-. .Sociallv he is a member of the Order 
of Red Men and the iMajoi' May Post No. 211,0. 
A. R. He was married at Rising Svin.lnd., in June, 
1860. to Miss Helle Morgan, an accomplished 
young lady residing in that city, her n.ative town. 

wife are members of the Mclliodisl l-;pisciipal 
Church. 

In politicsa Democrat, the Doctor was in former 
years active in the ranks of his cho.'-en party, and 
is still interested in its success. He served for one 
term as a member of the City Council, represent- 
ing the First Ward, and in 1884 was one of the 
State Electors. In state and county conventions 
he has always maintained a warm interest, and has 
frequently canvassed the country in behalf of Dem- 
ocratic principles and candidates. In 1868 he was 
a candidate for the State Legislature, but his op- 
ponent defeated him on the temperance question. 
As one of the infiuential citizens of Anderson he 



will ever occu] 
fellow-citizens 
in the annals t 



f('„ OX. TIIO.M.VS i;. r.OYD. StHte 
!■ of Indiana 



Roone, is ;i nal 

born in Rush Cniinty .liily 1, 181'.). liis 
paternal ancestors were originally from Scotland, 
and his father, Oliver M., the son of Adam Boyd, 
was born in Wayne County. Ind., whence he after- 
ward removed to Rush ('ininty. tins state, lie 
married Mary Osborne, .a iiati\e of Wilmington, 
Ohio, and a daugliter of William Osborne. X Re- 
publican m his political belief, he w.as prominentl}' 
connected with the development of Rush County, 
and was recognized asoiic of its must progressive 
citizens. In 18r)l he came to Hamilton County, 
engaged in farming, and still resides on his farm 
in AV.ashington Township. 

After completing his studies in the common 
schools of Hamilton County, the subject of this 
sketch, at the .age of twenty, commenced to read 
law in the office of Moss ct Trissal, and continued 
thus occupied for three years. Meantime he also 
filled the position of clerk in the ollice of the 
County Auditor, and was employed in the Re- 
corder's office. In 1872 he was admitted to the 
Bar of the state, and at once opened an otHce for 
the practice of his profession. In 1876 he formed 
a jiartnership with Joel Stafford under the firm 
name of Stafford k Boyd, which continued until 
1882, when by mutual consent it was dissolved. 

.\fteiward the lirni of Roberts it Boyd was es- 
tablished, the senior member being Joseph Rob- 
erts, and the connection lasted for a period of 
two years. Later Mr. Boyd and Joel Stafford con- 
ducted an extensive pr.actice together until 18;»1, 
when the latter was elected County Clerk. At the 
I present time Mr. Boyd and Hon. William (iarver 
I are in partnership under the linn name of Boyd 
& Garver, and they conduct a profitable and 
I widely extended practice in all the courts. In 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Lis political opinions Mr. Boyd has always been a 
stanch adherent of Republican principles, and is 
recognized among the influential members of his 
party in the state. In October, 1863, he enlisted 
as a member of Company- I, Tliirt\-nintii Indiana 
Infantry, and later served in tlie One Hundred 
and Fifty-third Indiana Infantry, commanded by 
Colonel Carey, of Grant County, Ind. With his 
regiment he engaged in fighting the guerrillas in 
Tennessee and Alabama, and was a valiant soldier 
in the defense of the Union. 

In 1872 Mr. Boyd was appointed Recorder of 
Hamilton County, vice Mr. Wilson, resigned. Two 
years later he was elected County Recorder for a 
term of four years, and while filling that position 
he made out tlie abstract books of the county, 
which he completed and perfected, and which are 
said to be the most accurate and complete set of 
abstract books in the state. In 1884 he was elected 
Representative to the Legislature from Hamilton 
County, serving for one term. While filling that 
position he was active in securing the establish- 
ment of the Soldiers" and Sailors' Orphans' Home, 
at Knightstown, Ind. 

Mr. Boyd was elected in 1888 to the Slate Sen- 
ate, representing Tipton and Hamilton Counties, 
and after the district was changed he was elected 
in 1892 to represent the counties of Hamilton and 
Boone in the State Senate. He has been active in the 
investigation and projecting of the benevolent in- 
stitutions of the state. It was largely through his 
instrumentality that the appropriation was secured 
for tlie completion of the Home for Feeble Minded 
Children at Ft. Wayne. While in the Senate, he has 
served as a member of the Committee on Benev- 
olent Institutions, and also the .Judiciary Com- 
mittee. In the session of 1891 he introduced a 
bill to re-district the counties of Hamilton and 
Madison for judicial purposes, and was successful 
in securing the passage of tlie bill. He is also the 
author of the Boyd Ditch Law, which was passed 
by the Legislature in 188.5. 

For the past eigUt years the Senator has been a 
member of the Visiting Committee of the (4iand 
Army of the Republic to the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Orphans' Home. Upon several occasions he has 
visited the Reform School for Boys at Plain field. 



Hendricks County, Ind.; the insane as^'lums of 
Indiana; Purdue College, at Laf.ayette, Ind.; the 
State Normal, at Terre Haute, and the State Uni- 
versity at Bloomington. He introduced a bill in 
the Legislature providing for an appropriation for 
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and the Blind As}- 
lum at Indianapolis. While a member of the Leg- 
islature he was never absent at roll call. Asa 
member of the Educational Committee he ren- 
dered eflicient service, being instrumental in pro- 
moting the standard of scholarship throughout 
the state. Although appointed a member of the 
Committee on Penitentiaries, he has always le- 
fused to serve in that capacity. 

In his social connections Senator Boyd is iden- 
tified with Noblesville Lodge, I. O. O. F.; Chero- 
kee Tribe of the Red Men of America; Lookout 
Post No. 133, G. A. R., and other fraternal organ- 
izations. On the 27th of March, 1872, he married 
Miss Mary A. Stalker, a native of Indiana, and a 
daughter of Thomas Stalker. The latter, who was 
born in North Carolina, became an early settler of 
Plainfield, Ind., and afterward removed to Ham- 
ilton County, where his death occurred in 1870. 
His wife passed away in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Bo^d 
are the parents of two children: Aura A., wlio was 
born December 28, 1872, and Locke, whose birth 
occurred September 22, 1877. The family occupies 
a handsome residence of modern architecture, 
which is beautifully located im Wiltshire Street, 
in Noblesville. 



'S^, HILO P. MIOSES. The American Carbon 
I J' Company, one of the most flourishing 
'Mi?^ industries of Noblesville, was organized 
)1\ in September, 1892, with the following 
officers: President, J. H. Vail, of Dayton, Ohio; 
Vice-President, Dr. G. A. Gesiier, of Fremont; 
Treasurer, W. W. Smith, of Dayton, and Sec- 
retary, Edmund Dickey, of Fremont. At the in- 
ception of the enterprise, Mr. Moses was ap- 
pointed manager, and still retains this position. 



PORTRAIT AND BIOCRAnilCAL lUX'ORIX 



Imviiig Lad eliai'ge of I ho ((nislrnct khi .■iihI ciiuii)- 
ment of the presont |ihinl. whidi i> Uiciled iicur 
the L;ik(' Kric A- W.->tiMn IJ.-iilro:!.! li;u-k*,in S,,ulh 
Nol.lcsviUc. 

A f.'w words in lefiToiiw lu thf Amcricnn C'ar- 
hon Works will be of interest to om- irMders. 
The phuit is .■;-_'iix272 feet, of whicl. ;ii"'iti">i i'^ 
three stoiirs ii, hciuht. .-md ihr remain. K',- one 

works in tlie world, is .,,nin|„.d with the latest im- 



plant is two hnndred thousand earlions per day. 
Sliipments are made to every point in the lidted 
Stales, and also to Central and Sonth Anieriea, the 
.Sandwieh Islands, Australia, .lapan, China and 
iMirope. The present system usod in the nianu- 
faetnre of carbon was perfected by Mr. Moses, and 
is one of the best that has been developed in 
modern tunes. Steady- eini)loyment is furnislind to 

tory is one of the most important industries of 
Noblesville. The building is eonslrueted of brick 
and iron, and is practically lire proof. A private 
railroad track runs directly to the plant, so that the 
goods can be loaded directly into the ears, ready 
for shipment without nnneeessary delay. 

A man of great inventive genius, Mr. Moses has 
|)atented several important inventions, among 
which may be mentioned a molding machine that 
turns out live hundred thousand carbons per day. 

assorting machine, a scraping machine, for the 
(jurpose of scraping the carbons, and an automatic 
mixing niacliine, for the mixing of material. 
These various inventions are all in use at the 
American Carbon Works, lie has built and 
equiiiped four diflerenl |)lants, namely: The 
Cleveland Carbon Company, at Cleveland, Oliio, 
in 1«.S4; the Richmond Carbon Company, at 
North Adams, Mass., in the latter part of 1886; 
the Thompson-Houston Carbon Company, at Fre- 
mont, Ohio, in 1887; and the American Carbon 
Company, at Noblesville, Ind., in 1892. Three 
of those are in active operation, the fourth (the 



Kiehmoiid Carbon Company) Imving been ab- 
sorbed by the Thompson-Houston Comiiany. 

Philo P. Moses was Ixjrn in Cuyahoga County. 
Ohio, September 21), 1818. Ilisfatlicr, Pliilip P., was 
wasa native of New York State and an early settloi 
of Cuyahoga Connly, Ohio, haxini; located there 
about 18;i0. In politics, he advocated the tenets 
of the Republican party. The motlicr of our sub- 
ject, who bore the maiden name of .Mary M.lll- 
rath, was a native of Ohio, and traced her ances- 
try to Scotland. Her lather, Samuel McIUrath, 
was a noted hunter and Indian lightei', and was 
pr<uninent anuuig the |iioneersof Cuyahoga Coun- 
ty, Ohio. 

The l)oyhood years of our subject were une- 
ventfully passed in the comity of his birth, and 
he was a student in the common schools prior to 
the age j)f thirteen, lie then began his seafaring 
career and for ten years was a sailor on the Great 
Lakes, being an ullicer during the latter part of 
that time. His father was a vessel owner and the 
pro|)rietor of one of the most extensive shipyards 
in Ohio, lie built many vessels that plied the 
Lakes, and also constructed several ships for the 
Hudson Bay Fur Com|)any. 

Upon retiring from the life of a mariner, Mr. 
Moses entered the employ of the lirm of (ieorge 
Worthington &■ Co.. wholesale hardware deal- 
ers of Cleveland, Ohio, and w;is connected with 
that house for six years. Later, he was trav- 
eling salesman for a New York firm for one 
year, after which he entered the employ of the 
White Sewing .Alachine Company, assuming charge 
of the plating departnu^nt. While there he be- 
came interested in eleclri(-ity, and devoted con- 
siderable time to the study of electrical machin- 
ery and appliances. As above stated, he came to 
Noblesville in the summer of I81»2 and he has 
since made his home in this city. 

May 27, 1873, Mr. Moses and Miss Frances Fil- 
ing were united in marriage. Jlrs. Moses was 
born in' Ohio, and is a daughter of Gordon and 
Emma Frederica Filing, natives of Germany. The 
union of our subject and his wife has resulted in 
the birth of one child, Laura Frances. In politics, 
Mr. Moses is a pronounced Republican, although 
not a zealous partisan. Socially, he affiliates with 



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Noblesville Lodge No. 57, F.& A. M. In religions 
matters, lie is a Presbyterian, and liis wife is also 
identified with that church. They occupy a beau- 
tiful residence, adorned with choicest bric-a-brac 
and furnished in elegant style. A lover of fine 
music, Mr. Moses has given his daughter the liest 
advantages in that art, and she is now a skilled 
performer on the mandolin, violin and guitar. 
Personally he is an unostentatious, affable and 
pleasant gentleman, courteous in his relations with 
all, and in every sense of the word is a thorough- 
going business man. 

f OHN II. STANLEY, a representative, sturdy 
pioneer of Madison County, Ind., and a 
long-time general agriculturist and success- 
^tock-raiser, now makes his home in 
Anderson, where lie commands the universal re- 
spect and esteem of a wide acquaintance. For 
sixty-six years a close observer of the growth and 
advancement of his adopted state and countj', 
Mr. Stanley has actively aided in the ))romotion 
of the vital interests and tlie various enteriirises 
of his locality, and was among the first to intro- 
duce fine stock into his township. He encour- 
aged and stimulated the handling of high-grade 
cattle and horses, and was recognized as authority 
upon the various subjects connected witli the pur- 
suit of agriculture. Our subject, born in Oallia 
County, Ohio, August 24, 1823, was the son of 
.John and Mary (Perkins) Stanley, descendants of 
long lines of upright and honored ancestors, who 
generation after generation had participated in 
the changing scenes and swift progress of the 
United States. 

John Stanley was a native of Virginia, the 
Stanleys being among the early settlers of the 
Old Dominion. The paternal great-grandfather, 
.1. H. Stanley, fought with courage in the 
War for Independence and bravely aided in the 
struggles of the Revolutionary days. The fa- 
ther and mother, remaining for some time after 
their marriage in Ohio, finally determined to imi- 
tate tlie example of m.-iiiy of their iieiglil)()rs, and 



in 1827, with their family, journeyed to Indiana 
and located permanently in Madison County, tlie 
paternal grandfather also accompanying them 
hither. After their arrival in Madison County they 
aided in establishing a settlement in the southern 
part of Anderson Township, and locating in the 
woods, resided for some time in an humble log 
cabin. As pioneers of a new and sparsely settled 
country, they shared privations and sacrifices, but 
in the home, brightened by the jn-esence of children. 
there was much happiness. 

Of the children in the parental family, the fol- 
lowing yet survive: John H., Meredith, Betsey. 
Johile, Nancy and Elijah. Our subject, reared in 
Madison County, attended the district schools, 
which in those days were few and far between, 
and from his boyhood engaged in the labor of life, 
early entering upon the round of daily care in- 
volved in the career of a farmer. Thoroughly un- 
derstanding the practical duties of agriculture, 
Mr. Stanley arrived at mature age self-reliant and 
self-respecting and well fitted to assume the re- 
sponsibilities of the future. He long used the 
wooden mold-board ])loughs in breaking up the 
land, all the farming implements of the pioneer 
days being of crude design and finisli. 

Mr. Stanley is the father of a large family of sons 
and daughters, of whom seven now survive. Will- 
iam was the eldest born; Mereditli is the second 
son; Sallie married John Clevenger; Mary is the 
wife of William Childers; Oiner C. is next; Lelitia 
is the wife of J. A. Pence; Cleora is the youngest. 
In about 1851 our subject settled in a log cabin 
upon section 17, Anderson Township^ and re- 
claimed from its wild state a farm to-daj' highly 
cultivated and improved, with modern and capa- 
cious buildings. The one hundred and twenty 
acres contain some of the best land in the state 
and produce annually a bounteous harvest. Wa- 
ges were verj' low in the early days. Mr. Stanley 
receiving at one time $8 per month for farm work, 
and sometimes laboring all day for twenty-five 
cents in cash. Our subject, his excellent pres- 
ent wife and daughter are valued members of 
the Christian Church, and are active in good 
work and benevolent enterprises. Politically a 
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ilcd cili/cn and ever read.y to aid in tlic pnmio- 
ti(Hi of nintual wolfare. Me made a succi'>-; of ini- 

lii-os|HTcd. is nuiiilii-rcil arnuni,^ t lie .substantial men 
of Madison County. 

OAII TOMLINSOX, who has been a con- 
,,, stant i-esidoiit of Washington Township, 
llaniillon County, Ind.,fi-oin thirteen ycais 
of age, was reared among tlie pioneer scenes inci- 
dental to tlie settlement of a new conntry, seem- 
ingly on the frontier of civilization. Now ad- 
vanced in years, our subject has long lieen num- 
bere<l among the prominent citizens and ri'presen- 
tative general agriculturists of the st.-ite. and 
widely known, eomuiands universal esleem and 
(■(Uitidcnce. Within a primitive little log cabin in 
Hendricks County upon October 13, 1821, Noah 
Tomlinson was born, being the secfind son of Rob- 
ert and Lydia (Kelliim) T liiisou, pioneer set- 
tlers of Indiana, courageously sh.-iring the priva- 
tions of their western home. 

Paternal (Grandfather Tomlinson, born in Ire- 
land, possessed both resolution and enterprise, and 
ill his youth determined to try his fortunes in the 
land beyond the se.a. lie safely crossed the broad 
Atlantic and found his way to the sunny south, 

making his ijerinanent h e in Noith Carolina. 

His good wife, the worthy grandmother of onr 
subject, was born in the old Tar State, and there 
the grand|)arents were wedded and settled down 
to married life. Robert Tomlinson, their son, the 
fat Ik r of our subject, born upon the 6lh of JIarch, 
1 T'.i.'l. received .-i limited education in his native 
,-tale, and attaining to a self-reliant manhood, 
married Miss l.ydia Kellum,also a nativeof North 
Carolina. 

early home subsequent to their mariiage.and then 
emigrated to Indiana, .lourney ing to Ihndncks 
County, they settled on a one hundred and sixty 
acre tract, which the father had purchased from 
the Coveinment. This hind he partly cleared and 
cultivated, and then sold, removing with his fami- 



ily to Washington Township, llaniillon County. 
The father invested in two lniiidre<l acres of land 
near the (iresenl homestead of our subject. Ills 
new farm was partially impioved. and spending 
there the remainder of liis life, he brought his 
valuable acre.age up to a high and |)rolitable state 
of eiiltivation. the broad (ields annually yielding 
a bountiful harvest. 

The father had never enjoyed any especial ad- 
vantages of instruction, but, a man of energy and 
thrift, with close application made his upward way 
to financial success and occupied !i prominent ])o- 
sition of usefulness. He was a leading member of 
the Friends' Church, and was politicall.y a strong 
Reiiublican, iutelligently posted on the vital (iiies- 
tions of the day, likewise possessing a large fund 
of misceUaneous information. Resjiected by all 
who knew him, and thoroughly esteemed for his 
sterling integrity, Robert Tomlinson, mourned as 
a public loss, entered into rest December 1, l«7'i, 
leaving to his children as a i>recioiis bequest the 
memory of his honorable career, unstained by word 
or deed of dislionesty. 

Our subject remained upon the old farm until 
twenty-one years of .age. I5y studying during the 
winter months in the little district school and dur- 
ing the summers working for his father, he grew up 
well versed in the daily round of agricidluial life. 
Upon the 17th of July, 184,'), Noah Tomlinson and 
Miss Abigail Davis were united in marriag(^ The 
estimable wife of our subject, the second daughter 
of Benjamin and Ruth (I'.arker) Davis, was from 
her eav\y .years a valued member of the P'riends" 
Church. Eight sons and daughters blessed the 
pleasant home of Mr. and JNIrs. Tomliiismi. Two 
are now dece.ased; the six surviving are: Ruth, 
Robert, Zeruah, Asher, Morton and Finley. l.ydia 
and Zeno, the two eldest, have jjassed awa.\. 

Immediately after his marriage .Mr. romliiison 
settled upon forty acres of land which his father 
gave him. He remained upon that farm until 
18(j8, then removing to his present homestead of 
one hundred and two acres. He owns in all one 
hundred and forty-two acres of valuable and high- 
ly cultivated laud, improved with commodious 
and substantial buildings. Our subject has held 
with elticient discharge of duties several inipor- 



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tant township offices, and is a prominent member 
of tiie Friends' Ch\ircb, and a liberal giver in be- 
half of good works and benevolent enterprises. 
Politically a Republican, Mr. Tomlinson takes an 
active interest in the issues of the da)', and is 
known as a public-spirited citizen, willingly aid- 
ina: in all matters of local welfare. 



J I AMES M. GRAY, a prominent business man 
I of Anderson, was born in Knoxville, Tenn., 
j December 16, 1828, and is the son of Joseph 
' and Mary (Sullivan) Gray, natives respect- 
ively of Tennessee and North Carolina, the former 
being of Scotch-Irish descent. After the death of 
the father, the mother brought her family to Ohio 
and located near Troy with her brother Samuel, in 
Miami County. She married for her second hus- 
band Thomas Brevard, and had one child by each 
union, our subject being the only child born of 
the first marriage. His step-brother, Abner Bre- 
vard, served in a Michigan regiment during the 
late war, and is at present a resident of Coloma, 
IMich. 

At the age often years the subject of this sketch 
came to Indiana, and for the six 3'ears following 
made his home with an uncle, John Saunders, a 
farmer residing near Daleville. His school advan- 
tages were exceedingly limited, and his education 
has been acquired principally through observation 
and self-culture. When sixteen years old he re- 
turned to ISIiami County, and resided there until 
he attained his majority, returning thence to Dale- 
ville, Ind. There in 1851 he was united in mar- 
liage with Miss Elizabeth Shoemaker, a native of 
Pennsylvania, her father, John Shoemaker, having 
been a pioneer farmer of Delaware County, Ind. 

After his marriage Mr. Gray engaged in farming 
for six years, meantime becoming the owner of a 
tract of one hundred and sixty acres in Delaware 
County, three miles from Daleville. In 1863 he 
embarked in the mercantile business with E. Mc- 
Call under the firm name of McCall & Gray, but 
after conducting the business for six months, our 
subject's father-in-law purchased Mr. McCall's in- 



terest and the firm title was changed to Gray & 
Shoemaker. The active management of the enter- 
prise was given to our subject, through whose 
ability and efficiency an extensive and lucrative 
trade was established. In 1865, Mr. Shoemaker 
retired and his son entered the firm, the firm name 
remaining unchanged. While Mr. Gray's mercan- 
tile interests demanded a large share of his atten- 
tion, he also conducted a large stock and grain 
business, and during the administrations of Presi- 
dents Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Arthur he served 
as Postmaster at Daleville, resigning in 1884. 
From 1863 until 1883 Mr. Gray was railroad 
agent for the Big Four at Daleville. 

During the year 1884, Mr. Gray sold out his 
business to his partner, J. R. Shoemaker, and 
went to Riverside, C'al., in quest of health, spend- 
ing six months in the enjoyment of the fruits and 
flowers of the Golden State, as well as the balmy 
breezes of the Pacific Coast. On his return to 
Daleville, he bought a half-interest in the busi- 
ness of his former partner, J. R. Shoemaker, and 
was thus engaged for two years, then buying 
out his partner's interest. In the year 1885 he 
and his partner erected a substantial brick store 
building, two stories in height, where he conducted 
a large general mercantile business until 1890. 
He was also interested in the grain and stock 
business and had the largest elevator in the village. 
In 1889 he was again appointed Postmaster at 
Daleville, under the administration of President 
Harrison. 

Disposing of his property in Daleville in 1890, 
Mr. Gray located in Anderson, where he embarked 
in business as a dealer in carriages and vehicles of 
every description. At Nos. 105 and 107 Main 
Street, he occupies a two-story building, 36x140 
feet in dimensions. The basement has been ar- 
ranged so as to be used for storage and salesroom 
for carts and road wagons, while the first floor is a 
sales and display room for all grades and styles of 
buggies. This establishment is the largest of its 
kind in the state outside of Indianai)olis, and its 
genial proprietor has a reputation for business 
abilit3' and excellent judgment which he justly 
merits. 

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having become the mother of seven children, six 
of whom are living. Tliey are: John, who resides 
in Riverside, C'al.; Louisa, wlio dieci in girliiood; 
Milton J., manufaeturor of caslicls and a prominent 
l)u,siness man of Muniic Lid.; I'.elle, wife of C. L. 
P.ender, wlio is a clothiiiy uicrcliant of Miincie; 
Lydia, wiio married .\. .1. Meelis. an extensive 
inaniifactinvr of iNhiiicic; Nell, who is the wife of 
Linn Stone, of Indianapolis, Ind.; and Josephine, 
who resides with her father. In 1808 JMr. (h-ay 
married l\Irs. Mary A. McClannaiian, who was 
born near Anderson, Jladison County, Ind., and 
was the daughter of John Suraan, a pioneer farmer 
of this locality. Two children were born to bless 
the union of Mr. and .Mrs. (iray, only one of whom 
is liviiiu, William K.. who is in bu-iness with his 
father. 

While .Mr. (iray lias never lieen prominent in 
polities, he has neverllieless been unswerving in 
his allegiance to the Re[)ublican party and invari- 
ably casts his ballot for its princifiles. Socially 
he is a prominent member of the Masonic frater- 
nity. Ills religious belief is in sympathy with the 
doetrines of the Christian Church, in which he 
olliciates as an Elder. For a number of vears he 
served as Superintendent of the Sunday-school 
at Daleville. and aided materially in increasing 
the membershii) of the church. 



\li^ INCIIMAN U.MMOS, residing upon an at- 
ir]\' tracti\e and valuable homestead which is 
%^' located ill Wa.-hington Township, and now 
(^) a prosperous general agriculturist, is one 
of the pioneers of the state, and when a youth of 
eighteen, aecom|)anied his father, in the fall of 
18:](;, to Hamilton County. \\ that time, bears, 
wolves, deer and .a variety <if wild game were 
abundant, linding ample shelter in the dense 
woods and comparative wilderness of the new 
country. Levy Haines, the father of our subject, 
reared amid scenes of frontier life, w.as a hai'dy 
and enterprising man. His parents, both natives 
of New Jersey, removed with their family to Co- 



lumbiana County, ( )hio, when their son Levy w.as 
a mere child. He was the youngest of the family 
and remained upon the farm until twenty-one 
years of age. later inlieritiiig the liuinestcad. 
When arrived at mature .age he m.anieil, and for 
a number of years continued his residence in Co- 
lumbiana County. 

The maternal grandparents of our subjeet were 
also natives of New Jersey and early settlers of 
Ohio, where their daughter, Sarah llatehe 
up to womanhood and was wedded to 
Haines. She w.as a woman of worth and 
gence. and a devote 
old Columbiana d 
was born February 
father and mother 



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Levy 

intelli- 



wife and mother. rp(mthe 
iity farm Hinehman Haines 
1820. .Some time after, the 
ith their family made their 
home in Stark County, Ohio, and there, after 
a life of honored usefulness, Sarah (Ilatchcr) 
Haines entered into rest, beloved by .all who knew 
her. The father later removed from Stark County 
to Indiana, and subsequently journeyed to Iowa, 
where he bought a small farm, upon which he re- 
sided until his death. He was \w\rv uianied. his 
second wife being Deborah Wrenn.also of St.aik 
County, Ohio. An upright man, of sterling in- 
tegrity of character. Levy Haines was universally 
respected, and his death was mourned as a public 
loss. 

Our subject worked for his father until he at- 
tained his majority, about which time, in the year 
1840, Hinehman Haines and Miss Rebecca Men- 
dcnhall were united in marriage, and the young 
husband then began life for himself. His estima- 
ble wife was born in Greene County, Ohio, on the 
19th of June, 1822. She was the second daughter 
of IJenjamin and Mary (Campbell) Mendonliall, 
both parents being natives of the sunny south. 
The father, born in North Carolina, and tlie mother 
in South Carolina, came to t)hio before they were 
married, .and some time after were wedded in 
(Ireene County. The Meiideiihalls later settled in 
Indiana, near Carmel, and iiad at first lint few 
white neighbors, the Indians being numerous. 
Benjamin INIendenhall was a man of more than 
ordinary ability and became a prominent citizen 
of Indiana. He was the son of Richard and 
Sarah (Harris) Men<^enhall, highly esleeined resi- 



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dents of North Carolina and natives of the old 
Tar State. 

Mr. Mendenliall, soou after his arrival in tlie 
vicinity of Carinel, built and operated with prof- 
itable results a sawmill. He had received excel- 
lent advantages, and in time was employed to sur- 
vey the entire country round about. He was 
liberal spirited and deeply interested in local and 
national affairs, and from its formation affiliated 
witli the Republican party. He was a devout 
member of the Friends' Cliurch, but his worthy 
wife had from her early years been connected 
with the Methodist Episcopal Church. The pleas- 
ant liome of Mr. and Mrs. Haines was blessed by 
the birth of six children, two of whom died young. 
Hannah married Joseph Meyeis, and is in excellent 
circumstances; Saraantlia is the wife of Levy 
Kinzer; Lydia Ann married W. C. Clarkson; 
Sarah Alice is the wife of J. E. Clark. The daugh- 
ters in tlieir various homes and localities occupy 
positions of useful influence, and possess the thor- 
ough confidence of the communities among whom 
their lives are passed. 

Our subject is in every sense of tlie word 
a self-made man and has unaided won his upward 
wav to a comfortable competence, which he and 
[lis good wife together share in the evening of 
their age. Mr. Haines enjoyed only limited ad- 
vantages of study, receiving his brief schooling in 
a little log house destitute of even the accustomed 
fireplace. Always hard working and industrious, 
he ran a sawmill for about three years after com- 
ing to Indiana, and then purchasing one hundred 
and sixteen acres of land near his present home, 
entered with energy into its cultivation. He him- 
self cleared about seventy acres of timber land, 
and brought the farm up to a profitable state, but 
later divided the land among his children and 
bought the forty valuable acres where he now re- 
sides, one of the most ferlik^ and desirable small 
farms in the county. 

In early days our sulijeet was obliged to market 
his crops in Indianapolis, iiauling liis grain over 
weary miles of rough roads, and at one time it 
took a bushel of wheal to pay for one yard of 
calico. Mr. Haines is a consistent Christian man 
and a raemlicr of the Friends' Church. He is polit- 



ically a stanch Republican and cast his Presiden- 
tial vote for William Henry Harrison, and many 
years after gave the support of his ballot to the 
grandson of tiie old veteran, the late President of 
the United States, Benjamin Harrison. 



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yJLLIAM W. SMITH, one of the most popu- 
lar citizens of Hamilton County, Ind., 
\\^''^ elected this fall to the honored position of 
County Commissioner, will enter upon his ollicial 
duties the first Monday in December, 1893. Our 
subject, a lifetime resident of AVashington Town- 
ship, was born April 4, 1842, upon the old Smith 
homestead farm, where he now makes his home. 
He was the son of Benjamin M. and Marinda C. 
(Smitii) Smith, natives of South Carolina. The 
maternal grandfather, John Smith, was likewise a 
native of South Carolina, but it is thought both 
the paternal and maternal great-grandfathers were 
born in Scotland, emigrating to this country in a 
very early daj-. 

The Smiths were farmers by occupation, and, 
fairly educated, were prominent i)eoi)le of South 
Carolina in Colonial times. The union of the 
parents was blessed by the birth of seven chil- 
dren, one of whom died in infancy. Those who 
survived to adult age were Sarah A., James M., 
deceased; Mary E.; William W., our subject; Sid- 
ney M. and Amanda L., deceased. Sarah A. is the 
wife of Curtis M. Pritchard, and resides with lier 
husband in Lebanon, Ind. William W. Smith. 
reared upon the old family homestead, attended 
the little district scliool of the home neighborhood, 
and early trained into a practical knowledge of 
agricultural duties, attained to his majorit^^ manly 
and self-reliant. When beginning life for himself, 
his father gave him forty acres of land, to which 
he has since added, now owning one of the best 
farms in Washington Township. 

Mr. Smith married young, wedding Miss Lucin- 
da Corbin, daughter of John M. and Martha (Bea- 
ver) Corbin. Mr. Corbin was born in Kentucky. 
Immediately following their marriage, our subject 
and his accomplished wife settled upon the old 
Smith homestead. Mr. Smith bought part of the 




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farm, and his father gave him tlie remainder. He 
now owns one hundred and tweiity-lliree acres, 
wiiich adjoin the village of .lolietvillu and are al- 
rea(Jy quite valuable, the homestead being worth 
at least $75 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have 
welcomed to their hearts and iiome three children, 
Eva, Delia and Pearl, wife of Horace .lohnson; 
she has a daughter, and resides In Sheridan, Ind. 
Evti and Delia are graduates of the high school 
and are excellent scholars. 

The mother, well educated and intelligent, pos- 
sesses a wide circle of acquaintances and friends, 
and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
.as are her daugliters, she takes a leading place in the 
social and benevolent enterprises of that denomi- 
nation. Mr. .Smith, a close observer and reader, is 
well posted in the current affairs of the day. An 
affable man, of sterling integrity and high business 
attainments, he has long comiiianded the confi- 
dence of the general public, who attested their ap- 
preciation of his worth by electing him to the re- 
sponsible position of County Commissioner. A 
self-made man, winning his upward w.ay by honest 
effort and unvarying industry, our subject has 
gained a eomi)etence and position of useful influ- 
ence. Politically a Republican, Mr. Smith has long 
been a leader of the local party, and from his 
earliest youth has taken an active interest in both 
local and national issues. 

In entering upon the responsible duties of Coun- 
ty Commissioner, our subject will carry with him 
into his otticial life the hearty good wishes and 
congratulations of a host of old-time friends, tried 
and true. 






PANIEL H. CLYMER, M. I)., a successful 
1 agriculturist of Duck Creek Township, Madi- 
son County, is a long-time resident of the 
state, and as a farmer, soldier, iircicher, i>hv- 
sician and citizen, has spent an unuMially Inisy 
life and passed through many peculiar experiences 
incidental to his various vocations. P 
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energy, in 

in the county more thoroughly enjoys the con- 
fidence of a wide acqiiaint.ance than does he. A 
native of Ohio, he was born in Fairfieh) County, 
Sei)tembei 18, 1826. Ilis father, Massa F. Clymer, 
a native of MarylMiid. emigr.ated to Ohio with his 
parents when quite young, and not long afterward 

but tilt' most limited opportunities for an educa- 
tion. At the age of forty-two he established his 
home in Indiana, and settling in Duck Creek 
Town.shi|), followed tlic puiMiil ol agnculture 
until his death. 

The Clymer family is of English ancestry, but 
was represented in America in a very early day. 
The paternal great-grandfather, Francis Clymer, 
was a brother of George Clymer, who signed the 
Declaration of Independence. The paternal grand- 
father. Massa Clymer, Sr., was well known in the 
south and was regarded as a man of ability :ni(l 
intelligence. The mother of our >ubji(l. Mrs. 
Mary (Christ) Clymer, was the daughter of 
Abraham and Sarah (Queen) Christ, the fallu'r 
being of German descent, and tlie mother of lri>h 
ancestry. Daniel was the eldcsi, b 
family, and in childhood attend 
Township, Franklin County, Oli 
times schools were comparatix 
between, and the manners and n 
tion were exceedingly primitive. 

When a bt)y Mr. Clymer assisted liis father 
during the winters in a shoe shop and in the 
summer worked upon the home farm. In the 
spring of 1852 he located in Indiana and began 
clearing ground for the planting of corn. He 
continued the preparation of his land for cultiva- 
tion and had brought a large number of acres into 
a highly profitable state when the breaking out of 
the Civil War called him from his |)eaccful pur- 
suits. In August, 1862, he enlisteil in Company G. 
Seventy-fifth Indiana Infantry; and was mustered 
into service in Wabash, Ind. During the first 
year he was engaged principally in the pursuit of 
^lorgan through Kentucky, and afterward served 
as teamster for two and a-half years. During that 
time he drove to Washington City and was released 
from duty on the lield and ap|>oiiited judge to 



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select mules for the standing army. Discharged | 
in June, 1865, from the Federal service he at once ] 
returned home and found his crops in need of im- j 
mediate attention. 

Resuming agricultural labor, our subject has 
continued the tilling of the soil ever since. In j 
1865, he joined the Methodist Church, and later 
was licensed to preach and had charge of a circuit 
for three years, but is now settled permanently on 
Ihs farm, although he continues to preach by 
appointment. He has natural ability as a physician 
and some years ago began treating rheumatism and 
other diseases, which he has continued with great 
success. When the stale law was passed requi 
a license to practice, he became a physician under 
the experience act, having practiced more than ten 
3'ears. and is now legally' entitled to the pro- 
fessional prefix of Doctor, by which he is familiarly 
known. He continues to treat many of the neigh- 
bors' families but lias no established office. 

The first marriage of Daniel H. Clymer united 
him with Miss Isabella, daughter of James and 
Mary (Scott) Gray, natives of North Carolina, 
who removed to Indiana in pioneer days. The 
union of our subject and his excellent wife was 
blessed by the birth of four children: Viola, who 
married Samuel Cochran and resides in Elwood, 
Ind.; James F., who married Emma Frazer and 
lives in Duck Creek Township; Jefferson C, a clerk 
in Elwood, who married Miss Flora Kiter; and 
Mary, Mrs. Luther Dodge, who passed away in 
1890. Mrs. Isabella Clymer died eight years after 
her marriage. Afterward our subject married Mrs. 
Annie (Rader) Hart, who bore her husband two 
children: Martha, the wife of Elwood Frazier, who 
resides near the village of Elwood; and Royal, 
who married Miss Lou Bagley. After twelve years 
of wedded life Mrs. Annie Clymer passed away. 

On the 19th of July, 1872, Mr. Clymer married 
Miss Rachwl Ann Craighead. James F., his eldest 
son, is an eloquent minister in the New Light 
Church and is regularly ordained. The Clymers 
are noted for their temperate habits, no one of the 
name being addicted to the use of intoxicants. 
A lifelong and ardent Democrat, our subject never 
votes any other ticket, but, although often solicited 
to accept office, has invariably refused to do so, 



his duties as a physician, minister and farmer fully 
occupying his time. Passing his days in his quiet 
home neighborhood, bis life is filled with good 
deeds, the memory of which will long endure and 
become a lasting monument when he shall have 
entered into rest. 




/... LEXANDER WISE, who throughout his 
' &'iu\ i entire life has followed farming, and since 
1869 has resided ui)on the farm which is 
now his home, claims Madison County as 
the place of his nativity. He was born August 2, 
1838, and is a son of John and Harriet (McClin- 
tock) Wise, who were natives of Ohio and Indiana, 
respectively, and he came to Indiana in 1824. In 
the familj' were seven children, of whom Alexander 
is the fourth in order of birth. The mother died, 
after which the father was again married, and by 
the second unior had two sons and two daughters. 
Mr. Wise whose name heads this record re- 
mained upon the home farm until he had attained 
to man's estate, and was then married, November 
24, 1859, to Hannah, daughter of John and Sarah 
(Bowers) Moore. Her parents were natives of the 
Old Dominion, and on emigrating westward c;ist 
their lot among the first settlers of White River 
Township, Hamilton County, Ind. Mrs. Wise is next 
to the youngest of their seven children, of whom 
four are now living, namely: Jonathan, a resident 
of Frankton; Mrs. Rebecca Klepfer, who resides in 
Pipe Creek Township; and Mrs. Leana Kem)), of 
Madison County. 

Throughout his entire life, Mr. Wise has fol- 
lowed farming, and in 1869 came to the farm 
which he now occupies. It embraces more than 
four hundred acres of arable land, and is pleasantly 
and conveniently located near the town of Frank- 
ton. Its rich and fertile fields yield a golden 
tribute to the owner, and the many improvements 
upon the place attest his diligence and enteri)rise. 
He IS also an extensive stock-raiser and has some 
fine cattle and horses upon his place. 

Mr. Wise manifested his loyalty to the Union 
during the late war by enlisting October 28, 1864, 
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Indiana Infantry, which was drilled in Indianapo- 
lis and assigned to the Fourth Division, Fourth 
Armj'- Corps. The regiment was Hrstsent to Louis- 
ville and then to Nashville, and Mr. Wise re- 
mained m the service until tiie close of the war, 
when he was mustered out in July, I860. 

Eii;ht cliildrcn have been horn unto our subject 
and his wife. William Harrison, who w.as horn 
January ."), 18(;i, is a sciiool teacher and resides on 
a farm near the old homestead; Barbara Jane, born 
August 30, 1863, is teaching school in Anderson; 
John N., born September 24, 1866. is Superinten- 
dent of the Methodist SundaA'-sclnMil m l-'rankhm; 
Sarah Harriet, born March 20, 186S; Martin Lu- 
ther, December 5, 1870; Rosa May, September 
27, 1873; Grace M., November 27, 1876, and Flor- 
ence Myrtle, born October 24, 1880, are all at home. 

In connection with his other interests, Mr. Wise 
owns property in Frankton, and is a stockholder 
in the Frankton Land Improvement Company. He 
may truly be called a self-made man, for his i)rop- 
erty lias all been acquired through his own ef- 
forts, and lie is now a prosperous farmer. He and 
his family are members of the Methodist F|)iscopal 
Church, and take an active jjart in religious and 
benevolent work, doing all in their power to pro- 
mote the sirowth and unbuilding of the church. 



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i^^% W. MULLEN. It is the men of broad and 
1^^^ comprehensive views who give life to com- 
^^^ munities and build cities, men who, in the 
darkness of adverse circumstances as well as more 
favorable periods, look beyond the clouds and 
have the i)luck and energy and foresight to push 
fnrwaid their enterprises, extend speculation and 
fairly wrest success from calamity. Just such a 
man is T. W. Mullen, a carriage manufacturer of 
Alexandria. This prominent business man was born 
at Kniglitslowii. Henry County, Ind., March 22, 
1857. and inherits the (lulck wit and enterprise of 
his father, Patrick Mullen, a native of County 
Galway, Ireland. 

Tiie father was married in his native county to 
Miss Bridget Bowen, hut growing restive he and 
his wife bade adieu to friends and scenes long 



familiar, and in 1840 landed in America. They 
came immediately to Indiana and located at 
Knighlstown. Henry County, where for many 
years the father was in tlie railroad business. 
Later he beeanie a farmer, and died in Henry 
County in 1.S7.S. The mother is still living in 
that county. Seven children were horn to them, 
live sons, and two <laughters. and of these our 
subject was second in order of birth. The eldest 
son, James, was for many years roadmaster on the 
Indianapolis, Bloomington it Western Railroad, 
and at the age of twenty-nine years, while at 
work In tills capacit\', was killed in a wreck on 
that road; Mary married James Griffin, who is a 

' railroad man at Ogden, Henry County, Ind.; 

! Daniel resides at Columbus, Ohio, and has been 

I connected with the I'an Ibindle Railroad since he 
was fourteen years old; Anna ni.'irried 1). !■". (irifHn, 

I a blacksmith at Kichmond, Ind.; John is a farmer 
in Henry County, this state; and William, who is 

I a steam shovel engineer, resides in tlie lunpire 

I State. 

I Tlie subject of this sketch spent the lirsl twelve 

I years of his life in Knightstown, and then moved 
with his parents to the farm, where he remained 
until sixteen years of age. He received but an 
ordinary education, and for two years after he 
was sixteen years of age he was on the railroad. 
He then returned to the farm, where he remained 
for three years, and in 1878, when twenty-one 
years of age, he came to Alexandria, where he 
learned the blacksmith's trade, following the same 
for seven years. After this he was in the railroad 
business in the Buckeye State for two years, and 
again followed his trade at I'nion City. Ind. In 
1887 he came to Alexandria, where he followed 
blacksmitl'.ing until l.S'.fJ, when he engaged in the 
carriage nianufaeluring business. He has made a 
success of this, and has a large and paying busi- 
ness. He became the owner of considerable 
property in Alexandria liefore natural gas was 
discovered, and when the boom came, he, like 
Others, made considerable money out of it. On 
one piece of property alone he cleared ^3,000. 

Mr. Mullen owns his large jilant, as well as other 
town property, and a farm of one hundred and 
forty acres five miles north of Alexandria. This 



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POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



farm he has stocked and keeps in a good state of 
cultivation. lie selected his wife in the person of 
Miss Ella Fogerty, of Alexandria, and their 
nuptials were celebrated in December, 1887. After 
paying expenses on tlii.s memorable occasion he i 
found he had just 12.50 left. Since then his large 
fortune has been made and he is now indoiiendeii t. 
He is a hard-working, industrious man and a 
good financier. In polities, he has been a life-long 
Demociat, and he was elected a member of the 
first Cit_y Council, a position he holds at the pres- ' 
ent time. In his religious views he is a Catholic. ! 
He and his estimable wife have two interesting j 
children, Marie and Maud. i 



SAAC E. MAY, a prominent business man of 
Anderson, was born in this place on tlie 7th 
of July, 1861. and has passed his entire life in | 
the city of his birth. He is the son of Isaac M. j 
May, a native of Shenandoah County, Va.,and an j 
early settler of Anderson, coming hither when a 1 
young man; He was the possessor of intense pa- 
triotism, and at the opening of the Civil War he 
enlisted as a member of the Nineteenth Indiana 
Infantry, becoming Captain of Company A. He 
served with distinguished valor, winning the com- 
mendation of his superior officers and the admira- 
tion of his company. At the commencement of 
the second battle of Bull Run, he was promoted to 
the rank of Major, and was serving in that capa- ' 
city at the time he was killed. At the battle of 
Gainville in August,. 1862, he fell a martyr to the 
cause of the country he so devotedly loved and for 
which he willingly gave up his life. In honor of 
his memory, the Grand Army post at Anderson 
was named the Major May Post. 

The marriage of Major May united him with 
Miss Samantha Kindle, a native of Anderson, who 
still resides in this city. The union resulted in the 
birth of two children, Thomas, who died in child- 
hood, and Isaac E., the subject of this sketch. The 
latter was educated in the common schools of An- 
derson, and by subsequent reading and self cul- 
•ture he became well informed. At the age of about 



eighteen, he entered the County Auditor's office 
as. clerk, and remained there for a period of ten 
years, after which he was emplo^'ed in the office 
of the County Clerk for two years. In June, 1890, 
he embarked in the plumbing business in partner- 
ship with C. M. Ilarriman, and the firm is now one 
of -the most prominent in the citj', keeping in 
stock a complete assortment of plumbing and nat- 
ural gas supplies. 

In politics a Democrat, Mr. May has for a num- 
ber of years been prominentlj' connected with the 
public affairs of the city and county, and for the 
past two years has served as a member of the City 
Council, representing the Third Ward. He is a 
man of progressive spirit and gives his active as- 
sistance and support to all measures having for 
their object the promotion of the material welfare 
of the community. Socially, he holds fraternal 
relations with the Knights of Pythias, the Inde- 
pendent Order of Red Men and lheElks;he is also 
prominently connected with the Sons of Veterans 
and the Knights of the Golden Eagle. 

The lady who on the 24th of February, 1892, 
became the wife of Mr. May was formerly Miss 
Annie L. Sansbury. She is one of four children 
born to the union of James W. and Jane (Jones) 
Sansbury, natives of Ohio, who for many years 
have resided in Anderson. In this city Mrs. May 
received a good education and was trained to 
womanhood, being the recipient of every advan- 
tage in the power of her parents to give her. She 
is an accomplished lady and prominent in social 
circles, but finds her highest pleasure in her home^ 
devoting herself with tireless love and affection to 
her husband and tiieir only child. James S. 



\i^?RANK P. ADAMS, of the firm of Adams 
lii^ Brothers, manufacturers of barrel headings, 
/li was born near Meadville, Crawford Coun- 

ty, Pa., on the 11th of September, 1859. His fa- 
ther, Robert Adams, was a native of the same 
county and state. Robert Adams, the grandfather, 
emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania and was 
a pioneer farmer of Crawford Count3', and also 
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Allegheny River. The father was a faiiiuM-, living 
ten miles from iMeadvillo, on the Atlantic A-, (Jreal 
Western, now the New Vurk, Pennsylvania A- Ohio 
Railroad. He and his bn.tlier helped to build 
that road, and while thus engaged lie conlraeted 
a I'old that resulted in his death in 1862. 

The mother of our subject, Mary Ralya, was 

friun Seotland and were pioneer farmers. She re- 
sided on the fai-in until her death in ]x7'J. She 
w.as the mother of ten children, all of u honi at- 
tained to3'ears of maturity and are now li\iiig. (^f 
the boys, five are in the heading bir-iness. (ieorge 
W. resides in Habethia, Nemalia County. Ivan., and 
owns a section of land; David Nisley is a real-es- 
tate dealer at Elwood; Lemuel 1)., of the lirm of 
Adams Brothers, resides at Decatur and h.as charge 
of the mill at I'niondale; Wilson W. is engaged in 
the heading business at (Jreentown; Henry S. is a 
member of the Arm of Adams Brothers; Frank P. is 
our subject; Rachel O. (Mrs. Martin) resides near 
I'.radford. Pa.; I,ucy L. ( Mr.s. Kightlinger) lives 
at (ireentown, liuL, and Ella (Mrs. (HHxlrieh) is a 
resident of Waslnngton, Pa. 

Frank P. Adams was reared on a farm in Penn- 
sylvania and attended tiie common schools. He 
remained in Pennsylvania, residing with his 
brother on the old homestead, for two ye.'irs. On 
April 1, 1875, he came to Bryant, Jay County, 
where he made liis home with his brother L. I), un- 
til 1877 or 1878, when he attended the Slate Nor- 
mal School and took the scientific and business 
courses. In lS7y he was graduated in the busi- 
ness de[)artmeiit of the Bry.ant & Stratton College 
at Indianapolis and then became book-keeper and 
overseer for his brother Lemuel. In 1883 Adams 
Brothers bought the large coopering interests of 
.1. J. Ralya, one of tlie most prosperous men in 
Cleveland and at one time worth more than a half- 
million dollars. He started tlie .\nder.son busi- 
ness in 1875, but failed in 18f<:i, and was succeeded 
by Adams Brothers. 

The mill was in a poor eomliticui. and Adams 
Brothers put in new macliinery and a dry kiln and 
had it well equipped, when, in November, 188:5, the 
building w.as destroyed by lire witli a. lo,ss of §1,- 
000. The mill was rebuilt and better ecpiipped 



than ever. and in Seplcinber. lS,S7.wlu.n an excep- 
tionally large stock was on liand. il liuined again, 
entailing a loss of *2.'),(I00. Although the capital 
left after the two disasttTs w.as very small, the 

the 1st of -lanuary. I sss. At this wiil ing ( 1893) 
itisoneof the best e,|uipped niilN in tlu^ country, 
as is al>o their mill at Deeilield. The Anderson 
mill is located on six .acres of l:i iid belonging to 
the linn in the eastern part of Anderson between 
the Pan Handle and Big Four roads. The machin- 
ery part is llOx.iO feet, kiln 3(;x75 feet, and the 

engine and boiler r i .■iL'xIO feet. The ollice, 

located near the mill, is of cottage style an<l well 
appointed. The ca[)acity of the niili is one mill- 
ion sets of heading per year, :in(l the inaikel for 
them is mostly in New York and Si. l.,,uis. Sev- 
enty five men are employed in the mill. Frank 
P. is the book-keeper, buyer and seller. U.S. is the 
superintendent of the mill .-ind shop, and L. I), 
operates the mill at rniondale. In politics Mr. 
Adams is a Republican and has -erved on the 
county t-ominitt(H' and as d(■lc^,■lte Id v.Mrious con- 
ventions. Frank P. Adams .-ind .Mi>s Ell.a Schimer 
were married in ,lune, Lssi!. She was born at 
Chesterfield and is the daughter of a grain mer- 
chant. Terrell .S. is the name of their onlv child. 



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AMES E. INLOW. M. D.. the eflieient Secre- 
tary of the Board of lle.-dlh and the oldest 
physician of Alexamlria. Madis<Jii ('(juiity. 
Ind.. possessing skill and exi)erience as a 
general practitioner and surgeon, has won an en- 
viable reputation and is widely known and highly 
esteemed by his fellow-townsmen and surrounding 
communities, among whom he numbers a large cli- 
entage of patients and numerous old-time friends. 
Dr. Inlow, a native Keiituekian, was born in 
Fleming County. June 12, 1841. His father, 
Isaac Tnlow, likewise a native of Kentucky, was 
the son of James Inlow, a descendant of Scotch- 
Welsh ancestors, who made their home in Mary- 
land, in which state the paternal gr.andfather was 
born. He earlv in life removed to Kentuckv and 



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became a wealth3r slaveholder and cotton planter 
of the state. He also entered large tracts of land 
in Indiana, which lie later distributed among his 
family of fifteen cliildren. Isaac Inlow, the four- 
teenth child in order of birth, and one of tlie sisters 
comprise the only survivors of the numerous 
progeny, who scattered to diffeient parts of the 
country. The father, with his family, emigrating 
to Indiana in about 1850, made his home in Rush 
County, and a man of tireless energy, rose to local 
prominence and was numbered among the wealthy 
and intlnenlial citizens of his locality. At two 
different times tendered a nomination to the Legis- 
lature by the Democratic party, he refused the 
honor which his friends sought to confer upon 
him, and is now living a retired life in his Rush 
County home. 

The mother, Mrs. Luciiida (liell) Inloiv, was also 
born in Kentucky, and is a member of one of the 
old and influential families of thestate. A brother, 
Elijah Bell, locating in Indianapolis when a young 
man, was a wealthy contractor and erected many 
of the buildings whicli afterward became city 
landmarks. The family, possessed of strength 
and energy, are long lived, and the mother 
has, like her husband, reached four-score and Ave 
years, and been an intelligent witness of the won- 
derful growth and progress of Indiana. Five 
children clustered in the home of the parents, four 
sons and one daughter. John W., the eldest, is a 
successful traveling man and makes his home in 
Indianapolis. Elijah is a prosperous general agri- 
culturist of Rush County. George J. finds profit- 
able employment at his trade of a carpenter, and 
resides in Rush County. The only sister married 
Cyrus Trees, a well known merchant, and passed 
away leaving a daughter, now an attractive and 
accomplished young lady. The early life of Dr. 
Inlow was spent upon his father's farm, where in 
boyhood he assisted in the daily round of agricult- 
ural cares, and also attended the common school 
of the district. Diligently applying himself to 
his books, our subject gained a good education, 
and afterward ambitiously taught school. Later 
he returned to his native state, and engaged in 
the employment of a book-keeper in Paris. 

Dr. Inlow remained in Paris until the spring of 



1863, at which time he returned to Indiana and 
devoted himself to the study of medicine, at 
Manilla, Rush County. In 1866 he graduated 
after attending a course of lectures in Miami 
Medical College, of Cincinnati, and at once en- 
tered upon the duties of his profession in Madison 
County, Ind., being associated with Dr. William 
Hunt until 1871, when he located in Alexan- 
dria. Our subject, the oldest practicing phy- 
sician in the city, enjoys the confidence of 
the people, and successful in his treatment 
of the various ills which flesh is heir to, is 
likewise a skillfui surgeon. Although mainly 
occupied with the demands of a wide practice. 
Dr. Inlow is intelligently interested in local and 
national affairs, and is politically a pronounced 
Democrat. A popular man and citizen of execu- 
tive ability, he was elected member of the first 
Town Board of Alexandria, and later became the 
Secretary of the Board of Health, which responsi- 
ble position he now holds to the great satisfaction 
of the general public. He is fraternally a valued 
member of the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, 
and affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, and has passed the chairs of the latter so- 
ciet}'. In 1870 were united in marriage James E. 
Inlow and Miss Martha Irwin, of Anderson, a 
lady of culture and worth. Three children have 
blessed the union: William, Horace and Lela, 
bright and intelligent young people, all at home 
and receiving the advantage of an education 
which will fit them for any position of trust or 
honor to which they may be called. Dr. Inlow 
and his estimable wife occupy a high social posi- 
tion, and foremost in good works and benevolent 
enterprises, possess the sincere regard and friend- 
ship of an extended acquaintance. 



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OLIVIER H. BURDKTT. who is living on sec- 
tion 19, Fall Creek Township, is a worthy 
representative of an honored pioneer fam- 
ily. He was born on the oid home farm, August 
13, 1850, and is a son of Christopher and Mary A. 
(Shaul) Burdett. His grandfather, Joseph Bur- 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIITCAL RECORD. 



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ill (xi-eeiibrier County, W. Va. By occupation lie 
was a fanner. He married Dysey Burns and tliey 
had eiglit sons and two daugliters, Ciiristoplier, 
St. Clair, Isliam, Robert, John, Sylvester, Lewis, 
.loseph, Elizabeth and Mary. The parents were 
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The 
great-grandfather, John Burdett, is supposed to 
liave (Miiigratcd with three l)rotliers fioiii Ireland 
lo \iioinia. 

Chrislupher Burdett was born in Monroe Coun- 
ty, Va., April 6, 1812, and in the spring of 1832 
came to this count}-, settling on forty acres of 
land which he cleared and to whi( h he added 
until he liad two hundred and fnrty-lwd acres, 
eighty of which were given to his wife l)y her 
fathci-. lie was an enterprising farmer, and in 
politics was .1 Whig and Republican. He died 
ISIarch .'.. l.s.-).-). His wife was l,..rn in Clarke 
County. Ohio. July I, l.si;), and by her tirst, mar- 
riage had six childieii: Kli/.a A. Ward: .lohii C, 

the sickness of his brother, wlio was a soldier; 
Alexander, Oliver H.; Dysey, widow of Cuiii> Al- 
font, and James, who enlisted in Coiniiany l^.Tliirty- 
ninth Indiana Infantry, was taken sick, but after 
the illness above mentioned returned to the field 
and died near Nasliville November 28, 18C2. 
After the death of lier liist, husliaiid Airs. Burdett 
became the wife (jf Ileuiy lliday. and died April 
13, 1873. Her father, Solomon Sliaul, was born in 
A'irginia in January, 178'J. His father came to 
the United States with (Jeneial LaKayette, and 
after the war remained in this country. His wid- 
ow, with her eleven children, removed to Clarke 
County, Ohio, after the War of 1812. In the 
spring of 1819 Solomon Shaul came with his 
family to Indiana and entered eighty acres of 
land on section l',». Fall Creek Township, where he 
built a cabin and l)cgan life in true pioneer style. 
He cleared and improved one hundred and sixty- 
acres of land and gave to each of his children 
eighty acres. He assisted in the organization of 
the township aiicl county, and w.as one of the jury 
who convicted lliidge Sawyer for killing the In- 
dians in 1831. He also served as County Com- 
missioner and was one of the organizers of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, being active in 



church work. His death ur.-niTed in November. 
liSOI. His wife was born in Maryland in May, 
17111. Her father. William Ward, was a Revolu- 
tionary soldier for seven Ncars and came from 
England to America. His wife was born in Ire- 
land. After his death she came lo I ndiana and was 
the lirst |)erson buried in rciHllcton Cemetery. 
Mrs. Elizabeth Shaul died |),aa-nibcr 12. 1.H73. 
Ilerdiildren were William .losiah. M.ary A.. Cal- 
vin F. and Alison C. 

The district schools of the neighboiliood afford- 
ed our subject his cdueation.al pri\ilet;es. His 
youth was quietly passed, .and at tin' .age of twenty 
he began farming for himself on the old home- 
stead, where he now owns eighty-one acres of 
land, and his mot lua- owns the remaining eighty 
acres. On the lllh of November. 1873, he mar- 
ried Margaret .\lfont, who w.as born in Green 
Township, this (amnly, and is a <langhler of Rob- 
ertand Nancy ( K'ichaids) Alfonl. Seven children 
graced their union, live of whom are yet living, 
Edward C., Nellie M.. 11. .ward 1).. Fva IJ. and 

.Milton Iv'ay. Cli.ailes died .al llie ai: ' two and 

a-half ye.ais and Kii-.aie when eleven years of age. 

.Mr. and Mrs. linrd.tt aic members of the Chris- 
tian Church and are people of prominence in this 
community, whei-e their entire lives li.ave lieen 
passed. He has wat.-hcl the gidwth and develop- 
ment of the coniLl,\ for many .\eais and m all pos- 
sible ways has aided in its upbuilding. Those who 
have, known him from boyhood are numbered 
among his stanchest friends, a fact which indicates 
an honorable, iiuri'dit life. 



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^r^EORGE W. SIGLER. It is impo.ssible to 
III ^— , place too high an estimate on the importance 
^>^i^ of the real-estate business in comparison 
with the various other elements of commercial and 
financial value. Certainly none other rests upon a 
more conservative and highly honorable basis as 
regards methods and trans.actions. There are nu- 
merous persons who pursue the occupation of real- 
estate agents with credit and success and earn a 
well merited reputation for the conscientious and 
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entrusted to their charge. Among those of this 
class may be mentioned George W. Sigler, who is 
identified with the Oak Park Land Company, of 
Frank ton. 

Mr. Sigler was born in Madison County, Ind., 
January 28, 1858, to the marriage of Francis and 
Amanda (Richwine) Sigler. (See sketch of Fran- 
cis Sigler.) Our subject was eighteen years of age 
when he commenced life for himself, and his edu- 
cation in the common schools was supplemented 
by a course of study in the normal schools of the 
county. When nineteen j'ears of age he started 
out as an educator and continued this for four 
years, meeting with fair success. In 1881 he en- 
gaged with L. M. Kimerling in the drug business 
and continued with him until September. 1882, 
when he engaged in the same business with E. 
Steffy. One year later he was appointed ciiief en- 
rolling clerk in the general assembly; he filled that 
jjosition one year and then engaged again as drug 
clerk with L. M. Kimerling. In December, 1883, 
he formed a partnership with his employer, Mr. 
Kimerling, when they purcliascd the stock of 
tlieir competitor, Mr. Stefly. hi 188.5 Mr. Kim- 
erling sold his interest in Frankton to our 
subject's brother and established a store at Elwood 
with our subject. 

In 1887 Mr. Sigler acted as Deputy Auditor for 
J. E. Canaday. and filled that position in a very 
creditable manner for two years, or until 1889, 
when he again engaged in the drug business. Later 
he became associated with his brother In business, 
the firm being known as Sigler Brothers. In Feb- 
ruary, 1893, he sold his interest in tiie drug trade 
and engaged in the real-estate business, being 
identified with the Oak Park Land Company. 
Tills was first organized August 8, 1892, as Sigler 
& (Juick. l)ut tliere are six different members in the 
organization at the present time. J. J. Ring is 
President and our subject is Secretary. They own 
nearly thirty-eight acres laid out in lots, and in 
one of the most desirable residence portions of the 
town of Frankton. This company have an excel- 
lent clientage and amply sustain a higlil}' honor- 
:ible business record, brougiit about by straight- 
forward methods of conducting business. 

On the 23d of October, 1887, Mr. Sigler was 



married to Miss Xantippe Smithson, daughter of 
John W. and Ruth (Perry) Simthson. (See sketch 
of Solomon Perry.) He and his wife have a pleas- 
ant and comfortable home in Frankton and take a 
prominent place in society. Mr. Sigler has shown 
his appreciation of secret organizations by becom- 
ing a member of the Knights of Pythias and the 
Improved Order of Red Men. In politics he 
votes the Democratic ticket. He is the owner of 
considerable town propertj' and is one of the live, 
wide-awake citizens whose push and energy are 
fully appreciated by all who are interested in the 
town's growth and progress. 



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J"' OHN C. NEWBY, one of the most successful 
I physicians of Hamilton County, traces his 
I lineage to one of the heroes of the Revolu- 
' tionary War. His great-grandfather, John 

Newbj', w.as born in Pennsylvania in 1756, and 
served under General Marion in the struggle for 
liberty, spurred not only by patriotic impulses, but 
also by the inemory of his father's wrongs when 
fleeing an exile from England on account of his 
adherence to the Quaker faith. At the close of the 
war John Newby settled upon his land grant in 
Kentucky, where he remained until death. When 
more than ninety years old he rode on horseback, 
accompanied by a sister of about seventy years, 
from the southern part of Kentucky to Hamilton 
Comity, Ind., on a visit to his son, John W., who 
long before had settled there. When about to mount 
his horse at his son's residence, he disdained the 
offered assistance and remarking, "See what a man 
ninety years old can do," swung himself into his 
saddle and rode away. His visit in Indiana cov- 
ered a period of some two or three weeks, and the 
entire distance traveled was more than one thou- 
sand miles. His brother William was also a soldier 
in the War of the Revolution. 

The grandfather of our subject, John W. Newby, 
was born in Kentucky, and first came to Indiana 
in 1824, spending a year in Owen County. In 
1832 he brought his family to Marion County, this 
state, whence, after a residence of about four 
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ncss of Il;iniilt(.ii Coimlv niid siMIIimI oii Oovoni- 
niciil land in Wliil.' Rivei- Township. Cluariiig 
and improving a farm, lie m.ide his home there 
until his death. One of the reasons for his re- 
moval to Indiana was his iiatred of the instilulion 
of slavery. IIis only hrolhei . Sutton, inherited 
and resided upuntheold h.>me.|ead. whirl, was 
given to their father for serviees rendered in the 
Revolutionary War. 

Squire Newby, father of our subjeL-t, was horn in 
Kenlucky .\[areh 1. 1.S2S. and was one in a family 
<if four s,,ns and four daughters. A farmer l.y oe- 
eupation, and a suceessful man, he has made his 
home in Jackson Tovvnsliip for the past twenty- 
live years. His wife, whose maiden name was !\Iary 
.lane Colip, was l,,,rn in .Mari,ui County. Ind., in 
lS.il, and dird in Hamilton C..uiity in 1S71. Her 
father, Hon. .John Colip, was born m Rockingham 
County, Va., and was a descendant of Conrad 
Colip, a Hessian soldier, who.seived vindcr Corn- 
pay his passage to this country, lieiiig obliged to 
serve for .seven years in Rockingham County, 
where be afterward became a wealthy man. The 
family came to Indiana in 1820. Hon. John Colip 
was a local politician of considerabli' note, and was 
a pronounced .Miolilionist. and for many years 
prior t<; his death served as Justice of the Peace. 
His brother, Samuel, was also an iulluential i)olili- 
cian and a member of the Legislature. 

The family of which the Doctor is a member 
consisted of nine children, three sons and si.x 
daughters, he being the eldest. Sarah F.llen mar- 
ried Eli Roudybush and died at the age of twenty- 
eight, leaving twu children ; she and her husband 
were both teachers by prof.^s^ion. .Margaret Jane 
became the wife of William II. liines, a lumber- 
man of Cincinnati, Ohio; Nancy died at tiie age of 
ten years; William and Lula died in infancy; 
Julius .S. is now an attoiney in Oklahoma; Mary 
mairied James Driver, and died at the age of 
twenty-six, leaving two children; .Amanda married 
John Eyier, a farmer of Jackson Township. 

Born in White River Township, HaTnilton 
County, April 27, 1849, the subject of this sketch 
was reared to the life of a farmer's boy, receiving 
the usual educational advant.ages common to rural 



localities. After spending one year in I'.ntler Ciii- 
versity, he began, in |S7L^ the study of medicine 
m tlie office of Dr. .lohn M. Harfter, of Arcadia. In 
1874 he entered Belleviie Medical College, where 
he prosecuted his studies for two years. He was 
graduated in I.S7'.» from the Indiana Meclical C,d- 
lege, and comiiuMiced the pr.actice of his |,rofcssion 
in Bo.^ley, where he remained for sixteen vears 
Thence in 18!)0 he removed to Sheridan, where he 
has since conducted a lucrative practice. 

Starting in life a poor boy. Dr. Newby has by 
his exertions acctiniiihi ted a li.-indsome fortune 
and has also gained the esteem and conlidenie of 
his fellow-citizens. He is a Director of, and stock- 
holder in, the Sheridan State Bank, and is al.so 
President of the Sheridan Cas ,V Co.-il Oil Com- 
pany, lie is also interested in many other enter- 
prises and owns extensive landed property, includ- 
ing four hundred acres in Hamilton County and in 
Arkan.sas. Socially he is identified with the 
Masonic fralernity and tlu' Knights of I'ythias. A 
Republican in politics, he is not an active w.irki'r 
in the party nor has he ever been an aspirant for 
official honors. 

In 181)9 the Doctor married Miss .Mary K., 
daugiiter of Joseph Cluckner, a ( iernian l>y birth, 
and mechanic and a farmer by occupation. The 
name was formerly Glochner. Dr. and Mrs. Newby 
are the parents of four children: Howard II., 
Everett E., Phoebe C. and .\lonzo. The family 
residence is one of the most attractive abodes in 
Sheridan. 

,r__ ON. JAME.S L. EVANS, who has been prom- 

jT jl] inenliy identified with the business and 
_L^ politii-al interests of this community, makes 

((^ his home in Noblesville. A native of Ken- 
tucky, he was born in Claysville, Harrison County, 
March 21, 182.'>. His grandfallier, Walter Evans, 
was a native of Wales and came to the United 
States in 1779, locating in Washington, Pa., 
whence he went to Harrison County, Ky., where he 
followed farming. He was a ])rosperous and .suc- 
cessful man. He married Ursula Haniott, a native 
of Pennsylvania. 

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born in Harrison County, remained upon the home 
farm until eighteen years of age and then learned 
the cooper's trade, wJiieh he followed for many 
years. He afterward carried on a general store 
until 1837, when he removed to Hancock County, 
Ind. In 1852 he settled on a farm in Hamilton 
County, where he lived retired until his death at 
the age of seventy-nine years. His wife, who 
bore the maiden name of Susanna Baronett, was 
born in Bourbon County, Ky., and was a daugh- 
ter of James and Sarah (Snodgrass) Baionett, who 
were of Irish descent. Mrs. Evans died on the 
liomc farm near Nublcsville at tlie age of eighty- 
one years. 

.Tames L., of this slvetch, is the second in a fam- 
ily of ten children, but only three aie now living. 
The first thirteen years of his life were spent upon 
the farm, and he then began clerking in his fath- 
er's general store. Ou the 20tli of February, 1845, 
he married Miss Sarah A. Murman, who was born 
in Rush County, Ind., and is a daughter of Will- 
iam and Agnes. (Cowes) Murman. Her grandpar- 
ents came from Scotland and were among the first 
settlers of eastern Indiana. Her parents spent 
their last days in Hancock County, and were highly 
respected farming peoi>le. 

After his marriage Mr. Evans opened a country 
store in Marion, Ind., where he did business for 
five years, and in 1850 came to Noblesville, where 
he carried on a general merchandise establishment 
alone for several years and was then joined by liis 
brother, the partnersliip continuing until 1866. 
In 1854 he built a mill and elevator, which were 
burned in 1856, and which were rebuilt by the 
brothers. Our subject also engaged in the pork- 
packing business. He has been very successful in 
his dealings, and his good management and well 
directed efforts have brought him prosperity. 

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Evans have been born five 
children: Melinda .1., wife of 11. A. Clark, by 
whom she has three children; Clarinda II., wife of 
Maj. M. II. Floyd, by whom she has two sons; 
Frank, who died at the age of forty, leaving a wife 
and three children; Laurinda B., wife of Dr. A. 
D. Booth, by whom she had two children; and Sal- 
lie, who died, leaving one child. The family occu- 
pies an enviable position in social circles. 



Mr. Evans cast his first Presidential vote for 
General Taylor. In 1856 he supported Fremont, 
in 1860 voted for Douglas, and is now a Repub- 
lican. He entered into politics quite early. He 
has filled various local offices, was the first Trustee 
under tlie trustee law, and aided in the organiza- 
tion of the district and township. In 1874 he was 
elected to Congress and served for two terms, prov- 
ing a prominent and active member. During the 
time of the controversy concerning the election of 
President Hayes he never removed his clothes for 
sleep for thirt}' days. He has always worked for 
the interests of the community at large, and his 
constituents have ever found in him an able pro- 
moter of their interests. His public and private 
life are alike above reproach and have won him 
high regard. 



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AVID K. WHITE, an esteemed pioneer 
settler of Indiana, accompanied his par. 
ents to the state when a little lad five 
years of age, and for sixty-six changing 
years has been identified with the growth and de- 
velopment of this part of the great west. Devot- 
ing the labor of his life to the pursuit of general 
agriculture, Mr. White is known as a prosperous 
fanner, who by unvarying industry has achieved a 
comfortable competence, and for the past two- 
score years and more has been numbered with the 
substantial citizens of Washington Township, 
Hamilton County. Our subject, a native of Dela- 
ware, and born September 22, 1822, was the third 
son of Charles F. and Mary (Howell) White, na- 
tives of Delaware. 

Grandfather White was also a native of Dela- 
ware and a man of influence and jjosition. He re- 
ceived a fair education and possessed excellent 
business ability'. His father, the paternal great- 
grandfather of our subject, was born in Ireland. 
When a young man he crossed tlie sea to Amer- 
ica, locating in the state of Delaware when the 
broad west was a wilderness, inhabited alone by 
savage beasts and the no less savage Indians. Tlie 
parents, emigrating to the far west of Indiana, ar- 
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following spring iienr Carriu'l. in l<s;3;3, Charles 
F. White bouglit one hundieii .•uid Iweni}- acres of 
Goverument land, forty ac-res of whicliour subject 
now owns. Tlie fatlier remained constantly upon 
his Indiana homestead until 185."), when he sold his 
farm and removed to .lasper County, Iowa. 

The father again purchasing one hundred and 
twenty acres of (iovernment land settled in the 
Ilawkeye State, and diligently set himself about [ 
the cultivation of tliis his second homestead in the 
west. The mother of our subject, a devout Chris- ] 
lian woman, enjoyed only the benefit of a very i 
limited education. She was a valued member of [ 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and having sur- ' 
vived to bear eight children, calmly entered into I 
rest at the age of forty-four years. Her sons and 
daughteis are all now living and occupying posi- 
tions of useful influence. Financially prospered, 
the White family are widely known as genuine 
pioneers of the county. The father wedding a 
second time, in 1843, then married .Miss Margaret 
Jones, a native of Tennessee. This estimable lady 
became the mother of two children, and died in 
186.5. 

The father, always a hard-working man and a 
good manager, accumulated a small fortune, in 
those days a comfortable competence. He was a 
member of the Friends' Church in good standing, 
and was ever a liberal giver in behalf of religious 
work and influence. He voted the Democratic 
ticket at one time, but later became a Republican, 
and affiliated with the latter party up to the time 
of his death. Respected by all who knew him, 
Charles F. White passed away in Iowa about five 
years after becoming a permanent resident of the 
state. Our subject made his home with his parents 
until twenty years of age, then went to Illinois, in 
1842, and remained there a twelvemonth. At 
the expiration of that length of time he returned 
to the parental roof. 

Upon June 22, 1843, were united in marriage 
David K. White and Miss Mary M. I'earce, daugh- 
ter of William and Anna (Bailes) Pearce. Mrs. 
White received her education in a little log school- 
house, and. a lady of intelligence, has well improved 
every opportunity of her life. She is liberal in 
her religious views. Unto the union of our sub- 



ject and his worthy wife were born three chil- 
dren, two of wliom are now living. Christina 
is the wife of Richard B. Carey, and is the mother 
of three children ; George married to Miss Mary 
Bond, had one child; William is deceased. Im- 
mediately subsequent to his marri.age, Mr. White 
farmed ou shares for about four years, but after- 
ward purchased forty acres, a part of the homestead 
where he now lives. Constantly adding to his 
real estate, he at one lime owned a quarter-section, 
but has since given his son George thirty acres. 

The experiences of pioneer days are vividly re- 
called by our subject, to whom the sight of wolves 
and deer not far from the old family homestead 
was a familiar one. He had to market his wheat 
in Lawrenceburg, hauling it all the vftiy, and fre- 
quently sold it for sixty cents per bushel, at the 
same time paying seventy-five cents per bushel for 
salt. Mr. White was at one time a member of the 
Sons of Temperance, and has always been an advo- 
cate in behalf of the reformation and uplifting of 
fallen humanity. He is in political affiliation a 
Republican and, a true American citizen, is deeply 
interested in both local and national issues. He 
and his good wife are universally resjiected, and 
possess a host of old-time friends. 



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W E ROY J. PATTY. The subject of this 
I (?g) sketch comes from parents <>{ French and 
/i"-^V-. Irish ancestry. He was born on the 7th 
of November, 1851, near the village of Tra- 
der's Point, in Marion County, Ind. He is a 
son of John and F^liza E (Wilson) Patty .nnd the 
youngest member of the family. On his paternal 
side the family is said to have originated in the 
North of Ireland and emigrated to France, but 
there is now no data at command to either con- 
firm or disprove this opinion. The name, however, 
indicates that the family is of French origin. The 
authentic history of the family begins at about 
the time of the mass.acre of the French Huguenots, 
toward the latter part of the fifteenth century. It 
is well established that the ancestors of our subject 
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persecution, and that such ancestors resided in 
London for many years, where Thomas Patty, the 
great-grandfatlier of our subject, was born. 

On arriving at man's estate, Tliomas Patty left 
his native country, came to America in company 
with a brother and settled in Virginia some titue 
prior to the Revolutionary War. He was a 
planter by occupation and also a recommended 
minister in the Friends' Church. He reared a 
family, and one of them, James Patty, was born in 
the Old Dominion about the year 1777. From 
Virginia he migrated with his family to South 
Carolina, where James learned the trade of a gun- 
smith, which occupation he followed in the city 
of Charlestown for many years. James was our 
subject's grandfather. He married Mary Cook in 
South Carolina about the year 1796, and they 
reared a large family, namely: Jesse, Eli, John, 
Isaac, James, Nathan, Robert, Mary, Delia and 
Phebc. 

About the year 1811 James Patty left South Caro- 
lina and moved to Preble County, Ohio, where 
he continued to reside until the year 1830, when 
he again clianged his residence, coming to Indiana 
and entering land in Carroll County. At that 
time Carroll County was little more than an un- 
trodden wilderness, and many were the hardships 
he endured in establishing a home. Sixty-three 
years have elapsed, but the farm is still occupied 
by some of liis grandcliildren. The old farm house 
erected by his own hands still remains, but has 
long since ceased to be used as a dwelling. He 
was, like his father, a minister in the Friends' 
Church, but on account of his services as a soldier 
in the War of 1812 w.as for a time forbidden 
fellowship with that religious organization, for 
the Friends were opposed to war. Afterward he 
was .again taken into full fellowship and continued 
a member of tlie society until death. In politics 
he was a Whig, and always bitterly opposed 
slavery. He died at the advanced age of seventy 
years. 

John was the third son, and was born in 
Charlestown, S. C, on the Cth of January, 
1806. lie remained wilh his parents until he 
attained to manhood, and in the spring of 1827 
was united in marriage with Eliza E. Wilson, 



daughter of Thomas and Jane (Pierce) Wilson. 
Eliza Wilson was born on the 1st of February, 
1809, in Tioga County, Pa. Her father, Tliom.as 
Wilson, was a native of Ireland, and was born 
about the 3'ear 1778. He remained in Ireland for 
several years, but afterward emigrated to America 
and settled in Pennsylvania. From the latter state 
he moved to Ohio, where he resided until his 
death. He was a soldier in both the War of 1812 
and the Black Hawk War. His wife was born in 
Pennsylvania about the year 1780 and was ol 
Geiman origin. She survived her husband several 
years. 

Under instruction from his father, John Patty 
learned the trade of a gunsmith and also en- 
gaged to some extent as a blacksmith. In 1834 
he moved with his family from Preble County, 
Ohio, to Marion County, Ind., and located near 
Trader's Point, on what is now known as the 
Watts farm. At this place he conducted tiie busi- 
ness of smithing for eighteen years, and during 
the same period engaged to some extent in farm- 
ing. In the year 1852 he sold his farm in 
Marion Count3', and moved to C'armel, Hamilton 
County, where he opened up shops and engaged 
in the manufacture of wagons and carriages. He 
continued in this business for about fifteen years, 
when he sold the shops to his son, Isaac Patty, 
who conducted the business for some years after. 

In politics John Patty was a Democrat until 1856, 
when he united with the Republican party and 
affiliated therewith until his death, which oc- 
curred on the 20th of November, 1883. P>arly 
in life he embraced Christianity, and uniting with 
the United Brethren Cluirch, .showed the sincerity 
of his profession by an honoralile, upright life. 
In his intercourse with the world he made the 
Golden Rule his guide, and it may be truthfully 
said that in all his dealings he was fair, honest and 
just. For many years his home in Carmel was a 
stopping place for travelers, and during that time 
he never charged anj- person for a meal or a night's 
lodging. 

The pioneers of Ohio and Indiana had few 
advantages for obtaining an education, and 
John Patty was no exception to the rule. He was 
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a fair education for tlie times ia which he lived. 
Ill the neighboring churches of his religious creed 
lie (iflcii held public services and was regarded as 
ri .speaker of considerable force and ability. He 
never sought political preferment. His wife, 
Kliza E. Patty, was a woman of kind and gentle 
disposition and noted for her good deeds. She 
was a member of the Baptist Chiircli. On the 
ulh of May, 1875, she peacefully passed to her 
rest and now sleeps by the side of her husband in 
the Friends' Cemetery at Carniel, Ind. 

Tlie education of our subject was obtained in tiie 
coMunon scliools, the high schools of Galveston 
and Carmel, and the commercial school of Bryant 
and Stratton at IndiaiiapoUs. He studied law for 
some time in the office of William Evans and 
afterward continued his readings under tiie snper- 
visi<in iif ,1. S. l.cisej-. who was the junior memlier 
of the law linn of -Stafford ife Losey, at Noblesville. 
in 1888 he was admitted to the Bar, and afterward 
(iprned an office iu Indianapolis, but was soon 
compelled to give u\) the practice on account of 
ill health, since which time he has not been 
actively engaged in the law. He has, however, 
been connected with several important cases dur- 
ing the past few years and iinds his knowledge of 
the law of the utmost use to him i 
his business of a broker. 

In 1874 the order of Sons o 
was strong in tlie state; at tli 
subject resided in Noblesville and 
to represent Noblesville Division i 
Division, which assembled on the second Tues- 
day in September at Indianapolis. At this 
session he was elected to the office of Grand Con- 
ductor and at the following annual session ad- 
vanced to the highest office within the gift of the 
(irand Division, that of Grand Worthy Patriarch, 
lie was the youngest meml)er ever elected to the 
position. In I S'.M) the Republicans of his neigh- 
l)oiiioo(l eiiTiilated a lelter which was niiineroiisly 
signed, lecpiestiiig that he present his name as a 
candidate for the nomination of Representative in 
the Legislature, but on account of business engage- 
ments ho declined to make the race. In 1880 he 
established the Carmel Signnl, which he conducted 
for six months and then sold tu others. Consider- 



conducting 
Temperance 



the (irand 



ing the limited field on which tbopapcr depended 
for its support, it had a icmarkalilc circulation. 
October 18, 1891, Mr. I'alty married Miss Sadie 
Haworth, daughter of C. W. and M. .1. Ilaworth. 
At the present time he is identified with some im- 
portant enterprises, and socially with Carmel 
Lodge No. 421, F. i A. M., which he served as 
Worshipful Master for six successive years, and in 
which order he has attained to the chapter 
degrees. For several years past be has been a 
member of Carmel Lodge No. KM. I. ( ). ( ). F..and 
at this time is Noble Grand of the lodge. lie als(^ 
affiliates with the Knights of Pythias, and is a Past 
Chancellor of Carmel Lodge No. 3,5.5. In the 
Grand Lodge of the Knights he is a member of 
the Committee on Subordinate Lodge Constitu- 
tions and By-Laws. He now resicies at Carmel. 






/^^ ASSIUS M. GREENLEE, a successful and 
(ji p leading attorney of Elwood, Madison 
^^^' County, Ind., and a native of the state, was 
born in Franklin County, September 15, 18/)7. His 
father, John Greenlee, was a Penn.sylvanian by 
birth and was reared and educated in the (Juaker 
State, hut when arrived at mature age followed 
the tide of emigration to the farther west and 
journeyed to Franklin County, Ind., where he 
remained busily employed until Is72. when he 
removed with his wife and family to Henry 
County. He made his home in tlie latter locality 
seven years, and in 1879 again changed his resi- 
dence and settled permanently in Elwood, Madison 
County. He was a carpenter and builder by trade 
and has engaged in this line of businessall his life. 
He is still actively occupied in contracting and 
building and is numbered among the enterprising 
and substantial citizens of Elwood. 

The mother, Angeline (Bartlow) (Jreenlee, born 
in Franklin County, Ind., was the daughter of 
Cornelius Bartlow, one of the prominent pioneer 
settlers of the county and a man of worth and 
intelligence. The pleasant home of the parents 
was blessed by the birth of five children, at 



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whom our subject was the eldest born. Emma is 
now Mrs. Edward Osborne, of Elwood. FloraM. 
is Mrs. Alonzo Heilenan, of Elwood; Annetta D. 
is Mrs. J. C. Abbott, of Muncie; Ida B. Greenlee, 
an accomplished young lady, is at lionie witli her 
parents in Elwood. 

Our subject, Cassius M., the only son, remained 
in his birthplace througliout his early childliood 
and attended the district schools of I'ranklin 
County. He was twelve years of age when the 
family removed to Henry County, and he tiiere 
continued his studies, later enjoying the benefit of 
a course of instruction in the high school of 
Muncie. When sixteen years of age, self-reliantly 
beginning life for himself, Mr. Greenlee taught 
school in Delaware County, near Muncie. For nine 
continuous years he devoted himself to the avoca- 
tion of an instructor and became one of the most 
successful teachers of the state, being especially 
happy in his method of imparting knowledge and 
gaining the confidence of his pupils. 

In the fall of 1879 Mr. Greenlee came to Elwood 
to accept a position as a teacher in the Elwood 
Graded School, and remained in the active dis- 
charge of duty for the five succeeding years. 
During vacation time and in the winter months 
Mr. Greenlee devoted every possible moment to 
reading law, and after farther extended prepara- 
tion was admitted to the Bar in Madison County, 
in June, 1884. Since then he has been busily 
engaged in the practice of his profession, princi- 
pally in Elwood, where he enjoys an excellent 
clientage and an enviable reputation as a lawyer 
of fine attainments and exceptional ability. In 
the handling of important cases winning a pros- 
perous issue, he has gained a rapidly increasing 
practice in the various courts, his entire time now 
being occupied with the demands of his pro- 
fession. 

Fraternally Mr. Greenlee is a valued member 
of Quincy Lodge No. 230, A. F. ik A. M., and 
also alfiliates with P>lwood Chapter. He is like- 
wise connected with Quincy Lodge No. 200, I. O. 
O. F., is a Knight of Pythias and belongs to 
the Independent Order of Red Men. Among the 
members of these societies our subject is a general 
favorite and numbers a host of friends. He is 



politicall.y interested in both local and national 
government and is well posted in the vital ques- 
tions of the day. 

In the month of April, 1886, Mr. Greenlee 
was united in marriage with Miss Anna Knowles, 
of Marietta, Ohio. This estimable lady died in Sep- 
tember of the same year, sincerely mourned by 
many friends. April ID, 1889, our subject was 
again married, to Miss Hermima Bresler, of 
Franklin County. Mr. and Mrs. Greenlee are the 
parents of a bright little daughter, Grace Greenlee. 
He and his accomplished wife occupy a position of 
useful influence and enjoy the high esteem of a 
wide acquaintance in their native state. 



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>SV\ A. FREE, who has been successful as an 
agriculturist of Madison County, and is 
widely known as a prosperous contractor 
and real-estate man of Anderson, owns large beds 
of gravel and sand near the city, and has been 
shipping the same extensively for the past three 
years. Mr. Free has long been numbered among 
the prominent business men of his present localit3'. 
He is a native of Ohio, and was born in Ross 
County, February 11, 1849. His father, Abram 
Free, was likewise a native of the Buckeye Stale, 
and was born October 6, 1817. He was a farmer 
by occupation and has been a life-long tiller of the 
soil. In 1852, removing with his wife and children 
to Indiana, he became a pioneer settler of Madison 
County, and bought the farm on whi<;h he has con- 
tinued to live to this day. 

Grandfather George Free, a Virginian by birth, 
and a man of great enterprise and superior busi- 
ness ability, emigrated from his native state to 
Ohio in the early part of this century. He em- 
barked in various ventures, and possessed of excel- 
lent judgment, prospered and became a man of 
note in his locality. He was connected with the 
iron manufactories of his part of the state and 
was likewise a farmer and stock-raiser, and surviv- 
ing to the remarkably advanced age of ninety-six 
years, entered into rest respected by all who knew 
him. The mother of our subject, C3'ntliia (Van- 



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meter) Free, was a daughter of Joseph Vanineter, 
a native of Pennsylvania. Tlie nmtpfnal irrand- 
fatiier removed in early il:iys t'idiu the t)nMkci 
State to Ohio, and settled iipdu the hdinestead, 
where his daugliter Cynthia was later horn. 

Our subject is the fiftii of the nine cliiidrcn 11 v- 
iu'j: of the family, and \vasonl_\- a little hoy tliiee 
yeais (if M!^i' when lie .'leconipanied his father and 
mother to Indiana. He attended the eomni(rii 
schools of Madison County when a youiiLr lad. but 
as he grew older, aided in the care of the lidnie 
farm. When twenty-three years old .Mr. Free 
went to California to aet'ept the ie>|ioiisible posi- 
tion of overseer of a raneli of six Ihous:ind acres, 
lie remained for five years in the Colden State, 
iind then returned to the east and settknl perma- 
nently in I ndiana. 

May 2(1. 1S77. X. A. Free and Miss l.avinia F. 
Kirk were united in marriage. The aeeomplislied 
wife of our subject was the daughter of \\'illi:iiii 
.■md Amanda Kirk, the former a native of ]\en- 
tucky and an early settler of Indiana, where he 
located in 1852 and is yet living, having spent 
two-score u.seful yeais within the borders of his 
adopted state. The mother of Mrs. Free, Mrs. 
Aiiianda Kirk, was, like the father, born in Ken- 
tucky, where she was reared to womanhood. A 
lady of worth and intelligence, she, with her hus- 
band, is residing upon their old homestead en- 

The pleasant home of Mr. and .Mis. Free has 
been hlossed by the birth of eight children: Wade 
Hampton, Lula, Amanda, Herman, Harry, Chester, 
Nellie and Bessie. Harry and Bessie died March 4, 
is:iii. of diphtheria, both dying on__the same day, 
and being bulled m onegiave. After his marriage, 
our subject engaged in farming, and devoted him- 
self continuously to agricultural pursuits until 
1889, when he went into the real-estate business 
and contracting in Anderson. The gravel beds 
fidin which he is now shipping comprise about lif- 
tcon acres of the valuable deposit, both the gravel 
and sand finding a ready and prolitable market. 
Closely occupied with the demands of his various 
lines of work, Mi-. Free is ampls' rep.aid by tinan- 
cial prosperity for the time and Labor iii\-ol\od. 

Our subject is fraternally associated with the 



Ancient Free & Accepted .Mas<iiis. and is a mem- 
ber of Sit. :\If>riah I.o.Ige. and is also connected 
with Ainlerson Chapter No. :,■>. and .\nderson 
Conniiandeiy. I le is deeply inl,. rested in Masonry, 
and is at [.resent S.'nior Warden of the lodge. 
Politically a thorough DeiiKK-ral and a sincere lie- 
lie\er in the principles and platform of the party 
of the people, he is a close observer of govern- 
irent affairs, and without being in any sense of the 
word a politician, is w.'ll posted in local and na- 
tional issues. He is known as .a public-spirited 
man, ever ready to do Ins part in needed im[irove- 
ments or local enter[)risps, and fully possesses the 
esteem and confidence of a host of friends. 



AMES C. WEBB is one of Hamilton County's 
most extensive land owners, his possessions 
^=. 11 now aggregating thirteen hundred and for- 
'J^f/ ty-five .acres. He resides on section 33, 
White River Township, where in a pleasant home 
Ite is surrounded by all the comforts of life. He' 
was born August 31 , 1 81«, in Pickaway County, 
Ohio, and is one of a family of ten children. His 
parents, William and Nancy Webb, were both na- 
tives of Delaware and came to Indiana about 1845, 
locating upon the farm where tlie son now re- 
sides. Here the father died ;it the age of sixty, 
and his wife at the age of fifty-five. Of their fam- 
ily, three sons and three daughters are yet living. 

Our subject remained upon the home farm un- 
til his m.arriage. The year 18 11 witnesse.l his ar- 
rival in Indiana, and he i)urcliased <me hundred 
and sixty-four acres of wild land. Building a 
log cabin, he then began clearing and developing 
a farm. He also worked by the month as a farm 
hand, and with the money thus obtained made the 
improvements upon his own land. 

On the 14th of March, 1850, Mr. Webb married 
Elizabeth Carey, who was born in White River 
Township and is a daughter of .lonathan and Re- 
becca (Timmons) Carey, natives of Mai-yl.aud. In 
l.s-28 they emigrated to Indiana and began the 
development of a farm. Both are now deceased. 



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They had three cliildren, two of wliom are yet 
living. Fourteen children liave lieen born of the 
union of our subject and his wife, nine of whom 
are still living: Marcus, who is married and has 
five children; Lafayette, who is married and has 
four children; Virginia, who is married and has 
five children; Octavia, who is married and has 
three children; Samuel, who is married and has 
three children; Rebecca, at home; Grant, who is 
married and has one child; and Martha and Mary, 
both of whom are married and have one child. 

When Mr. Webb began life for himself his cash 
capital consisted of only $19. His first purciiase 
of land comprised only one hundred and sixty 
acres, but from time to time, as his finaucial re- 
sources have increased, he has made additional 
purchases and now has thirteen hundred and for- 
ty-five acres. After his marriage he went to Tip- 
pecanoe County, I nd., where he engaged in crad- 
ling grain for about two years, and then returned, 
locating on the ohJ homestead. He began dealing 
in stock, which he still follows on a small scale. He 
is a man of excellent business and executive abil- 
ity, pays careful attention to all the details of his 
business and is honorable and upright in all deal- 
ings. His well directed efforts have brought him 
success, and he is now numbered among the wealthy 
citizens of the county. In politics, he was in early 
life an old line Whig, and on the dissolution of 
that party lie joined the new Republican partj-, 
with which he has since affiliated. 

€^^^' ^ i ^ i^^Sii 

ERRY SMITH THARP. Many of the 
most active and enterprising people of 
Indiana are residents of this county, and 
)|^ have here spent the greater part of their 
ives. In them we find men of true loyalty to the 
interests of this part of the state, who understand 
as it were by instinct the needs, social and indus- 
trial, of this vicinity, and who have a thorough 
knowledge of its resources. They are, therefore, 
better adapted to succeed here than a stranger 
could be, and are almost without exception 
warmly devoted to the prosperity of their native 



place. Mr. Tharp was born in Madison Count}', 
Ind., .June 4, 1836, and is a son of James and 
Anna (Howard) Tharp, natives of North Caro 
Una. 

The parents left their native state and made 
their way to Indiana, settling in Wayne County 
at an early date. They were early [iioneers of 
that region and made their way to comfort and 
prosperity through hardships and privations onlj' 
experienced by early settlers. In those days they 
had nothing to help themselves with except their 
own strong hands and sturdy independence. In 
1835 Mr. Tharp removed to Madison Cnunty and 
settled in Pipe Creek Township, where he pur- 
chased one hundred and sixty acres of land. This 
land was then covered with heavy timber, but 
years of hard work and perseverance con verted 
it into one of the most attractive tracts in the 
township. As a farmer Mr. Tharp was a decided 
success, and he remained on this farm until his 
death in 1888. His wife died when our subject 
was about six years of age, and of the six chil- 
dren born to this union four are now living. 

The original of this notice remained at homear.d 
assisted his father to clear the farm. He attended 
the common school of his district until twenty- 
one years of age, when he commenced farming on 
his own account. This has continued to be his 
chosen occupation since, and he has met with more 
than ordinary success. On the 2d of April, 1857, 
Mr. Tharp was married to Miss Nancy Young, 
daughter of William and Jane (McCluckus) Young, 
the father a native of ScoUand, and the mother of 
the Keystone State. Mr. and Mrs. Young came to 
Indiana at an early da}^ and settled in Madison 
County, where both passed the closing scenes of 
their lives, the mother dying in 1880, aged sev- 
enty years, and the father died about 1852. 

The family of our subject numbers three chil- 
dren, all living. Alice Margaret, now Mrs. John 
Mason, resides in Pipe Creek Township; Anna 
Jane, now Mrs. Enoch Boiislog, resides in Pipe 
Creek Township; and Ida Bell is now Mrs. Elmer 
Carter, of Frankton, Ind. Mr. Tharp owns three 
hundred and twenty acres of well improved farm 
land, and he has been extensively engaged in the 
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the flrst drove of cattle over the White River 
bi'idge at Anderson when lie wms >c\int('cn years 
of age. In politics he alliliatcs with the Demo- 
cratic party. Mr. 'I'liarp is :i most wurlhy citizen 
of t!ie coniniunitv in uliidi he lives, his integrity 
and uprightness arc iimpioliuned, and lie enjoy.s 
the respectand cdnlidcncc of all who know him. 



jl(_^^ ENR Y DEVA NEY, Trustee of Adams Town- 
W)j) shi]), a prominent farmer and stock-raiser, 
1^^' and a Director of the Sheridan State Hank, 
y^) was born near CJr-eenshurg, N. C, October 
15, 1844. Referring to his ancestral historj', we 
find that his grandfather was born in North Caro- 
lina in 1 7S2 and followed tlie occupation of farm- 
ing and stock-raising. Tiie family is of Frencli 
origin and was represented in North Carolina in 
an early da^v. The fatiier of our subject was one 
of a family of three sons and three daughters. 
His elder brother still remains in his native state 
and follows the calling of a farmer. John, tlie 
younger brother, came to Indiana in 1845, and at 
tlie time of his death, in 18G!), was an extensive 
stockman, ills sister, Kizza, married Riley Wilson 
ill Norlh Caioliiia. and afterward came to Indiana. 
Her death occurred in 1874. 

When Thomas Devaney came to this state, in 
1845, he was a poor man, and with his wife and 
two children made the Hip in a one-horse wagon, 
which, together with about '<'i() in money, consti- 
tuted all his worldly possessions. For a time he re- 
sided upon leased land in Jackson Township, but 
soon |)uicli.ased jnoperty, and for years engaged in 
farming, to which he later added the business of 

siderable valuable property, but still owns and 
controls a fine farm and other important interests 
in .lackson Tijwnship, where he resides. 

The mother of our subject, Sarah (Farmer) De- 
vaney, was born in North Carolina and was a 
daughter of Henry Farmer, himself a native of 
that state but of German extraction. He settled 
in Morgan County, Ind., and became a wealthy 
man. Of his sons we note the following: Jacob 
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was a soldier in the Civil War am 

the army. David, .■iftcr speiidiiiL;- 

Morgan County. r.Miiove.i 1,, low 

breaking out of the w:ir, enlisted from ihul, stale 

and serve.l until the ch.s,. of the l.'el.ellion ; he 

then returned to Iowa, \vher<- lie now resides. 

I'eter is a farmer r.-idin- in Moiuan ( ounly. 

Our subject w.as the s,'cond ainoii^ six i-hildreli. 
His eldest brother. Samuel, was a soldier in the 
Civil W;ir, ill the One Hundred and Sixteenth 
Indiana Infantry, and Later b.'eame a Sei-eaiit in 
the One Hundred aed Fifty-third, seivini: until 
the close of \Uv war. lb' is now a pio>perou.^ 
farmer and stockman in .lackson 'I'ownship. .lesse 
is a farmer and stock-trader in .l.aekson 4'owiislii|>, 
of which lie is now Trustee. Willi.am is also a 
farmer and sliM-k-lrader in Mie same loun-hip. 
Mary married .loliu l'.. Driver, a fanner in .lackson 
Township. I<;iizabcth married Lloyd Uariietl .'ind 
lives on the iionie pl.ace with her parents. 

Mr. Devaney grew to manhood on his father's 
farm in Jaeksiui Township, where he assisted, 
with hisehier brother, in eleaiing and improving 
tli(^ home farm. He received a common-school 
education, .and .at the opening of the war enlisted 
in Company I, One IJuiuired and Fifty-third Indi- 
ana Inf.aiitry, parlicfipaling in sevei-.al small engage- 
ments and serving <ui guard duty in southeastern 
Kentucky the most of the time until tlii' close of 
the war. He was discharged at Louisvilh'. Ipon 
his return from the army he and his brother 

in slock, a bnsines> whieli he continues t(.> this 
d.ay and from which he has accumulated a com- 
fortable fortune. In 1870 he purchased a farm 
of two hundred ac^res in the northeastern part of 
Adams Township and devoted his attention to 
raising graded stock, in addition to his regular 
business of stock- trading. 

September 19, 1867, Mr. Devaney married Miss 
Marinda O. Small, of Tipton County, daughter of 
Archie Sm.all. a prospi-rous farmer. They have 
seven children li\ing and have lost three. I.ui'lla 
M., who died at the age of twenty-two. was .i 
graduate of the Westfield High .School and a 
teacher for throe years prior to her demise. Will- 
iam F. is a graduate of the law and commercial 



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departments of the Valparaiso school and is now 
with his father. Bertha E., a graduate of the 
AVestfield Union School, is the wife of ,7. F. Kasse- 
baum, a merchant of Ekin, Ind. Thomas C*. is a 
graduate of the school at Atlanta, Ind., and a stu- 
dent at Valparaiso, where he is preparing for a 
teacher. Jolin D. is a graduate of the local schools 
and resides with his father. Mitehel O. was grad- 
uated from the local schools at twelve years of 
age. Fred C. is ten years old (l.syS) and is well 
advanced in his studies. llattie Maude, the 
youngest, is eight years of age. The other chil- 
dren died in infancy. 

iMi-. Devaney has been closely identified with 
public affairs and has settled many estates in the 
Probate Court, llis natural ability as a business 
man is widely recognized and he has the un- 
bounded confidence of the people of his locality. 
In 1887 he was first elected Trustee of Adams 
Township, and was re-elected in 1891 for a term 
of four years. He is one of the most poi)ular and 
efficient of Hamilton County's officials, and has 
contributed materially to the advancement of 
the best interests of his community. Socially, he 
is identified with the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic. As 
a partial compensation for his services during the 
war, he is in receipt of a ]iension. 



^EV. WILLIAM HENRY ZIEGLKR, one of 
theactive real estate men of Anderson, and 
of the brick manufacturing firm of Brad- 
bury & Co., was born in f!arlisle, Cumber- 
land County, Pa., on the 3d of October, 1852. His 
father was Jonathan Ziegler, who was a native of 
the same countj'. The grandfather was named 
.John Ziegler, was born in Franklin County and 
settled in Cumberland Count}' at an earl}- day. 
The great-grandfather came from Germany daring 
the Revolutionary AVar. Mr. Ziegler's father was 
by occupation a farmer and contractor. He was 
an old settler in Pennsylvania, where he died in 
1881 at sixty-nine years of age. He was an Elder 
in the English Lutheran Church. The name of 



the mother was Eliza Jacobs. Born in Cumberland 
Count}-, Pa., she was the daughter of Henry Ja- 
cobs, likewise a native of that county, who lived 
and died there. The grandfather on the maternal 
side came from Switzerland. The mother was 
reared in Carlisle, Pa., and had five children, four 
of whom grew up: Rev. John, chairman of the 
state committee of the Prohibition party, residing 
in Wingate, Centre County, Pa.; Mary, wife of 
John Ziegler, of Middlesex, Cumberland County, 
Pa.; and George, a farmer near Carlisle Springs, 
Pa. 

The subject of this sketch lived on a farm near 
Carlisle, Pa., until seventeen years of age, in the 
meantime attending the common schools. At that 
age he engaged in teaching until 1873, when he 
went to Ohio and taught school at Urbana, at the 
same time pursuing the theological studies he had 
previously taken up. In 1874 he entered Heidel- 
berg College, at TitHn, Ohio, where he remained 
until 1876 when he graduated. He was ordained 
a minister in the Reformed Church in May, 1876, 
and at once entered upon his work at Goshen, 
Ind. It was a mission field, the congregation con- 
sisting of but twelve members and they without a 
house of worship. He also had a small congrega- 
tion at Millersburg. For the first three years, be- 
side conducting Sunday-school, he preached three 
times on Sunday, driving twenty miles each day 
to accomplish the task and only missing two ap- 
pointments during the time. The last three years 
he omitted one service each Sunday. Within 
three years the Goshen charge had a fine brick 
building and had grown to a membership of one 
hundred, and the other congregations for which 
he labored grew larger. In 1881 he received a call 
from the Presbyterian Church at LTnion City, Ind., 
which was accepted, and he soon made that mis- 
sion church a self-sustaining body. Increasing the 
membership from forty to two hundred in 1885. 
He resigned this charge to take a mission at South 
Chicago, but, owing to misrepresentations regard- 
ing the work, refused to accept it, and at once ac- 
cepted the call which had been extended him from 
Anderson in 1886. The membership of the church 
was sixty and the organization was in debt. He re- 
mained three years, when he resigned on .account 



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of ill bealt'j, for the benefit of which lie went cast. 


provements upon the place were made at a cost of 


At the end of three months, at tiie urgent request 


more than * 10,000. 


of the cluu'cli, he resumed his work in Anderson 


Mr. Newhy was horn in l'nla>ki Countv. Kv., 


again, continuing three years. Tiie cliui'cli grew 


February 17, 182.''), and is a s<in nf.lohn \V. Ncwby. 



out (if delit and increased its nicinlKM>liip to two 
hundred. Mr. Ziegler's health again becoiniug ini- 
liaired he .again resigned and tf)ok up t)ther pur- 
suits. He took charge of the business atfaiis of the 
late Winburn R. Pierse and engaged in the gen- 
eral real estate and loan business. Mr. Ziegler is 
a Mason, a Master and a Kniglit Templar. For 
eight j-ears he has been airaid on tiie staff of Ma- 
jor-General Cornahan, Commander of Uniformed 
Rank Knights of Pythias of the World, and is Past 
Grand Prelate of the Grand Lodge of the state. 
He was lecturer on the objects and aims of that 
order. Having literary tastes, he contributes largely 
to religious and secular newspapers. 

On tke Ith of May, 1893, Mr. Ziegler was mar- 
ried m Ncu Vnrk City to Miss Hortense Pierse, 
who was boni in Anderson. .Slie is the daughter 
of the late Judge Winburn R. Pierse, who w.as a 
prominent man in Anderson for many years. Her 
mother was Maiy A. (Bell) Pierse, a native of Vir- 
ginia. Mrs. Ziegler is a lady of whom Anderson 
citizens have a right to be proud, for as a singer 
she has earned a national reputation. 



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^IJOHN NEWBY is one of tlie prominent and 
enterprising farmers of White River Town- 
shii), Hamilton County, where he owns and 
operates a tine farm of eighty acres. The 
entire amount has been placed under cultivation 
by liis own hands, with the exception of a twenty- 
acre tract. The rich and fertile fields now yield a 
golden tribute to the owner, and the thrifty ap- 
pearance of the place indicates his t'aieful super- 
vision. His first home was a log cabin 16.x 18 feet. 
Tliree years later he built a small frame dwelling, 
and in 18()6 he erected his fine and commodious 
residence at a t■o^t of over >:.'i,Oll(l. There are also 
good barns and other outbuildings, which are 
models of convenience, and altogether the im- 



The gr.-indfnthci-, .lolm N.-«l,y. Sr., was a farmer, 
and iciiiovcd from N'ii^iiii.-i to Kentucky, where he 
spent his remaining days, dying at the advanced 
age of ninety-two. His wife. Amy Newby, died 
in Kentucky, at the age of eighty. John W. Newby 
was one of live cliildren who grew to mature ye.ars. 
'He was reared on a f:iriii, and at the age of twenty 
married Miss Margaret Holsclaw, who was born in 
Greenbrier Cfiunty, \'a.. .■md was one of seven 
children whose |iareiits were .lolm and Elizabeth 
Holsclaw. In IS:(1, in an old cart. Mr. Newby 
made the journey to Indiana, leaching Marion 
County after four weeks of travel. He there built 
a gristmill, which he operated four years, and 
then came to this county, where he entered one 
hundred and sixty acres of land from lh<- (Joverii- 
ment. He built a log house, ISxl.s iVct. in which 
he lived eight years, when he moved into a frame 
dwelling. To his possessions he added frf)in time 
to time until he had nine hundred acres. He also 
before his death gave e.-icli of his children $900, 
and left $9,000 in notCN to be collected. In poli- 
tics, he was a Whig, and afterward a Rejiublican. 
Fie .served as Trustee, and was a iirominent and in- 
Huential citizen. Both he and his wife were active 
members of the Christian Church. He died in 
1882, in his eightieth year, and his wife passed 
away at the advanced age of ninety years. Of 
their eleven children, eight are still living. 

Our subject was a lad of eleven summers when 
he came with his parents to this county. He was 
the eldest of the family, and was given an ax, 
with which he began work, aiding in the develop- 
ment of the new farm. His educational privileges 
were meagre. For a short time he attended the 
subscription schools, which convened in a log 
schoolhouse with slab seats and greased papev 
window.s. He was married August 23, 1849, to 
Miss Beulah Harvey, who was born in Wayne 
County, Ind., and died on the home farm in her 
fifty -ninth year. 

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Newby were born seven chil- 
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married, and died at the age of twentj-three, leav- 
ing a daughter, who died the same j'ear. Those 
living are: Louisa, wife of James C. Lawler, by 
whom she has a son and daughter, the latter now 
the wife of Charles Caylor; Rachel became the wife 
of S. Porter, by whom she had one son, and since 
his death has married Jolin Coffey; Margaret is the 
wife of Sylvester Bragg, by whom she has Ave 
children; Nana .lane is the wife of A. Lacey, and 
they have two children; Emitiu A. is the wife of 
William Hill, by whom she has one son; Charles O., 
who operates the home farm, married Lillie Cor- 
nelius. They have two sons, and lojt one child in 
infancy. 

Mr. Newby lias given each of his children a fine 
home, in the immediate neighborhood of his own 
residence. Himself and wife are members of the 
Christian Cliiuclugive liberally to its support, and 
taiie an active interest in religious and benevolent 
work. Tlieir lives have been well and worthily 
spent, and their many excellencies of character 
have gained them a wide circle of friends and ac- 
quaintances. Mr. Ncwby was formerly an old line 
Whig, but since the organization of the Republican 
party has been one of its advocates. In connec- 
tion with his other interests, he is part owner in a 
o'as well. 



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R. CHARLES N. BRANCH. For third of a 
century the subject of this sketch has been 
a citizen of Madison County, iiaving settled 
herein 1857, and has been an interested witness 
of the wonderful developments of that period. 
He was born on the HJth of September, 1820, in 
the county of Cayuga, state of New Yoik. His 
father, Joseph liiancli, was a native of Connecti- 
cut, where his grandfather, Joseph, Sr., was like- 
wise born. His grandparents came from England 
on the ship "Castle." John and Peter, the founders 
of the family, located on Branch Island, off the 
coast of Connecticut two centuries ago, and after- 
ward settled in Connecticut. Dr. Branch's family 
descended from l^eter. 

The father was in the Revolutionary War and 



fought at Monmouth, and afterward became one 
of the first settlers in western New York. He 
helped to organize Cayuga County, and was the 
first sheriff, owning and- operating two hundred 
acres four miles from Cayuga Lake. In 1812 
he purchased one thousand two hundred 
acres in the Little Miami Reserve, in Cler- 
mont County, Ohio, and moved his family 
there in 1833. He died of cholera in 183+. 
When he came west he brought with him the first 
trotting horse that trotted in a race in Ohio. He 
was a messenger and on the Carthage track made 
his mile in 2:40 under saddle, there being no sul- 
kies in those days. The name of the horse was 
Old Count Piper. Dr. Branch rode him when a boy 
from New York when the father brought the family 
to Ohio in a wagon. On this trip the father 
brought a liarrel three-quarters filled with silver 
dollars which was covered with straw and rags and 
left out of doors for some time. Dr. Branch's 
mother, Anna Buell, was born in Vermont and was 
the daughter of Israel Buell, a native of the same 
state, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, 
and a pioneer farmer in New Y'ork. The mother 
died in 1867 at the age of eighty-eight. She h;ul 
twelve children, eight of whom grew to years of 
maturity and of whom two are living. Joseph 
died at the age of ninety-one on Branch Hill, 
Ohio. Dr. George, who is a retired physician at 
eighty-five years of age, resides in Livingston 
County, N. Y. 

Dr. C. N. Branch was the youngest child of the 
family. He was reared in New York State, where 
he attended the common schools until he was 
twelve years of age. He came with his parents to 
Ohio in 1833. In 1835 he returned to New York, 
and two years later entered Woodward College at 
Cincinnati, graduating in 1843 from the classical 
department. Then he returned to New York to 
study medicine with his brother, and in 1843-44 at- 
tended medical lectures at the college located at 
Geneva. Later he was a student in a medical col- 
lege at Castleton, Yt., and in 1845 entered the 
medical department of the University of New 
York, New York City, and was graduated in 1846 
with the degree of M. D. Being thoroughly 
equipped to enter upon a professional career he 



PORTKAIT AM) I'.IOdRAl'lUCAL KIXORD. 



went to Cincinnati and oi)ened an ofllce on Hroad- 
wa,y, where lie remained until 1852. 

CoMiing t(i IiKii.-uiu tlie Ddclor located at Straw- 
town, llaniillon Coiiiily. 'I'li.' piactice vf niedi- 
cine in those days meant tlie ii;oing over of a <iood 
deal of country on horseback and the carrying of 
medicine and instruments in saddlebags. In 18(1.5 
he huMlcd at IVrkinsville. near llie western line of 
Madison County, where he eoiitinued in practice 
until 1880. lln then removed to the city of An- 
derson, wlicie he has since remained in active and 
lucrative practice. In 18'.)1 he formed a part- 
nership witii his >im. Dr. V. N. Unnich, .Ir.. 
who graduated from the Ohio Medical foihue in 
1891. In 1884 Dr. Branch was nominated by the 
Democratic party for the Legislature ami w:is 
elected by a majority of over eight hundred. In 
the session of 1885 he was assigned to service on 
several important committees, lie was one of the 
organizers of the Madison County .Mi'dical Society, 
of which lie was Mcc-President. 

Dr. P.ranch and Miss Mary St. Clair were mar- 
ried in Cincinnati in l.^.".7. She was a native of 
Butler County, Oliio. ami was the d,-nighler of 
William St. Clair, of Pennsylvania, one of the first 
settlers of Butler County. They have had three 
children: Lillian, Mrs. C. E. Diven, died in An- 
derson; .John is also deceased; Dr. C. X.. .Ir.. is the 
onlv survi\er. 



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PAVID FESLKK. a re-ide 
Township, Madison C(u: 
Lancaster County, Pa., December 'J. l.si.i. 
and is a son of George and Eli/.al)etli (Siler) Fes- 
ler, likewise ualives of the Keystone State. The 
father, who was a stonemason by trade and a 
farniei- by occupation, came to Indiana in an early 
day and settled in the soulhern part of Madison 
County, near a [ihice then ku<jwu as Coiunibus, 
wher(! he lived until his demise. His death oc- 
eiiired upon his return from a visit to his old home 
in Pennsylvania, in 18-1-1, in the sixty-ninth year 



of his age. In his religion^ belief he was a mem- 
ber of the Lutheran Church. 

The maternal grandfather of our .-iibjecl. Chris- 
lopher Siler. was also a native of Pennsy 1 vaiii;i. 
and followed a trade then known as a whitesmith, 
or one who repairs docks. The other gr.'indfalher 
of our subject, .lolin Albright Fesler. was born in 
C.eruKiuy nnd emigrated to AimuicM at tlie age of 
about nineteen years, settling in I'eiin^vl vania. 
Our subject is the eighth of eleven chihlien. At 
the age of nineteen lie commenced to lenrn the 
trade of a mason and plasterer, which he followed 
uMir.' or less during his entire life. He worked at 
his trade about Ihr.'e ye.-ns iu Pennsylvania, then 
went to Rockingham County. \ ;i.. and in isio 
came to Madison County, hid. 

At that time maM>ns were not in great demand 
in Indiana, and f.u- a few W'ars Mr. Feeler found 
very little to do in that line, and money was very 
scarce. He followed farming for a time, but as 
the country became more developed his trade was 
in <!ver-incrcasing demand, and eventually lie 
h;id jilenly of work in that .jccupation. and re- 
interested ill farming, and is now the owner of a 
very fine stone (|uarry, which yields some of the 
largest and best building stone in the country. 

Mr. Fesler has been twice married. His (irst 
union occurred in 18:i2. uniting him with .Miss 
Pjlizabetli, daughter of Benjamin Laiidis, a native 
of Pennsylvania. Of their seven children, live 
are now living, namely: Reliecca Ann, now .Mrs. 
Gcoige \V. Abbott, resi.lingin Klwood, Iiul.; .lohn 
A.; William C., who is engiiged in the liveiy 
business at Summitville; Mary, in.w Mrs. Anthony 
Shelby, a resident of Frankton: and Benjamin F.. 
whose sketch is |)resenled on another iiage of this 
volume. The mother of these children died in 
1 888. 

In 18'J0 Mr. Fesler was united in marriage with 
Miss .Sarah, daughter of Elijah and Lyda (Fry) 
Linderwood, natives of Rockingham Ciuinty. \'a.. 
and now residents of Henry Ccuintv. Ind.. Iia\ iiig 
located there in I88(!. Socially. Mr. Fesler is 
identified with the Masonic order. In his religious 
belief he is a Dunkard. Though not active in 
politics, he is stanch in his adherence to the prin- 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHTCAL RECORD. 



ciples of the Democratic party. For some yeais he 
has conducted an extensive business in the manu- 
facture of wooden scales, and l)uilt the first scales 
in Madison County. 



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ILLIAKD T. SMITH, a successful business 
man of Cicero, was born in Franitlin 
County, Ind., May 1, 1855. He is a son 
of Tiiomas B. Smith, a native of Reiley Township, 
Butler County, Ohio, born on llie 5th of July, 
1820. From the Buckeye State he removed to 
Indiana, and resided in Elwood, Madison County, 
for eleven years. From that place he went to 
Connersville, Fayette County, and thence came 
to Cicero, where his death occurred on the 22d of 
March, 1885. 

Grandfatiier Smith liaving died wlien Thomas 
B. was a mere boy, he was thrown upon his own 
resources wlien quite young, and was first em- 
ployed upon a farm at a salary of §5 per month. 
He was then apprenticed to learn tiie trade of a 
carpenter, which he followed for ten years, and 
then embarked in mercantile pursuits at Reiley, 
Ohio. From that village he removed to Elwood, 
Ind., and there engaged in tlie grain business for 
a time, afterward forming a partnership with Will- 
iam Borton in the live stock busines. He was also 
engaged in mercantile pursuits in connection with 
farming. After removing to Connersville, lie dealt 
extensively in horses, which he bought, sold and 
shipped to various points. 

Coming to Cicero in 1869, Thomas B. Smith 
formed a partnership nitli W. N. Evans for the 
purpose of buying pork, and in that occupation 
he continued for two years. Meantime he located 
upon Ins farm south of Cicero, and there at an 
advanced age liis death occurred. He was a mem- 
ber of the old Board of Trade in Chicago, and 
spent a large part of his time in that city. Po- 
itically, he was a Republican, and in his social 
connections was identified with the Masonic order. 
He gave liberally to the churches of all denomi- 
nations, but was a Tniversalist in belief. He was 



a man of more than ordinary ability, a natural 
mathematician and an expert penman, also a reli- 
able and successful business man. In his domes- 
tic relations he was thoughtful and considerate, 
and to the poor and distressed he was a friend. 

The mother of our subject was Martha, daugh- 
ter of John Tod, who was born in Ohio and re- 
moved thence to Wabash County, Ind., where he 
died. Mrs. Smith was born in 1825 in Ohio, 
where her marriage took place on the Uth of 
April, 1843. She is related to Ex-Governor Tod, of 
Ohio. Flleven children were born of her marriage, 
five of wliom died in infancy. Those who 
survived to mature years are: John R.. a resident 
of Kokomo, Ind.; the subject of this sketch; Henry 
N., who lives on the old homestead near Cicero; 
Anna, the wife of Henry N. Sis, of Sheridan, Ind.; 
Kate L., deceased, formerly the wife of Joseph 
Hadley, of Cicero; and Lulu, who resides with 
her mother. 

Remaining at home until 1879, our subject then 
married Mary C, daughter of Dr. AVilliamson, who 
for many years was a practicing physician of Cic- 
ero. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were the pai-ents of four 
children: Gale, Thomas B., Harry T. and Eva (de- 
ceased). Mr. Smith engaged in farming until 
1887, when he embarked in the livery business, 
in which he has since been engaged in partnership 
with Mr. Mussen. Politically he is a Republican, 
and has served for several years as a Constable. 
Sociallv, he is identified with the Knights of 
Pythias. 



BENRY S. ADAMS, of the manaf.icturing 
' firm of Adams Brothers, is a member of the 
Common Council of the city of Anderson, 
representing the Second Ward. He was 
born near Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., on 
the 31st of July, 1856. A sketch of his parents 
and grandparents will be found in the biogra|)hies 
of his brothers and business associates, Frank P. 
and L. D., presented in another part of this vol- 
ume. Henry S. is the second youngest of the 
children. He was reared on the home farm until 
he was sixteen years of age, obtaining a com- 



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IHl 



mon-school education. lie thou went to Foxl)urn;!i, 
Chuion County, in tlie oil region, wiicrc lie took 
clmrge of several wells, and later [uireliased wells 
at Foxburgh and (iarfield, Pa. lie and liis brotlier- 
in-law owned a well which pi-oduecd from ten to 
twenty barrels per day. 

Going to Deeatur, Iiid. Mr. Adams was in 
charge of a heading mill for eighteen months, und 
then returned t(i IVnnsy Ivania. where he JMiught 
property. At Ihc cn.l n( a year he disposed of 
his inlcresiN in Ih.at stale anil came to .\iid(a>on, 
where his brother F. 1). had bought a uiill. In 
September, l.s.S.l. he l,..ik charge of Ibis mill, 
which he i-emodclcd throughout, and which is the 
oldest maiiuracluring pl.aut in the city. A(hims 
Ih-others were slockliolders in the company which 
put down the tir-t natural gas well and uUo in the 
('it/ens' <;as Company, the second eom|iany or- 
ganized. Mr. Adams, as a Republican, was elected 
to tlie City Council in lHi)2. Socially he is a 
member of the Iniformed Rank. Knights of Py- 
thias. 

in 18H9 Henry S. Adams was married to Miss 
Ktta FkUeman, who was born in New Castle, Henry 
County, She is the daughter of R, ,1, Fdleman, 
ex-I{ecordcr of Henry Comity, and ;in Indiana 
soldierin the war of 1 SC l-f;,",. Tlcy bavetwo 
ehildren. Hazel Rhea and Onain. The family re- 
sides in a comfortable residence wliicli Mr. Adams 
has erected at No. 15 Soutii Noble Street. 



J'AMKS M. MILLFR, a promin 
I enterprising general agiiiMillui 
j tensive stock-raiser prosperous 
' inga valuable farm located in 
Townsliii), Madison County, is :> u: 
home state and county. He was bom 
185.'), and has from his youth been idi 
the progressive interests and ra|)id adv 
this part (.f the great west. His fa 
Millei. a natixc of the sunny south 
North Carolina, there received his e; 
and education and later emigrated t< 
state of Indiana, and one of the earl\ 



lied ' 
r. .lo: 



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it of 



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rs of 



lant harve.-l. 




il and upon 


the Sab- 


cighborsand 


Ihe eoni- 


Miller m.ade 


a wide 


•ere friends. 


bv whom 


lied when in 


the year 


The moll, 


cr. Sarah 



182(;, shared in the pnvation-and severe experi- 
ences incidental to life on the frontier. There 
were in those early days iu the history of the 
state but few good pid)lic loads and the popular 
mode of travel was by horscbacU oi- wagon, (iaine 
was abundant and the red brcthicn fiequenlly vis- 
ited the rude cabins of ihe wlulc' m111ci>. terrifying 
the defenseless women and children, but after the 
year 1821) .seldom committed any <lepredations or 
deeds of blood. 'I'he father who combine.l the 
dual occupations of n blacksmith and farmer was 
also a local preacher of llic .Methodist Kpiseopal 
Church. .\ man of bro.ad mlelligence, earnest 
purpose and enterprise, he diligently aided in re- 
claiming the land from it- wild condition, clear- 
ing, cultivating an<l improving the broad acres 
which later yielded an abun 

While working at hi> an^ 
bath days preaching to hi-n 
munity in general, .loseph 
acquaintance and man}' sin 
his death was sincerely mon 
1872 he entered into rest. 
(Howard) Miller, a true helpmale and dev.,ted 
companion, was the daughter of .loseph llow.aid. 
of Kentucky. The three children who blessed Ihe 
home of the parents wvn' Anna, who died In IMU: 
Francis 15., who married Miss .Mary Hall, and now 
resides in Henry Count v; .lames, luii subject, In- 
diana had made rapid advaiu ement for the last few 
years prior to the birth of our subject, and when 
he was old enough to attend school he enjoyed 
excellent educat ioii.al advantages in his lionie dis- 
tiict. receiving instruction in both Madison and 
Henry Counties, lie remained with his parents 
until about seventeen years of age. .and then for 
four years worked out as a farm laborer. .\l the 
expiration of this length of time he entered upon 
the pursuit of agriculture on his own account. an<i 
tilling the fertile soil of Henry County f(M- seven 
years pros])erously won his upward w.ay and was 
numbered among the energetic and progressive 
young farmers of the county. 

In 1881 Mr. Miller removed to Pipe Creek 
Township, Madison County, Ind„and farmed there 
for Ihree years. He then located in Frankton. Ind,. 
where he engaged in the business of Imtchering 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



but not liking the occupation, at tlie end of a 
tvvelveinontli returned to farming upon the acres 
where lie now resides, in Ducic Creek Township. 
A prospei'ous general agriculturist, he raises large 
crops of liay and grain and successfully handles high 
grade stock, some of the best raised in the town- 
ship. October 25, 1876, were united in marriage 
James Miller and Miss Nancy A. Gossett, daugh- 
ter of Asa and Susau Gossett, of Henry County, 
Ind. Of the five children who gathered in the 
home, three are with the parents, and two have 
passed away. Rutherford C. died in 1879; Pearl 
Zella; Otto died in 1885; and May is the young- 
est. Our subject and his estimable wife are 
valued memlieis of the Protestant Methodist 
Church and are active in good work. Mr. Miller 
is a Trustee of the church, and aids liberally in 
the support and extension of religious influence. 
Our subject foi' many years an ardent Republican 
is now a stanch Prohibitionist and is earnest and 
untiring in his efforts to uplift fallen humanity. 
Possessing a wide acquaintance throughout his 
native county he enjoys the esteem and high re- 
gard of many sincere friends and well-wishers. 



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^I^J LIAS ROBINSON. No state in the union 
]Lr ni\fs greater encouragement to a man who 
,i_ — <■ (h>iii - ti) devote himself to agricultural life 
than diHN Indiana. Its resources are almost inex- 
haustible and its climate is adapted to the cultiva- 
tion oT varied crops. Among the enterprising and 
successful farmers of Madison County stands the 
name of Elias Robinson, who has been identified 
with the best interests of the county since 1852. 
He is a native of the lioosier State, and was born 
in Fayette County April 9, 1825, and in that 
county learned the lessons of industry and per- 
severance, which have characterized his career thus 
far through life. 

His father, Lewis Robinson, was a native of 
western New York; he emigrated to the Buckeye 
State, and settled on the old Ben Harrison planta- 
tion, sixteen miles below Cincinnati. He was a 
shoemaker by occuiiation, and for several years 



was foreman in the shop of William Henry Harri- 
son. While holding that position he was married 
to Miss Mehetable Ellis, a native of New York, who 
had removed with her parents to this part of Ohio. 
A year after his marriage Mr. Robinson with his 
wife and baby started for western Indiana. They 
got as far as Fayette County, Ind., but the roads 
being bad they were obliged to stop and rest there. 
During this time they got acquainted with Minor 
Thomas, a Baptist minister, who flnalh' persuaded 
them to locate at this place and traded them some 
farm land. On this they located permanently and 
passed the remainder of their days. The father's 
death occurred May 13, 1842, when fift3'-two years 
of age. and the mother lived to be seventy-five 
years of age, dying in 1873. Mr. Robinson led a 
very busy life, w.as well respected, and was a man 
of fixed principles. 

Of the seven children born to his parents, our 
subject was second in order of birth. Until twen- 
ty-one jears of age he remained under the paren- 
tal roof, and then, as he had been trained to the 
arduous duties of the farm, it was but natural that 
when starting out for himself that he should 
choose agricultural pursuits as his life occupation. 
Eight years later he came to and located in Madi- 
son County on the farm which he now occupies. 
This now embraces two hundred acres, and is one 
of the finest farms in the county^ He has been 
unusually successful as a farmer and his good for- 
tune is due to his integrity, honesty, good manage- 
ment, and the push which is lacking in so many 
men. 

In 1852, I^lias Robinson and Miss Sily, daughter 
of Artemus and Priscilla (Leffengwell) Ward, were 
united in marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Ward are na- 
tives of the state of New Y'ork, and came to In- 
diana at a very early date. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Robinson were born seven children, three of whom 
died in infancy: Lewis, a farmer, residing in Mon- 
roe Township, near his father; Irving, engaged in 
the grain trade at West Alexandria; Melvin T., a 
farmer residing in Monroe Township, and Erastus 
C, engaged in the drug business at Alexandria. 
In his political views our subject is a true-blue 
Republican and his first Presidential vote was cast 
for John C. Fremont. He is one of the most 



ml .u,l pul 



;ri;Aii' and t.kx 

.11 CuUlltV, .-Ml.l (1110 



HAI'IIIC AL liKCOIM). 
fiiUior of Dr. lUn\'^i-~ w 



783 



of activity, and nun-, ulu-i 
vcai.s and with his rliil.flvi 
ddin;: ncll. lu- can pa^s i|„. 
iluiiMl.v and liraccfiilly. Ih 
cess ill life lu his happy di 
years he and his wife have I 
C'hi-isliaii Chni-eh. 



liKl) .IKNXKR UOIHJKS. M. I)., now ac- 

jl, in Andeisun, Madis,,n (uniily. Iiid., eaily 

enjoyed !>iipei-ioi- ediieational ad\aiila;:es. Com- 
pleting a course of study in the i;i- unnnii- and pre- 
paratory schools lie entered the Stale liiivei^ity 
of Michigan. and at eighteen >eais of age received 

dented result at that well known in-lit iil ion. lie 
was for a twelveniontli an instindoi of cluMnistry 
at the University and gave uni\er>al saiisf.-iction 
as a teacher, lie later took a post-giadiiate course 
at Ann .\rlior, afterwards niati icul.-iting at the 
Chicago Medical College, from whi<-!i iiislilutiou 
at the close of a course of i)rofessioiial stu lies he 
gradnalecl with honor in IHM. Dr. Il<id-cs w.as 
an only cliil.l, and born in I.awiviice. Wan lluren 
County, Midi., Novcnil.er II, Im;.",. was the son of 
L. M. and I.ucy (.lenner) Hodges, early .•ind highly 
esteemed residents of the Wolverine State. 

The father of our subject was h(un in Ciown 
Point. New York, .\pril I. ISi'S. .and emigrating to 
the west when a boy. has spent his life in Michi- 
gan. Kngaging in the early days in the pursuit of 
agriculture, he later devoted himself to mercantile 
business, successfully handling a geiier.al stock of 
merchandise. The patern.al grandfather. Drusus 
Hodges, who resKled in Crown Point. N. V.. in 
early life, afterward followed the tide of emigra- 
tion to tiio west, and was accompanied liy his 
father, Oreat-grandfatlicr Drusus, Sr., three gen- 
erations of Hodges arriving together witliin the 
borders of Michigan. The great-great-grand- 



■ (lodges, a skillful 
surgeon, serving on the stalT of Ceneral Washing- 
ton, throughout the entire period of the Hevolii- 
lion. Many generations ago. three brotheis, em- 
barking from llie sliores of Kn^land. safelv crossed 
the Atlantic and foun<le<l in Ih.^ rnited Stales tli,. 
branch of the Hodges fr,,m which onr subject is 
directly descended. 

The mother, J.uey (.leniier) Hodge-, of .\lle<xan, 
-Mich., was a daughter of William 11. -lenner. a 
merchant of {•;ngland. who. born ami re.-ncd in 

father, William C. .lenner, to this country. .Mrs. 
Lucy Hodges is a direct descendant of the noted 
Kdward .lenner, the discover of the means of pre- 
venting the spread of small-pox l)y vaccination. 
Our sul.jecl. dilii^ently improving his opp,,rtuni- 
ties. was a close student from his childhood and 
having made an enviable record in the Chicago 
Medical College, became Kesident Surgeon of the 



County Hospital, remaining in that posili(m for 
two years. Dr. Ho.lges then succeeded to the 
practice of Dr. Walter Hay in the Department of 
Nervous Diseases, but this specialty was not a 
favorite with him. surgery being his especial forte. 
During this period of time he was also inslrnctor 
in surgery at the Polyclinics, a school for prac- 
titioners, and likewise liad a niiiuu' surgical clinic 
at the Chicago Medical College. 

Dr. Hodges came to Anderson in January, IS'.M, 
in consultation on a surgical case and. observing 
the rapiil growth of the town and acertaining 
that there was no hospital nor any physician 
located in the place who made a specialty of sur- 
gery, at once deciiJed to establish himself liere. 
and in a brief time had founded the well knonn 
Kmcrgency Hospital. 'l"he career of our sub- 
ject as an instructor and surgeon has been distin- 
guished by profes,sional ability, ensuring him high 
rank among his brother physicians and .surgeons. 

t)n March 24, 1890. Dr. Fred .Tenner Hodges and 
Miss .losepliine Chesley. of Chicago, were united in 
marriage. Mrs. Ilodge^s is the daughter of Philip 
A. Chesley. a native of Wisconsin. 'Ilic Chesleys 
are descendants of the old French Castelier family-, 
the name having been changed in this country. 
Our subject and his accomplished wife are the 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



parents of twins, six months old, Paul Clieslej' 
and Virginia. Althoiigli comparatively a new- 
comer, Dr. Hodges was well known in Anderson 
before he made his permanent residence in the 
town, where he now enjoys the high regard and 
thorough confidence of the community and has at- 
tained professional prosperity. 



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A I^ILLIAM RAY GARVER, M. D., of Ander- 
\rJ// son, was born at Noblesville, Hamilton 
W^ County, on the lOlh of August, 1854. 
He is the son of Hon. William Garver, a Judge of 
the court and a Colonel in the army, who was 
born in Butler County, Ohio. The grandfather 
was Leonard J. Garver, a native of North Caro- 
lina, a carpenter and contractor, who settled in 
Ohio when a young man. He died at Dodge Cen- 
tre, Minn. Dr. Garver's father was a saddler by 
trade along with the late Senator Joseph E. Mc- 
Donald. He began the study of law in Indiana- 
polis under Judge Blackburn, and was a fellow 
student with Senator McDonald. He began the 
practice of his profession in Indianapolis, where 
he also indulged in politics, running against 
Thomas A. Hendricks for Congress, and being | 
defeated by only one vote. 

In 1842 Judge Garver located in Noblesville 
and became I'l-oseculing Attorney. In 1858 he 
returned to Indianapolis and soon afterward be- 
came special Mail Agent under President Buchan- 
an, an office worth $4,000 per annum. In 1860 
he again located at Noblesville. Just before the 
war he served for one term as State Senator. In 
1862 he organized the One Hundred and First In- 
diana Regiment, of which he became Colonel. 
After serving for one year his health became im- 
paired and he was compelled to resign. In 1873 | 
he was elected on the Republican ticket as Judge 
of the court and served until the Legislature abol- j 
ished the court. In 1876 he was elected by the | 
Republicans to represent Hamilton and Tipton j 
Counties in the Legislature. Since that lime he 
has practiced his profession in Hamilton County 
and is the Nestor of the Bar. He has been an act- 



ive and leading Republican since the war. He 
has accumulated an ample fortune and is sur- 
rounded by all the comforts of life. He is a mem- 
ber of the Methodist Cliurch and socially is identi- 
fied with the Grand Arm'y. 

Judge Garver has been married twice, his first 
wife being Eliza, daughter of Gen. John D. Steph- 
enson. She died in 1849. The second wife, the 
mother of Dr. Garver, was Eliza Ray, who was 
born in Indianapolis. She was the daughter of 
Hon. James B. Ray, the third Governor of Indi- 
ana. He was a practicing attorney when elected 
and served as Executive of the state for six years. 
The mother was reared and educated in Indiana- 
polis, where her father died. She passed away in 
1871 at the age of thirty-eight years. There are 
six boys living, of whom our subject is the eldest. 
The others are Frank, a farmer in Hamilton Coun- 
ty; Jesse B., a farmer in Jlontana; Rev. Leonard 
J., of the Congregational Church, in California; 
Dr. Albeit, of Cicero, Ind., and John, a law stu- 
dent. 

Dr. Garver was reared in Noblesville, where he 
attended the common and high schools until 1870. 
He then entered the Northwestern (now Butler) 
University at Indianapolis, where he remained un- 
til the close of the junior year. After taking one 
course at the Indiana Medical College he entered 
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, from 
which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 
1876. After leaving college he practiced medicine 
for one year at Castleton, Marion County, and 
then for eighteen months studied law in his fath- 
er's office. He then returned to the practice of 
medicine, locating at Cicero, where he built up 
and maintained a good business. In 1888 he came 
to Anderson, where he follows his profession. Like 
his father, he is fond of politics and takes an active 
interest in behalf of the Democratic party. In 
1890 he thoroughly canvassed Madison Count3' to 
the great satisfaction of the party managers. In 
1892 he was a member of the Democratic County 
Committee and worked assiduously while serving 
in that position. 

Dr. Garver was married at Crawfordsville, Ind.. 
in 1880 to Miss Emma Detchon, who was born in 
Montgomery County. She is the daughter of Dr. 



PORTRAIT AM) lUOORAI'l IICAL RKCO 




E. Detelion, a |)roniinonl plivsiciun. .Mr>. (Juivt-r 
is a graduate of (ilendalo Female ('(illcoe in uliicli 
she was (ifl'ered a chair Inil deelined it. She is 
VI TV inueh dcMitcd to art and lias executed a 
MUinlier of |i:iinl in,i>s whicli stamp her an artist of 
al.ility. Three children have heen horn to them, 
Martha K.. Irwin ami Detelion. 



NYK |-|;i;N(1I. a retired news- 
ni anil one <,( the capitalists of 
Alexandria, was horn Aii,i;-n-.t 1 1, IS:?7,. at 
,11, .-ix mile, from llie city of li...t,in. 
nd Iheie his father. -loliii Freneli, and his 
lohn French, Sr., also were horn, 
diie.'llv descended fnm, the I'lluriin 
or many generations hack the ineni- 
hers were hoot and shoe manufacturers. The 
father of our suhject was also a manufacturer of 
l)oots and >lioes, hut lost heavily during the early 
part of the Civil War and died in 1«(;2 a poor 
man. His wife, the mother of our suhject, bore 
the maiden name of Fallen M. (iorh.im. She was 
the daughter of David Oorham, wh.. w.as a promi- 
nent sea ciptain and ran a na\al cutter during 
the Revolutionary War. Mr. (iorliam on his 
mother's side was a descendant in the fourth gen- 
eration of an Indian squaw. Mrs. French is now 
a resident of Indiana and part of the lime makes 
her home with her son, our subjeet. 

Thomas Xye French wasseeoml in order of bit lli 
of six sons. His eldest brother, Charles, enlisted in 
the service at tiie breaking out of the Civil War and 
was killed at the bloody Battle of the Wilderness, 
lie was a commissioned otlicer. The next child, 
David Gorham French, followed the trade his an- 
cestors had followed successfully for many gener- 
ations, shoe manufacturing, and was a iirominent 
man of Boston. fJcorge French, another son, en- 
listed when the lirst tocsin of war soun.led in 1M|'>1, 
and served until the cessation ol hostilitie.-. lie was 
taken prisoner at Fredericksburg and spent nearly 
two years in Libby prison. He is now following 
liis ancestors' trade in Randolph, Mass. IIenr.\, 
who was also a shoe numufactiirer, came to Indi- 
ana and died at Colfax, this state, in 1.SS0. An- 



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lan at Roekford, 



III. 



•niber of the Frencl 


1 family. 


shoemaker-s lra<le 


in youth 


iled education, m 


i'ver at- 


an nine inonth~. ai 


id never 


•arsofage. Hew. 


Mked at 


ui expert shoe cut 


ter. 1 n 


Lafayette, Ind., v 


iliere he 


.vithW. W. Comst 


lock, the 


r of that i)l.ace, as ; 


I cutter. 


no means of his c 


iwn.and 


omstock and otlu 


MS until 


in the newspaper 


business. 


•s had a liking, an 


d estab- 



Like nearly every iin 
our subject learned the 
and received but a liin 

after he was thirteen yc 
his trade and became ; 
1870 he came west to 
had made a contract ' 
lai-ge shoe manufac'ture 
At this time he had 
after working for .Mr. ( 
1.S7.) he launched out 
for which he had alway.- 
lished the S(juar>' Ikalr.,; of Lafayette, a small 
weekly ii.aper. This he later merged into the 
Lafayette (Jomini-rrid/ Ailcertiser, which lie carried 
on until 188;'), when he shipped his outlil to Alex- 
andria and establislied the Weeklj/ Tlmos in the 
then little village of four hundred people. 

lie arrived in Alexanilna with about seventy- 
live cents in moiu^v, but hiscuitlit wasal the depot 
and he had not the means to (lay the freight. 
Some of the leading citizens look an interest in 
him and had unbounded conlidenee in his ability 
and inlegrity. for they not only paid his freight, 
but advanced him money to start on his career as 
a journalist. Among those who befriended him 
at the time was CJene Hall, a wealthy farmer living 
east of Alexandria. Xo one has ever had occasion 
to regret putting this poor printer on his feet, for 
he kept faith with them from first to last and has 
a warm place for them in his heart. At one lime, 
not long after coining to Alexandria, he look a 
note to the bank of Klwood for .<everal hundred 
dollars signed by many of the wealthy men of 
Alexandria, and the banker promptly counted out 
the money. When Mr. French turned to go the 
banker asked liim who he was and what his busi- 
ness was. Our subject replied, "My name is 
French, as you see by the note, and I am running 
a little newspaper at Alexandria." "Well," said 
the banker, "It isn't every tramp of a newspaper 
man who can gel those names on his note and I 
wish it was thousands instead of hundreds." 

I'rom the start Mr. French's success at .\lexan- 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



dria was assured and lie soon built up a large and 
pa3-ing business. His education was largely gained 
while working at the bench, for he was always a 
close student, and the sturdy Puritan blood in his 
veins made him upright, honorable and persever- 
ing, while his Indian blood rendered him shrewd 
and determined. He also inherited the ready wit 
and humor of the Nye side of the house, he being 
a second cousin on tiie mother's side of the noted 
Bill Nye, the middle name of Nye being given 
him to perpetuate the name in the family. His 
paper was always full of original and readable 
matter and held the hearts of the people. He it 
was who first advocated through his paper the ad- 
visability of boring for gas at Alexandria, and his 
name appears second on the subscription paper 
circulated for the purpose of raising funds for this 
enterprise, which has made the flourishing city of 
Alexandria what it is. To him must be given 
credit to a great extent for the wonderful growth 
of the cit3% for he has wielded a great influence 
tlirough his paper. 

In 1892 Mr. French added the Daily Times to 
his weekl}- paper and this was first started by his 
little son, Arthur G., before he was fourteen years 
of age, he being the youngest editor of a daily 
paper in the state. In the spring of 1893 Mr. 
French abandoned the newspaper business, and 
having amassed a fair share of this world's goods 
decided to retire from the active duties of life. 
He sold his paper and subsequently spent some 
time in travel in the east at his old Massachusetts 
home. He is now residing at his pleasant and 
comfortable home on North Harrison Street, Alex- 
andria, and is one of the substantial and influen- 
tial men of the place, owning large property in- 
terests in the city. His charming home is presided 
over b^' his estimable wife, whose maiden name 
was Charlotte M. Thayer, and whom he married in 
1856. She was a native of Randolph, Mass., and 
the daughter of William Thayer, a large shoe 
manufacturer. She had four brothers in the Civil 
War: George N., Washington B., William Fairfield 
and Nathan A. Another brother, E. Monroe, is 
the only one of the brothers now living. The 
Thayer family also came from good old Puritan 
stock. 



To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. French were 
born seven children, but four died when small. 
Walter E., the eldest, is now foreman of the Daily 
Democrat office in Anderson. Arthur Si- started 
the Daily Times of Alexandria before he was 
fourteen years of age and i.iade a great success of 
it. He is what may be termed a prodigy and will 
be heard of again in the journalistic field after he 
has completed his education. The other child is 
a bright little girl of eleven summers, Myrtie by 
name. For thirty-two years Mr. French has been 
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and 
has always taken an active part in church work. 
In 1873 ho was licensed as a local preacher and 
has filled the ]jiilpit ou a number of occasions. ■ 
He has been a great worker in the Sunday-schools 
and for seven years has been President of the 
Sunday-school Union of Madison County. A life- 
long temperance man, he has always taken an act- 
ive part on the side of temperance, and while he 
is a Prohibitionist in principle, he thinks that 
what good comes to the temperance cause through 
a political part}" must come through the Republic- 
an party. He has been a member of the Good 
Templars, Knights of the Red Star, Golden 
Knights, Odd Fellows, Red Men and Rebeccas, and 
is very prominent in all of these orders, being a 
member of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. 



R. JACOB H. HARTER. A lucrative 
yjl practice and judicious investments in real 
estate have made Dr. Jacob Harter one of 
the most substantial men flnanciallj' in 
Madison County. He was born at Granville on 
the 14th of F'ebruaiy, 1840, and in childhood en- 
joyed the meagre educational advantages of those 
primitive times. He afterward attended the Mun- 
cie Academy. His father, James B., was a native 
of Lexington, Ky. George Harter, the grandfath- 
er, was a native of Pennsylvania but settled at an 
early day in Kentucky. Manj- j-eais ago he 
moved to Delaware County, where he died on a 
large farm at eighty years of age. 

Dr. Harter's father was a miller by trade, and 
when a young man went to Troy, Ohio, where he 
remained for fourteen 3ears. At an early d.av he 



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PORTRAIT AND 15I()(;RAI'1II('AL RKCORI). 



came to tlie Mississiiiivva Riv(!r in Delaware Coim- 
ty where he bought seven hundred neies of huid 
and ini[)roved a f'lrin loeated neni- (iranville. ten 
niiU's north of Miinci,.. lie .lied -aI the aye of 
eiyhty-thi-ee. Dr. Il.-iiln's niolher. 1 laniett Kee/- 

er. was bnn, in Vein t, hein- the dau,i,dil,,.,- of 

Taiil Kee/,er. who emi-ralr.l from Canada to Ver- 
niontand was in the \Vai- (jf 1.S12. 1 h' came lu 
F.li/.aliethtown, Delaware County, where he fol- 
lowed the occupations of carpenter and farmer un- 
til his removal to .\ndcrson, where he died at the 
age of eighty-four years. The mothei resides in 
Andeison at the age of si-venly-threc and is a de- 
vout member of the .Methodist Church. Ijcrciiil- 
dren are Jacob 11. and William 1'.. hoih practii'inii 

physicians of Anderson, .-lud My-. Aiigeline I'.ees 

«ifeof.I. II. r,ees,,n. D. I). S., of Terrc Haute. Ind. 
In ISC.l. at the lirst, drum lap sou i,diin,r the note 
of war. Dr. Ilarler enlist, 'd at Marion. lud.. in 
Company K. Kighth Indi.aua Regiment, for three 
inontlii. Immediately he went with his regiment 
to ^'irginia and participated in the li;ittlc of Rich 
Mountain. I'pon being mustered out in the f.all 
he came to Ander.son and began the study of 
meilicine, lirst under Dr. Ilarriman, anil later 
under Dr. Menefee. Later in 1«(!1 he entered the 
I'niversity of Michigan at Ann .\rbor. and after 
taking a full course he h.catcd at Warrington, 
Hancock C.uiuiy. In 186t he removed to Fisher.s- 
biirg, wliere he ijracticed for ten years, then spent 
two years with lii.s brother at Markleville, and 
afterward resided for ten year.s at I'endlcton. In 
IcS.SO he located at Anderson and has since en- 
gaged in general practice, lie i.s a large [H-operty 
owner, having two hundred and ten acres on 
White River ailjoining the city, sixty acresadjoin- 
ing Norlh Anderson, seventy acres near Alex- 
andria, eighty acres now the platted suburb of 
Englewood; a two-story brick block on the corner 
of Meridian and 12th Street, and an elegant resi- 
dence on West ISth Street. I'olitically he is a 
Reiuiblican an<l his soci<'ty connections are witli 
the Masons and the ( Jr.-iiid .\rmy. He is a mem- 
ber of the Methodist Church' in wliieh he is 
Trustee. 

In ISiit; Dr. Harter was married to Mi- Kli/.a 
Kemper at Fislu'isbur''. who died fourteen months 



787 
ige was to :Mi.sa 



after their uni(ni. His secoml 
.Malinda. daughter of Ch..uh- Fi>lier, of Fishers- 
l)urg. 'I'lieir only daughter. Dora F., married Dr. 
A. I,. Leathcrman, who is now engaged in practice 
in Indianapolis, where they are locaU'd at No. 118 
North Meridian Street. He is a graduate .,f the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York 
Citv. 



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W. KNKAI.K, M. I)., a talented 



.M;i 



In. I., 



lias in tlu. c..n;p.-iiatively l.rief p.^rhul ,.f his resi- 
lience in the city acphred a wi.le and rapidly ex- 
lending practice in both medicine anil surgery. 
He enj.iyed excepti.mal educational advant.age.s, 
which he n.>w siipph'tiients by seicntilic research 
and sliidy. aiming t.) keep fully abreast of the 
times ill e\-ery de|iartinent of his [irofcssional 
work. Dr. Kne.-ilc, a native of Indiana, wa.s liorn 
in Attiia October :>, ISIiO. His father, Henry 
Kneale, was born in the Isle of M;in and emigrated 
from his birthplace to this country when only six- 
teen years of age. lie settled in Ohio and made 
the IJuckeye State his continuous residence until 
18<;il. At this latter date the father removed to 
Indiana, and, a carpenter by trade, found rea.Iy 
employment as a contractor and builder. I'or the 
past ten years he h.as profitably engaged in the 
manufacture f drain tile and owns a large plant 
in Colburn, Ind., of which city lie is a prominent 
business man. 

The mother of our subject. .Mrs. Mary .Vnn 
(Lee) Kneale, is a native of Ohio, but her father, 
Pienjamin Lee, and her excellent mother were both 
born in Kngland. When Dr. Kneale was an in- 
fant his parents removed from Indiana to Ohio, 
whicli latter state they made their home until our 
subject was about nine years of age, when the 
family returning to the IIoo.sier Stale then located 
permanently in Colburn. a desirable site for the 
development of enterprise. 

Our subject attended the puhlic schools of Col- 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



burn in boyhood and enjoyed one term of instruc- 
tion in Battle Ground Seminary, and at nineteen 
years of age taught sehool. He continued in the 
avocation of an instructor for three years and 
then entered Purdue University at La Fayette, 
Ind. In the fall of 1883 Dr. Kneale matriculated 
at DePauw University, and after completing with 
honor the full classical course, was graduated in 
the spring of 1888, the degree of Bachelor of Arts 
then being conferred upon him. He also studied 
medicine while in college and later, in 1889, took 
a degree in medicine in the University of Virginia. 
Our subject likewise received the benefit of a post- 
graduate course in Chicago at the Polyclinics 
and during the same year read medicine under 
the instruction of his preceptor Dr. G. W. Beree, 
of Grcencastle, remaining in the latter town until 
Blay, 1890, then establishing himself in Anderson. 

Upon the 14th of June, 1893, Dr. W. W. Kneale 
and Miss Mattie E. Thomas were united in mar- 
riage at the residence of the bride's parents in 
Anderson, receiving the best wishes and hearty 
congratulations of numerous friends. The ac- 
complished wife of our sul)ject, a favorite in the 
society of her home city, is a native of Greens- 
burgh, and is a daughter of William and Jane 
(Benson) Thomas. The mother of Mrs. Kneale 
was the daughter of the late Judge Benson, of 
Greensburgh. Dr. Kneale is a member of the 
State Medical Society and is likewise connected 
by membership with the Madison County Medical 
Society, and in the gatherings of these profes- 
sional associations receives and contributes to the 
instruction furnished by experience and research. 
Our subject is a member of the Sons of St. George 
and also affiliates with the Knights of Maccabees. 
He is connnected witli the Order of Elks of Ander- 
son and is a member of the Ancient Order of For- 
esters. 

Dr. Kneale already commands a large and rap- 
idly increasing field of practice in his section of 
the city, and skillfully handling the cases intrusted 
to his care, has a bright future before him. De- 
voted to professional duties, he has no desire to 
enter the arena of political life, but a public- 
spirited citizen, is well posted and deeply interested 
in local and national issues. lie actively partici- 



pates in all matters of home enterprise and mutual 
advancement and is recognized as a man of pro- 
gressive views and liberal sentiment. 



<fW^ O. ARMFIELD, M. D., now seiving his 
f(f(^^ second term as Secretary of the Board of 
S^^ Health of Elwood, and a general medical 
practitioner and skillful surgeon of extended ex- 
perience, well known throughout Madison County, 
is a native of the state and county, and was born 
in Pipe Creek Township, July 6, 1854. His father, 
Tilmon Armfield, was born in North Carolina, Jul}* 
19, 1812. He spent the days of early youth in his 
birthplace, and attended the primitive schools of 
his home district. From his youth trained into 
habits of industrious thrift he attained to his ma- 
jority manly and self-reliant, and determined to 
try his fortunes in the broader fields of the north- 
west. At twenty-one years of age the father fol- 
lowed the tide of emigratiofi to Indiana, then 
mostly a wilderness, and, a genuine pioneer citizen 
settled in Henry County, near Greensborough, and 
in that locality for the eight succeeding years 
taught in the log sclioolhouses of those early 
days. In 1842 he removed to Pipe Creek Town- 
ship, Madison County, and here continuing his 
duties as a teacher also engaged successfully in 
agricultural pursuits. He was likewise an adept in 
surveying, and a man of ambitious enterprise and 
executive ability, held with efficiency the position 
of Deputy County Surveyor, discharging with 
faithfulness his official duties up to the time of his 
death, a period of eighteen continuous years. 

Tilmon Armfield jiassed away September 22, 
1861, mourned by all who knew him as a friend, 
neighbor and citizen, and left as a bequest to his 
children the memory of his sterling integrity and 
upright career undimmed by dishonest word or 
deed. As an official of the county the father had 
surveyed the greater part of Madison County, 
then known as the Indian Reserve. He also laid 
out the original plats of the villages of Mooreston 
and Quincy, now Elwood, and participated act- 
ively in the promotion of various public enter- 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 789 



prises uf merit. Tlic iiiotlici- yet si]rvivin<r. Mary iicctcd with tlie Austin I.ncl^r,. ;,, Tipton. He 

A. (Pii'Uerinu) .Vrinlirhl. is ;i native of Ohio, and is lil<e\vi>e :i nicnilMT of the •I'iplon Lod^'e 

tlie dangliter of .losliua Pielcering, a native of K. of P., and alHliates with .\ncient Order of 

.South Easton, Ohio, where the maternal ^reat- I'niled Workmen. He is a Knii^lit of Maceahecs, 

srrandparents of our sul)jeet early settle.). (Jrand- and a member of the Red .Men of l-;iw.H,d. P..}il- 

fatherand (;randmotlier Pickering with their f.-ini- icnlly a Uepiihliean. he i- an ardent .'idvoeate of 

ily emigrated to Indiana in l.s:i2. and hicaledin the parly ..f reform, and formerly holding th.- 

ilenry County when tlieir .laughter .Mary .\. w.i^ po>iti,,n of Secretary of the I'.oard of Health of 

about twelve years old. Now arrived at seventy- Tipton, w.-h in 1S!»2 elected to his picsent po.-ition 

three years of age Mrs. Mary A. (Pickering) Arm- as Secretary of the I'.oard of Health of Klwood. 

field possesM'> a store of valuable reminis.-ence> of and in the discharge of public duty is faithful to 

the pioneer t imes. 1 Ik'I r >acrifices. pi ivations and every lru>t iiivolve.l. Dr. Armludd ha-^ with abil- 

triumphs. Dr. Armtiehl. one of four children who ity served a term as Presicleiit of IheTiploii 

with their cheerful presence brightened the home County Medical Societ\, and is also a \aiued inem- 

of the parents, remained upioii the old homestead ber of the State Medical .Society. Thoroughly de- 

until twenty-CMie years of age. and assisting in the voted to the (iemands of his practice, oursubject is 

rounil of agricultural dutie-, also gained a good numbered among the representative professional 

common education in the district si-hools of Pipe men of Klwood, and enjoys the conlidenee of :i 

Creek Townshii). wide acpiaintance. 
.\bout the time he attained his maioritv our 



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National Xorm.al .School studied ambitiou>ly for 

three summers, during the winters teachingsehool. I IRAM J. DANHOI.S. The history of bank- 
tlie last season being one of the instruetiMs of the f) i",ii ''i -ViKlerson and a biography of Hiram 
graded school in Elwood. During tliis latter period 1,^/ ,1. Daniels for a rpiartcrof a century would 
Dr. .Vrmtield began the study of medicine with (C) be identical,for he is a memlier of tiie Ander- 
Dr. Daniel Sigler, a prominent physician of El- son lianking Company. He i> a native of Ohio, liav- 
wood. After reading in the oUice for a year and ing lieen born near Somerset. Perry County, on the 
a half, oursubject attended the Detroit Medical 2l)tii of November. IK:!.'^. His father, Hiram Dan- 
College, Mich., for a year and a iialf, and gradu- iels, was born in Rockingham County. Va., and came 
ating March Id, l.s.si . ri'ccived his diploma, and in of an old \'irginia family. He was an early . -et- 
a brief time entered upon the duties of his profes- |er in Perry and Muskingum Counties. Ohio, 
sion in Tipton County, Ind., where ftn- ten vears where he engaged in farming until LSI I, when 
he engaged in the wearing round of |)rofessional by wagon he emigrated to Wayne County, hid., 
work, his practice extending its limits tluoughout and located one mile .south of Richmond. The 
the surrounding country of his home locality. In farm he tisere bought was later sold lo.Iolin 
tlic year 1881 were united in marriage T. O. .\rin- llaynes, who erected on it a private .school build- 
lield and Miss Ella Cook, a daughter of .lohii W. ing, now used as an orphans' home. In 18.')2 he 
and Loui.sn (Ilobbs) Cook, of ^Madison Countv. located in Monroe Township. Madison County, 
Our .subject and his estimable wife are the parents and bought a farm, which he operated until 18.-)8. 
of fourchildien: 1 va \.. .lose Tilmon. Ed ward P.. He then located on a farm north of Anderson, 
and Clarcnc E.. bright .and intelligent young pco- which is now occupied by the thriving suburb. 
pie. At the expiration of his fir.-t ten years of North Anderson, and some of the largest factories, 
practice. Dr. Armlield made hi.s permanent home lie died there m 187.'). at the age of seventy-live 
in Elwood, and here has met with success in his years. 

chosen profession. He is fraternally a member of Mr. Daniel> mother was Maria l'o(t<. a native 

the Ancient Free A- Accepted Masons an. I is c.n- of Shenandoah C.-unly. Va.. and the daughter of 



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Isaiah Potts, who died in Virginia. After his death 
she removed to Richmond, Ind., where .=he remained 
about ei»iit years. Later she went to Chicago, wliere 
she died in 1892, aged about eighty-seven 3'ears. 
There were eight children in the family, of whom j 
five are living. Hiram was tlie fifth child. Isaiah 
H., the youngest broliiei', was a member of the ; 
Eigiith Indiana Regiment, and died in tlie hos- 
pital at St. Louis. Mr. Daniels' infancy was spent 
in Oiiio, and in childhood became with his parents 
to Wayne County, wliere he remained until seven- 1 
teen years of age, attending the common schools ' 
tluee months in the winter and working on the 
farm during the summer. In 1852 he came to | 
Madison Count}', and remained until about twent}-- 
one years of age, when he went to what is now 
Douglas County, 111. During tiie summer he broke j 
ground there with four yoke of cattle, returning 
to his liome in the fall. He then worked with his 
l)rother in a steam mill at Alexandria for two 
years. 

In 1859 Mr. Daniels came to Anderson, and soon 
entered into partnership with James Hoglett and 
William Crim in the grain trade in the building I 
now known as Wellington's Mill. In April, 1861, 
he assisted in raising Company G, Seventeenth In- 
diana Regiment, and was mustered in at Indian- 
apolis as Second Lieutenant on the 24th. After 
serving in Virginia and Maryland, his regiment 
was sent to Kentucky, and during the summer at 
Camp Wickliffe he resigned on account of ill- 
health. Returning home, he again entered the 
grain trade with William Crim & Co., and re- 
mained for four or Ave years, during which time 
he devoted his entire attention to the business, 
his paitners being otherwise engaged. After spend- 
ing a year in the boot and shoe business, he went 
into the Exchange Bank with William Crim & 
Co., in 1869. He remained in that institution 
for sometime, and tlien, disposing of his interest, 
he became a partner in ihc Citizens' Bank in 1885. 
This was about the time the Madison County 
Bank went out of existence, and left but two 
banks instead of three to do the business. 

In 1878 Mr. Daniels was nominated on the Re- 
[)ublican ticket for Clerk of the Court, and, al- 
though the ct)untv was Democratic by one thou- 



sand majority, he only failed of election by one 
hundred votes. He measured strength with his 
opponents again in 1884, as candidate for County 
Auditor, and, though the county was still strongly 
Democratic, came within seventy-seven votes of 
being elected. While in the Citizens' Bank, on 
the 1st of May, 1889, Mr. Daniels was appointed 
Postmaster by President Harrison, and, immedi- 
ately taking possession of the office, discharged the 
duties for fouryears to the satisfaction of the people. 
During his incumbency the population of Ander- 
son increased from fortj'-five hundred to twenty 
thousand, and the office was raised from the third 
to the second class. In September, 1891, the free 
delivery was adopted. Upon entering the oflice 
there were only two employes, but later the ser- 
vices of fourteen people were required, which fact 
furnishes a graphic illustration of the wonderful 
growth of Anderson in that time. He was com- 
missioned until January 4, 1894, but having be- 
come a stockholder in the Anderson Banking 
Company, and desiring to look after his interests 
in that institution, he resigned from his position 
as Postmaster on the 1st of April, 1893, and at 
once entered the bank. Tins bank was established 
in 1890, with a capital stock of *40,000, which 
was increased the following year to ^60,000. then 
to $100,000, and now it is capitalized at ^125,000. 
It does a general banking business. 

Mr. Daniels was one of the few men who en- 
gaged in the original prospecting for natural gas, 
and the first effort was fruitful. A great well was 
brought in south of the Midland depot a depth 
of nine hundred and fifty-eight feet. Soon the 
Anderson National Gas Company was organized, 
and Mr. Anderson became a Director, which po- 
sition he held until the company sold out to the 
Citizens' Gas Company. He served for two terms 
as a member of the School Board, and was its 
Treasurer. Socially, lie is a Mason, a Knight of 
Honor, and a charter member of Major May Post, 
G. A. R. His political affiliations have always 
been with the Republican party. 

Hiram J. Daniels and Juliet S. Crim were 
married in 1864. She was born in - Delaware 
County and is the daughter of William Crim, the 
pioneer landowner and banker. Their children 




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are: Edward A., wlio wus Asisi.stMiit l'(i-ini:istci-. 
l)ut resigned May 1, 1893, t'o acci'pl :\ \u,-.]\^i,n ;is 

book-keopor Willi (he Anirrii-Mn Slccl C |iniiv; 

WalU-r II., a letter v.unri uiidei the eixil .-erviec 
law; and Ellie A.. wilV of Dale .1. C'lit-teiilieruer, who 
.siueeeded Mr. Daniels as Postmaster. Mr. Daniels 
and his family occupy an elegant home at No. 
1 17 West Kiirhth Street. 



^ IIAULES liODEK, Si;., a prospcrons and 
'^ thorouglily practical agriculturist, who for 
tlie i)asl thirty-seven years has conducted 
one of the model farms of Nolilesville 'i'ownship, 
Ilanililoii County, is a native of (ieniKuiy .-ind 
was born in Saxony February !<;, ISKI. Ills 
parents, Gottlieb and Hannah linden, were natives 
of Saxony and descendants of thrift\ ami indus- 
trious ancestors. The father, a wi'avei- by trade 
and also a farmer, prosperously tilled the fields of 
th(; old German home, where lie and the loving- 
mother passed away. Unto them were born four 
children, sons, who dutifully assisted their father 
.■111.1 mother until they arrived at their majority, 
aiui then each beuaii the struiiule of life for him- 



Whei 



rs of 



-uhjeet reached twenty-, 
.age he resolved to try his fortunes in .\merica. 
and, embarking upon a ves,sel, was two months on 
the passage to the I'nited States. Finally arriv- 
ing at lialtiinore, he remained a few days in Mary- 
land and then journe^^ed to Cincinnati, Ohio. 
From that city he soon made his way to Dayton, 
and with ■'slOd yet in his pocket was fortunate 
etuuigh to at once secure work at his trade of a 
weaver. lie made his home in Dajton for a num- 
ber of years and w.as financially prospered. 

.\t the age of thirty, Jlr. Bodeii was united in 
marriage with Aliss Emiline Creiger, a n.at ive of 
Montgomery County, Ohio. Fnto them were 
born nine children, six of whom are yet living: 
Fianklin is married and has two children. Lncinda 
is the wife of George Iliny and was the mother of 
40 



seven children, one of wliotn is deceased. Ida Is 
married and has three children. Charles is sin<,dc. 
Emma is marrieil and h:i-^ two ehihlieii. Immedi- 
ately after their mariiage .Mr. :in(l .\li>. liodeii set- 
tled in Woodburn, Ohio, an<l theie our subject 
followed his trade until IS i;», when he look the 
overland trip to California. lie traveled across 
the .sandy desert by wagor. .ami was six months 
on the way. lie returned to (thio in ls.-)l.but in 
18;)2 .again visited the Golden State, this lime 
consuming three months in the westward trip. 

.\fter engaging for moi'c than two years in gold 
mining, Mr. lioden again returned to the ea-l.and 

soon determined to loe.ale perm:iiiently elsewhere, 
and in IHr.fi, with his wife :uid children, came to 
Indiana and bought the one hundred and sixty 

brought to a high state of cultivation, and with 
its fields of grain and excellent and commodious 
buildings, is one of the best farms in Noblesvillc 
Township. Fin.'incially prospered, our subject also 

ct)inprising three hundred and'eighty acres. Now 
in the evening of his d.ays, enjoying a well earned 
rest, he rents his farms, which thus yield him a 
handMJine income. 

The b.'loved wife ami life companion died upon 
the Indiana homestead at sixty-live years of age, 
esteemed by all who knew her and mourned 
deejily by her husband and children. During his 
long residence in his present locality, Mr. lioden 
has lieen closely idenlilied with the upward growth 
and [irogressive interesis of Hamilton County. 
A liberal-spirited citizen and a man of enterprise, 
he has aided in educational advancement and en- 
couraged local improvements, being a prominent 
factor in all things |)erlaiiiiiig to the good of No- 
lilesville Townshii). Politically a Kepublican, he 
is well [iLsted in the affairs of the day and gives 
intelligent consideration to both local and na- 
tional issues. For (ifty-six years a resident of 
the I'liited Stales, during this entire time lie Ims 
been a loyal citizen of Ins adopted country. I\v 
honest industry he has won his way lo a compe- 
tency and a position of inlUience. 



V94 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



\Tr^OWLAND ESTES, a merchant and ex-cash- 
l^ ier of the Weblfield Bank, was born at Rich- 
tiMV mond, Wayne County, Ind., December 14, 
1851. His fatlicr, Lewis Alden Esles, was 
born at South Durham, Me., December 11, 1815, 
and was, on liis mother's side, a direct descendant, 
in the seventli generation, of -Jolin Aldeu. wlio 
came over in the "Maydower." On his father's side 
lie came from an old Quaker family, whicli dates 
back to the early settlement of New England. 
The direct branch of the Estes family became estab- 
lished on the coast of Maine, near Portland. His 
father, the grandfather of oui- subject, Thomas 
Estes, was born in Maine, August 20, 1784, and 
was one of eight children born to Caleb Estes, who 
was himself born in Maine, September 26, 1747, 
and who married Lydia Bisliop, .June 6, 1769. Tire 
children of this union and the great-uncles and 
great-aunts of our subject were: Lydia Estes 
Story, born May 4, 1770; Sarah Estes Tuttle, March 
4, 1772; Simeon, February' 17, 1774; Patience, Jan- 
uary 29, 1776; Caleb, April 6, 1778; Joseph, June 
9, 1780; Israel, August 25, 1782; Thomas, August 
20, 1784; John, November 11, 1786; Desire Estes 
Cox, October 15, 1788; and Mar^' Estes Cox, Feb- 
uary 15, 1792. 

Benjamin Estes, who was the father of Caleb, 
was, as far as we can learn, born in Massachusetts, 
and was the first of the family to settle on the 
coast of Maine. We know that Caleb was a black- 
smith by trade, and served the r4overnment at the 
armory in Springfield, while his brothers were do- 
ing loyal service at Bunker Hill. 

Thomas Estes married Bettie Hayford Alden, 
who was born on the 19th of October, 1786, 
and who was a descendant of the second son of 
John and Priscilla Alden. Their children were, 
Stillman born December 13, 1812; Lydia Bishop, 
March 30, 1814; Lewis Aldeu, December 11, 18-15; 
Bettie Hayford, June 6, 1817; Horace, June 14, 
1819; Emily, August 6,1821; Charlotte, August 
4, 1823; Thomas Albion, April 19, 1825; George 
Henr3', March 12, 1827; Philcna, August 14, 1828; 
William Roscoe Greene, November 22, 1830; and 
Christian, October 5, 1834. 

Thomas, the father of this family, was a man of 
m<;re than ordinary education and ability, a de- 



vout follower in the Friends' faith, and at one time 
was a member of the Maine Legislature. He was 
one of the largest lumbermen in the state, a thor- 
ough and successful business man, a lifelong 
Democrat, and died about 1870. Of liis large fami- 
ly we have little information, except that William 
Roscoe Greene was a prominent merchant, a Post- 
master and a central figure in Masonic circles. 
Horace was a man of culture, and a teacher of 
much prominence. 

Lewis Aldeu Estes, tlie father of oui subject, was 
a born scholar, and became one of the best edu- 
cators of his da}'. His mother not being a mem- 
ber of the Friends' Church, he did not have a 
birthright in that faith, but joined it after arriv 
ing at his majority. In his boyhood days he was 
accustomed to the hardships of farm life on the 
sterile soil of Maine, and in the winter he frequently 
engaged in getting out and hauling timber for 
masts of sea-going vessels. His education was ob- 
tained in a little red schoolhouse, and later at the 
Maine Wesleyan Seminary, a manual labor school, 
at which students wholly or in part paid their 
own expenses by working at some trade. Liis trade 
was that of a shoemaker, and while at his work he 
at the same time stored liis mind with useful in- 
formation, and at a later date we find him a stu- 
dent at Bowdoin College in the Class of '44. 
Here in the Alma Mater of Longfellow and Haw- 
thorn he remained two years, at the end of which 
time he became interested in religious matters an(,l 
united with the Friends' Church. The Friends of 
that section were not so much in favor of higher 
education as they are everywiiere at the present 
daj', and bringing considerable pressure, prevailed 
upon him to forego further attendance at college, 
on the ground that college education was detri- 
mental to the free operation of the Spirit. While 
complying with this advice so far as to leave the 
college, he still continued his studies, and later on 
received the college degree in recognition of his 
attainments as a scholar and his eminence as an 
educator. Liis strength as a scholar lay mainly in 
Latin and mathematics. 

Lewis Alden Estes in 1847 was appointed Prin- 
cipal of the boj's' department of the newly es- 
tablished Friends' boarding school of Richmond, 



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for five years. Tlieir pupils are now f.uind anu>iig 
tlie leading lights in the Frien(l>' Society in In- 
diana, Iowa and Kansas, and it may .safely be as- 
serted that Lewis and Ilulda Kstes left an impres- 
sion not onl}' on the Society of Friends, but upon 
the intellectual development of the state of In- 
diana that will continue to receive recognition for 
generations to come. After leaving that school, 
he taught public and private schools in Richmond, 
and in 18C0 assumed charge of the Friends' school 
at London, Howard County, Ind.. where after re- 
maining three years, at the uri;enl rc(|uest of 
friends in Weslfield,he .accepted a call to the West- 
field Union High School. In I.STO he was called 
by the Friends to become the Principal of the new- 
ly established Wilmington College, where he re- 
mained for three jears, and thence returned to his 
home in Westfield to give his attention to other 
fields of usefulness. For .several years he was a Di- 
rector in the Merchants' National P.-iiik of Indian- 
apolis, the" Citizens' Bank of Nolilcsvillc, and 
President of the Bank of Westlield. and up to the 
last year of his life continued an acti\(t business 
man. lie died November Id, ISDl. 

Ilulda C. lloag, the daughter of Nathan lloag. 
a |)rominent (,)u;il<cr |)reaclier, was born near I'.ur- 
lington. Vt., in l.siT. Her grandfather, .lohn 
Ilo.ag, was the author of "Joseph Iloag's Visions." a 
work which attracted much attention in the early 
part of the nineteenth century, and in which he 
foresaw the Civil War. the overthrow of slavery, 
and many other things which have since come to 
ji.ass. 

Rowland Kstcs received his education under the 
direction of his father. lie graduated in 1872, 
taught school for a time in Indiana, Ohio and Illi- 
nois, was for five years book-kee|)er and cashier of 
the Citizens' Bank of Nohiesville, and in LS81 or- 
ganized the Bank of Westtield. in which institution 
he held the position of cashier until February, 
l.HiU. He has but one brother, Ludovic.a profes- 
sor in the University of North Dakota. On March 



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50. 1881, Rowland |-;<1. 

lughter of Alfred Moii 

an, a retired physici;ii 

iided interests in various pan- of the st: 

ho makes his home in Westlield. .Mr. H-te-' i 
mediate family consists of three beautiful dau: 
ters: Helen, Alice and Louise, lie is a proniim 
member of the .Ma>onic and KniLilit- of pytl 
fraternities, and is ;i member in the l-iiun 
Church. 



R. A. S. HUSTON has been a practicing phy- 

j|; sician in Anderson since the 1st of October, 

1889, and prior to that time was located at 



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places for seventeen years. He was l)orn at College 
Corner, Henry County. Xoveniber 211. l.sLS, and 
is the son of Rev. Asa Huston, who is living ( l«i»;i) 
I at the age of seventy-two years. The niolher was 
I Lenorah Wilhoit. of Henry County. The father 
came to Indiana from Ohio about IH:!."., and has 
devoted his life to farming, also .serving as a local 
preacher. Samuel Huston, the grandfalher, was a 
Penn-sylvanian and was one of the very lirst set- 
tlers of .Madison County and was a neiglilior and 
contemporary of Colonel Bell of pioneer memory. 
Tiie maternal grandparents were Ohioans, and the 
grandfather. Moses Wilhoit. was tuie of the lirst 
white men to .settle in Ihalstale after the departure 
of the Indians. 

Dr. Huston remained at the place of his l)irtli. 
College Corner, until twenty-four years of age, 
during which time he attended the common schools 
as well as the academies at New Castle and Spice- 
land. He obtained his professional education 
largely at the Pliysio-Medical College at Indian- 
apolis, from which he was graduated in I.HTfi after 
an attendance of three years. He then concluded 
to adopt homeopathy, and going to Chicago, look 
special courses of study under Prof. Pratt, which 
con.sisted largely of a surgical character. Dr. 
Huston has devoted much time atid research to 
the study of chronic di.<eases and if there is one 
class above another of liumaii ills whicli receives 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



from him special attention, it is to be found under 
that head. 

A professor of religion as laid down in the dis- 
cipline of the Methodist Church, Dr. Huston is a 
Bible student, having devoted fifteen .years to the 
study of that wonderful book. On this account 
he is one of the most valuable exponents of Sun- 
da_y-school work in the city. He has been three 
times a delegate to International Sunday-school 
conventions, and once to a World's convention. 
Politicall3', he has always been a Republican. He 
held the position of Health Otticer at Pendleton 
for three years, and is a member of the fraternal 
order of Knights of the Maccabees. 

On the 17th of November, 1872, Dr. Huston and 
Miss Sarah A. Weeks were married at Mechanics- 
burg, Henry County, Ind. .She is the daughter of 
Dr. J. Weeks, a native of New York .State, who 
practiced medicine at Mechanicsburg and vicinity 
for thirty-five consecutive years. Mrs. Huston's 
niotiier was Susan Swain, a member of a Tennessee 
family which settled in Indiana at an early day. 
Dr. and Mrs. Huston have two children: Howard 
A. and Lulu A. 



^TtjVENJAMIN F. SPANN, M. D., a citizen of 
J^\ Anderson for nearly a third of a century 
'^)Jlj and a practicing physician and surgeon 
'^==^ since November 29, 1859, was born near 
Madison, Jefferson County, Ind., May 14,1830. His 
fatlier, John L. Spann, was a native of Charleston, 
S. C. Grandfather JesseSpann, a native of Ger- 
many, in company with four brothers came to South 
Carolina and made settlement tliere. Thence he re- 
moved to Garrard County, Ivy., and later to Jeffer- 
son County, Ind., where lie died. When John 
Spann settled in Jefferson County game was 
abundant, and he being a fine shot received 
great trophies, one morning killing three bears. 
He was a carpenter by trade, but devoted his at- 
tention to agriculture. He represented Jefferson 
County four times in the Lower House of the Leg- 
islature, and Jennings County, where he after- 
ward located, three times, and in the Senate twice. 



In 1850-51 he was a' member of the Constitutional 
Convention which revised the organic law of tlie 
state. Following this he was a member of the 
Senate which adopted the constitution. He was a 
Major-General of the Indiana militia and was 
known as ■' General " Spann. His death occurred 
wlien seventy-three years of age. 

Dr. Spann 's mother, Sophia Smith, was born in 
Madison County, Ky., and was the daughter of 
Asa Smith, who was born at New Haven, Conn. 
She died at the residence of one of her sons in 
Boone Count3', Ind., in 1867 at the age of sev- 
entj'-flve years. Their family consisted of twelve 
j children, ten of whom grew to years of maturity 
and four survive. George, proprietor of the City 
Drug Store in Anderson, was in the army for a 
short time. Thompson W. was a merchant in 
Anderson. John S., an attorney 1)3' profession, is 
a large real-estate dealer and broker at Indianap- 
olis. Benjamin F. was fourth in order of biith. 
William, the eldest, was a lumber dealer and died 
in Keokuk, Iowa. Dr. Charles N. died at the age 
of tiiirty at Madison. One brother and Edith, 
Martha, Elizabeth and Josephine died while young. 

Dr. Spann went to Jennings County with his 
parents when he was five years of age. The rudi- 
ments of his education were acquired in the early 
schoolhouses of that day. Later he was sent to 
Vernon Academy, where he was a schoolmate 
of John C. New, later Consul-General to London, 
Judge C. Newcomb, and Jeptha D. New, Judge of 
the State Appellate Court. While remaining on 
the farra he had a desire to study medicine and 
devoted iiis evenings and mornings to reading 
until 1850, when he went to Zionsville and later 
to Lebanon, where he studied under his brother, 
Dr. Charles N. Spann. In 1852 he attended a med- 
ical college at Geneva, N. Y. After this he com- 
menced the practice with his brother, and in 1858 
entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, 
from wiiich lie was graduated in 1859. In the 
meantime his brother had become feeble in health 
and removed to Madison. He went to him and 
remained until his death, November 29, 1859. 

Locating in Anderson at that time, the Doctor 
at once commenced an active round of profes- 
sional duties. It was then customary for the 



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all 



[■r tlic (.■(imury in answer 

1«70-71 Dr. Spann alU'nded anollici- course of 
lectures at Ohio Medical College and was gradu- 
ated with the degree o{ M. D. In 1W(;2 he went 
to Tennessee at the rec,ue>l, of ( iuv.Miior Morton, 

at the time of the l.att !.• of St I.'ivcr. having 

been directed to take charge of a h..s|,ital at Nash- 
ville. .\fterwai() Dr. Kelley a>kcd him if he 
would prefer to go home or to the front. Dr. 
Spann said !:<■ was ready to g,, wherever sent. He 
was sent north with a boatload of sick and 
wounded men to bo distributed among the hos- 
pitals. (Governor Morton issued Dr. Spann a com- 
mission as Assistant Surgeon of the One Hundred 
and Second l.'egiincnt, but he never received it 
until thirty years after the close of the war. It 

four years ago, when it was discovered and f(n- 
warded by the Colonel with a suital)le apology. 

Dr. Spann has always enjoyed a large practice, 
which has never been interferecl with excepting 
in I8.S!l, when he met with an accident which dis- 
abled him for :i year or more. He has held sev- 
eral otH(«s of trust and honor. For four years he 
was Trustee of the Hospital for Ihc Insane at Iii- 

In 1884 he was appointed one of the Trustees of 
the Indiana Normal School at Terre Haute, and has 
lieeii reappointed by every succeeding iJovernor, 
each a|)poinlinent being mad.' without solicitation. 
For twenty ye.ars he has been an Klder in the 
rresbyterian Church. He is a member of the State 
.Medical Association and was its representative to 
the national meeting at St. I'anl. Ht' was I'resi- 
dent of the Ma.lisou County Association and the 
district association, compos<'d of six counties. For 
four years he was IV'usion l'',\.aminer with head- 
(piarters at Muncie. rolitically. he h.as always 
been a Democrat. 

In ISfW;, Dr. Spann and Miss Margaret OMIara 
were married in .Vnderson. She is the daughter of 
Daniel O'llara and was born in Toronto, Canada, 
and reared in Richmond, Ind. No eliildren iiavc 
been born to them, but they assumed the care of 
rearing three. Mary A. OMIara, si.-ter of .Mrs. 
Spann, is the wife of Mr. Knglish, of the Danville 



(111.) National IJank; tleoivre S. (Cllaia. of Har- 
vey, HI., is a traveling salesman, and Thomas \. 
Alf<n-d is engirded in a whoK-ale hou>c in Ind- 
ianapolis. 



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II. .MASON V0I,.\I:Y hint. -Like 
father, like son" is „p||y illu>tiate.l in the 
subject of this sketch .mimI his father, for 
both devoted their lives to the practice .if 
medicine. Dr. Mason \dlmy Hunt was born in 
Darke County, Ohio, on the 27th of .lime. isls. 
and was brought to Madixm Comity in ls.-,iiat 
the age of two years, when \\\r family changed it,> 
residence from Ohio to Indiana. He is a son of 
Dr. \V. A. Hunt, a native of Wayne C.iunly, who 
began the study of medicine under Dr. I'.randon, 
and attended lectures at Starling Meilical College 
in 1.S17-1.S. During his roidence in Madison 
County he was recognized as one of its leading 
physicians. He died at .-ixty-seven years of age 
on the 2()lh of February, 18,s;). William Hunt 
the grandfather, was born in North Carolina, of 
(,»ii,aker |)arentage, on the 12th of October. 1771. 
llec.ame north to Clinton County. ( )hio. .and after- 
wards settled in Wayne County, Ind. He died in 
Madi.son County aged eiglily-six years. Dr. 
Hunt's mother was Sarah C. daughter of William 
Wright, of the eastern shore ..f Maryland, who 
came west and settled in Wayne County, Ind. 
Her two children were M. Volney an<i .1. W., both 
physicians. 

Dr. Mason Volney Hunt was reared on a farm 
until seventeen years of age, when the family 
moved to Anderson. Here he atteniled the city 
schools until he was ready to enter Karlhain Col- 
lege at Richmond, Ind. After remaining there for 
two years and eight nnniths he returned to Ander- 

father. He altendci! the summer courses of lec- 
tures at the Medical College of t)hio for three con- 
secutive years, and the winter course of I87.'{, 
graduating in March, 1S7I. Ipon leaving college 
he located at .lanesville. Minn., where he pnicliccd 
his profession for one year. He then moved to 



POETEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Waseca, Minn., and remained tliere from 1874 to 
1889. In 1876 he married Miss Addle A. An- 
drews, of Madison, Lake County, Dak., and to 
tliem was born one child, Montane V()lne\- Hunt. 
The wife died on the 27111 of .July, 1886. 

On the 26th of October, 1889, Dr. Hunt 
ai^ain married, iiis wife being Eliza J. Ross, 
of Anderson, He returned to Anderson, the 
home of his boyiiood, in 188i), where he has con- 
tinued to practice his profession. While in Min- 
nesota he was division surgeon for the Chicstgo & 
Northwestern and the Minneapolis & St. Louis 
Railroads for eleven years, besides engaging in a 
general practice. 

Dr. Hunt has b/en an active advocate of organ- 
ization among medical men, and has memberships 
in the American Medical Society, and Minnesota 
Society. He is an honorary member of the Minne- 
so.ta Valley' Medical Society, Indiana Medical So- 
ciety and Madison County Medical Society. So- 
cially he is identified with Mt. Moriah Lodge, 
A. F. (fe A. M., Anderson Chapter No. 52, Ander- 
son Commandery No. 32 and Anderson Lodge No. 
131,1. 0.0. F. 



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I^UGENE M. WALKER, of Alexandria, has 
prominent in the public affairs of the 
d well deserves representation in 
this volume. As he is widely and favorably known 
throughout the community, we feel assured that 
the record of his life will prove of interest to many 
of our readers. He was born in Butler, Wayne 
County, N. Y., April 16, 1851, and is a son of 
Thomas and Sarah (Taintor) Walker, both of whom 
were natives of Wayne County, the former born 
in 1821, and the latter in 1827. He comes from 
one of the old New England families which was 
founded in the Nutmeg State in an early day. His 
great-grandfather did valiant service in the Revo- 
lutionary War, and his grandfather, John Walker, 
whq was born in Connecticut about 1790, was a 
marine in the War of 1812. In 1860, he went 
from New York to Illinois, locating near Gales- 



burg, where he died in 1868. He was a well-to-do 
farmer. 

Thomas Walker was one of four brothers. Charles 
went to Iowa about 1858, and is a prosperous 
farmer living in Prairie City, that state. David 
accomi)anied his brother to Iowa, settled in Jasper 
County before its organization, and is now one of 
its thrifty agriculturists. George entered the army 
at the breaking out of the late war and gave his 
life in defense of his country. He left a wife and 
two sons, who are now living in Lansing, Mich. 
The father of our subject was a man of liberal edu- 
cation and at one time was an extensive lime 
manufacturer and farmer of New York. Through 
industry and perseverance he accumulated con- 
siderable property. For twenty-three years he 
served as Justice of the Peace and also held other 
local offices. In early life he engaged in teaching 
for a time, and during the war he served for two 
years in the Ninety-sixth New York Infantry, 
during that time receiving injuries from which 
he never fully recovered. His death occurred in 
the Empire State in May, 1881. His wife was a 
daughter of Dr. John R. Taintor, a prominent phy- 
sician and a native of the Nutmeg State, who 
traced his ancestry back to the landing of the 
" Mayflower." 

In his earl_y life. Dr. Taintor went to New York 
State and there practiced medicine until within 
fifteen years of his death, when he retired on an 
ample fortune. His wife, Roxanna, was a daughter 
of Lambert Woodruff, who with tlve or six others 
made the first settlement in Wolcott, N. Y. He 
was the leading man in the community and was 
honored with many official positions. He owned 
a thousand acres of land, but gave generously of 
his means, and the poor and needy found in him a 
friend. No worthy hand was ever extended to 
him for aid that was thrjrst awaj- empty. In the 
family of Dr. Taintor were three sons. John B., 
who served for two years in the late war, is a stone 
mason of Wolcott, N. Y.; Baxter M., who graduated 
from the normal school of Albany, N. Y., went to 
Ohio, where he taught school for a year, when his 
health failed him and he returned to his native 
state, there dyiug of consumption in 1856; Charles 
L. is now living on the old homestead in Butler, 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 



N.Y. Mrs. Walker, the only flaiigliler of the faniih', 
is a lady of culture and refinement and in early 
life was a teacher. She is now livinji in Woleott. 

The siiliject of tlii> >ketcli is the eldest <if three 
eliildren. His hi-othoi'. Charles . I., was n teacher 
in early life and now owns and operates the old 
homestead in the Empire State. The sister, Sarah 
E., died at the age of eighteen years. Eugene M. 
Walker .■.ttciidcil tlie coninion m-Ihh.I,- until lii> lif- 
teenthyear.when he entered Leavenworth institute, 
from whicli he graduated at the age of nineteen. 
lie then spent one year in Cornell University, after 
which he look up the study of law with C. .1. 
Viele. a leading attorney of Wolcotl. and in IsTC. 
was graduated fr..ni the law de|iarlnient of the 
I'nion University of Alliau\. N. V. Opening an 
olHee in Woleott, he was for tlncc years a |)artner 
of Col. Anson S. Wood, then l)epul\ Secretary of 
State, after which he went t,o l'h(eiiix, Oswego 
County, N. V.. where he jnacticed his profession 
until I.SHI). 

In 1.S7(I. Mr. Walker iiianied Delia .1. Hall, of 
Onondaga County, N. Y., a graduate of Leaven- 
worth Institute, ami a teacher for some ^ears. 
They had tw(^ daughters. Lena S. and Addie 1). 
The former graduated from thi^ Leavenworth In- 
stitute and the normal school of Albany, N. Y., 
and is now a successful teacher in Orange Valley, 
N. .1. The latter has just graduated from the 
Leavenworth Institute, and is teaching in Wayne 
County. The mother died in 187."), and in 18!l(i 
Mr. Walker wedded Mary E., daughter of Peter 
and Nancy Little, of Alexandria. Her grandfather, 
Frederick Black, was oik^ of t.lu^ (^arliot settlers of 
Madison County. 

In 18,S',t, oui- subject went to Chicago, where he 
engaged in the real-estate business until a boom 
was started in .Mexandria. Coming to this place, 
he formed a p.artnorship with .lohn M. Williams, 
which continued until 1892, ivhen it was dissolved 
and he formed a i)artnersiiip with A. C. Brink, who 
had formerly been a student in Mr. Walker's law 
office in New York. Since coming to this plac(^ 
our subject has lieen extensively engaged in the ! 
additions, including Evergreen Heights, in the 
northern part of town, and River \'iew, in thesonlh- 
west. He h.as under contract Hurlan-,s Third Addi- 



tion and Frank Jil.ack's Fir-l Addition. Mr. Walker 
has taken an active part in all th.il lias goiie lo 
make a large city out of the dead village in wU'wU 

much valuable properly. He has ju>t built. e(piippcil 
and put ill operation the .Mex.andria nataloiiiiiii, 
(uie of the finest and most complete balhiiig insti- 
tutions in the state. It is a great credit to the 
t.ivvn. as well as to its fouii.lcr. In polities, our sub- 
jr,t is .a i;,-publican. in .New York lie served for 
two years as Su|>ervisor, was l'oli( e .ludge of Wol- 
e<)tt for live years and was candidate for Mayor 
of .Alexandria at the lirst city election, and was 
defeaird by only seven votes. He is a prominent 
membrr of th- Odd Fellows' and .Ma-ouic fra- 
ternities and one of the valued and inllueiitial 
citizens of the connimnity in which he iv-ides. 

-^-=^^^-^^'^m^- •5-- 

.\.MKS i;. ( lIUlsriAN.a w.ll known citi- 
zen of Nobh-svillc. was born in Washington 
County. Ind.. .Maivli ■>, LSIC. He traces 
his lineage to Wales, wlience his ancestors 
emigrated to America and settled in \irginia dur- 
ing the latter part of the seventeenth century. 
They were known as the McChristians in Wales. 
but upon coming to America dropped the .Me. and 
the family name then became Christi.an. About 
the middle of the eighteenth century three broth- 
ers, Elijah, (ieorge and Turner Christian, and 
.lames Christian, a ciuisin. left \'irginia an<l 
sought new liomes in central (Jeorgia. I'hey 
were the progenitors of the family in (Jeoigia and 
their posterity is scattered throughout the sonlh- 
ern and southwestern parts of the Inited States. 

The great-great-grandfather was Elijah Christian, 
who married Elizabeth i'.rit. and they re.areil a 
family of eleven eliildren. Crandfalher Elijah L. 
Christian was born near Atlanta, C,:\., .Inly 28. 
17yt,aiid spent his entire life in the vicinity of 
the place of his birth, where he died (as near as 
can be ascertained) in 1811, at the age of fifty 
years. By his (irst marriage he had a family of 
three children, to wit: Daniel R., .lesse T. anil 
.lohn W. His lii>l wile, Rebecca Christian (ne" 



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Turnei) was born in March prior to 1800, and died 
in Aufiust, 1827. He was married again, liis second 
wife surviving liini, and slie was living near At- 
lanta in tlie spring of 1861. 

The father of our subject, Daniel R. Ciiristian, 
was born at the old Georgia homestead, November 
I'J, 1821, and when seventeen years old came 
north and settled in Indiana, engaging in 'aruiing 
and teaching school in Washington County. In 
1843 he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza A. 
Click, and soon afterward removed to Hamilton 
County, settling on a small farm in Clay Town- 
sliip ;iiiil again engaging in teaching, as well as in 
agricultural pursuits. In 1859 he located in 
^'oblesville and .studied law with Dewitt C. Chip- 
man, being admitted to the Bar, but on account 
of ill health in his family, he remained in the city 
only about one year, when he settled upon a farm 
purchased bj' him from Il.aymind W. Clark, two 
and a-half miles southeast of Noblesville. 

It was about that time, that the political hori- 
zon of the great Republic became overcast with 
the dark clouds of secession, and the southern 
slaveholders, with their friends in the north, openly 
threatened war. Although of southern birth and 
parentage, Daniel R. Christian was pronouncedly 
opposed to the institution of slavery and advo- 
cated its abolishment by every word and act of 
his life. When the dark days of rebellious war- 
fare commenced, he and hiseldest son both desired 
to enlist in the service of the Union, and after 
some discussion it was finally decided that the 
father should go and our subject remain in charge 
of the farm and the family until his father should 
return, and then he would be at liberty to go. 

In 1862 Daniel R. Christian enlisted as a mem- 
ber of Company A, Fifth Cavalry, Ninetieth In- 
diana, and took an active part in all the battles 
and skirmishes in which his regiment participated 
in Tennessee and Georgia. Under the command 
of General Stoneman, he took part in a sharp 
encounter at the south of Atlanta, in which the 
Union cavalry were overpowered by an over- 
whelming force of the enemy, and a large number 
were captured, including Mr. Christian. They were 
sent to the noted prison at Andersonville, where 
for two months they suffered slow starvation. 



Later they were taken to Charleston, and from 
there to Florence, where their condition was worse, 
if possible, than at Andersonville. When in 
prison at Florence, Mr. Christian unceasingly and 
eloquently appealed to his fellow-prisoners to cast 
their votes for Abraham Lincoln, saying that the 
Rebellion would soon be crushed out, and this 
they did, notwithstanding offers of liberty made 
to them if thej' would do otherwise. At the ap- 
proach of Sherman's arinj-, they were transferred 
to Goldsboro, and there, unable to endure any 
longer the fiendish treatment to which he was sub- 
jected, he died, a martyr to the caiise of union 
and liberty he held so dear and a victim to the 
curse of slavery. 

The subject of this sketch is the eldest of eight 
children, the others being, Mary A., John W.. 
Frank P., Ira W., William S., Jennie and George 
S. James R. spent his boyhood years in the usual 
manner of farmer lads, alternating attendance at 
the common schools with work on the home farm. 
In youth he contributed to the support of the 
family, and aided in clearing the farm of a heavy 
debt. February 8, 1872, he was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Maria Hurlock, daughter of Eben- 
ezer and Sarah Hurlock. After his marriage he 
located on a portion of the old homestead. This 
marriage was blessed with the following children, 
namely: Gerald H., Ernest G., Daniel L., Wal- 
ter M. (who died in infancy), Walton G. and 
Mary (twins) and Charles F. 

On April 20, 1883, after an illness of some 
three weeks, the good wife and mother, Maria H. 
Christian, died, leaving her dear children and 
husband to mourn her loss. Lottie Mary, the only 
daughter, who was sick at the time of her mother's 
death, soon followed the mother to the haven of 
rest, and for awhile the grandnKjther, Eliza A. 
Christian, took care of the motherless and cheer- 
less home. On February 5, 1885, J. R. Christian 
and Sarah Conner were united in marriage. Two 
children blessed this union, namely: Eliza, who 
lived but one day, and John C. 

In April, 1891, Mr. Chiistian traded his farm 
southeast of Noblesville to Leander Giger for 
lands adjoining the city of Noblesville, and is at 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOOILVPIIICAL KIX'ORl). 



liuisinls lie Ii;ls Imun energetic; and ijHlu.slriuus, 
:nii! throuuli liis lirole.ss exertions lias acriunulaU'd 
aeonipciencc. In addition U, i;oneral farming lie 
devoted e<>nsideral)Ie atl<Mili(iii lutlu. Iireedin;: and 
raisinir of line slodv. in whieli he was Mleees^ful. 
A man of la-en iiitelli^icnee and -enrrons sympa- 
thies, he is nniv,Msallye-leenied wherev.T known. 
In polities a i;e|.nhliran. \u- wa> ehn-led ClerU of 
the Hamilton Ciieuit (oiirt in November. 1.S7.S, 
wlii,-li po>ilioii he filled with ei-e. 111. iMMii-an ollie- 
ieiitand p..piilai olIi,-er. lie is ..n-a-.M! at this lime 
(l.S'.Ci) in the re.al-estate, loan and iiiMiranee lHi>i- 
nessin the eit.\ of NoM.-sv ilie. and is a progressive 
and wide-awake eil i/.en. heini; a promoter of all 

iiity. lie wa> I'lvMdenl of the NoMesville Water 
and Liuht Coiniiany until the works wire con- 

I'lesideiit of the Li-ht and Ire Coiiipany of No- 
l)le>ville. He has the eonlideiiee of the peo|,le. 

Ji'OHX 11. COX. President of iIk' Slate I'.ank 
I of Sheridan, at Sheridan, liid.. and tlielea.l- 
I iiig eiti/.en of thi-^ t lirn ini;' town, was born .at 
_ ' College Hill, in Lancaster Townslii|>, .letTer- 
son County, Ind., .laniiary lit, l.sl.'j. He Iraees liis 
aneestry to Kngland, wlieiie<' his grent-gr.andfalher 
emiguited early in lifr. to .Vii;erica. settling in 
Pennsylvania. The paternal grandparents. .loliii 
and Klizabelli (Marlow) Cox, were natives respeel- 
ively of Pennsylvania and Maryland, in tin- 
year l»l)2 they left lirownsvilh-, I'a.. in the row- 
boat '-Prerogne" and sailed d.,wn the Ohio. 'I'liey 
were aeeomp.aiiied liy a brother of ( ;randfallier 
Cox, William, who with his faniily .settled in 
Wheeling. \V. \a.. and another brother, Samuel, 
wlio left the boat at Zanesville. Ohio. 

Crandfather Cox and his f.aiiiily proceeded down 
the Oiiio to the Kentueky Hiver. then journeyed 
up that .slreani to Franklin County, and settled 
near Frankfort, Ky. There he remained until his 
death, .about ISi'S. His wife died of the cholera 
in 1832. I'.oth lie buried in the lirattan Ceme- 



tery, one and one-half miles north of the forks of 
Elkhorn Creek. ( iiandfalher Cox w.is Captain of 
a eompany in the lievolutionary War. later was 
jironioted to .Major, and was pioeiil at the sur- 
render of Lord Coriiwallis at Vorklown. He and 
his wife reared a large family of children, whose 
names were: .(acob M., P.enjaniiii. William. Thomas, 
Nancy, Polly, Mary, Pnseilla. Lelitia and Kliza- 
belli. Jacob M. served as lifer duiing the War of 
iM12, enlisting at the age of thirteen. William, 
after moving to Missouri, became Circuit .Indiic 

inas.saered at the battle of River Raisin by the In- 
dians, in the War of 18P2. Priseilla married ,Iolm 
Wallace; she had a son, Ceorge W., who was a iironi- 
incnl physician; her daughter, I'riscilla, married 
.hidgc William Allen. of (Jreen viUc. Darke County, 
Ohio, who represented his district in Congress for 
several terms during the War of tiie Hel)ellion, 
and was a strong advocate of measures to sup- 
press slavery. Henry Wallace, another member of 
that family, served as Auditor of IJnller County, 
Ohio. Letilia Cox married Aaron Townsend,and 
had a daughter, Harriet, who was very prominent, 
and a son, Amos, a wholesale business man of 
Cleveland, Ohio, and Congressman from that dis- 
trict for several terms. 

In the early days Gran<lfathcr Cox fre(piently 
made trips to New Orleans with grain and pro- 
duce. On his last trip lie was taken very ill with 
a malignant fever, and w.as so sick that when he 
rcaelied Natchez his partner, believing lie would 
die, sold everything they had and left the place, 
(irandfatlier Cox, thus basely deserted, wilhoiil 
friends or money, was taken to a tisherman's 
house, and being a Mason, received every atten- 
tion, and by careful nursing slowly recovered. 
When able to walk lie started north, and linally 
reached home, after having walked across the 
states of Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and 
Ohio, and meantime enduring many liaril.-liips on 
account of the Indians and the wild beast-; of the 
forest. 

When Grandfather Cox reachetl home he learned 
that his partner had preceded him and repoiled 
that he was dead. Several ye.ars afterward, wlu-n 
lie and bis five-3 ear-old son, .lactjb M.. were riding 



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borseback tlirougU the woods, they chanced to 
meet his former partner for the first time since his 
return. Witliout saying a word, Mr. Cox gave 
his reins to his little son, iuuiped from his horse 
and dragged the man to the ground. He resisted 
violently and fought desperately, but was thor- 
oughly whipped and left lying by the roadside. 
That was a full settlement for the past, but Mr. 
Cox never recovered any of the property. 

The father of our subject, Rev. Jacob Marlow 
Cox, was born in Fayette County, near Browns- 
ville, Pa., December 15, 1799, and was the young- 
est of eleven children. A man of limited educa- 
tion, he nevertlieless possessed a fine intellect, 
Ijroad views and a retentive memory. In early 
life he was foreman in the extensive distillery 
owned by Col. Dick Johnson (afterward Vice- 
President under Martin Van Buien), in whose 
honor he named his eldest son. Later he com- 
menced ministerial work, and for thirty-eight 
years officiated as a preacher in tlie Baptist Church. 
Becoming a pioneer of Indiana, he sojourned for 
a time in Jefferson County, and in 184ij moved to 
Jennings County, where he spent the remainder of 
his days. As early as 1829 he was licensed to 
preach in the old Mt. Pleasant Cliurch (now known 
as tiie first Baptist Church) of Madison, Ind. In 
after years he was pastor successively of the 
churches at Hopewell, Bethany, Lick Branch, White 
River, Mt. Moriah, Zion, Bethel, Otter Creek, 
Brush Creek, Taylorville and Graham. He held 
the pastorate of the church at Graham for twenty- 
two 3'ears, or until his death in 1867. 

The first wife of Jacob M. Cox was Miss Ar- 
muitaj.Tate, a cousin of ex-State Treasurer Tate, 
of Kentucky. Of this union six children were 
born, of whom two sons and two daughters are 
now living. The eldest, Richard Montgomery, 
was born in Scott County, Ky., January 25, 1819, 
and in early life was a teacher. Later he engaged in 
mercantile pursuits, and is now a civil engineer at 
Brownstown, Jackson County, Ind. He is an au- 
tiior of note and a man of more than ordinary 
ability. He assisted in building the Jeffersonville, 
Madison & Indianapolis Railroad, the first in this 
state, in 1846-47. He first married Miss Mary 
AVallace, and they had three daughters: Clarissa 



and Emma, deceased, and Mar3' E.. Mrs. "Wood- 
mansee. He and his second wife, whose maiden 
name was Celestis Wort (daughter of Dr. Wort, of 
Brownstown, a prominent man in his profession), 
were the parents of the following-named chil- 
dren: Elmore F., a survc3or, residing in Green 
County, Ind.; Richard A., a druggist; Frank O., a 
merchant at Seymour, Ind.; Samuel V., who is a 
compositor in the office of the Boston Globe; 
Charles IL; Jacob A.; William E.; Minnie E., a 
teacher; Nettie F., a student in the public schools; 
Lillian and Clarence T., who are deceased. 

The other surviving son of Mr. Cox's first mar- 
riage is Joseph M., who was born October 8, 1824. 
A man of liberal education, he formerly followed 
the profession of teacher. He has been twice mar- 
ried, his first wife having been Sarah J. Tray and 
his second wife Nancy Grinstead. One of his 
sons, Jacob, is a graduate of the Indiana Medical 
College and a successful physician; he has two 
other children, Jennie and William. Mary Jane, 
who was born October 24, 1820, married Nathan 
Sullivan, who died many years ago. The}' had 
several children, and their two eldest sons, Addi- 
son and James, were soldiers in the Union army 
during the Civil War, the former dying in the 
service. Elizabeth, who was born Januaiy .3, 1823, 
married George Neaville, and they aie the parents 
of two sons and four daughters. James Tate, 
whose birth occurred April 28, 1827. died April 18, 
1832. 

Martha Cliristian Hudson, the second wife of 
Rev. J. M. Cox, and the mother of our subject, 
was born in Elbert County, Ga., August 19, 1810. 
Her father, Gillum Hudson, was born in North 
Carolina, March 7, 1772, and was the seventh in a 
family of eleven children. When quite young he 
accompanied his father's family to Georgia, and 
settled upon the Savannah River, about seventy 
miles above Augusta. His fatiier and two brothers, 
Joseph and William, entered the Colonial arm^y 
during the Revolutiouaiy War, and the two first 
named served throughout the entire jjeriod of 
the conflict; AVilliam lost his life while serving his 
country. The father of Gillum Hudson was a na- 
tive of Virginia, as was also his wife, who bore 
the maiden name of Hudson, although not related 



rORTKAIT AM) lUOdlJAPIIICAL 1JK( ORI). 



805 



Mu. wn>a r,>u>\u n( tlic illuMii,.n.s llrinv Clav. „f 
Krulucky. Il.-r.l.atl, u.Tiniv.l in the fall of 1,S2;5. 
Uvv l,u>l,;nMl l,avii,-Hi,Ml ul.uul ISCd. 

In l.Sl'O CiUuin IIihK.mi lii,.no|il his family to 
Indiana and selllcd in .Ifffcix.n County, wliero, in 
later years, he gained e..ii>i(leial.le' Ideal fame on 
aeeount of his haired of slaveiy. His death oe- 

nanie was Mary .lones. was horn in ('ulpc|ier 
(onnty. \'a., Decemher .s, IT.s:;, heing of HngU.-h 
descent. She died A|>ril :,. ISdl. 'I'lieir family 
e<insiM,ed of :\Iarlha V. (our snhjeefs nu.ther), 
.lulia. Thomas 1... Alary. .lo-eph an. I Xaney. 
TiKinias 1... the only snrvivor. is livin-in Lincoln. 
111., in very comforlalilc cir.'nmManccs. In former 
years he en-auvd in farnnn- and nu'rchandisin.u. 
I)nt is iM.w retired. 

The nnither of our snl)je, I was rcai 



Alethodist faith. 
Church, and was 



ul)je, I was reared in the 
ater joineil the I'.aptist 
uUer with her hnshand for 

of Kev. .1. .M. Cox in l.s:!l. and survived him for 

were the parents of eight chililren. Malissa C., 
who was born September 2, Ks;}.!, died on the 22d 
of August, 183-1. Francis M.. whose birtli oc- 
curred October 27, I83;j, was a soldier in the late 
war, serving until its close. He is a man of goird 
Imsiness ability, and successfully con<lucls a farm 
in .Jennings County. Ind. lie niaiiieil .\niny 
Hughes on the 27th of .M.ay. isdd, and they have 
four cliildren, .Jennie, .l.icoh. Fannie and La- 
fayette Thomas; tlic latter is a graduate of the 
Indiana Medical College .-md a prominent physi- 
cian of Ripley County. 

The third member of the family was Cillnm II., 
born December 10, is:>7. He was a student in 
Franklin County fiom is.'il untd IS,")7, and in 
early life engaged m teaching. During the Civil 
War he served as a member of the One Hundred 
and Thirty-seventh Indiana Infantry. After 
coming to Madison, in 1»();5, he secured a position 
as book-keeper for the dry -goods merchant, Charles 
C. Cornett, with whom he remained fin- more than 
twenty years. He was for a time Identitied with 
the (H-aham F.aptist Church, but afterward united 



with the Vine Street liaplisl Clmreli in 1S(;3, and 
.served as Deacon in that religious or-anizalion foi- 

not only by the nuunbers of that congre-.nitioii, but 
throughout the entire community. Hi. widow, 
Mrs. Kmma (Simmons) Cox. and one daui.diter. 
Ella, survive liim; his onl.\ son. CharU-. <iieil at 
the age of about seven years. 

Thomas wa- born October I ,"). I s |o. and iii IsCl 
enlisted in C.unpany 1!. Twenty-seeon.l Indiana 
Infantr.V. Although taken ill, he refused to .ae- 

February IG. IStl;!, when he died. His remains 

ehurehyard. Xaney F. was born August 1, IfSI.".. 

und in her girl ,d engaged in leaching school. 

She marru-d Levi Wright, and now lives in IJan- 
ner Spring-. Tenn. Her children are: .Mallie M., 

t .Maude, Frank, Willi-. .lohii. .and Uo.scoe (deceased), 
.lacoli Lal'ayette wa- born February 27. IslH. He 
was a youth of patriotic spirit, aiul determined I,) 

) enter the service of the Inion. Fe.aring that his 

j father would object on aeeoiinl of his age, he be- 
ing oiil\;_ sixteen at the time, he ran away from 

I home and enler<'(l the army as lifer in the One 
Hundred and Foitieth Indiana Infantry. He died 
at .Murfreesboro, Tenn., .laiiuary 1,'.. \sCu,. and 

i was buried in the National Cemetery at thai 

.Martha A. W., who was born Octolier 2t;. \x:,l). 
became the wife of .Vdolphus (i. Cotton, a soldier 
j in the Si.xth Indiana Inf.autry, who was wounded 
I at Murfreesljoro, and to this day carries a bullet in 
his hip. Ml-. Cotton served as Postmaster at \'ei-- 
non, Ind.. for eight years, during the administra- 
tions of Presidents Hayes and Garfield, and for 
several years has been assistant cashier of the First 
National IJaiik of \'ernon. He and liis wife have 
four children: Florence, a talented musician and a 
teacher of that art; Frank, a telegraph operator: 
Fred and Ral|.h, who are attending school. 

The subject of this sketch grew to manhood on 
his father's farm, and aciiuired his early education 
in the subscription schools of the locality. How- 
ever, as the terms of school were brief, he was 
obliged to rely mainly on his iiniiidi'd elTorts. 
From bo\ hood he had a predilection for the legal 



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profession, and was about to enter college prepara- 
tory to that occupation, when the Civil War broke 
out and his dreams of a collegiate course were 
ended. Entering the army as a member of the 
One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Indiana In- 
fantrj', lie proved himself a brave and daring sol- 
dier during the period of his service. He was 
stricken down witli disease and was discharged for 
disabilitj', after wliich he returned to the home 
farm. 

Ai)ril 11, 1807, :Mr. Cox married Miss Lucretia 
Mott Baily, who was born in Salem, Ohio, May 22, 
1846. Slie is a member of an old Quaker family. 
Her father, Pennock Baily, who was born October 
19, 1803, followed the occupation of a cabinet- 
maker and carpenter, and late iu life engaged in 
farming. He was a strong Abolitionist. He died 
March 20, 1890. His wife, Eliza M. Rhodeback, 
was born near Philadelphia, June 14, 1806, and 
enjoyed the distinction of attending a banquet in 
that city in honor of Gen. LaFayette on his visit 
to the United States. She died September 26, 
1877. Of the members of the Baily family we 
note the following: Anna M. was born February 
11, 1831; Albina J., February 2, 1834; Joseph S., 
who was born April 21, 1836, is a dentist at Ver- 
non, Ind., and served for several terms as Maj'or 
of that city; his only son, EUard D., is a graduate 
of the Indiana Dental College at Indianapolis, 
Ind., and is successfully following his profession at 
Martinsville, Ind.; he is alsoa graduate of the State 
University, at Bloomington, Ind. Martha E. was 
born December 5, 1838; Hannah E., July 30, 1841; 
Pho3be Ann, January 10, 1843, and Theodore P., 
July 14, 1850. A cousin of Mrs. Cox, Dr. Baily, 
is a prominent pliysician at Si)iceland, Ind., having 
charge of a sanitarium at that place. At one time 
he was a candidate for Congress on the Prohibi- 
tion ticket. 

After his marriage the subject of this sketch 
continued to reside upon his father's farm, and 
after tlie death of the latter, in 1867, he purchased 
tlie interest of the other heirs in the estate and 
continued to operate the place, becoming one of 
the wealthy men of the community. He also be- 
came a prominent factor in local polities, serving 
as Townsiiip Assessor for six years, and also being 



elected Land Appraiser for Jennings County. 
However, prior to assuming the duties of the lat- 
ter office, the law was changed by the Legislature, 
establishing the olDce of County Assessor instead 
of Land Appraiser, the former to cover the latter. 
The change of the law making it his duty, among 
other things, to appoint deputy assessors in every 
township (the township assessors elect having been 
legislated out), he appointed the men wlio under 
the old law had been elected, regardless of their 
politics. He was renominated for County Assessor 
and elected, although the rest of the Republican 
ticket was defeated. 

At his second term Mr. Cox was legislated out of 
office, and was then appointed by the commissioners 
to serve as Townshij) Assessor for two years. His 
office expired in 18Z6. he having served for ten 
years as assessor of real estate and personal prop- 
erty, in connection with farming. On the 10th of 
April, 1880, he was nominated for the position of 
County Treasurer, receiving the nomination not- 
withstanding the fact that there were si.x candi- 
dates in the field. Elected to the office in Octo- 
ber, 1880, he assumed liis duties August 7, 1881, 
and his first term was so satisfactory that he was 
re-elected, serving until November, 1885. His 
successor-elect having died, he occupied the place 
for thi-ee months of the ensuing term. For four- 
teen years and three mouths he tilled public posi- 
tions, without a single defeat in nomination or 
election. 

On the 25th of February, 1886, Mr. Cox came 
to Sheridan and organized a private bank, and 
this concern, under the name of the Bank of Siierl- 
dan, he operated with marked success until Sep- 
tember 15, 1892. He then organized the State 
Bank of Sheridan, associating with him several of 
Hamilton County's best and wealthiest men, who, 
recognizing his success in the management of his 
private bank, elected him its President. His care- 
ful, conservative management carried the institu- 
tion through the financial panic of 1893, when 
banks were going to the wall on every side. During 
those dark days no whisper of distrust was uttered 
against the State Bank. Not a dollar has been 
lost b3' the bank since commencing operations, iu 
1880. 



POETRAIT AM) BK^GKArillCAL RECORD. 



Aside fr 



Iril.utcd to the prosiuM-ily of SluM-idan. lie i)lnt- 
ti'd .lohii 11. Cox's Addition to llie city, and was 
oiu' of 11u> incoi-iiorators of the Shoridaii f!:is. Coal 
A- Oil Coiiiiiaiiv. iH-inga niembor of tlic Hoard of 
Dii-fctois. lie i- also scM'vmg as rrcsidoiit of the 
Shcndan Real Install' .V iiiipKivcinont Comiiany, 
and contributes lili>Tnlly lo rvciytliing that iin- 
pi-ovcs the town. Socially, lie is Rast Chancellor 
of the Kni-hts ,.f I'yihias. a |,nm,incnl niniihor 
of the liiil.'iicnd.'nl ( )i-dcr of Odd Kcllows (hchi^ 
identified with the Grand Lodge), and is also con- 
nected with the Knights of Honor and Ihe Crand 
.Vriny of the Republic. 

In Oclober. ISCS, Air. Cox joined the (irahain 
r.aptisl Church, but is not identilied with any de- 
nomination 111 Sheridan, there beiiiL: no r>aptist 
Church here, lie is generous in his contributions 
to religious enterprises and charil.able institutions, 
ami is a man of strong temperance principles and 
moral character, his daily walk in life being such 
as to commend him to the esteem of his associates. 
Politically', he is a Republican, but is somewhat 
conservative iii his views. Mrs. Cox is a lad}' of 

eral |iieces of poetiy composed by her have been 
extensively copied by newspapers throughout the 
country, among which may be mentioned, '• The 
Lilies of a !\Iother," written after the death of her 
b:iby. I'.yron. These verses are full of pathos, and 
show the true character of the heart and mind 
that dictated them. Jlrs. Cox is a very promi- 
nent member of the Woman's Relief Corps, having 
served as President and filled other positions in 
the order. 81ie is also identified with the Order 
of Chosen Friends, and is a member of the I'lxecu- 
tive Hoard of the Woman's Relief Corps of the 
State. 

Mr. and ^L■s. Cox are parents of eight children. 
Oilondo .\., who w.as born November l.j, 1868, is 
a graduate of the high school of Sheridan and 
X'alparaiso liusincss College. When thirteen years 
old he became an em|iloye in the Tieasurer's 
otlice, and filled an important position during his 
father's tenure of oflice. Afterward he became 
connected with the bank, and was associated with 



the new institution. When the State r.anU was 
organized he was elected cashier, and now tills 
that position with credit to himself. .SiU'ially, he 
IS identified with the Knights of Rythias. The 
second son. -lacob Dorval. was born August 28, 
187(1, and is a young man of siipciior education, 
Iteing at present the paying teller of the State 
Bank. An extensive traveler and a writer of 
more than ordinary ability, his articles, descriptive 
of scenery and life on the I'acili,' C,,.-.st, are 
especially cnteitainiiig. and h.avc been widely pub- 
lished, lie is also a member of the order of the 
Knights of Pythias. 

The third son, Lowell W.. was born February if,. 
lS7-_'. lie is a graduate of the Sheridan High 
Scliool and Valparaiso I'.usiness College, .•lud is a 
member of the mercantile firm of Couch A' Cox, 
at Sheridan. He is identified with the Knights of 
Pythias. August 17. lSil2. he married Miss Lulu, 
daughter of Dr. II. K. D.-ivenp.iit. of Sheridan, and 
they have one child. Au.'islalia, born October 1.5, 
18;)3. John ]'.. who w.-is born January 11), 1874, 
died September l."i, issl. Leland D., whose birth 
occurred October 11, 1870, is now being educated 
in the schools of Sheridan. Byron was born 
March 29, 1879, and died January 10, 1880. Harold 
Baily (usually called Ilallie) was bom October 2'.», 
1884; and the youngest son. Howard Hudson, was 
born December 15, 1880. 



VILLIAM IIFXRY WOLF. Ilaviniv passed 
the greater part of his active life in Madi- 
^ ., son County, Mr. Wolf is closely identilied 
with its progress, and as one of its most sucecssf\il 
agriculturists, he has contributed his quota to its 
material advancement. At present he is engaged 
in cultivating his eighty-acre farm in Stony Creek 
Tovvnship, upon which he h.as made valuable im- 
provements, erecting substantial buildings, and in- 
troducing first-class farming machinery. 

The father of our subject, James C, was the son 
of David and Mary (Stucker) Wolf, who died in 



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Fayette County, Ind., at advanced ages. He was 
born in Scott County, Ky., in 1811, and accompa- 
nied his parents to Indiana about 1820, driving a 
team to this state, and passing through Cincinnati 
when it was a mere village. He settled with his 
parents upon forty acres in Fa3'ette County, where 
he resided until the fall of 1854, meantime re- 
ceiving a limited education in the subscription 
schools of the township. Upon coming to Madi- 
son County, he purchased one hundred and twen- 
ty acres, of which about six had been cleared. 

Upon selecting a wife, James G. Wolf chose 
Miss Icitia, daughter of Samuel DeHaven, a na- 
tive of Pennsylvania, who became an early settler 
of Indiana, locating in Faj^ette County in 1814. 
The deed to his projjerty was signed by James 
Monroe and is still in existence. The parents of 
our subject had a family of four children: AVilliam 
Henry; Samuel D., of Anderson; David, who died 
at the age of three years; and Betsy Ann, wife of 
James Gwinn, of Stony Creek Township. The fa- 
ther has resided upon the same farm ever since 
locating in Madison County forty 3ears ago. In 
former years he was a Whig, and is now a Repub- 
lican, having east his ballot for sixteen successive 
Republican Presidential candidates. In his inter- 
course with others, business or social, he has ever 
lived up to the lofty principles of honor which he 
holds, and now in his old age, he can look back 
upon years of usefulness and honest toil. 

William Henry Wolf was born in Fayette Coun- 
ty, Ind., October 22, 1839, and at the age of fifteen 
3'ears accompanied his parents to Madison Count}', 
the removal being made with wagons, and tliree 
days being spent en route. He was reared on a 
farm, and the education gained in the common 
schools lias been supplemented by self-culture 
and systematic reading of current literature and 
historical themes. On the 24th of October, 1861, 
he was united in marriage with Miss Isabel J., 
daughter of John Gwinn, and a native of West 
Virginia. In her girlhood she caine to Indiana, 
and later removed to Missouri, where she resided 
for a few years. 

The family of Mr. and Mrs. Wolf consists of the 
following-named children: Viola; Sarah Avaline, 
the wife of James M. Anderson, Township Trustee 



of Stony Creek Township; James G., Jr., William 
H., Jr.; Florence, deceased; Charles and Vernon 
L. In politics Mr. Wolf is a stanch Republi- 
can, and has alw.ays maintained party principles 
since he cast his first ballot for Abraham Lincoln 
in 1860. In religious matters he is a Methodist, 
and his wife and daughters and eldest son are also 
identified with that denomination. 



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,^^RRIN R. MUNGER, an enterprising citizen, 
I Ij liberally aiding in the rapid development 
^^^^ of the flourishing city of Anderson, Madi- 
son County, is a man of executive ability, who, 
since March, 1887, has been intimately asso- 
ciated with the progressive interests of his pres- 
' ent locality, where he arrived about one month 
! after the first gas was struck. Mr. Muiiger. a na- 
tive of Ohio, was born in Ashtabula County, Oc- 
tober 18, 1853. His father, George Munger, was 
also born and reared in Ashtabula County, and 
I there spent his entire life, passing away at sixtv- 
j seven years of age. He was an energetic man of 
abilitj', and prominently identified with various 
mercantile enterprises amassed a fortune, and dur- 
ing the latter years of ins life occupied an envi- 
able position of social and business influence. 

The paternal grandfather, Ruf us B. Munger, was 
a native of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, 
N. Y. He was married in his birthi)lace to Miss 
Mary Wilson, also born in Saratoga Springs, and 
one week after the wedding started with his bride 
for tiie then far distant west. Grandfather and 
Grandmother IMunger crossed the mountains, and 
on arriving in the wilderness inhabited by the In- 
dians, settled where Geneva, Ohio, is now located, 
three log houses comprising the nucleus of the 
future city. The grandfather and his worthy 
wife had journeyed hither by the slow conveyance 
of a yoke of oxen and a wagon, which had safely 
transported a few household possessions and their 
clothing from their far-ofif homes in New York. 
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INIunger had $32 in inoiiev :iii() mii iiiiincnse reserve 
fund of courage and enoiiiv. 

The p:Ucrn;il i;i:ni(ir:il licr Mt once inc-eniptcd a 
piece of land, uimiu whirh a i.ait <if Ccncva ndw 
stands. lie liuill a hjt; liouse, and with yuutliful 
ardor entered into the life of a western pirmeer. 
lie continued ui) to the time of his death a per- 
manent resident of his early location, and, snrviv- 
iiii; until (he advanced age of ninety-four, passed 
away, leaving to liis heirs an estate valueiJ at 
i5!7r)(l,0IM), all gained tlirdugh his personal efforts 
guided hy his keen judgment. The mother of 
our subject. Helen (Babcox) Munger, a native of 
(ieneva, Ohio, was the daughtei- of Lyman I'.ali- 
cox, formerly from Albany, N. Y. lie resided in 
(lencva the greater jiortion of his life and was a 
tanner by trade. Ilis career of usefidness came 
to a close at the age of seventy-seven years. His 
excellent wife, Maria ( Badgers) Babcox, was of 
French descent. 

Orrin Alunger, our subject, was tlie eldest of t 
four children bom to his parents. Durii 
Ix.yhood he attended the common >chool> 
district, and later entered the Norin;iL ( oil. , 
I'.ainesville, Ohio. His studies completed, he went 
to Washiugton Court House, where he learned the 
tailor '.s trade. Afterward, locating for three years 
in New York City, Mr. Munger became an expert 
at his trade, and as a journeym.an tailor visited 
nearly every important city in the LniI.ed States. 
He concluded his travels with a trip to Mexico 
and South America, and then returned to Wash- 
ington Coiu-t House. Ohio, where he engaged in 
liu>iness with the man in whose .s|io]) he began to 
learn the trade of a tailor. Having remained in 
business for six years in that city, our subject then 
removed to Huntington, W. Va.. and einl)arked in 
the mercantiU' business. 

Mr. .Mun-cr became a member of the Mctliodist 
■episcopal Church and preached for a time, ac- 
complishing much good by his work in the pul- 
pit. In 188;') he journe\ed to Europe and spent 
seven months on tlie continent, then returning 
home. The succeeding year, I.S.sc. in. went abroad 
again, and uiion his return to America made his 
home in Chicago, where he engaged in the tailor- 
ing business for about a twelvemonth, thence 



coming to Anderson. Mr. ^Lini;rr continued in 
the tailoring business here for four years, and 
then began investing and specul.'iting in real estate 
with most profitable results. In connection with 
Major Doxey, he bought land .-uid donated the 
ground to the Pan Handle Railroad i)eople, who 
ill return are to furnish a fine depot to meet the 
present needs of the city of .Aiulerson. Our sub- 
ject, as one of tlic public-spirited citizens of An- 
derson, has niaterinlly aided in the development 
of local enterprise, and is now erecting at the 
corner of Eighth antr .bickson Streets a building 
34x111 feet and two stories high, especially de- 
siiiiied for a first-class liverv barn. 







\1,'AC0BAVICKI1A:M DAVIS. M. D., a success 
ful general piactitioner and surgeon of 
Anderson, enjoys an extended round of 
rofessiiuial duty and also |)rosi)erously 
i a sanitarium, which he est:il)lislied in 
le is a native of Ohio, and was born in 
Adams County April l.'i. IH.".;;, being the only 
child of John and Sar:di ( Wirkerham) Davis. 
15ut little is known of the liistory of the Davis 
family prior to their settlement in Ohio. The 
paternal grand[)arents remoxed from I'eiinyslvania 
to Ohio in the early part of the present century, 
the grandfather settling with his jiarents on 
Brush Creek, near Jaek.son ville, and the grand- 
mother locating at Palestine. ( irandfatlier Davis 
w.as in the army near the chise of the War of 
1812, and a few years afterward (presumably in 
1814), married and settled on Brush Creek. 
Thence he removed to the farm, where he died 
at the age of seventy-one. His wife sur\ived 
to the age of eighty-four years. Their son, .lohii, 
father of cur subject, was born, lived, and 
at three-score years and ten passed peacefully 
away, upon the old homestead which his enterpris- 
ing grandfather had located so many >ears before. 

In boyhood Dr. Davis, who was likewise reared 
upon the old Adams County farm, assisted his 
father in the daily round of agricultural pursuits, 
and during the winter months attended the nearest 



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district school. When eighteen years of age he 
self-reliantly started out to make his fortune, and 
found employment as a salesman in a mercantile 
establishment. After handling merchandise for 
about two years lie determined to avail himself of 
more extended instruction than he had previously 
enjoyed, and shortly afterward entered Geneva 
Commercial College, in Logan County, Ohio. 
Graduating from this institution with honor, in 
1874 he resolved to acquire a profession and be- 
gan reading medicine in the office of Dr. J. L. 
Wright, of Bellefontaine, Ohio. Subsequently he 
attended lectures at the Indianapolis Medical Col- 
lege and later entered the Ohio Medical College 
at Cincinnati. He graduated February 21, 1876, 
and then received his professional title and degree. 

Beginning his practice in Carey, the Doctor was 
afterward engaged in the duties of his profession 
in Upper Sandusky, the county seat of Wyandot 
County, from 1881 to 1887, and established an en- 
viable reputation as a physician and surgeon. Dur- 
ing the latter j^ear he removed to Indianapolis and 
attended the Physio-Medical College, at the same 
time practicing his profession for eighteen months. 
While taking the lectures in the spring of 1889, he 
entered upon the practice of medicine and sur- 
gery in Anderson, and from the first met with en- 
couraging success. In the conduct of his sani- 
tarium he is assisted by Dr. J. Q. Morrison and 
others. Desiring to keep himself fully abreast of 
the times socially and professionally, he connected 
himself with the First District Physio-Medical 
Association, whicli meets quarterly. He is also a 
member of the Indiana Physio-Medical Associa- 
tion of Physicians and Surgeons and likewise be- 
longs to the American Physio-Medical Association 
of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a member of 
the Foresters, and for some time has been Exam- 
ining Physician of the order, where he enjoj's a 
wide acquaintance and possesses many sincere 
friends. 

Upon June 5, 1877, .J. W. Davis and Miss Laura 
A. Meckley were united in marriage, receiving the 
congratulations and best wishes of all who knew 
them. Mrs. Davis, a lady of culture and worth, 
was the daughter of Andrew and Mary (Hosier) 
Mecklej-, long-lime and liighly respected residents 



of Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio. Our 
subject and his estimable wife have no children. 
Dr. Davis has with earnest and persistent effort suc- 
cessfully won his upward way to a high place in 
the ranks of his profession and is well worthy of 
t!ie prosperity and public appreciation awarded 
him as a physician and surgeon. He and his ex- 
cellent wife occupy a position of social influence 
and are ever ready aids in benevolent work and 
enterprises. 



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jfclLLIAM WOODWARD. Near the village 
Lapel, in the township of Stony Creek, 
Madison County, lies a finely improved 
farm, whose broad acres yield a golden tribute to 
the care and cultivation of the owner. A first- 
class set of buildings adorns the farm, prominent 
among which is noticeable the family residence, a 
commodious structure, erected in 1885, and remod- 
eled in 1893. This property is owned and occu- 
pied by William Woodward, one of Madison 
County's foremost farmers. His landed posses- 
sions aggregate four hundred and thirty acres of 
valuable land, a portion of which is located near 
Lapel. 

For the family history of the subject of this 
sketch the reader is referred to the biographical 
notice of James Woodward, which is presented 
elsewhere in this volume. William was born in 
Belmont County, Ohio, near the village of Goshen, 
January 14, 1848, and was there reared until the 
age of seventeen years, when he removed to In- 
diana. In his boyhood he was the recipient of or- 
dinary common-school advantages, and his time 
was devoted principally to the work of cultivating 
the farm. At the age of twenty-one, his father 
gave him a small tract of land near the home 
farm, and removing to that place he continued 
in agricultural pursuits for about three years. 

Returning to the old homestead, our suljject, in 
partnership with a brother, engaged in tilling the 
soil there. Subsequently' he embarked in business 
at Lapel, where he operated a Hourinill and eleva- 
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hut hns bravely snniinniitcd all (.l.-laclo. and is 
now in the enjoyment of a eoniiieU'ncy, the lesult 
of his indet'aligaljle oxeilioiis. lie maintains an 
interest ii] pulilical affairs, and advocates the jirin- 
eiples of the Repvdjliean party, being one of its 
prominent members in this scriion. In his religious 
connections, he is a Metho(Iist, and is idenlilied 
with th.> church of that denomination in Lapel. 

The marriage of Mr. Woodward occurred in 
March of 18(;i>, at which time he was united with 
Miss Margaret II.. daughter of Wesley Wright, a 
resident of Xoblesville and a member of a promi- 
nent old family of Hamilton County, Ind. Mrs. 
Woodward received in Noblesville the best educa- 
tional advantages obtainable, and is an accom- 
plislied lady. Ten ehihhen were born to bless the 

\\., who is married and makes his home in Lapel; 
Amy, the wife of William Fisher, residing in Clyde, 
Ind.; ClifTord, Raymond, Lawrence II. and Pau- 
lina, all of whom are at home with their parents. 



J I OIIX .IKFFKIKS. The business interests of 
I Carmel have a worthy repiesentative in the 
' subject of this notice, who conducts a large 
and profitable trade here as a dealer in sta- 
ple and fanc3' groceries and meats. He is also the 
proprietor of one of the finest livcrj- stables in 
this part of the county, and in both lines of busi- 
ness has gained an enviable reputation for the fair- 
ness of his dealings with all, and the invariable 
courtesy of his manners .-ind aceiiiacy of his judg- 
ment. 

The first representative of the Jeffries family 
in I his country was William, a native of Ireland, 
who emigrated to the I'nited States in childhood, 
and came west to Ohio when quite small. In that 
state he was married and his wife after his death 
came to Indiana with hcrchildren. Isaac Jeffries, 
father of our subject, was one of seven children, 
the others being John, Alexander, Jones, Rebecca, 
Hannah and vSarah J. He was born, reared and 
married in Ohio, and later came to Indiana, where 
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he entered a tract of (iovernment land in Wash- 
ington Township, Ilaliiilton County. 

Isaac Jeffries and his wife, whose maiden name 
I was -Sarah Brown, became the parents of seven 
! children, as follows: William; Caroline, the de- 
ceased wife of William Pierce; Mary, who married 
Samuel Keyii.jlds; .lohii, of this sketch; Isaac. 
Hannah, the wife of Albert lU'Vvy; and Kunice, 
who married Kmory Bradshaw. The [)arents of 
these children were devoted members of the .Meth- 
odist ICpisi-opal Church. The father is deeeased 
and the mother is still living on tlieoidlidnie 
farm with her youngest daughter. Politically 
Mr. Jeffries was a Whig in earlier life .and later a 
Republican. 

Born in Washington Township. 1 laniilton Coun- 
ty, in LSI f, the subject of this sketch received a 
limited education in the district schools. He re- 
mained at home until his marriage at the age of 
about twenty-one, when he w;is united with Caro- 
line, daughter of Kli and Sarah .lohnson, 
natives of North Carolina. Mrs. .leffries was 

come the mother of eight children, as follows: 
Charles; Klsie, the wife of Calvin Brown; Leota, 
who married Ch.'uies Newby; Wallie E., Pearl, 
Fred, Dot and l.ula May. Leota is a graduate of 
the Carmel High School and the other children 
have carried on their studies hero. 

One year after his marriage Mr. Jeffries pur- 
chased thirty acres where he now lives, and from 
tiuu' to time has added to his original |)urchase 
until he now inclurles in his landed possessions 
one hundred and fifteen acres, the larger portion 
of which he has placed under cultivation. He en- 
gages to a large extent in the business of raising 
and selling stock, in which he has met with suc- 
cess. For about seven years he was interested in 
the sawmill business, and in this, as in all his en- 
terprises, was more than ordinarily prosperous. 

The i)ublic affairs of the township and county 
receive a due share of the attention of .Mr. JelT- 
riss, and as a Republican he takes an intelligent 
and active part in local matters. Socially he is 
identified with Carmel Lodge No. ;5.5o, K. of P., and 
is one of the prominent members of that organiza- 
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Christians, the former being a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, while the latter is 
connected with the Society of Friends. 



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lEORGE C. WIIITEI.EY, a leading citizen 
enterprising general agriculturist of 
Township, Madison County, Ind., 
has foi many years been an important factor in 
the development of his present home locality, but 
is a native of Wayne County, and, born Septem- 
ber 9, 1841, was the son of one of the energetic 
pioneer settlers of the slate of Indiana. His father, 
Robert H. Whiteley, born in the eastern part of 
:Maryland, resided in his birthplace until arriving 
at manhood. lie had received a common educa- 
tion in the schools of Maryland, and been trained 
to self-reliant industry when, a young man full of 
hope and ambition, he removed to the farther west 
and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture in 
Wayne County, Ind. During his early life he 
embarked as a sailor, and made several trips upon 
the ocean, but after his location in Indiana, de- 
voted himself exclusively to the tilling of the soil. 
He now lives in Henry County, and seventy- 
eight years of age, is well-stored with reminiscences 
of the past, and commands the esteem of all his 
old friends and neighbors. The paternal grand- 
father, William Whiteley, was like his son a native 
Marylander, but the great-grandfather Whiteley 
was born in England, and emigrating in an early 
daj' founded in the United States a family, who 
by sterling integrity and unceasing industry have 
won their upward way to positions of useful in- 
fluence. 

The mother of our subject, Jane (Woollen) 
Whiteley, was the daughter of Jacob and Xancy 
Woollen, natives of Maryland. The Woollens re- 
moving to Indiana in an ear!}- day have been 
prominently identified with the histor3' of the 
state. W. W. Woollen, of Indianapolis, a cousin 
of our subject, has served with distinction as At- 
torney-General of the state, and has occupied with 
honor various other oflices of trust. George W. 
is the third of the large family of twelve children 



who blessed the union of the parents. Eleven of 
the sons and daughtersare yet surviving. Frances, 
the eldest-born, married Michael Runyan, and re- 
sides in Henry County; Mary E. is the wife of 
Ezekiel Runyan, of Platte County, Kan.; George 
C. is our subject; Laura, an intelligent young 
woman, died at the age of twenty; William mar- 
ried Miss Edwards, and resides in Cambridge City; 
Jacob W. is a successful farmer of Jay County; 
Alexander C. is employed as a carpenter in Rich- 
mond, Ind.; Rutli married Charles Gorman, and 
makes her honis in Henry County, Ind.; Alice is 
the wife of John McDonald, and resides in Terre 
Haute; and Mattie married John Elliott, of Henry 
County, Ind. 

George C. attended the district school of his 
home neighborhood in Henry Countj^ and in 
early youth aided his father in the work of the 
farm. Arrived at twenty-one years of age he be- 
gan life for himself by working out by the month 
and for one year gave faithful service as a farm 
laborer, then entering upon the tilling of the soil 
upon his own account. Devoting his life to agri- 
cultural pursuits, he removed in 1875 to Howard 
County, where he industriously farmed until 1887, 
when he settled upon the land in Boone Town- 
ship which he now profitably cultivates. August 
11, 1864, George C. Whiteley and Miss Lydia A. 
Weeks were united in marriage. The estimable 
wife of our subject is the daughter of Thomas and 
Lydia (Griffin) Weeks, both Mr. and Mrs. Weeks 
being the descendants of widely known and highly 
respected North Carolina families. 

The seven children who have clustered in the 
pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Whiteley are as 
follows: Laura J., who is married to George W. 
Allison, of Newton County, Ind.; Isadora, the wife 
of Amos Ball, a prosperous fanner of Howard 
County; Josiah B., who married Dora Smith, and 
lives in Boone Township; Annie, the wife of El- 
mer Thurston, residing in Boone Township; Ida, 
living at home with her parents; and Jehu H. and 
George, who both died in infancy. Our subject, 
his good wife and family, valued members of the 
church of Friends, are foremost in good works and 
benevolent enterprises of the denomination. 5Ir. 
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and is well posted in local and national issues. A 
lifetime resident of tlie state, he lia> been associa- 
ted with its upward pi ii<.rc>s. mid been an eye- 

(liana a high [ilace aiiionn' her sister states. As a 
friend, neighbor and law-abiding, upright and 
hard-working citizen, Mr. Wliiteiey has encouraged 
and ai(h'(l in all iiialtcis nf mutual welfare in his 
township, and cmninands the high regard of all 
who knovv him. 



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J. WOOLLEY. The iron industry has 
rown to be one of the heaviest and most 
''^^fi' important of Anderson's energies since 
the utili/ation of natural gas as a fuel was begun. 
'I'he Mibjeit of this sketch began operations in 
l«',Hi with the Woolley Foundry and Machine 
Works and has been wonderfully successful. Mr. 
Woolley was born near Logan, in Ilocking County, 
Ohio. .July 10, 1M.")4. llis father, William W. 
Woolley, was a native of Perry County, Ohio. 
His grandfather, Isaac Woolley, was born in New 
.leisey and was a contractor and bridge builder. 
In the construction of the great inter-state high- 
way known as the National Road, he built the 

He was a pioneer fanner in Perry and Hocking 
Counties, Oiiio, and died in Franklin County, that 
state. He participated in the War of 1812 and also 
in the Mexican War. lie was an old-line Whig 
and then a Rei.ublican. 

Mr. WooUey's father was reared and married in 
Ohio, where he engaged in farming. lie died 
when twenty-four years of age. The mother, who 
in maidenhood was JIary Daily, was born near 
Logan and is the daughter of .lames Daily, a na- 
tive of Ireland, who came to Ohio and engaged in 
farming. The mother died at the age of twenty- 
three. She had but tvvo children. Emma (Mrs. 
Rose) was killed by a runaway horse on the 31st 
of May, 1891, at Springfield, Mo., where she re- 
sided. W. J. Woolley was an orphan at three 
years of age and was reared by Orandfather 
Woolley on a farm in Union County, Ohio. The 



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to which t 

ly, and at the age of ten he luiill a 1 

lulling 
beans. His opportunities for education were very 
imited,and at the 
tieed to Reters A- Firestone, earriage-inak(M-s at 
Columbus, Ohi.) ( now i)roprietors of the Cohim- 
bus liuggy Comiiany). He remaiiuMl there eight- 
een months when he secured a place in the ma- 
chine shop and began laying the foundalion for 
the success he has achieved as a inacbinisi. Dur- 
ing this time he attended night school. In ISTI, 
when seventeen years old, he obtained work in the 
Toledo, Peoria A' Warsaw Railway shops at Reo- 
ria. III., where he remained for four years. During 
that time he availed himself of night school ad- 
vantages and also engaged in leclmical studies. 
In 187.') he went into the employ of the I'aii Han- 
dle Railw.ay Company at Logansiiort, Ind., later 
with Tucker A- Howe as assistant foreman. He 
opened a shop at Young America, Ind.. which he 

improved tools and engaged in the maiiufaetuie 
of general machinery and agricultural work. Soon 
after .S. .1. Woolley, of Columbus, Ohio, offered Mr. 
Woolley a half-iiilerest in the man nracture of 
drain tile and brick at Hilliaid. Ohio. While in 
charge of this business lie invented the New De- 
|iarture tile machine, and had it patented. He 
built and put up in these yards the lirst- machine, 
and it was sui'h a success that tlie Anderson 
Foundry and M.'icliine Works negotiatni with him 
for the right to nninufacture the machine, and 
were successful, Mr. Woolley being employed as 
the superintendent in 188.'). The works have 
since been closed down, Imt during the second 
year of Mr. WooUey's superiiiteiidency forty men 
were employed. About this time he invented a 
new machine, retaining the best features of the old, 
which was on the 12th of .\pril. 1887, patented 
as "W. .1. WooUey's Improved Tile Machine." 
The machine makes tile from three to twenty-four 
inches. On the same date he also patented the 
"Invincible Brick Machine." On the 9th of Febru- 
ary, 1892, he patented a pottery machine for 



PORTRAIT AND B10GRAPH3CAL RECORD. 



makinif ela}' retorts, six feet long by eighteen, and 
twenty iuelies round, and also a pug mill for pug- 
ging stiff Are clay. In Marcli, 1889, he resigned 
his superintendency and took an interest with E. 
C. Ward in tlie brick business at Alexandria. 

In the fall of 1889 our subject formed a partner- 
ship with A. B. Kenyon and built a foundry and 
machine shop which went into operation in Janu- 
ary, 1890. At the end of six montlis a company 
known as the WooUey Foundry and Machine 
Works was incorporated. He started with one 
shoi) and one apprentice, but the business has in- 
creased until the services of forty-five men are re- 
quired, and it is the largest machine shop in the 
city. The brick machines invented by Mr. Wool- 
ley have revolutionized tlie manufacture of brick, 
and he is constantly making improvements. Mr. 
WooUey is a Free iMason, a Knight of the Golden 
Eagle, and a member of the National Association 
of Brick Makers, whose meetings he always at- 
tends. In 187G Mr. Woolley was married to Miss 
Lizzie Lux, at Logansport, in which cit}' she was 
born. Her father is Jacob Lux, a retired business 
man and an old settler. Mr. and Mrs. Woolley 
are most comfortably domiciled in their own home 
at No. 36, South Brown Street. 



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>^ TIS P. CRBL The subject of this sketch has 
(( 1) '^'''^" '"'"^ ""^' ''^■^' '" Anderson, having 
%Jf' been born in the house in which he lives 
on the 25th of Jannary, 1865. He is the son of 
late Hon. William Crim, who was born in Rocking- 
ham County, Va., Nov. 30, 1822. Grandfather Peter 
Crim, was a member of an old Virginia family, 
which was of German descent. The father was 
reared in Virginia, where, when a boy, be hauled 
flour over the mountains to Baltimore with a six- 
horse team. In 1843, when twenty-one 3'ears of 
.age, he came west on horseback and located at 
Middleton, Henry County, where he engaged in 
merchandising. Later removing to Yorktown, he 
remained for three years there, and then, in 1849, 
located at Anderson, and engaged in merciiandis- 



ing and dealing in grain, part of the time alone, 
and for a time with James Hozlett. 

I About the close of the war Mr. Crim organized 
the Exchange Bank in connection with Joseph 
Fulton and II. J. Daniels. He sold the bank in 

! 1880, and engaged in the quarry and grain busi- 
ness, his quarries being located one and one-fourth 
miles west of Anderson. He erected an elevator 

j on Eighth Street and accommodated the grain 

] trade. He assisted in developing natural gas, and 
was a heavy stockholder in the companj'. Polit- 

i ically he was a Democrat, and served the people as 
councilman, county commissioner, and member of 
the Legislature from Madison and Henry Counties. 
In early days he was a captain of militia. He 
was a member of the Methodist Church. After a 
well-rounded life he died Oct. 14, 1891. 

The mother ot our subject bore the maiden 
natne of Amelia Scott, and was born in Mononge- 
hala County, Va. She was the daughter of William 
T. Scott, a captain in the War of 1812, and a farmer 
and merchant in the latter part of his life. He 
came west at an early day, floating down the Ohio 
river on a flat boat to Jefferson ville, where he 
stopped and taught school for one year. He made 
money enough to bring him north, and locating at 
Alexandria engaged in merchandising and the 
hotel business. The mother died Nov. 1, 1892, 
aged seventy years. There were three children.- 
Juliet, wife of II. J. Daniels; Nowal D., who died 
in 1889, aged twenty-eight, and Otis P., who is 
the youngest. He was reared in Anderson and 
received a good education in the high school and 
Miami Commercial College of Dayton, Ohio. 

When sixteen Mr. Crim entered his father's 
grain office. In 1882 he opened a grocery- on 
Eighth Street, which he conducted eighteen 
months. He engaged in raising stock, in the gro- 
cery business and other enterprises, until he pur- 
chased the Crim quarries, which he lias continued 
since to operate. By sinking deeper, he finds a 
much better quality of stone. The quany consists 
of forty-four acres, adjoining the city. Pumps 
and derricks have been erected, and tlie product is 
the finest quality of blue limestone suitable for 
building. He owns one hundred and fifteen acres 
of the old farm, all of which is inside the city 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



liniils excepting tliirtj'-nine acres, lie aLso owns 
1 wo good business blocks, and lias remodeled liis 
residence at No. 117 West Eiglitli Street. Socially 
ho belongs to the Independent OnK-r of Odd Fel- 
lows and Knights of Pythi:is. 

In ISHT Mr. Crini and Miss Minnie li:iker were 
nian-ied. She is the dMU-htei- of .luhn I'.aUer. 
agent of the Adaiii.s Kxpres> Conipany. and was 



Vl'OlIN COSFKUJ). who dcvole.- 
altention to agricull ural pin> 
tion 11, Fall Creek Township, 
the line farms of III.' eoinmni 



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dr<-d and twenty .acres 
He also owns one bund 
near Anderson, besides 



■h he cleared and 
unprises two hnn- 
md valnable land, 
thirty-eight acres 
aliie other prop- 

lack to 



The ancestry of the family is ti 
(u-neral Costcllo, of Normandy. France, who emi- 
grated to Ireland after William the ( omiueior in- 
v.aded England. The grandfather. Michael Cos- 
tcllo. who was born in that counliy. followed 
farming and lived 1o the age of emhiy. He mar- 
ried Margaret Whealan and had a family of eight- 
een children, fourteen of whom grew to manhood 
and womanhood. James Costello, father of our sub- 
ject, wa^ born in Ireland about 18()'2, and died in 
1.SI7. lie wedded Maiy Fogarty, who was born 
in County 'I'ipperaiy, Ireland, and was a daughter 
uf .leri-miah and Margaret (Williams) Fogarty. 
The family springs from King Furgus,of Munster, 
as did also the house of Stuart, of Scotland. Her 
father was a farmer, an<l had live ehildren: .bihn. 
who died in Indiana; .lohanna, Anna, .Margaret 

and Mary. Into Mr. and Mrs. Costello were I i 

the following: Ann and .loluinna, who (lie<l ni 
infancy: Mary. Margaret, .lohn and .leremiah. 

The sulneel of this sketch was born in Countv 



Tipperary, Ireland. .Inn.' '.i. IJs 
his father's farm and rereive.I 
in his native land. He lia.ie' 
home in l-S.Vl, and after a v, 
and four days on the ship W 
in Philadelphia on I ndependr 



fami 



direct to .Madison County, liid., and madea settle- 
ment on an eighty-acre farm, as lief<ire stated. 
Altogether they had only about «l(Mi. .Mr. Cos- 
tello worked by the day and month as a farm 
hand for some time in order to obtain the funds 
iipcessarv for the cultivation of his property. 

ill May, ISCil. our snbjert led to the marriage 
altar. Miss Anna Hecnan. als.. a native of the Em- 
erald Isle, and a daught.r of I'.atriek and .Mary 
(Howe) Hecnan. Her father w:is a f:irmer who 
came from Ireland to Ameiica in is:!".'. MMIling in 
,Syracu,se, N. V. About ISIKI he i vui. .vd to I..,- 
gansport, Ind., where he followed railroading. Ho 
is now deceased, but his wife still survives. They 
had three sous and four daughters. Mr. and Mrs. 
Costello had nine children, ei-ht of whom are liv- 
ing: Mary, Maig.-iret, Anna, .lohainia, .lames.. ler- 
emiah, .John and Patricia. .Mr. .and Mrs. Co.stello 
and family are members of the lioinan Catholic 
Church. He exercises his right of franchise in 
support of the Democratic party and served as 
County Commissioner from issilnnlil l.s;i2. He 
began life for himself .■mply-handed. hut by 
perseverance and industry oveicanie the dillicail- 
ties in his path and worked his w;iv upw.ard to 
success, ftcipiiring a h.andsome competency. 



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^ ji.UAAAU NEAL, attorney-at-law. residing 
WvA/f '" ^'^'^''''*^' '"^^ '^'^*"' pl"iii'uenlly idenli- 
V» Ccd with the legal fraternity of ILamilton 
County since l.sdd. and was admitted to prac- 
tice at the Bar at a lime when there were only ten 
members here. His practice has been extensive 
and remunerative, and has consisted principally 
of civil cases and the settlement of estates. From 

industry, ciiergv and i)orseveranee may be gleaned. 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Beghining in life for himself at the age of thir- 
teen, he has since had no home except of his own 
making. In his youth he had little of this world's 
goods; in fact, so poor was he that upon starting 
out for himself he had only ten cents left after 
paying for lodging and breakfast. Now he is the 
owner of an improved farm, in addition to valu- 
able property in Cicero. 

The Neal famil}' was first represented in this 
country during Colonial days, when three brothers 
emigrated hither from England and settled in 
Fnrquier Countj', Va. One brother was sent south 
under General Green; another was not heard from 
after locating in America; and the third was Mica- 
jah, grandfather of our subject. During the Rev- 
olutionary War, Grandfather Neal enlisted under 
General Washington and was at the battle of Ger- 
mantown, endured the terrible winter at Valley 
Forge, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis 
at Yorktown. He married Miss Mildred Beasley, 
a native of Farquicr County, A'^a., and some years 
afterward removed to Kentucky, where he suc- 
cessfully engaged in farming pursuits until his 
death. 

Of the father of our subject we note the follow- 
ing: James Neal was born about October 13, 1783, 
in Farquier County, Va., and was a lad of thir- 
teen when he accompanied his parents to Shelby- 
County, Ky., where he grew to manhood. His 
father, being wealthy, gave him one hundred and 
sixt\- acres of land, and he followed the occupa- 
tion of a farmer throughout his entire life. From 
the Bine Grass State he removed to Harrison 
County in 1823, thence to Salem, Washington 
Count3', where he conducted a meat market. Re- 
turning to Kentucky, he lived in Shelby County 
until 1835, when he removed to St. Joseph Coun- 
ty, Ind., and after residing upon a farm there for 
some time, went to Hamilton County and made 
his home with our subject. He died in Brown 
County at the advanced age of ninety-two. 

Though a man of limited education, James 
Neal was well informed and intelligent. In dis- 
position mild, in character moral and temperate, 
he was recognized as a man of strict integrity, 
and was always charitable toward worthy objects. 
Politicirlly, he was a Whig. In religious belief he 



was a member of the Baptist Church. In the 
War of 1812 he served under Gen. William Henry 
Harrison, and look part in the battle of Ft. Meigs, 
also witnessing the surrender of Proctor at the 
Thames. When peace was declared he received 
an honorable discharge. ' , 

The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
name of Mary Martin. She was born, reared and 
married in Shelby County, Ky., and died in Sa- 
lem, Washington Count}', Ind. She was the daugh- 
ter of Morris and Sarah (Singleton) Martin, na- 
tives of Virginia. The Martin family is of English 
and German descent, and its first representatives 
in America settled in the Old Dominion, whence 
they removed to Kentucky. The parents of our 
subject were married about 1811, and theii- union 
resulted in the birth of ten children, concerning 
whom we note the following: Charles, the first- 
born, married Eliza Berk, and after her death was 
united with JIaria Gilwich, their marriage result- 
ing in the birth of six children; by occupation he 
was a stone mason. Emily was burned to death 
in childhood. Martha A., deceased, was the wife 
of Richard Clark, a merchant residing in Little 
York, Ind.; they were the parents of five chil- 
dren, one of whom, James, a prominent merchant 
of Bloomington, Ind., was a candidate for State 
Treasurer. The fourth in order of birth is the 
subject of this sketch. Mason M. died when 
young. Sarah is the widow of .James Clark and the 
niothei' of five children. Nancy died in girlhood. 
Moses M. married Letitia King, and they had a 
family of three children, George A., a prominent 
attorne}' and the present Attorney-General for the 
Western District of the State of Missouri, Frank 
and Molly Corinth. The two youngest children 
of the family, Thomas and James, are deceased, the 
latter having died in infancy. 

Moses Neal, of whom mention was made above, 
enlisted in Company B, Thirty-ninth Indiana In- 
fantry, which was made the Eighth Indiana Cav- 
alry, and was chosen First Sergeant of the com- 
pany. He was promoted to be .Second Lieutenant, 
and while serving as Acting Adjutant-General in 
the battle of Stone River fell a martyr to his 
country, which he had so valiantly and nobly de- 
fended. Prior to entering the service he resided 



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wilh (Mil- subji'C't for about three 


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within his brother's heart the priiiei] 


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and loyalty for which he died. 




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lianapolis. 


Born in Shelliy County. Ky., .Ma 


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subject of this sketch was only a few years old 
wlien he areonipaiiied his parent> to Indiana. 
Thence he returned to Kentucky and made his 
home witli a bachelor uncle until 1835, when he 
went to Indiana. Tpon comini; to Kentucky ho 
learned tiic trade of a tailor at ('hn.and afterward 



Meantime he 
study of the la 
insj his readii 
February, 181 



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ilone. 



lhroui;liout tlie state, 
is leisure hours in the 
own books and conduct- 
lis first law suit was in 
luue Kvans. and soon 



afterward he abandoned tailorint;- aiid ticcame a 
partner in a grist and saw mill with Squue Evans. 
A few years later he disposed of his interest to his 
partner, and engaged in farming upon the land 
whicli he received for his interest in the mill. 

In a number of local positions Mr. Neal served 
with ability and efliciency. lie served as Recorder 
for one year, and in 1850 was chosen Associate 
.Judge, whicli position he filled with J. Smith as 
.hidge and .1. Wilson as Associate. In 1859 he 
was elected Treasurer of the county, but resigned 
in August, 18(>l. Trior to his resignation he 
raised a company, of which he was appointed 
Captain by (;f)veiii<ir Morton, after having been 
elected to that position by the company-. He served 
in the Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry under Col. 
Tliomas J. Harrison. In 18()2, at Munfordville, 
Ky., he resigned his command, and returning to 
Cicero resumed the i)ractice of law, which he li.as 
since continued. 

In ISIO Mr. Neal married Miss Hannah Roll- 
ings, a native of C(whoctoii County, Ohio, and the 
daughter of William K. Rollings. Mr. and Mrs. 
Neal have had fourteen children, of whom seven 
are now living, namely: Thomas, a merchant re- 
siding in Frankton, Madison County; Sarah C, 
the wife of A. 15. Mendenhall, M. D., of Mont- 
morenci, Tippecanoe County, Ind.; Martha II., the 
wife of James M. Little, a farmer residing in 
(Ireencastle, Ind.; Richard P., an attorney and 
editor of the New Em, at Cicero; John F., a lead- 1 



■ail I... wh,. resides with 
Edward K.. a printei ii.,w hving 

as f,,rim'rly .-i Whig, anil 
is n.)W a Republican. He lia- xrved as a mem- 
ber of the School Hoard of Cicero, and has also 
olliciated as Associate Judge. Recorder and Coun- 
ty Treasurer, and was Postmaster for tiiree years. 
Social!3-, ''t' '''is been a member of the Masonic 
order for forty years, being now identilied with 
the Royal Arch; he is also connected with the 
' (irand Army of the Republic. While not actively 
j identified willi any religious denomination, he is 
in sympathy with church work and contriliutes lib- 
erally to charitable and worthy objects. His wife 
and daughters arc ineMilicrs of tlie .Methodist 



•UGUSTIS (;. TRMSToN. one of the pro- 
Jll gre-ssivc and publii-->pirilcd fariiici> of 
Madi-son County, and a leading resident 
of Pipe Creek Township, was born in 
Butler County, Ohio, .fanuary 31, 18,31, and is a 
son of Jonathan and Margaret (Cowrly) iriii>ton. 
The maternal grandlather, .lohii (iowdy, was born 
in Scotland, and at an early date emigrated to 
Ohio. The father of our subject was born in 171)0, 
and died in Butler Counlv in 1810. His son, at 



if n 



maiiied foi- eight years, after which he s|)ent sev- 
eral years working as a farm hand by the month. 
He then purchased a threshing machine which he 
ran for a few years. 

In ISC.-, Mr. I'nnstoii came to Indiana, locating 
on a farm southeast of I''ranklon, where lie lived 
until 1883 when he purchased the farm which he 
now occupies. It comprises two hundred and 
forty acres and is under a high stale of cnltiv.a- 
tion, and well imiiroved with all modern accesso- 
ries and conveniences. He also owns forty acres 
near Frankton, which will soon be included in the 
syndicate and divided into town lots. In com- 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RhX'ORD. 



pany witb liis son, Leroy, he is owner of the flour 
mill of Franktoii, and also the largest gas plant 
at that place. 

On the lUh of March, 1861, Mr. Urmston mar- 
ried Rachel Montgomery, daughter of Andrew and 
Lydia (Quagmire) Montgomery, natives of Ohio. 
Two children were born unto them, Jonathan 
Ellsworth, at home, and Leroy, who is his father's 
partner. IMrs. Urmston 's death occurred Septem- 
ber 6, 181)3, after a severe illness of about a year. 
She was then fifty-one years of age. An earnest 
Christian woman, beloved by all, the Presbyterian 
Church found in her a faithful member, lier neigh- 
bors a true friend, and her familj' a loving and 
thougiitful wife and mother. 

On the 1st of March, 1859, Mr. Urmston started 
on a trip to Pike's Peak, making the journey of 
seven liundred miles with an ox team, but he was 
too early to find gold, and on the 1st of Septem- 
ber returned home. lie is a representative citizen 
who takes a commendalile interest in everything 
pertaining to the welfare of tlie community, and 
is a prosi)erous farmer, liighl}' esteemed b_v all who 
know him. 

Leroy Urmston, was born in Madison County, 
March 27, 1865, attended the common schools, 
and spent some tune in study in a business col- 
lege. He remained at home until twenty-two 
years of age. In 1887 he entered into partner- 
ship with K. W. Fennell, in the grain and milling 
business, which he continued until 1889, when, in 
company with his father, he purchased the entire 
business which they liave successfully conducted 
since. He is one of tiie wide-awake, enterprising 
men of Frankton. He is now President of the 
Fiankton School Board, with which he has been 
connected for two years, and in other wa^'s he is 
aiding in the upbuilding of the town. The firm 
owns the largest gas plant in Frankton, and has 
done much to benefit the consumers. 

On the 6th of March, 1885, was celebrated the 
marriage of Leroy Urmston and Maimee L. Clark, 
(laughter of Alfred II. Clark, a native of Indiana. 
They have three children, Esic, Lulu and Zeline, 
and have lost one, Chesell. 

In politics Mr. Urmston is a Democrat, and so- 
cially is a member of the Order of Red Men. He 



has passed all the chairs, and for one term was a 
member of the Grand Council of Indiana. At 
present he is deputy Great Sachem of his tribe. 
He also belongs to Frankton Lodge No. 315, K. 
of P. The firm of Urmston & Son is composed of 
two of the most enterprising business men of the 
county, and the part which the}' have taken in the 
upbuilding of Frankton and community has ma- 
terially advanced its interests and prosperity. 
They well deserve representation in the history of 
the county. 



^^=^^il-^"i^il^^i^ 



J I AMES R. WOODWARD. The village of 
I Lapel contains few citizens possessing in so 
■ high a degree the enterprise and progressive 
spirit chai-acteristic of the subject of this 
sketch, whose energy and indomitable perseverance 
have resulted in the accumulation of wealth. He 
j is the proprietor of the elevator and the planing 
I mill at this place, and in partnership with his 
brothers, William and Frank E.,and James M. Wil- 
liams, conducts an extensive grain and lumber 
business. His residence at Lapel, erected in 1891, 
is one of the most elegant in Madison Count}', and 
contains every convenience. In addition to this 
property, he is the owner of one hundred and sixty 
acres of farming land, from the lental of which he 
receives a handsome sum, and also has a one-third 
I interest in thirteen acres adjoining Lapel. 

The father of our subject was William Wood- 
j ward, a native of Wiltshire, England, who learned 
I the trade of a carpenter in London. Ilebegan in 
I life poor in purse, but steadily worked his way 
upward, undaunted by the many obstacles that 
presented themselves. He made his home in 
Great Britain until thirty-six years of age, and 
meantime, in 1844, he was married to Miss Ann 
Huggins. During the year of his marriage became 
to America, accompanied by his young wife, and 
settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where for two years he 
followed the trade of a carpenter. Thence he went 
to a farm in Ripley County, Ind., but soon dispos- 
ing of that place, he purchased one hundred acres 



PORTRAIT AND HlOGJv'ArHICAL RECORD. 



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lu'.'ir (;(K<li(Mi. ClcniKinl County. Oliin. .iiul llicTC 
in;i(K' his home from ISIC until 1S(M. 

Di.sposin.u of his [iropcrty in Clermont, County 
m 180-1, William Woodwani remove.l to Imliana, 
and iocatin.ii: in Madison County, purc-hriscd two 

liis pcrriijinenl I e in thi- pl.-ice. remnmin.u here 

until his deatli. which (.ecurreil in IsTl'. In poli- 
ties he was a Republican, and east his hrst. liallol 
for Fremont-. His views upon all (piestions of 

vestiuatiou of the snl)jcct in hand, and lie was a 
man of broad kuowledire and information. At the 
time of his demise he was the possessor of consid- 
erable valuable property, which, with the lieritasje 

acy he left his children. 

The mother of our subject is still livin<r. and 

seven children, namely: Mary A., the wife of 
Samuel (Jaither. of Stony Creek; .lames R.. of 
this sketch; William, who is eni,'ai,'ed in business 
with .lames R.; Kmma .1., the wife of Zorachia 
Conrad, a resident of Stony Creek; Albert ().. of 
Stony Creek, and Frank K., who is in partnership 
with our subject, .lames l{. was bom in Cincin- 
nati. Ohio, November."., IS I,"), and recei vcd a good 
education m the common s('liools of (ioslien, Ohio, 
attending the latter for two years. At the age of 
twenty-one lie (•onimenced to farm upon forty 
acres, which he cleared and improved, making it 
liis home until 1«'.)2. 

The marriage of Mr. Woodward united him 
with Miss Sarah .1., daughter of .Iosei)h O. Randall, 
a farmer of Clermont County. Ohio. They arc the 
parents of six children, viz.: .\rthur. who resides 
in Lapel; Joseph W., Karl. Lorena r.l.iuchc.Iennie 
Maud and (irace. The eldest son was graduate<l 
from the l)e I'auw rriiversit^- in Green Castle, hid., 
in .Iiine. \XU2. and shortly afterward married Miss 
Daisy Dilts. whose parents now reside in Kansas. 
Our subject in 1877 built a gristmill, and in 1882 
erected a .sawmill, conducting an extensive busi- 
ness until the gristmill w.as burned to the ground. 
He tiien. in 188('>. built the elevator which lie now 
manages, and four years later erected a planing 
mill of which he is the ))resent proprietor. In 1891 



he built the elegant residence which he now occu- 
pies and which is one of the best to be seen for 
many miles around. 

'Hie political atlilialioiis ,,f Mr. Woo.lw;ird led 
him into active ideiilili.-:ition with the Republican 
party, of which he is ;i promiiicul member in this 
community. He is intere-ted in educational mat- 
ters, and at the age of nineteen conimenced to 
teach school, following that profession forsixco!)- 
secutive winters, and teaching his last term in 
1878. At tlic age of seventeen he united uith 
the .Methodist Church, of which he has since been 
a consistent member, and for a number of years 
has been a member of the choir. He also takes an 
active interest in the F^pworth I>eague and the 

temperance cause finds in him a warm friend auci he 
is identified with the Inde])endent (Jrder of (Jood 
Templars. F^very measure which tends to uplift 
the moral or social condition of the community 
meets with h.is hearty supp(ut. and he .served one 
term as Township Trustee. 



•^^^l@^f]^M^ 



\Ti O H N MARSHALL W A LI^ KM. .Madison 
I County is an l'>den of fine farms and agri- 
^1' cultural tracts. There are comparatively 
'^^l' very few small tracts, and each farmer tries 
to outdo his neighbor in the cultivation and im- 
provement of his land. Of the many line, attrac- 
tive places, none are more conspicuous than that 
belonging to our subject and situated in Jloiuoe 
Township. He has one hundred and twenty acres 
of land iiractically all under a high state of culti- 
vation, and everything about the pl.ace indicates 
to tlie beholder that an experienced hand is at the 
helm. Mr. Walker was born in Hancock Count}-, 
liid., December 22, 1847, to tiie marriage of Win- 
fred and Maiy Jane (Carpenter) Walker, natives 
respectively of 2sorth Carolina and West ^"il■ginia. 

The grandparents of our subject came t<j Hich- 
niond, Wayne County, Ind., in 1821, but after re- 
niiiining there a short time, removed to Hancock 
County, where they bought land and made a per- 
manent home. The father of our subject was only 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



about a year old at that time, and be spent his 
cliildhood and youth at home. In early manhood 
lie taught scliool for a number of years, and w.as 
also a teacher of vocal music. Possessing a lively 
disposition, he took an active interest in social 
affairs and was very popular among his associates. 
In 1851 lie settled in Monroe Township, Madison 
County, on the farm now occupied by two of his 
sons, Milton and Marcellus. His death occurred 
July 17, 1879, and was caused by a runaway ac- 
cident. He had been to Alexandria with a load of 
hay, and in returning home, the team became 
frightened and ran away; he was thrown violently 
to the ground, and lived but a short time after- 
wards. He was a prosperous farmer, a true Re- 
publican in politics, an active meml)erof the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church, and a most worthy citizen. 
The original of this notice, John Marshall 
Walker, was the eldest of five children, four of 
whom are now living. He remained at home as- 
sisting his father and securing all the education 
possible in the common schools, until twenty-one 
years of age, when he began fanning for himself. 
On the 1st of April, 1877, he w^as married to Miss 
Angelina Jones, daughter of Oliver P. and Jane 
Katherine (McNeer) Jones. Mrs. Walker's grand- 
father, Isaac Jones, was the first white man to lo- 
cate a claim in Harrison Township, Delaware Coun- 
ty, Ind., and although he soon after disposed of 
his title, he was uudoubtedl}' entitled to the honor 
of priority, as shown by the tract-book and in the 
chronicles of the early settlement. After the selec- 
tion of his claim he returned to his home in the 
east, never doubting that he could come back at 
will and occupy the land he had chosen. With 
tliis view of the case he took no legal measure to 
hold it, but when he returned in the fall of that 
year he found tliat one Isaac Adamson had entered 
the claim in the meantime, and had erected a cabin 
in whicii he was domiciled with his family. 
. In the fall of 1832, Mr. Jones came with his 
family and entered a tract of land in the western 
extremity of the township and lying partially in 
Madison County. He erected a cabin upon that 
jjortion in the latter county, and after its com- 
pletion returned to Ohio, leaving his son, Oliver 
P., with two sisters at the home in the wilderness. 



During his absence his son planted a crop. Mr. 
Jones returned in the spring of 1833, and began 
clearing and improving his land. He did not live 
long after this, dying the following fall after a 
brief illness. About three years later the family I 
removed to the farm where Oliver P. Jones now • 
resides, and which had been entered by the father 
in 1833. Mrs. Walker's maternal grandfatlier, 
Valentine McXeer, was one of the first settlers of 
Pike County, Ind., locating there as early as 1829. 
Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
Walker: Z(je Dell, born August 26, 1879; Mamie 
Maud, born March 26, 1881; and Leona Katherine, 
born October 8, 1883. Mr. Walker has a very 
pleasant rural home, and is surrounded by many 
comforts and conveniences. He votes with pride * 
the Republican ticket, is always interested in mat- 
ters of a public nature, and is ever ready and will- 
ing to give his support, financiallj' or otherwise, 
to every worthy enterprise. 



— ^®wl 



I. BROWNING, the enterprising 
known editor and proprietor of 
and Weekly Times, of Alexandria, 
Madison County, Ind., furnishes to the general 
public a bright and readable paper, eujo3'ing an 
extended circulation and offering to its subscribers 
the latest local and outside news of the day. Our 
subject, born in Delaware County, Ohio, August 4, 
1850, is the son of Orin Browning, likewise a na- 
tive of the Buckeye Stale. He was born Fcb- 
ruar}- 9, 1827, and was an earl3- resident of Lick- 
ing County. The paternal grandfather, Jeremiah 
Browning, a native Virginian, became a pioneer 
settler of Ohio. The Brownings were of English 
ancestij' and were intimately associated with the 
Colonial history of our country, settling in tiie 
Old Dominion long before the Revolutionary War 
and being numbered among the first families of the 
state. Grandfather Browning married a lady of 
Scotch-Irish descent whose name was Moore. Her 
father was a courageous soldier of the Revolution- 
ary War. The father of our subject, now living 
at Columbus, Ohio, was a soldier of the late Civil 




PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD. 



821 



\V:ir, and oiip of his hn.tlicis. .Icrcmiali, also did 

enlisting in an Illinois cavali-y regiment and 
lieing twice wounded. Myron ()., another brother, 
served with fidelity in an Illinois regiment during 
the entire war. and is an honored veteran. Now 
residingin Moninoulh. 111., he is a leader in loeal 
liolitics, and is a man hii^rhly respected by all who 
know him. 



Tl 


e mothe 


■of our 


subject 


.Mrs 


.Mary 


\nn 1 


li-own- 


wlu" 


,ir,' .Sell 

1 a ehil 


1 remo 


va- Ih,i 
ve.l wi 


'h "he 


Penns. 
■ parei 


•Ivan 


a. and 
I.ick- 


ing 


County 


Ohio 


iler 


fathe 


r, Kei 


ben. 


was a 


blae 


vsmith b 


V trade 


l)ut later dt 


voted 


himself to 


tiUii 


g the sc 


il. The 


.Schwa 


■t/. fa 


nily, undoi 


btedly 


of Dutch d 


'Scent, 


were ( 


■■irncs 


t and 


indu 


Irious 


l.eo|_ 


le of up 


■ighl c 


laraclc 


■. () 


11- sub 


ect w 


as the 


elde 


t of a family o 


f nine 


child 


Cll. ( 


)f th 


• four 


sons 


and five daug 


hier.s. t 


hree 


broth. 


rs an 


1 f<uir 


siste 


■s yet SI 


rvive. 


.1. \-. i,s 


a fan 




( )hio 


,Iohn 


11.. : 


printer 


by ti;i( 


e, isfo 


■emai 


of th 


7'/7'.s 


.s /Vsf, 


of ( 


.lumlu.s 


. Ohio; 


C. K. 




erk in 


a m; 


nufae- 


lurii 


ig estab 


ishtnen 


t in Co 


lumb 


is, U\\ 


0. O 


ir sub- 



ject spent the days of iiis boyhood on a farm, and 
until nineteen enjoyed only the bcnelit of instruc- 
tion in the coimnou scl Is of his home neighbor- 
hood, lit" latt'i- took a c.inuiiercial course in the 
busines.s college at Delaware, Ohio, after which, 
entering the Wesleyan University of Ohio, lie per- 
sistently devoted himself to his studies, ambitiously 
working his wav through college by teaching a 
part of the time, lie was graduated in 1876 
with honor. Mr. lirowning then taught for two 
years, but soon sought more congenial work upon 
a newspai)er, and in eom|)any with his brother, J. 
II.. establislH'd the lirst daily paper in tlie town of 
Delaware, Ohio. 

At the expiration of two years our subject sold 
out his Delaware interests and removed to Michi- 
gan, where for nine years he was variously en- 
gaged. In August, 1.SH.S. Mr. lirowning pur- 
chased the r.attle Creek .SiiikIu,/ M,,rnhig Call, 
which he published successfully for three years, 
and later served as foreman in dilTerent ollices 
of Michigan and Ohio until hSS);i. In this latter 
year he purchased the Diiihj and Wci'kiij Timfis, 
of Alexandria, a strictly lirst-class paper, Repub- 



lican in i)rinciple, .and favni;d)ly known through- 
out .Madison County. Kncrgetic and enterprising, 
a clear and forcible writer, Mr. iirowning through 
his editorials has done much to advance the best 
interests of the city, whose phenomenal growth and 
resources have attracte<l widi^-spread attention, 
in Xoveinbei-. IHTC. were united in marriage 
our subject and Miss l>aura C. Wells, daughter of 
John A. and Rosanna Wells, of Delaware, Ohio, 
in which city Mr. Wells is a leading citizen and 
prominent contractor. Oui subject was wedded 
to his cstimalile wife immediately after completing 
his college course, and with his chosen life com- 
panion received tlie congratulations of scores of 
friends. Mr. drowning is fraternally associated 
with the AncientOrder<.f I'liitcd Workmen, and is 
likewi-e a member of the Kniglils of the .M.-iccabees 
and is a prominent man in the two order.s. Valued 
as a friend and citizen, and .as an editor occupy- 
ing an extended tield of far-reaching intluence, 
oui- subject enjoys a high social and business posi- 
tion, and worthily commands the sincere regard 
and confidence of his fellow-citi/.en.s. 



KRPYIIKlUr.V 



men. iM-o 
fought the 
nenee and bono 
stamped upon th 
the .section, thui 
thus ijiven iierm: 



Ml th.' prominent ui.'ii 
;i tier ..f states arc sclf-m.-i.le 
i.>veity ami .)bs.-urity they 
i^ay in life's liatlle t;o emi- 
Not only this; they have 
istitutions and industries of 
wn characteristics, and have 
icv to everv enterprise. In 



their lives and success is found demonstrated: 
"The gowd is but the guinea's stamp, 
\ man's a man for a' that." 
.\ volume of the bi, .graphics of self-made men 
of Indiana, would be inc.implete without mention 
of our worthy subject. Perry Heritage, whose 
present prosperous condition is the result of indus- 
try and good man.ageinenl. He is a Iloosier by 
birth, born in Wayne County. February 1(1, 1844, 
and the son of. Samuel II. and Klizabeth (Kdwards) 



822 



POKTRAIT AND BIO(tKAPI1ICAL RECORD 



Heritage, natives of New Jersey and Maine, re- 
spectively. 

Tlie paternal grandparents, William and Mary 
Heritage, were of Irish origin, and at an early date 
removed to the old North Slate, where they 
[lassed the remainder of their da3's. The mater- 
nal grandparents were early settlers of Madison 
County, Ind. (See sketeii of William Heritage, 
of VanBuren Township.) Samuel II. Heritage, 
father of our subject, came to Indiana in 1839 
and settled in Madison County, where he pur- 
chased eightj' acres of land. This has remained a 
part of the estate ever since. Mr. Heritage was 
a good, practical farmer, and one possessed of 
many sterling qualities. 

When fifteen years of age the original of this 
sketch began fighting his own way in life and for 
a few months worked on a farm, receiving as com- 
pensation twenty-five cents per day. His inten- 
tion was to earn enough money to bu3' a horse, 
but when he received his pay in wild cat money 
he was obliged to give up his long cherished plan, 
for the money was worthless. Later he engaged 
with his grandfather and remained with lum two 
years, receiving ^26 per month for his second 
jear, and during that time never losing a single 
day. The grandfather died and our subject pur- 
chased eighty acres of land from his mother and 
commenced farming for himself. He also rented 
one hundred and sixty acres and worked this in 
addition to his own land. 

Farming has been his life's occupation, and the 
wide-awake manner in which he has taken hold of 
all ideas tending to the enhanced value of his 
property has had much to do with his success in 
life. At the present time he is 1jie owner of one 
hundred and sixty acres of excellent land in Mon- 
roe Township, a beautiful iTsidence, and every- 
thing necessary to make a comfortable and attract- 
ive rural home. He selected his life companion in 
the person of Miss Pllizabeth Hughes, daughter of 
.James Hughes, now the oldest man in the town- 
ship. Their nuptials were celebrated in 1866, and 
three children were the result of this union: John, 
born May 17, 1868; Dorcas, born February 1, 
1871; and Eddie, born September 17, 1874. Mr. 
Heritage is a stalwart Republican in politics, and 



is a public-spirited and most worthj- citizen. He 
is a self-made man in every sense of that term and 
all his property is the accumulation of years of 
hard work. No better man finds his home in the 
county. 



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^[ 



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L^^.-HOMAS A. WHITE, M. D., a skillful i)hysi- 
/t^, cian and surgeon residing in Noblesville, 
V^ was born in Madison County, this state, 
on the 29th of May, 1849. On the paternal side 
he traces his ancestry to England, but the family 
has long been represented in the United States. 
His grandfather, Joel White, was a pioneer of 
Ohio, and in that state engaged as a tiller of the 
soil, remaining there until his demise. Joel White, 
Jr., was born in Ohio,_his parents removing to Fay- 
ette County, Ind., when he was a babe, and he thus 
became one of the early settlers of that county. 
When about twenty-one he moved to Madison 
County. Here he secured land and entered 
upon farming pursuits, in which he was engaged 
until the time of his death, May 22, 1874. He 
was numbered among the foremost men of the 
count}', and was especially prominent in the ranks 
of the Democratic party. 

The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
name of Elizabeth Garretson, and was born in 
Knox County, Tenn., whence she removed with 
her parents to Indiana, settling in Fayette Coun- 
ty, and it was in that county she was married. 
The subject of this biographical sketch spent the 
years of childhood and youth in the county of his 
birth, where he was a pupil in the common schools. 
His literary advantages were limited, but having 
an inclination to read and being a close observer 
of passing events, he gained a wide fund of know- 
ledge and in his youth became well-informed con- 
cerning the current topics of the d.ay. 

In early manhood, our subject commenced the 
study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. 
J. M. Garretson, a prominent practitioner of Per- 
kinsville, Madison County, this state, with whom 
he continued for a period of two years. Later, he 
took a course of lectures at the Indiana Medical 
College, in Indianapolis, graduating from that in- 



I'ORTHAIT AND P.KXJUAPIIICAL RI-XOIM) 



slitulion in 1««1. After com plot iiiij his studies, 
he began practice in tlic vicinity of IS'evv Burton, 
Ind.. and loriuiiued theio for four years. In the 
spriii- of lSS-1 he h.catcd in Xoliiesviik'. wlierc lie 
liMs conducted a jicncr.-il practice to the present 
time. He is well known as one of the most suc- 
cessful practitioners of the .School of Homeopathy, 
and has an extensive ijracticc throughout Madi- 
son and llainiltoii C, unties. 

Ill his political altiliatidiis. the Di.ctor is an ad- 
vocate of Democratic principles, and is one of the 
most prominent local workers of the party. So- 
cially he "afh'liates with Cherokee Tribe No. Ufa'. 
Ked .Men of America. He ua> lir-t uiarried in 
IS7.). his wife being Mi>s .Maiy A. I.ayne, a na- 
tive of Hancock County, Ind. She died in 1884, 
leaving three children, Cora. Dora (deceased) .and 
Robert H. Four years afterward the Doctor was 
uiiiti'd with :\Iiss Annie .M. Rowe, a native of 
Madis.m Couiily, ind., and ;i well-educated and 
accompli>lieil lady. The family residence is lo- 
cated on Hast ('(inner Street. 



li'ONATHAX \V. I'ARSOXS. The entire life 
of this gentleman has been |)a^sed in cease- 
less activity, and has not been without sub- 
>s</' stantial evidences of success, as will be seen 
ill looking over his life record. He is one of the 
substantial citizens of Alexandria, Ind., and is a 
member of the well known linn of Scott, Parsons 
A- Pugh, proprielciv I'f the \i'wu of Riverside, an 
addition to Alex.andria, and is diie of the success- 
ful business men of the place. He was born in 
Oxford, Ohio, November 15, 1829, and was next 
to the eldest of seven children and the eldest of 
live sons born to James I'arsoiis, whose native 
state was Maryland, where he first saw the light of 
lay in 1801. 

.lames Parsons was the elder .if tw.isons born 
to .lohii I'arsoiis, who was of Dutch aiice.stry and 
a ship carpenter by trade. Farther back than this 
gentleman, the family has been unable to trace 
its ancestry. In 181:'.. .lames Parsons entered 
ni)on an appreiiticeshi|) tci the tr.-ide of a sluie- 



maker, and after siie 


iding one 


year with a hard 


master left home and 


went to 


ea. I!y the time 


that three years had be( 


n thussiK 


lit. his enthusiasm 


fur a seafaring life liac 


1 vaiii>lH'. 




home, learning upon h 


> nliini tl 


al his former mas- 


ter had in the ineantim 


Mlied. He 


remained ill Halli- 


more with his father i 


ntil 182(1 


wheii he acconi- 


panied him to Oxford. 


Ohio, h 


1837 he took u\> 


his residence in Creeiisl 


iiruii.Dee 


itnr County. Ind.. 


and resided there uiil 


1 IS 11. u 


hen h( moved t<i 


Connersville, Fayette 


County. 


In 1871 he came 


from there to the hoi 


ne of his 


son, our subject, 


where he died May 15 


, 188.3. 


le never made a 


great success in the li 


laiuial w. 


rid. but he was a 


hanl-woiking and an 


ipi ight m 


111. and his death 


was a source of much 


sorrow t( 


tho.se who knew 


him. His only brothi 


r. Willia 


n, died in Ohio 



many years ago. 

The wife of James Parsons, wIkisc maiden name 
was Sarah A. Ward, was liorn near Newark, N. J., 
and aside from the fact that she was a member of 
one of the old-time New Jersey families but little 



is known of 


he 


• pe< 


.pi. 


. In e 


irly life they re- 


iiKived toOxfi 


iril 


Ohl 


.. wliere sh 


• met and married 


Mr. Parsons. 


SI 


e di 


ed 


al Con 


leisville, Ind., in 


1860. Of he 


■ c 


lildl 


en 


we no 


e the following: 


Charlotte A., 


who m 


irr 


e<l S...| 


hen P.all, of Ten- 


nessee, is now 


a 


wid 


>w 


and res 


ide> in Xebraski; 


Jonathan W. 


is 


our 


sul 


ijeel: .\ 


.■ntha was twice 


married, first 


to 


1. C. 


Ki 


ig, a M 


■thodist minister. 


and afterwarc 


s t 


o I) 




. 1.. Mi 


ler, <if Rockport, 


Ind.; she is n 


ow 


a w 


do 


w, and 


resides in Indian- 


apolis; James 


is 


I re 


id( 


lit of 1 


Iwood. Ind., and 


was Postmasti 


r ; 


t th 


it 


place d 


iriiig Cleveland's 


first administi 


iti( 


.11 ; . 


oh 


1 W. ei 


tered an Indiana 


regiment dnri 


ng 


the 


C\^ 


il AVar 


and was killed at 



the battle of Rich Mountain; George is a resident 
of Independence, Ind.; and Francis is deceased. 

Jonathan W. Parsons remained with his father 
until he was sixteen j-ears of age, and in his voutli 
received but an ordinary education in the old 
pioneer schools. He then started to do for him- 
self as a teamster, but after a short time began 
learning the carpenter's trade, which he followed 
for eleven years. During this time, he had saved 
enough money to engage in merchandising at 
Independence, and there he successfullv continued 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 



business for twenty j-ears, conducting a part of 
this time a store on the north line of Madison 
Coiint_y. In tliis manner he acquired a large 
amount of properly and became the owner of a fine 
farm in the northwestern part of the county, to 
which he retired and lived until in the earlj' part 
of 1892. He and his son-in-law, J. W. Pugh. then 
bouglit an intere^^t in tlie farm of his brother-in- 
law, D. M. Scott, and a portion of this property 
they laid out in lots as an addition to Alexandria 
and called the town Riverside. This addition was 
quickly disposed of and they laid out still another 
addition, which is one of the most desirable of the 
town and some of the handsomest residences of 
the place are located there. It is their object to 
make it a beautiful residence district and for this 
reahon they refuse to sell anj^ of it for factory 
purposes or for shops. One condition in their 
deed is tliat the sale of intoxicating liquors is for- 
ever prohibited, and for this reason many of the 
best citizens seek to make it their home. These 
gentlemen also own and operate one of the largest 
gas wells in the gas belt, furnishing light and fuel 
to the town. 

Although Mr. Parsons started in life with no 
means and with but a limited education, lie has 
bj- his own exertions and business tact become one 
of the county's successful men. He has been mar- 
ried three times, first in 1850, to Henrietta Mock, 
who was born in Rush County, Ind. She died in 
1857, leaving three children. Sarah A. married 
George Ross, at one time a partner of Mr. Parsons 
in tlie mercantile business and for some years 
Treasurer of Madison County. Mrs. Ross died in 
1877, leaving two children, Herman, who is now a 
clerk in a drug store in Alexandria, and Daisy A., 
who since the death of her mother has lived with 
Mrs. Messmore, another daughter of Mr. Parsons, 
near Jndepcndence; Mary A. is the wife of David 
Messmore, a farmer of the nortiiwestern part of the 
county; Martha is the wife of George C. Melrose 
and lives in California. 

In 1858, Mr. Parsons married his second wife, 
Susanah Banks, who was born in Wayne County, 
Ind. She died of consumption in 1807, after hav- 
ing become the n:other of four children. James S. 
and .Jeremiah died when small. Adolph M. died 



at the untimely age of twenty-six years, of the 
same dread disease which carried off his mother, 
although he had been taken to California for his 
health, and all that ample means could do had been 
done to save him. Flora B. is the wife of Dr. ,1. 
W. Pugh and is a cultivated and intelligent lady 
and an artist of more than ordinary merit. 

In 18G;), Mr. Parsons married his present wife, 
Mary A. Caiver, who was born and itared in 
Fa.yette County, Ind. They have had four chil- 
dren: Rozzie, who died in infanc3'; Daisy, whose 
death occurred at the age of seventeen; Stella and 
Shirley. Mr. Parsons has been a life-long Democrat, 
and a Mason since 1861. He is an exemplary 
member of the Christian Church and is an active 
temperance worker. In all of his business enter- 
prises he has been. successful, and is now enjoying 
the fruits of a well s])ent life and tlie good will of 
all mankind. 



It^II^I 



J'll M. OVERSHINER, a representative citizen 
11 and leading business man of El wood, Madi- 
li son County, Ind., noted for his enterprise 
^^' and general executive ability, has held 
with honor various important positions of trust, 
and is now President of the Elwood Natural Gas 
and Oil Company; he is likewise President of the 
Elwood Water Works, whose capital stock is 
8200,000, and is President of the P^lwood Heights 
Land Company. Our subject is moreover a Direc- 
tor of the American Tin Plate Company, with a 
capital of iS300,000, and as Postmaster under 
President Harrison brought the receipts of the 
office up from -$1.50 per day, when he took charge 
of it, to $26 per day when he resigned four years 
later. Mr. Overshiner, long intimately associated 
with the development of the various resources in 
Indiana, is a native of the sunny south, and was 
born in Virginia, now West Virginia, April 23, 
1841. His father, John W. Overshiner, was a 
wagon maker by trade, but in 1844 made his home 
in the woods, where he cleared and improved a 
farm upon which he resided with his family for 
several years. In 1856, locating in St. Albans. 



PORTRAIT AND KIOORAPIIICAL RFX'ORD. 



825 



\'.a., with his family, lie opoiu'tl a wagon and 
lihic-ksriiilli sli<i|j. ill which our subject, working 
with hi> I'athiT until l.Hlil, learned the two trades. 
Upon tlie liivakmu out of the Civil War, the 
father, who was a stanch Inioii man, advised his 

Arriving in Indiana in ISCl, .M r. Oversliiner 
worki'd as a wag.m maker in Kranktnn and I'll- 
wo(.d until August l.l. I.Sdi'. when he enlisted in 
Compan\ <;. Seventy-lil'lh iiuliana I n fantry, and 
served until the close (if the war, being honor- 
ably discharged May 8, l.s('>.'). ( liii- subject courage- 
ously participating in the battle of Chattanooga 
antl the famous charge of Missionary Ridge, also 
took an active jjart in the campaign of Atlanl.a, 
and marched with Sherman to the sea, proceeding 
thenre to N'orlli ( 'arnlina and then to Washington, 
wlu-re he was one of the brave soldiers who shared 
in thi'loand l\e\iew. Mr. Oversliiner was ap- 
pointed by (Jeiieral Thomas master mechanic of 
Ueard'^ Division, Fourteenth Army Corp.s, and 
served as such until the close of the wai. In Octo- 
tober, 1866; he came to Quincy, now Klvvood. and 
opened a wagon .and caiii:ige shop. In November, 
1865, were united in marriage J. M. Overshiner 
and Jliss I>ouisa I'yies. the wedding taking place 
in (lallipolis. Ohio. The estimable wife of our 
subject is a nali\e of Sweet S|)rings, Monroe 
County. W. \'a. Three children blessed the union. 
Cora ilied at nine months of age; Ellsworth I!., 
the oldest son, now twenty -six years of age and a 
young man of [)romise, resides in Logansporl, Ind.. 
and there married Miss Relle Lowe, a native of 

named .lames W. Oversliiner, of whom the paternal 
grandfather, our subject, is very proud, lie is a 
railroad contractor, and a practical and enterpris- 
ing young man, is one of the most cfticient men 
connected in this locality with the Pennsylvania 

The second and younger son, .Vrthur V., now 
twenty-two years of age, married Miss Carrie Call, 
of Anderson, in 1892, and resides with his wife in 
Klwood. When a lad of eighteen he became deputy 
po^tulastel■, and served under his father for four 
years, lie took charge of the books and did the 
work in a most etlicient manner, and when his 



father resigned June 1. \X'Xi. at once left the po- 
sition he had occupied with so much credit to 
liiinself, and became the superintendent of the 
telephone .system of the city, and, continuing in 
his position as superintendent, is building up a 
line and rapidly increasing business. Our subject 
remained in the wagon and carriage business until 
l.S7:i. when he retired from active duties and spent 

iiig business, he openeil a hardware store in the' 
old carriage shop, and this venture was from the 
lirst an assured financial success and rapidly in- 
creased in its volume of trade. Our subject, in 
1S77, erected a line brick structure, of three lloors, 
4 1 .\ 10(1 feet, and located upon Anderson Street. 
This establishment is to-day considered one of the 
best retail hardware stores in the state of Indiana, 
and commands a trade second to none in Madi.son 
County. Mr. Oversliiner, in February, 1889, sold 
out the hardware business to John Frith, and de- 
voted his energies to the development of lOlwood. 
lie secured options on one thousand acres of land 
and then interviewed the I'an-IIandle corporation, 
and their aceeplance of the proposition he pre- 
sented lo their notice made sure the prosperous 
future of Klwood. Our subject becoming the local 
agent for the railro.ad company, worked untir- 
ingly in behalf of the interests of the city, which 
he has had the satisfaction of seeing increase to a 
ten thousand population. The location of the 
Raube Locomotive Works now being sissured, with 
a prospective population at an early day of twen- 
ty thousand, it will be readily seen that our sub- 
ject grasped the situation, and worked out the 
details of an enterprise of magnitude of v.ast im- 
porttuice to the people of Elwood and near vi 
vinity. 

In all the various positions of trust which Mr. 
Overshiner is at present holding with rare ability, 
he displays the characteristic judgment and energy 
which liiis distinguished liira throughout his entire 
career as a business man and citizen. Fraternally 
a.ssociated with the Ancient Free A- Accej)ted j\la- 
sons, our subject is a Knight Temjilarand isalsoa 
memiicr of the Knights of Pythias. Kn joying the 
reuiii(uis of the veterans of the late war. he is a 
member of Post No. C.l.t;. A. R..and was President 



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in 1892 of the association of the Seventy-fifth and 
One Hundred and First Regiments, who meet an- 
nually to recall the scenes of the past, and thus 
retain tlie comradeship of other and more troublous 
days. Mr. Overshiner is now building a handsome 
residence, which, when completed, modern in de- 
sign and finish, will be one of the finest in the 
city. He presented each of his sons furnished 
homes, and aided them on their upward way. A 
self-reliant and self-made man he early overcame 
obstacles to success, and winning his wa}" to wealth 
and influence, he has, as a citizen, materially bene- 
fitted the general public and gained the high regard 
and confidence of all his fellow-townsmen. 






AMES WELLINGTON. It is written that 
"bread is the staff of life." The man who 

-j|J! has devoted a lifetime to producing the 
^/ best and most wholesome material from 
which to make this staff, is surely a benefactor. 
Such is James Wellington, proprietor of Welling- 
ton Mills, of Anderson. This gentleman is a na- 
tive of Maryland, having been born near Port 
Deposit, that state, on the 18th day of July, 1839. 
His father was Robert Wellington, who was 
born in Cecil Count3', Md, and was of Scotch- 
Irish origin, the grandfatiier having come from 
the north of Ireland. Mr Wellington's father 
was a farmer near Port Deposit, but by trade was 
a miller. In 184.5 he located at Baltimore and 
worked at his trade, and died there in 1881, at 
the age of sevent3'-eight. The mother was Eliza 
Todd, who was born in Cecil County, and she 
died in 1889, at the age of eighty-six years. 

These venerable people had seven children, of 
whom four are living. Jarnes is the third oldest. 
He was reared in Baltimore and attended the com- 
mon schools there. At the age of seventeen he was 
apprenticed to the proprietor of a large water and 
steam mill for two years, which he served and 
then worked at other mills. In 1852 he engaged 
as miller in the Girard Mill in Philadelphia, and 
remained there until 18G3, when he came west, 
working at Chicago, Galveston, Indiana, Cincin- 



nati, Middletown and other points. At the latter 
place he became acquainted with his wife, whom 
he married in Anderson on the 24th of January, 
1865. Mrs. Wellington was Miss Elizabeth .Sharp, 
wlio was born in Anderson. She was a daughter 
of Townsend Sharp, an old school pharmacist; he 
was an early settler, and was Sheriff of Jladison 
County at an early date. He died in Anderson in 
1853. 

In the .year 1865 Mr. Wellington went to 
Quincy, Mich., to work at his trade. Returning to 
Anderson in 1866 he went to work in the Kill- 
buck mills for Emory Clifford and remained theie 
until the spring of 1867. In tlie fall he helped to 
build and put in the machinery for P. Carle (fe 
Son's mill, which is now the AVellington Mill, and 
has remained^ there since. When started it only 
had a capacity of sixty barrels and the old buhr 
system was used. He began as head miller then, 
and has been in charge ever since. In 1869, G. D. 
Schalk bought the property, for whom Mr. Well- 
ington ran it until 1874, when he became a part- 
ner. In 1876 a buhr exploded, which killed Mr. 
Schalk and destro3'ed one side of the building. 
Mr. AVellington managed the mill for years for the 
estate, and then purchased it. He immediately 
made many changes and improvements, putting 
in rolls in 1882, and in 1884 adopting the full 
roller system. In 1888 he admitted J. T. Schalk 
as partner, and in 1889 tlioroughl}' remodeled the 
mill, putting in everything new at a cost of 810- 
000. 

The mill is ninetj'-one feet long, forty feet 
wide and four stories high, the additions being 
30x40 and two stories. A brick engine room 
20x28 feet was erected. Two new one hundred 
and twent3' horse-power engines were put in, and 
a gas well was drilled on the premises, whieli 
furnishes unlimited fuel. Before utilizing gas the 
coal fuel expense, counting coal at 12.00 per ton, 
was $17.00 per day. Mr. AVellington was the first 
manufacturer in the city and county to adopt 
natural gas as fuel. By using the Pickering-Ew- 
ing patent burner, he is able to save fifty per 
cent, of his gas. The mill now has seventeen 
rollers. The brands of flour produced are: Wel- 
lington's "Superior," "White Frost," "Champion" 



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827 



uiid ••C'liciicc."' The |)riiihicls of tlic mill iiol only 
liiid a rc:uly iiitukel in Mu' surrouiidi ii<; lowiis Iml 
at, the Hour centres as well. iSIr. Wi'lliiigtoii is a 
stock-holder in tlie Anderson Fuel Conii)an\', and 
a director in the Anderson Buildiiiij; and I-oan 
Association. Mr. Wellington has served as a uieni- 
ber of the City Council, is a nieniher of Ml. 
Moiiah Lodge F. & A. i\L, is a Royal -Vrch Mnson, 
is Past Priest of the Anderson Cliaptcr, and Past 
Kniinenl Commander of Anderson Chapter No. ^i'2. 
lleisaniemlier <<( the While Wheat .Miller>' League 
of Indiana. Ohio. Michigan ami Illinois, and of 
the Northern Millers' Association. He was reared 
a Democrat, but never voted for that party. In 
l.SCO he voted foi P.ell and Everett, and in 1864 
for Abraham Lincoln, and has lemained a Repub- 
lican, lie has fre(|ueutly served as county com- 
niitteinaii. In his dome>lic relations Mr. Welling- 
ton is happily silu.-itcd. His family consists of 
two children. Arthur M., who has been in the 
mill olliee since ISSt;, is a born bn>iiic.-s man. lie 
is an Kllv. a Knight of Pythias an.l a Knight 
Templar, and in each of these orders takes much 
interest. Emma ()., has grown to womanhood and 
lives at home with her parents. 



yf^^TCORGE A.LEATHER.MAN. In enumcrat- 
jlj ,— , ing the successful farmers of Hamilton 
%=s4 County, mention should be made of the 
subject of this sketch, who conduct~s farming op- 
erations in Delaware Township. At, the time of 
coming to this place, he purchased forty-live 
acres of partly-improved land, to which he has 
since added as prosperity has crowned his etTorts, 
until he is now the owner of one hundred and 
forty acres of arable and finely-improved land, 
forty acres having been a present from his father- 
in-law. A prominent factor in the history of his 
community for a number of years, he has always, 
as au upright man and loyal citizen, received the 
high regard of his fellow-men. 

The father of our subject, Daniel Leatherman, 
was born in Frederick County, Md.. in Isis, and 
was reared upon a farm there, from which place 
42 



1 Conntv, 
purchased 



he removed with his patents to M 
this state. A few ,\-ears afterward 
forty acres of uinm|)roved land, to which he added 
until he is now the owner of two hundred and ten 
acr(!s, situated eight miles northeast of Indianapo- 
lis. The land i- well draihed b\- an excellent s\s- 



phiced u|)on tli(> farm which can add to its con- 
venience and value. In addition to farming, 
Daniel Leatherman has also engaged to some ex- 
fair success. 

.Vt the age of twenty-four, in Maritn; County, 
Ind., Daniel Leatherman married Mi.ss May J. 
Shields, and they became the parents of live chil- 
dren, namely: Ceoiue A. of this >ketrli; Marion, 
who married Miss Maggie Rinkaid; llaUie L., the 
wife of William II. HufT; Sarah .1. who married 
Eli Marquott; and Aaron, who married Emma 
Styrcs. The mother of this family <lied August 
21. ISSS. since which time the father has made his 
home with our subject. Politically he is a Demo- 
crat. On -lune (I, 1857, he joined the Millersville 
Lodge No. 12G, F. it A. JL, and now enjoys the 
distinction of being the oldest surviving member 
of that organization. 

In Marion County. Ind.. where he was l)orn in 
184 7, tiie subject of this .sketch was reared to man- 
hood, receiving a good education in the district 
schools. Upon attaining to man's estate he en - 
Icicd upon the career of a farmer, and for sev- 

j eral years operated laud as a renter. After com- 
ing to Hamilton County, he inirchased forty-five 
acres, as has already been stated, and has since 
made his home in Delaware Township. Shortly 

I before locating here lu^ married .Miss (;encva A., 
daughter of Sydney ami Sarah .\. Cropper, of 
whom mention is made on another page of this 

I volume (see sketch of Sydney Cropper). Two 
children have Ix'en born of this union, Lee S. and 
R.alph I). 

In addition to general farming pursuits. Mr. 
Leatherman conducts an extensive business as a 
stock-raiser, and is especially successful as a breeder 
of good graded stock. He is a popular man in 
social circles, and is an active member of Ilamil- 

, ton Lodge. I. O. (). F. He and his wife and 



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PORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



their elder son are active members of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church. In political matters he 
advocates Prohibition principles, and is a man 
who carries out in his own life, the convictions 
and oi)inions which he holds. 

& ■ '■—Si^^^iBS— — e 



(i 



'^/ AC'OB LIKINS, who carries on agricultural 
|{ pursuits in White River Township, Hamil- 
ton County, w.as born on the 25th of Feb- 
ruar3', 1824, in Hardy County, Va., and is 
of English descent. His grandfather, AVilliam 
Likins, was a native of England, and was an own 
cousin of Daniel Boone. Throughout his life he 
followed fai-ming, and died in Virginia. 

Sjlvanus Likins, the father of our subject, was 
born in Hardy County, Va, and in 1828 removed 
to Ohio, locating in Ross County, where he spent 
two years. He went to Madison County, Ind., 
in 1832, and his death there occurred at the age of 
fiftj'-three. When a 3^oung man of nineteen jears 
he married Poll}' King, who was also born in the 
Old Dominion, and died in Madison County at 
the age of sixt_y-six years. They had a family of 
•seven children, of whom two sons and a daughter 
are yet living. 

Upon the home farm Jacob Likins was reared to 
manhood, and the district schools of the neighbor- 
hood afforded him his educational privileges. Hav- 
ing arrived at man's estate, he was married on tlie 
9th of June, 18.53, to Miss Mary Peck, who was 
born May 5, 1831, in White River Township, and 
is a daughter of William and Catherine (Howard) 
Peck. They were also natives of Hardy County, 
\'a., and at a very early day came to the Hoosier 
.State. The father served in the War of 1812, and 
some of his ancestry were ui the struggle for inde- 
pendence. He was called to his final reward at 
the age of seventy-three, and his wife passed away 
when about forty years of age. The}' had a family 
of seven sons and eight daughters, of whom four- 
teen grew to mature years, while six are yet liv- 
ing. I'nto Mr. and Mrs. Likins were born six 
children. They lost one daughter, who died at 
the age of thirty-two years, leaving three children. 



Those living are: Ora Z.; Lillian C; William A.. 
j who married M. Dungan; Joseph C, who wedded 
I Eliza Edwards, by whom he has two daughters; 
1 Ezra M., who married Anna Bryant and has two 
' children; and Naomi C. 

. For one 5ear Mr. Likins engaged in operating 
a rented farm in this county and then removed to 
Madison, where he rented land for a year. After 
his return to Hamilton County, on the 15th of 
April, 1856, he purchased one hundred and thirty- 
1 eight acres of land, of which thirty acres had been 
j cleared, while a frame house constituted the im- 
i proveraents. Since that time he has purchased 
five hundred acres additional, and is now one of 
the extensive landowners of the county. He has al- 
I so erected a good residence at a cost of over 15,000, 
and made other improvements which add to the 
convenience and value of the place, as well as to 
its pleasing appearance. In connection with gen- 
eral farming he also carries on stock-raising. Since 
casting his first Presidential vote for John C. Fre- 
mont he has been a stalwart Republican, inflexible 
in the support of the men and measures of the 
party. He is a self-made man and a progressive 
citizen, and well deserves mention in this volume. 



^^', T. M( Nl'TT, :\I. D., of Elwood, was liorn 
fi ss? "O*" f'**'' fi'om Indianapolis, in Johnson 
\^| County, Ind., September 27, 185G. The 
progenitors of this family were genuine High- 
land Scotch, who left that country during the 
religious revolution and settled in the north of 
Ireland. The grandfather of our subject, Charles 
McNutt, was born in Londonderry, in the North 
of Ireland, in 1779, and in his childhood accom- 
panied his father to the United States. 

The great-grandfather of our subject, John 
McNutt, was a man of great learning, and became 
quite prominent in local politics in Pennsylvania, 
where he first settled near Reading. His wife, 
whose family name was Speedy, attained to tiie 
ripe old age of one hundred and seven years. He 
was by trade a wheelwright, and this occupation 
was also followed liy Charles, our subject's grand- 



PORTRAIT AND BlOGRArillCAL RKCORD. 



father. In an curly d;iy lie joiiicd :ui cxiiedition 
to the west, hut soon returned to his ((inner lionie 
in the east. About 1800 lie settled on the Little 
Miami River, north of Cincinnati, being one of 
the earliest settlei-s of that locality. Some years 

County ill IST.'i. at the UiiC of niiit'ly-six. During 
the ^ri-oater part of his active life ho followed the 
trade of a wheelwright, in which he accumulated 
a competency'. He was the ovviiei- of several farms, 
on which he resided a large part, of the time. 

Among the descendants of Chaiies McXuttniay 
be mentioned Rev. Patrick McNutt, a man of 
great learning, who for many years was a pro- 
fessor in Ue Pauw rniversity. but .afteiward went 
to Kansas City, Mo., where he died; also l!(,u. 
Cyrus M. McNutt, of Terre Haute, who uas for 
years Judge of the Ajipelate Courts of Terre Haute 
and Member of Congress from that district. The 
father of our subject, .lohn Y. McNutt, was born 
near the city of Cincinnati, in Haiiiiltdn County, 
Ohio, in IKll. He had Init one brother and one 
sister. The latter, Eliza, married Ira Stout, and is 
now living at Brookville, Ind., at ninety-one years 
of age. The brother, who is a farmer and prom- 
inent as a local politician, resides at lirookville, 
and is seventy-six years of age. 

John Y. McNutt was for many years a builder 
and contractor, and was a man of broad views and 
lilieial education. Altiiough prominent in local 
atTairs. lie would never accept any office himself, 
outside of local positions. He served as Trustee 
of his t<iuiislii|) near Indianapolis. He was ten- 
dered the nomination for Representative, but 
refused the htinor. His death occurred near 
Indianapolis in 1888, at seventy-seven years of 
age. The mother of tlie Doctor, wiiose maiden 
name was Margaret Armstrong, was born in 
Franklin County, Ind., in 1818, and was the 
tlangiiter of William Armstrong, an Irishman by 
birth and one of tlie very earlj^ settlers of Indiana. 
lie was a tradesman, and made and lost two or 
three fortunes in the hog-buying business; his 
death occurred at the .age of seventy-eight. This 
family, like the McNutfs, belonged to the Presby- 
terian Church. A brother of WiUlian Armstrong 
was a preacher in that denomination and even 



after he bec'ame 


Iiliud 




still cou 


inued to 


preach, traveling ( 


ver tl 


e cou 


itry on 1 


orseb.ack, 


and engaging in 


lillistX 




bors nut 


1 he was 


drowned while foi 


ding a 


svvol 


Icii si real 


1 on one 


of his trips. 










The |)o<.tor-s m. 


>th("r 




veral lir( 


thers. all 



(II wuoiu engaged iii larmiiig and slock-raising. 
One lirolher, .Milton Armstrong, was a .soldier in 
the Civil War and served for three years, partici- 
pating in many desperate engagements. Mrs. 
Margaret McNutt still survives, at the age of 
seventy-live, and makes her home in Indianapolis 
She was the mother of four sons and three daugh- 
ters, all of whom are living, with the exception of 
Klla. Lizzie, who was educated at the Oxford 
i-Vmule Seminary, married Prof. 1,. S. lUirdiek, 
principal of the franklin sclumls: Charles, who 
was a soldier in the Civil War, is a farmer by 
occupation, and occupies a part (if the old home- 
stead near In,dianapolis; Klla, who man icd Dr. W. 
O. Overstreet. of CreencMstle. Ind.. died in IS'.IO; 
Kmina is the wife of .b.liii K. r.n.wiiing. a fanner 
residing near Indianapolis; William is a graduate 
of the Indiana .Medical College and a prominent 
physician. 

Prior to the age of thirteen, our subject resided 
on tlu! home farm. He was then sent to Hopewell 
Academy, a Presbyterian school near Franklin, 
Ind., and at the age of sixteen entered Franklin 
College, where he spent two years. Later he 
taught one term of school, and Ihen cdiiimenced 
the study of medicine with Dr. i:. li. Kvar, of 
Green(-astle. He was graduated from the old 
Indiana Medical College in 1879, and opened an 
office for the practice of medicine at Putnamville. 
In 188() he took a post-graduate course at Belle vue 
Hospital, New York, and soon afterward settled in 
Elwood. wiiere he has since been in practice. 

On November 18, 1879, the Doctor was united 
in marriage with Olive L. Stilwell, of Putnam 
County, Ind. She died in November, 1889, 
leaving one child. (Jail II. Dr. .McNutt was 
united in marriage with Mrs. Anna .\. Dugan, of 
Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Tith of .Iiily. 1893. 
Socially he has been identified with the Knights 
of Pythias since 1879. He organized the lodge at 
Elwood and was its tirst Chancellor Counselor. 



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POETEAIT AND BICGKAPIUCAL RECORD. 



He is also a prominent Mason. He is now serving 
as President of the Elwood Board of Health. In 
politics he is a Republican. 



^l BSALOM J. BARRACKS, a leading gen- 
(@/u li eral agriculturist and stock-raiser, suc- 

ill It) cessfuH}' conducting a fine farm located 
^ on section S), Lafayette Township, Madi- 

son County, Ind., is a native of the state, and 
long associated with the progressive interests of 
tills part of the great west, lias held with ability 
various local positions of trust, and fully com- 
mands tlie confidence of a wide circle of friends 
and acquaintances. Our subject, born in Dela- 
w.nre Country December 15, 1838, is a son of 
-Jacob and Rebecca (Sheets) Barracks, botli na- 
tives of the sunny south and born in Rocking- 
liam County, Va. The father, born November 5, 
1803, when about twenty-three years of age, in 
company with several others, emigrated from the 
Old Dominion to Delaware County, Ind., locating 
on what was then called the Indian Reserve. Mar- 
rying in this localit^y, the father and mother con- 
tinued their residence there for some time, but 
later removed to Madison Count}' and made their 
home in Richland Township, where the father 
passed away in 1866, mourned as a public loss. 
An early pioneer of the state, he had aided in the 
forwarding of local improvements, and with am- 
bitious enterprise had encouraged and stimulated 
educational advancement. Of the children who 
clustered in the home of the i)arents, the foUow- 
ingyet survive: Jacob, residing in Missouri; Eliza- 
beth, wife of Reuben Byxbe, of Lafayette Town- 
ship; Absalom .)., our subject; William, a citizen 
of Douglas County, 111.; and Margaret, wife of 
John Clark, living in Richardson County, Neb. 

The mother of our subject resides at present in 
Richardson County, Neb., at the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. Clark. She was born June 16, 
1816, and, now advanced in years, is passing the 
evening of life in peaceful tranquillity. Mr. Bar- 
racks was reared in Madison County, and was 
early trained to a knowledge of agricultural pur- 



suits. He attended the home school for a short 
time during the winter seasons, thirty-six days 
being considered a long term. Ambitious and 
enterprising, he determined to secure a more ex- 
tended education, and by hard work and excellent 
management saved money enough to defray his 
expenses for fifteen months in Marion Academy, 
a Quaker institution at Marion, Ind. There our 
subject received a diploma attesting to his superior 
scholarship, and he subsequently taught a number 
of terms of school in Madison County, Ind., and 
later became a successful instructor of Sangamon 
County, 111. In the spring of 1864 he began his 
career as a teacher in the latter locality, and after- 
ward settled on a farm about fourteen miles east 
of Springfield, making his home upon one hun- 
dred and seventy acres of swamp land, which he 
improved and sold in 1892 for 181.25 per acre, 
realizing a handsome profit upon the investment. 
On November 28, 1867, were united in maniage 
Absalom J. Barracks and Miss Alice E. Huckel- 
berry, a native of Sangamon County, 111., and 
daughter of John and Barbara (Derry) Iluckel- 
berry. Unto the union of our subject and Ins 
worthy wife were born ten children, and of the sons 
and daughters who clustered about the famil\- 
hearth nine now survive. Josie is the wife of 
William Kinnehan, of Sangamon Countj', 111.; 
James M. resides in the same county; Charles is 
also a citizen of Sangamon Count}', 111. Reuben, 
William, Grace, Crelle, John, Jessie and Bonheur 
(deceased) complete the family list. While in 
Illinois Mr. Barracks profitably made a specialty 
of breeding Poland-China hogs and Percheron 
horses, as well as engaging in the pursuit of gen- 
eral agriculture. He occupied with able fidelity 
various local positions of trust in Sangamon 
County, and served as School Treasurer and High- 
way Commissioner of Lanesville Township. He 
took an active part in political matters, and was 
also the chief organizer in the County Farmers' 
Mutual Insurance Company, and, recognized as 
possessing superior financial ability, was unani- 
mously selected as Treasurer of the company. Fra- 
ternally associated with the Ancient Free & Ac- 
cepted Masons, Mr. Barracks has many warm friends 
in the order, and esteemed as a public-spirited 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RPX'ORI). 



H;ii 



citizen enjoys the confidence of tlie general pub- 
lic, and sinci; retaining from Illinois to tiie scenes 
of his youth has renewed many pleasant associa- 
tions of the past. 



IIL^ORACE E. JONIvS, M. IX. a physician and 
i| jl"l surgeon of Anderson, waslmrn near Lewis- 
Uk^ ville, Henry County, Ind., .July 2, 181;'). 
i^j He is the son of Dr. Thomas N. Jones, who 
was a native of Henry County. The grandfather. 
Smith Jones, was also a nativi' of Henry Connt^-, 
and the great-grandfather was an Indiana pioneer, 
who at an early day opened a faiiii in Henry 
County. The father <>( the suliject of this sketch 
was orphaned when a buy, and through his own 
efforts su()ported himself and his only sister, Mrs. 
.lames W. Sansbciry. who died some years ago. 
He was >elf ediirated. and became one of the best 
histoiians of the riiunty. He learned the trade of 
a tanner, bnl when a \-oung man devoted himself 
to the study of medicine, and finally was gradu- 
ated from the Ohio Medical College, in Cincinnati. 
He began iiiacticing his profession at Lewisville, 
and later at Pendleton, Kortville and Anderson. 
In 1801 Dr. T. N.Jones recruited Company 1?, 
Second Indiana Cavalry, of which John Uridge- 
land was Colonel. Upon being mustered in, he 
was commissioned Captain of Company B, and later 
was made Assistant Surgeon of the regiment, and 
still later was transferred to the One Hundred and 
Thirtieth Regiment, of which ho was made Sur- 
geon with the rank of Major. He olHciated in 
that capacity until disabled by lung trouble, 
which ultimatel}- culminated in his death. After 
leaving the service he returned to Anderson, where 
he died in 187;'). He was an active member of 
the Democratie parly, and was sent by that party 
to re[)resent IMadison County in the Legislature 
in 1872-73. Although differing in politics, he 
was a fast friend and a great admirer of Gov. 
Oliver P. Morton. The mother of the subjei^t of 
this sketch, Mary C. Coiiwell, was born in Union 
Cmnty. and was the dau-hler of Isaac Cniiwell. a 
native of I'lnladelphia. who was a ship-builder 



originally, but came west and engaged in mill- 
ing and farming for many years at Lilierty nnd 
Laurel, Jnd. He died at the residence of his daugh- 
ter, at Greencastle, at the age of eighty years. 
Dr. and Mrs. T. N.Jones had three ehildr<'n : Abce, 
wife of Dr. K. C. Loehr. of Nol.l..>Nille: \V. P. 
Jones, I). 1). S., at Portland. Ind.; and llur;iee K. 
Dr. Horace E. .lones was reaied in Indiana. In 
the fall uf IMCl, at the .-ige of >i\teen, lu'V.ilini- 
teeied in Company 11. Seeoud Indiana (■.-ivalry, 
under his father. He was in the ball le of Shilnh 
and the siege of Corinth, after which he uas-.ei/,ed 
with sickness and sent home. I'lion reco\-ering 
he was transferred to the iia\y, and tlirough Con- 
gressman McDowell's inlluenee was appointed a 
midshipman in the Inited Slates Naval Academy, 
at Xew|ioit, U. L.and ua, suhse.|ucii1 ly for two 
years at Annapolis. His first salt water service was 
on the cruise after the '-Tallahassi'e." He was 
graduated in 18()7, and went to se.a for \ears and 



soon attained the ran 
eluded the iMeditcri 
Islands, West Indies, 
tralia, off Cape Horn 
close of this eruiM' 
"Water Eel," in whi 
America. The vessel 



the C 



e lu- 
ll a ry 
■. .\us- 
.\t the 
to the 



.Ml 



ipi 



oilier vessels in iiie narnoi- wei 

Afterward Di-. .bmcs was 
famous warship ••Kearsarge." ' 
memorable record in war lini 
"Alabama." He was on a cruise to the South Sea 
Islands and Australia, returning to Peru via Val- 
paraiso, South America. He was then transferred 
to the "Resaca," in which he cruised to Auckland, 
New Zealand, and returned across the South Pacific, 
during which time there wasa continuous gale for 
sixty d.ays; he thence went to Valparaiso and Pana- 
ma, where he was attached to the Panama Canal sur- 
vey service. At that time he had gained the rank 
of Lieutenant, and in 1871 resigned his commis- 
sion, I'etnrned home and entered the Ohio Medical 
College with a view of (pialifying himself for 
adopting his father's profession. In l.s7:i he w.as 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



graduated with honors and the degree of M. D. 
He then entered into partnership with his father, 
with whom he remained until the latter's death. 
Then he formed a ))artnersliip vvitli tlie veteran 
practitioner, Dr. G. F. Chittenden, and they re- 
mained associated for twenty years. Prosperit3r 
crowned Dr. Jones' efforts, and he is an investor in 
the Anderson Fuel Supply Company. In connec- 
tion with Joliu W. Lovett, he built the Hotel An- 
derson, a commodious structure, and was inter- 
ested in the South Park Addition to Anderson. 
They also built a three-story block in Gas City. 

At Cambridge City, m the fall of 1873, Dr. 
.Tones married Miss Mary C, daughter of Capt. 
Monroe Cokefair, of the Third Indiana Battery 
during the war. They have been blessed with two 
children: Thomas N. and Nellie D. Dr. Jones is 
a member of the Odd Fellows' Encampment, tlie 
Elks, Grand Array of the Republic, Knights of 
Honor, and the County and State Medical Soci- 
eties. Politically, lie is a Democrat, but does not 
take an active interest in politics. He is thor- 
oughly wedded to his profession. 

AMU EL P. MOORE. Of those who 
are assuming enviable positions as attor- 
neys-at-law, is Samuel P. Bloore, of the 
lirm of Ciiipman A' Moore. He isa na- 
tive of Ohii>, having been born in Licking Coun- 
ty, that state, on tlie 5th of June, 1859. His fa- 
ther was Jacob H. Moore, a native of Virginia, 
who was during his life a merchant, farmer, civil 
engineer and school teacher. He died in 18G4. The 
motlicr, Susanna Harris, was born in Ohio, and was 
the daughter of William Harris, a native of Pennsyl- 
vania, who settled in Ohio when tiiat state was in 
comparative infancy. He was in tlie War of 1812, 
and fought under Gen. William Henry Harrison. 
The mother resides in the old home in Licking 
County, Ohio. The grandfather was David Moore, 
who was a farmer in Virginia and removed to 
Ohio at an early day and engaged in raising fine 
horses. 

Samuel P. Moore is the youngest of six living 
children. He was reared on a farm in Licking 



County, Ohio, and attended the common schools. 
After passing througli Hanover Academy, he en- 
gaged in teaching until he began the study of law. 
In 1877 he was admitted to practice in the courts, 
and in 1888 he located in Anderson and began the 
practice of law. In 1890 he formed a partnership 
with his father-in-law, Hon. D. C. Chipman, and 
they have worked together since. Mr. Moore is a 
member in good standing of the Madison County 
Bar Association. His political tenets are those of 
the Democratic party. 

In October 1890, Mr. Moore was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Julia A. Chipman, daughter of 
Hon. D. C. Chipman. She was born at Noblesville, 
Hamilton County, Ind. The name of their only 
child is Belle Chipman Moore. 



ALZEL MAN IS, an old and prominent 
1 citizen of Madison County, Ind., came 
i^^ originally from Tennessee where his birth 
occurred in 1813. He needs no introduc- 
tion to the people of this county, for a long resi- 
dence here, and above all, a career of usefulness 
and prominence has given him a very extensive 
acquaintance. As a farmer he has attained an en- 
viable reputation, for in conducting his operations 
he has brought his good sense and practical views 
to bear, and as a result has accumulated a fair share 
of this world's goods. His parents, William and 
Lydia (Lauson) Manis, were natives of the Old 
North State, but after their marriage moved to 
Tennessee, where the father died in 1842, when 
sixt}' years of age. Later the mother moved to 
Indiana and was a resident of that state until her 
death in 1862, when eighty years of age. The 
grandfather, Seth Manis, was ninety years of age 
at the time of his death, and his wife died at 
the age of ninety. Very little is known of the 
grandparents on either side; but the Manis family 
was of P^nglish and the Lauson family of Ger- 
man ancestry, and both come of long-lived races 
Dalzel Manis was fifth in order of birth of eleven 
children, and remained under the parental roof 



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until I'iiihtcen ycnr.-; of nj^c. He liiid very limited 1 
tM)ur:ili(iiial aihuiit.ij^os but posscssiMJ much natural | 
ability and an nuliniilcd amount of nood, practical [ 
common sense. When eighteen years of age he | 
married Miss Marena Lauson, daughter of Clem | 
and Mecca Lauson, natives of North Carolina. 
Mr. and >Irs. l.ausdu came to Indian.-i in l.s;;:! and 
settled near Kuighlstovvn. Henry County, where 
the remainder of their days was pas>c(l. Immc- ! 
diately after his marriage our subject came wit h | 
his bride to Ilcnr) County. I ml., .■nid cngriucd in 
farming, following that occup.'ilion in Ihalc.unly 
for twelve years. Fiom there he moved to Kusli j 
Cuunty, where anollicr Iwchc \ear> weie spent, 
and then located in l)<.u-la^ ( ounl,\. 111. 'I'liere 

the owner of several difrcrenl farms iu that and 
adjoining counties. 

Ill l.SOo Mr. Manissol(la|iorlion of hi> property 
in Illinois and returned to ludian.-i, locating in 
Madison ('(umty. He has one hundred and lifty- i 
eight acres in the home place, .adjoining the towns 
of (^lick City and Fraiiktoii, and the corpora- 
tion lines will no doubt soon inclose a portion of 
his property. Mr. Manis owns two gcjod farms in 
(ireeuwood County, Kan., both including two 
hundred and sixty acr.^s, and he has inves- 
ted over >!8,(l()0 in Kan.sas for the bcnelit of 
his children. Of the eleven children born to 
his union, six are now living Klizabeth, now 
.Mrs. .lames Reason, resi<les near rendleton, 
.lackson 'l'own>hip, .Aladisou County: Ccorge re- 
sides in Orange County.. Ind.; l.ydi.-i .\nn is 
deceased; Maria, wife of .lacob llyncr. resides 
on a farm in Stony Crci k 'rown>liip, 1 his coun- 
ty: William is deceased: I'.-ifsey, n,,w Mrs. Lu- 
cian Pugh, resides m (ireenwood County. Kan.; 
Amanda is deceased; Curtis resides in (ireenwood 
County, Kan.; Andrew is deceased; Mahala, resides 
at home and .lames is deceased. 

Altlumgh Mr. Mauisis now eighty years of age, 
time has dealt leniently with him and he has the 
.appearance of a man about si.\iy-tive years of age. 
lie is hale and hearty and his genial, plea.sant 
face impresses one most favorably and inspires 
conlidenee and respect. A man of the stri( test 
integrity and uprightness, Mr. .Mani>' word i.- as [ 



good as his bond, liroad-miudcd, libeial heart(Ml 
and trustworthy, no one Ici^' other than a kind 
word for I'licle Dan Man i^. In politics he voles 
the Republican ticket. 



,,, *lEOROK W. DAVIS. One of Ihe eminently 

''< ,^^ successful men of AinIcr>on i-Ccoigv W. 

invi>. of the lirm of Kaufman A- Davis. 

.{ the I. ion Store, an cMahli^hin.Mil whose 

las been gradual, yet phcnonienal, until 

the largest general dry-go. mI> >l.)re in 



Mr. Da 



iiig 



(C.-nlishO 1). 


M 


to Ohio an 


1 t 



the seventh of ten eh 
,,f .Nathan .1. and Am 
komo. 'I'lie father ' 
who in early lif.- nu 
lowed the occupali.iu of a contractor and builder, 
in which business he displayed gr.'at energy and 
enterprise. He died at the age of forty years. 
The mother was a native of < Hiio, her lather. .John 
Carli-sle, being of Scotch-Iii-h ilocent. Sh.> is 
still living at Kokomo, Ind. ( Haudf.ather Davis 
was a Maryland man, whose ancestors came from 
Wales. 

(George W. Davis was reared at Kokomo, where 
he attended lhec(.mmou schools. When a mere boy 
he beg.an clerking in a dry-goods store, anil the 
commei'cial knowledge he gained then and Iheie 
has been of inestimable value to him since engag- 
ing in business for himself. In 1.^87 he came to 
Anderson, and in connection with Daniel T. Kauf- 
man engaged in tlu' gener.al dry-goods and de- 
partment store business under the lirm name of 
Kaufman k Davis, conferring upon their place of 
biKsiness the distinctive title of The Lion Store. 
In 1888 in order to accommodate! their large and 
increasing business, they built an .addition to 
their store. In 1 8'.i:'. they also cnlcrcil inlo<iccu- 
pation of the second and third stories of the large 
Ilarter block which fronts on Meridian Street, 
bridging the alley from the lear of the store to 
the rear of the Ilarter building so as to have per- 
fect connection. There are .seventeen departments 



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POxiTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



in the establisliment and steady employment is 
given to tliirty or forty persons. Mr. Davis takes 
no active part in politics but afliliates witli the 
Republican party. He is a member of Anderson 
Lodge No. 106, K. of P. 

On tlie 10th of January, 187G, Mr. Davis and 
Miss Lulu M. Bearaer were married at Zionsville, 
hid. Mrs. Davis is the daughter of Rev. V. M. 
Beainer. (ine of tlie most prominent ministers of 
the Nortli Indiana Metliodist Episcopal Confer- 
ence. Tlieir three children are Glen A., George 
Beamer and Williur A. The family is cozily dom- 
iciled in a pleasant residence which Mr. Davis has 
erected at the corner of Pligiith and Hendricks 
Streets. 



\T/ EMUEL C. NICOSON. In the following 
il ^ sketch is strikingly illustrated the force of 
iJL^ well directed energy, steadfast purpose and 
never ceasing effort for the accomplisiinient of no- 
ble ends, and the successful overthrow of those 
obstacles wliicli beset the progress of every young 
man who, unaided and alone, starts out to combat 
with life's stern realities and hew his way to dis- 
tinction and fortune. Lemuel C. Nicoson is now 
one of tlie intliiential and substantial men of 
Alexandria, and lias made the principal part of his 
fortune out of a stone quarry. He was born at 
Clovcrdale, Putnam County, Ind., April 15, 1847, 
and was the eighth of a family- of eleven children, 
six sons and five daughters, born to Isaac and 
Anna (Noah) Nicoson. 

Isaac Xicoson was a native of the Blue Grass 
Slate, born near Lexington, December 24, 1807, 
and the son of John and Anna Nicoson. The Ni- 
coson family came originally from Scotland and 
settled in Pennsylvania. This was at an early 
date and very little else is known of the early 
history of the family. John Nicoson, grandfather 
of our subject, died in Kentucky, and his wife 
died in Indiana, when eigiit^'-flve 3ears of age. 
Isaac Nicoson learned the wheelwright trade in 
early life, and althougii he had limited educational 
advantages, he made good use of his time, spent 
all his spare moments in study, and became one of 



the best read men of his daj-. Like the learned 
blacksmith he might be termed the self-educated 
wagon majier. On June 4, 1828, he married Miss 
Anna Noah, who was also born near Lexington, 
Ky., December 24, 1806, and who was of Scotch 
descent, coining from old Revolutionary stock. 

Soon after tiieir marriage Isaac Nicoson and 
his wife started out on horseback with all their 
earthly possessions and made their way to tlie 
Hoosier State, where they settled in 1829 in Putnam 
County. Being a well informed man he prepared 
himself for the pulpit and for forty years minis- 
tered to the spiritual wants of his fellow-men in the 
Christian Church. His life was not wholly devoted 
to this calling, however, for he was also engaged 
for many years in business pursuits. He carried 
on merchandising, and owned large tracts of 
land, becoming quite wealthy at length, but 
subsequently lost all his fortune in the pork-pack- 
ing business. For many years he was Justice of the 
Peace, and was commonly called " 'Squire" Nico- 
son. His death occurred near Brazil, Clay Coun- 
ty, Ind., in 1891, just after returning from a visit 
to his son, our subject, at Alexandria. He was 
one of the most remarkable of Indiana's pioneers, 
and was one of those noble men who bore the 
hardships and privations of pioneer life in order 
to develop the country and make a home. He 
was a man whose breadth of culture and strength 
of mind, enabled him to rank among the best 
posted men of the country. He had two brothers, 
one of whom, John, left his home in Kentucky 
when sixteen years of age, and was never heard 
from again. The other brother, William, came to 
Indiana, was a prosperous farmer of Clay County, 
but died man}' years ago. The mother of our 
subject died December 22, 1870. She had several 
brothers, one of whom, Robert Noah, went to Ore- 
egon and became wealthy. Another. George, early 
in life went into the coal regions of Missouri, where 
he became rich. 

The children born to the above worthy couple 
were named as follows: John, died when about 
two years of age; Arrailda married William Broad- 
street, he is in the brokerage business in Green- 
castle, owns a large farm, and is counted a very 
wealthy man; Isaac Jefferson, made a fortune 



PORTKAll' AM) I'.IOCK Al'IlICAL RECORD. 



ill Uic iiuM-c:iiitilc :\u(\ coal liusiness; lie laid out, 
an addition to Kniglit-vill.-. in Clay County, and 
tlicre died November ;'), 18.S2, worth ^80,000; Jesse 
.1. IS living ii retired life on liis farm near Brazil, 
and is worth -^;')(),0()(), made in the mercantile and 
coal liusiness; Williain. who resides on a farm near 
Celiiia City. Ind.. u-.as formerly in the sawmill luisi- 
iie>s and is worth fromxui.imo to >< l;"),tK)(l; Mary 
married a man by the name of Cates, of Cate.s' 
Station. Ind.; Alma married Isaiah Easter, and 
died in I.S7.S; Martlia Ellen married .losepli Kel- 
loiji:, who went to Denver. Col., and there died; 
she now resides at Iloopeston, 111.; (ieorge T. is a 
well-to-do farmer in Illinois; and Anna, who mar- 
ried George Kellogg, at last accounts resided at 
Coxville, Ind. 

The early life of our subject was passed in 
.school and in his father's wagon and blacksmith 
shop, and just as he was preparing to secure a good 
education the ( ivil War broke out. In 18(!2, when 
but lifleen years of age. he wa> tilled with p.atri.it- 
isiii and enlisted in the army, joining Conipan_\' 
I), (Jne Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana Infantry, 
and rendered good service in the Army of the 
Cumberland. For six weeks he lived almost 
wholly on |)arehed corn, endured man}' hardships, 
and was in several important engagements, among 
them Cumberland tiap. Returning from the army, 
he worked in the coal mines or at any honorable 
employment he could find. He found his ideal 
wife in the peisim of .Miss Nancy .lane Moore, 
whom he niairied on the 14lli of May. IHCH. She 
was born in Wayne County. Ind., and in the 
same house where her father's birth occurred in 
1816, and where he still lives. The father, Sam- 
uel Moore, received this place from his father, 
Joel Moore, as a gift at his marriage. Joel Moore 
came to this stale from North Carolina at an 
early date. The latter was the son of a Revolu- 
tionary soldier who fought bravely for indepen- 
dence. Mrs. Nicoson's mother, whose maiilen 
name was M.argaret Matilda Jones, was born in 
Madison County, Ind., but was reared in Wayne 
County. .She was the daughter of Smith Jones, 
an early pioneer in ISIadison County, Ind., and 
her death occurred in 18.') I. 

Mrs. Nicoson had Iwhj brothers and three sisters, 



when twenty-fi\ 
age of eleven y( 



now flecease( 
irs of age, an 
One of her s 



. .lames ^ 
1 Thoiiia- 
sters. Mai 



y Eliz- 



abeth, married Matthew Arbuckle, of Indianapolis, 
where he is engaged in the real-estate business; 
Margaret Leoureigney married .1. W. San>b('rry. 
President of the Fii>t National I'.ank. of An- 
derson. Ind.; and Sarah C., who married a Mr. 
Johnson, now resides in Benton Harbor, Mich. 
There is a little romance connected with the 
courtship and marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Nicoson. 
When he beg.an paying attention to Mis> Nancy 
.lane Moore he was a poor laborer in the coal 
mines. She was a young lady of culture and oc- 
cupied a rather higher station in life than did 
the sturdy yoiiiiu miner. The thought never en- 
tered her head that tliey might some day become 
husband and wif(^ It happened that .Miss Moore 
had occasion to visit the homestead of the Nieo- 
son family, and she there saw the true character 
of the man who a-pired to her li.aiid. Siie saw 
the six-foot, coal liegrimed miner com.' home, kiss 
and caress his aged mother, and she said in her 
heart "A man so good to his mother would 
make a good husband, and I will accept if he asks 
nie to marry him." On the 1 Itli of May, 1 8(;8. 
commenced for both a new and happy life, and 
not only was it happy, but prosperous as well. 
Whether it was in their early married life when 
struggling for their daily bread, or later while 
occupying their raansidii in Alexandria, they have 
shared each other's >orrow> and eacli other's joys 
iis but few do. Mr.s. Nicoson found she had made 
no mistake in the estimation she had [ilaced upon 
Mr. Nicoson during that brief visit made at his 
home. 

Ten years of this worthy couple's married life 
were passed in Clay County with indifferent suc- 
cess, and in 1878 they moved to Anderson, where 
Mr. Nicoson became interested in a stone quarry. 
There he made money, and in connection with 
operating this quarry he carried on a three hun- 
dred acre farm, and remained there until 1887. 
At that date he bought the stone quarry at Alex- 
andria when no boom was thought of in connec- 
tion with the little town. His extensive operations 
I gave it its first new life, and now the .Vlexandria 



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quarry is one of the largest and best in the state. 
It embraces one hundred acres of line stone, the 
quarry is equipped with more than $10,000 of 
machinery and gives constant employment to a 
large force of men. Mr. Nicoson has the credit 
of patting down the first individual gas well in 
the state, and has taken a very active part in 
making a large and flourishing city out of a strug- 
gling little town. 

Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Nico- 
cosou. EfHe Pearl, born April 5, 1869, died in in- 
fancy; Mattie Ethel, born April 26, 1870, died 
July 28, 1870; Mary Leoureigney, born July 5, 
1874, is a young lady with a fine musical educa- 
tion; Alexandria Catherine, born September 25, 
1877, is attending school; and Lemuel C, Jr., was 
born July 9, 1886. Mr. Nicoson, while being a 
very busy business man, finds some time to enjoy 
domestic life, and in his fine iiome on Harrison 
Street enjoys many comforts and luxuries. 



JOHN MILTON BRAY. Tiiis popular Trus- 
tee of Washington Township, Hamilton 
County, was born in the northeastern part 
of the township, three miles from the vil- 
lage of Westfield, September 17, 1844. The Bray 
family, as the name plainly indicates, is of Scotch 
origin, but the names of the immediate ancestors 
of John Milton Bray are lost to us through the 
insulficieut records of the early days following 
the removal to this country. We know only tliat 
two brothers settled in North or South Carolina at 
a very earlj' date, and from their descendants the 
family has spread throughout the United States. 
Occupying several generations in the distribution, 
and always producing men of prominence in their 
communities, for the most part they followed the 
Quaker faith, and without a known exception 
led exemplary lives, were kind to the poor and op- 
pressed and generous to a fault. 

John II. Bray, the grandfatlier of our subject, 
was born in Scjulh Carolina about the beo;inninu; 



of the Revolutionary War, whence he soon removed 
to Kentucky, and about the year 1811 came to 
Indiana. During the War of 1812 he aided in 
raising a company of soldiers and was appointed 
one of the company's officers, but before he saw 
any active service the war was brought to a close 
and he retired to private life, settling for a time in 
Vermillion County. He then removed to Orange 
County, and later located in Morgan County, 
where he died, a leading member of the Friends' 
Church, a well-to-do farmer and a highly esteemed 
citizen. 

Henry Bray, the father of John Milton Bray, 
was born in Kentucky in 1810, and was about a 
3'ear old when his parents removed to Indiana. 
He was the eldest of four brothers. John S., a 
carpenter by trade, and for some years quite prom- 
inent in Indianapolis politics held for many years 
a position on the police force; he died in Indian- 
apolis about 1873. Asa, who amassed a considera- 
ble property, although suffering for many years 
with a serious affection of tiie head, died at about 
the age of fifty years. Edward 8., a farmer, was an 
extremely large man, weighing nearly three hun- 
dred pounds; he was quite a figure in the local 
politics of Morgan County, and died about 1866. 

Henry Bray, the father of our subject, had but 
limited opportunities for school education, but was, 
however, a great reader, and possessing a reten- 
tive memory became one of the best informed 
men on all subjects m his locality. In 1842 he 
removed to and settled upon the farm in Wash- 
ington Township, Hamilton County, where he has 
resided for more than half a century, in which 
time he has accumulated a handsome property; he 
served as Justice of the Peace, Assessor, Tovvnship 
Trustee, County Commissioner, and held a leading 
position in the local politics of his community. 
He married Miss Metsy Jane Mills, who was born 
near Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 1815, and died in 
Hamilton County in 1877. Her father was a lead- 
ing Quaker and one of the pioneers of Morgan 
County, where he died. AVilliam l\Iills, a successful 
farmer in the southern part of Hendricks County, 
Ind., is prominent in local politics and in the 
Friends' Church; Josiah, who was also a farmer and 
Quaker, died in Hendricks County in 1864; and 



PORTRAl'I' AM) I'.IOClJAr 



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Tlu! gcnlleiniin uiiosc iiani(> lic.-uis lliis skelt-l 
next to the eldest of a family of eight childi-eii. 
son;, and three daughters. His hiolher, Williai 
lives upon M f:inn in Washing!. m 'I'. 
nnh married .Inhn II. Cox in 1«7() and lives in th>' 
noilheastern part of the same township; Anna 
.lane married .Jonathan Stalker, a farmer in the 
same tovvnsliip; Aaron M., who is a i)reaeher in the 
Friends' ("hureh, a man of lilieral education and an 
e.xteusive fruit-raiser, removi-d li> Kansas in 1880, 
and ill ISST 1,, Oregon; All.eil 1 1, is a weallliy 
fanner in Washiiiulon Town-hip; I'eriy A. still 
resides with the father on the old lioniesteail ; aii<l 
Susan, the youngest sister, died in l.s7(l at the age 
of lifteen years. 

.lolyi Milton IJray passed the early years of his 



ith the w( 



and atteudin 

enlisted in ('■ 



lool in 
.)f a,ye. ii 
II V r., Oi 



III 



sixth Indiana Regiment, and later was a member 
of Com|)any 15, 'I'wenty-.sixth Indiana Regiment. 
Il(^ served until November 24, IHtio, seeing mueh 
hard service at New Orleans, Daiiphm Island. 
Mobile, Ft. lilakely, Spanish I'orl, Selnia ( Ala.), 
Meridian an<l N'ieksbnrg (Miss.), and was dis- 
charged at the last-named (jlaee. 

Returning from the front, he resumed his occu- 
pation oil the rami, and in 18<;8 married .Mis^ 
Martha liiirgess,a nati ve ..f Oliio and a daughter of 
a pros|)erous farmer, Oliver I'.urgess, who removed 
to Hamilton County when Martha was seven or 
eight years old. After his marriage and until 
1880. he'dcvoted himself to farming, when failing 
health compelled his removal to Wc-tlicld, where 
he engaged in the furniture and undertaking bus- 
iness, which he followed for two years. In 1882 
he retired from .active business and now oeeiipies 
himself in looking after his numerous agricultural 
and other interests. He has a line f.ariii close to the 
place where he was born. He is an active worker in 
the Friends' Church and Sunday-school, lias been 
for twenty years tearclier and Snperintendent of the 
Sunday-school, and was Su|k'i iiiteiulcnt for seven 



long temperance man and is now identilied with 
the Prohibition party, by which he has been 
elected Trustee of the township. He makes a pop- 
ular and ellicient otiieer and commands the esteem 
of all parties. Mr. and :Mis. Uray have but one 
child, a daughter, Claia, who is ii.iw the wife of 
Austin Roberts, a fanner living one mile we.M of 
Westtield. 



^ llARLHS KKMKRY. It is astonishing to 
I note upon glancing through a biographical 

V-^ record of the slates of the Union, how 
many of the prominent men of all sections have 
come frcnn the state of Ohio. That progressive 
state, which has furnished to our country some of 
its greatest statesmen and its most successful pri- 
vate citizens, was the early home of ,'\Ir. Keinery, 
and there his eyes opened to the light. His resi- 
dence ill tlie city of Anderson has been of snllicient 
duration to enable him to note many and great 
changes for the better, and he has contributed 
the community. 
11 the 1st of Septem- 

uf Israel and .Anna 



^ears without intermission. He 



ife- 



materially to the progi 

r.orn in Chillicothe, ( 
ber, 185."), our subject 
seven children. He is i 
M. (Wilhite; Kemery, natives of Ohio. The fa- 
ther, who was of Pennsylvania descent, is now 
living at Angola, Steuben C<Minty, and is sixty- 
three years of age (18:).',). Charles was only one 
year old when he was brought by Ins parents to 
Indiana and his early education was obtained in 
the common schools of Angola. Possessing in 
cliihUioiiil the energy of character which has since 
sccuicil his Miccess. he was a diligent student and 
a thoughtful observer, supplementing the know- 
ledge gained in the schoolroom with the broader 
knowledge that comes from self-culture. 

In 1877, Mr. Kemery commenced his active ca- 
reer as a railroad man. For a time he was em- 
liloyed as a telegraph operator at .Vubiiin, Ind., 
and from that city he removed to ."Slilford, where 
he was operator and station agent for the Cincin- 
nati, Wabash it Michigan Railrojid for one year. 
From Milford he came to Anderson, where he was 



POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



employed as station agent for the following thir- 
teen j'ears. In 1891 he was appointed travelling 
freight agent for the Michigan Division of the 
Big Four Railroad Company, and continued thus 
engaged for about eighteen months. 

(Jn the 1st of May, 1892, Mr. Keniery was 
elected on the Republican ticket to tlie position 
of Treasurer of the city of Anderson, and he is now 
the incumbent of that office, the duties of which 
he is discharging in a manner highly satisfactory 
to liis fellow citizens. Socially, he is identified 
with Lodge No. 131, I. O. O. F., and is also prom- 
inently connected with theBenevolentand Protect- 
ive Order of Ell?s, holding membership in Lodge 
No. 209. At Stryker, Ohio, on the 23d of July, 
1879, Mr. Kenierj' was united in marriage with 
Jliss Kate, daugliter of Jacob Hening, a native of 
Wnrtemburg, Germany, where she also was born. 

She was a child of twelve years when brought 
hy her parents to the United States, and settled in 
Ohio, where she resided until her marriage, and of 
whieli state her father has since been a resident. 



(1/ ^ H. SNIVELY, an enterprising citizen and 

IrTj^ prominent business man of Elwood, Ind., 
/^^^ successfully conducts an extensive drug 
1^^ trade, carrying a complete line of drugs 
and sundries. He is likewise engaged in liandling 
jewelry, and offers to the custom of Elwood a 
clioice assortment of the latest designs in jeweUy, 
cloclis and watches. He is a native of Illinois 
and was born in Peoria November 28, 1864. He 
w.as the eldest of the six children who blessed the 
union of his parents. Samuel and Mary (Lambert- 
son) Snively, both of whom were natives of Ohio 
and descendants of honored and industrious an- 
cestors, who, overcoming obstacles to success, won 
their upward w.ay to positions of useful influence. 
The sons and daughters of the father and 
mother were as follows: II. II., our subject; Maud, 
the wife of Paul Byiae, express agent of Elwood; 
Frank, one of the able editors of the Free Press, 
edited and published in Elwood; Zadie, who died 
in cliildhood; Tliomas, a clerk in a drug store 



in Elwood; and Darling, at home in Elwood. 
Samuel Snively, the father, a farmer by occupa- 
tion and a life-long and successful agriculturist, has 
now retired from active duties and resides in El- 
wood, to which city he removed with iiis family in 
1890. With the exception of two j'ears spent in 
Illinois he passed his entire life in Oliio previous 
to settling in hii present locality. 

The paternal grandfather, Henry Snively, was a 
native of Pennsylvania, but removing to Ohio in 
early life became one of the pioneers of the Buck- 
e3-e State, widely known and highly respected. 
He devoted the energies of his life to the develop- 
ment of a valuable farm, and spent his quiet 
days in sowing and reaping, annually cultivating 
the fertile soil of Ohio, whicii 3ear after year 
j'ielded an abundant harvest. He survived to 
reach seventy-two years and entered into rest lie- 
loved by all who knew him. 

Our subject spent the daj'S of his childhood 
near Hamilton, Ohio, and, reared upon the fauiily 
homestead until sixteen years of age, attended the 
common school of the neighborhood and assisted 
in the daily round of farming labors. In 1880 
Mr. Snivel}' made his home in the town of Seven 
Mile and meantime studied in the Normal College 
at Westerville. In 1884 he permanently lociated 
in Elwood and bought out a jewelry business, 
whicli he conducted profitably until 1889. He 
then purchased the prosperous drug store of An- 
derson & Willetts, and since has been actively en- 
gaged ill the two lines of business. He meets with 
uniform encouragement and success and is num- 
bered among the leading and representative young 
business men of Madison County. 

In 1891 Mr. Snively was united in marriage 
with Miss Maggie Gebhart, a native of Ohio and 
a lady of extensive culture. Tiie estimable wife 
of our subject is the daughter of old Ohio resi- 
dents, Martin and Mary (Busembark) Gebhart. 
The father, now deceased, was a farmer of note 
and the paternal grandfather, Nathan Gebliart 
was a prominent general agriculturist of tlie Buck- 
eye State. Our subject is a strong Democrat and 
an ardent advocate of the principles of the party. 
Although not a politician he is intelligentl}' posted 
on local and national issues and is a public-spirited 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCOKD. 



and loyal cili/.cii, cvfi- ready U> do his duty in 
niattei-s of loc:il improvumonls and niulual vvel- 
faic. 



m^-= 



\f^KANKi.lX M. WAUFOUI). M. I ).,of ( iwro, 
%%; was born in rnlnani County. Ind.. I'-cbrn- 

ilis paternal giandlatluT. Jom'I.Ii Wai foiil, was a 
native of DelaAvai-e County. N. ,1., whence he re- 
moved to Kentucky, and frnni theie to Indiana, 
where his death oeeuri'ed in l.sil. lie was a 
farmer by .leenpalion. and wa> prorniiu-nt in the 
early histoiy of tlie .\letlHidi>t Church in this 
state. The father of our >nbiect, Wilson 1.. War- 
ford, was born in Shelby County. Ky., Anuust I. 
ISOn, and ijrew to nianh.Mid m the county of his 
birth. In 1,S2I he came t.. Indiana and located 
in I'ntnani County, whence in IS.Vihe removed 
to Iowa, where he died in l«(;i. 

By oecnpalion a fanner. Wilson I.. Warford 
was thus engaged until his denii.se. Throuiiih in- 
dustry, integrity and |iersevorance he bocanu! well- 
to-do, and was numbered among the successful 
men of his community. In politics lie was (hst a 
Whig and .ifterward a Republican. He was iivonii- 
nenfly connected with the Methodist Kpiscopal 
Church, in which he w:is an exhorter, and was re- 
garded by all who knew him as a sincere Christian 
and upright man. He marrieil Miss Nancy Jlon- 
ett, a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of 
I.>aac Monett, of New .lersey. Mrs. Nancy War- 
ford survived her husband for a number of years, 
pa.ssing a way in 188-2. 

The parents of our subjccl were married about 
1S2:', and had a family of nine children, our sub- 
ject being the lifth in respect to age. I)eliali,wife 
of Mr. Folkner, resides in Benton County, Mo., 
where he is engaged in farming; Joseph and Jler- 
lil are deceased: llannnh .1. married William Gun- 
tcr. and both :ire now deceased, being survived by 
three childivn; Kmeline is the wife of Mr. Lcgg, 
a larnier in .Missouri; Albert follows agricultural 
pursuits in Iowa; Isaac and Emily .lane died in 



In Putnam County our sub 



ided w,tli h 



fai 



parents until 1 S.VJ, meantime workiii 
during the Mimmer and attending school in the 
winter seasons. Removing to Iowa, he began the 
study of law, which he prosecuted for about one 
year in Wayne County. He then commenced the 
>tudy of medicine under Dr. Thompson, and con- 
tinned his readings for three years, teaching 
school in the meantime, lie then attended lec- 
tures in the Iowa .Slate I'niversity at Keokuk, 
and was graduated from that institution in 
IMot;. 

At once after completing his studies the voung 
Doctor began the practice of his profe>sioii at 



Hoi.evi 



Osceola, and thence to Minnoota, re-idiiig near .M- 
bert Lea. At the opening of the Civil War he en- 
listcil in Company F, Fortieth Indiana Infantry, 
ill which he served for two iiK.nths. He was then 

Iowa Cavalry, in which he serve<l about eighteen 
months. Later he was commissioned Surgeon of 
the Fourth Arkansas Cavalry, in which he re- 
mained until .lune 30, IHC..^), when he was mus- 
tered out of the service at Little Rock, Ark. 

At the clo.se of his service. Dr. Warford came to 
Indiana and located at t icero, in December, 18G5. 
He is a member of tlu' Hamilton County Medical 
A.ssoeiation. and was its President for thiee years; 
he is also identified with the State Medical Asso- 
ciation. Politically a Republican, he has not been 
.actively identified with the political affairs of the 
county, preferring to devote his attention to pro- 
fessional duties. In his social relations, he is a 
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
and has served as delegate to the (Jrand Lodge. 
He is a charter member of Lodge No. 2.'i. A. O. V. 
W., which was organized in I87<). In theOrand 
Armv of the Republic, he is serving as Adjutant 
of Post No. 207 (originally No. 160). which was 
re-oigaiuzed in 1883. The Doctor i.s a successful 
man, and is now the owner of a farm consisting 
of three hundred and twenty acres, as well as a 
line house and valuable business propert\'. 

In 18.-.7 Dr. Warford married .Miss Rebecca M. 
I^lsey. a native of Indiana. They were the parents 
of live children, three of whom died in infancy. 
Alice died at the age of twenty-two; (J race, a 



840 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



graduate of the Oxford (Ohio) College, is with 
her parents. Mrs. "Warford is a daughter of Ed- 
ward and Rebecca (Taylor) Else}', and a descend- 
ant, on her mother's side, of Zaehary Taylor and 
.Jefferson Davis; her mother was horn off Cape 
May, while her parents were en route from Nova 
Scotia to Pliiladelpiiia. Dr. and Mrs. Warford are 
active members of the Presbyterian Church, and 
prominent'in all the enterprises of that denomina- 
tion. 



^ LFRED TENNYSON ELLISON, .Judge of 
^/ I *1^^'**^^ Circuit Court, is one of the 

I iM youngest men promoted to tliat liigh of- 
'^ fice in the state of Indiana. He was born 

on the Big Kenawa, W. Va., on the 1st of February, 
1854. He was the son of the well known divine, 
Rev. Joseph Ellison, who was born on the 14th of 
August, 1820, in Monroe County. Va., now West 
A'irginia. The grandfather Joseph, was also a 
minister. He was a native of Scotland, and 
coming to America located in Virginia, and after 
participating in the Revolutionary War, became a 
clergyman. The father of Judge Ellison was one 
of the four brothers out of five who became min- 
isters, and he taught the doctrines of the Mission- 
ary Baptist Church. He worked in Virginia in 
1860, when he removed to Indiana. After preach- 
ing all over Indiana and Illinois he returned to 
Virginia in 1890, wiiere he lives a retired life. The 
father, like his son, has a penchant for literature, 
to which his contributions have been liberal. He is 
the author of the book, " The City of Living 
Souls." He has written much verse that will live 
after liim, especially u series of religious poems. 
Wliile in Indiana he resided at Middletown, Henry 
Count}', adjoining Madison. For years he was a 
Presiding Elder, and devoted his great energies 
to organizing congregations and churches. 

On the maternal side Judge Ellison's ancestry is 
of French origin. His mother was Sarah Mitchell, 
daughter of James Mitchell, an Alsacian, who 
came to this country when a boy, the possessor of 
£2 in money. He was reared in Virginia and be- 
came a minister in the Missionary Baptist Church. 



Great-grandfather Mitchell was a wealthy man 
in West Virginia, but tlie Civil War swept away 
his property, and he died soon after the close of 
the war. 

Judge Ellison's mother survived until Oc- 
tober, 1882, when she died at the residence of 
her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Cook, where she was visit- 
ing, near Fisliersburg. She was a woman of great 
executive ability. She was the mother of eleven 
children, of whom ten grew to maturity, the suli- 
ject of this sketch being the third youngest. Tlie 
others are Isaac, a farmer, of Middletown ; Floyd, 
E., a practicing attorne}', in Anderson; Mrs. Ernest 
Klylia, of Alexandria; Mrs. Mary J. Forest, of 
Capa, Colo.; Mrs. Dr. Evelyn Cook, of Fishersburg; 
Mrs. Catharine Magle, of Wilkerson, Hancock 
County; William J. of Frankton; Felix, of Fishers- 
burg; and James E., of Median icsburg. Judge 
Ellison was reared in Madison and Henry Coun- 
ties, and his early life was spent on the farm. He 
obtained a rudimentary education in tlie common 
district schools. From seventeen to nineteen years 
of age he worked as a hand on the farm and edu- 
cated himself as well as he could at the fireside, 
thus fitting himself to teach school. He began to 
teach when nineteen years of age, and devoted 
seven consecutive 3'ears to the profession in Madi- 
S(m and Delaware Counties. 

June 20, 1875, Judge P^llison was married 
to Miss Alice Hancock, daughter of .losepli T. 
Hancock. She was born in Delaware County, of 
whicii her father was also a native. Mrs. Ellison's 
grandfather, John Hancock, was born in Wa3'ne 
County and removed to Delaware County, where 
he was a pioneer farmer. Her father located in 
Anderson in 1888, where he expended much money 
in the erection of valuable business buildings. 
Mrs. Ellison's mother was Hester A. Fountain, 
born in Maryland. She was a daughter of John 
Fountain, who became an early settler in Madison 
County. 

Judge Ellison is the eldest of six children. He 
located on a farm in Mt. Pleasant Township, Dela- 
ware County, and in 1881 entered the law depart- 
ment of the Valparaiso Normal School, which he 
attended two terms. His health becoming impaired 
he went to Anderson and studied law in the office 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



of his hrothcr, Floyd D., for a time, and returned 
to tilt' fMnii. Dining lS82-8.'3 he engaged in stook- 
raifing at Anderson, and in Januar}', 1883, resumed 
reading law under his brother, and in .June, is.si. 
was admitted to the P.ar and began practiee. In 
188(! he formed a partnership witli (J. M. r.:ilhu(i. 
I'pon the dissolution of the lirni he eonlinued busi- 
ness alone until IMDti, when llu' Demoeiatii- Con- 
vention eonferred upon him the nomination for 
Circuit Judge. He was elected by a majority of 
four liuudred. and upon the I'lth of Novenibi-r, 
IH'.K), lo<il< his scat upon the IJiMich. The remark- 
able increase in population of the county has made 
it necessary to tiold court almost continuously 
to keep the dockets cleared, hut Judge Kllison has 
been e(pial to the task. Judge Kllison has been 
energetic iu pi-onioting the niMlt^rial interests of 
.\nderson. In the organization of the Citizens' 
(ias ( ompany he performed the work in the north- 
ern half of the city. This was the lirst company 
in the Held to furnish fuel gas. lie is :i stockholder 
in the Land 1 mpr. jvenient Company of Frank- 
ton. In 18',n he elected the Kllison I'.lock on 
Ninth between Meridian and Jackson Streets. In 
social and benevolent orders the Judge is an en- 
tliusiast.. lie is a Fust r;i-eat Sachem, and is now 
tlie (;reat Prophet of the Improved Onler of Red 
Men of Indiana, and a member of Ononga Tribe 
No. 50. His other memberships are with the 
Knights of I'ylhi.as, Improved and Ancient Or- 
ders of Foi-esters. Knights <,f lIu' Coblen Kagle, 
Madison County I'.ar Association, and Western 
.Vssociation of Writer.s. 

With all his professional and judicial caies 
Judge Ellison linds time to devote to literary mat- 
ters. At tlie aee of seventeen he devi-Iopeil a lij- 
erary taste, both m reading and writing. lii'gin- 
ning contributions at that age to the INIuncie 
Times, he has kept on until he has gi'aced the 
pages of many magazines and jiapers with his 
productions. At tiie .-ige .if eighteen he published 

ture of Judge Kllison's work which has popular- 
ized him is his efforts on the lecture platform. As 
a lecturei- of the Ejiworth League, and for the se- 
cret orders to which he belongs, he has ni.-ide his 
mark. His most famous lecture is entitled '• Kini:s 



and Queens." Judge Kllison is an enthusiastic 
worker for the Democratic party, and of late years, 
at the instance of the State Committee, has done 
much canvassing in many sections. l\v was Sec- 
retary of the County Committee in I88,s. 

.ludge and IMrs. Ellison's family consists of three 
children: Nora, Joseph E. and Dempster Slier- 
man. The former is a graduate of Anderson High 
Seliool aiul the Weichinan Commerci.al ColleL'e.' 



,^ .--I. .•--^,i1'-^ 



>] FORCE W. CI.AK'K. 




Ited 



iTecls 



ived 



the service of his country, was long numbered 
among the prominent general agriculturists of 
Lafavette Township. Afadison Coiintv. Our sub- 



pi( 



set- 



tleis, was born October -.'2, ISl;). His parents, 
Silbia and Sarah (Davis) Clark, were widely known 
and highly respected by the old residents with 
whom they shared the privations and dangers in- 
cidental to life on the fioiitieis of civilization. 
Mr. Clark was reared and educated in Adams 
Townshij), and w.as trained up to a knowledge of 
the daily routine of farming labor, being thus 
admirably fitted for his future work of life. He 
attended the district schools of Adams Township 
and although his advanlagivs for study were 
limited, well iinijroved the ofTered oppintunilies 
for instruction and later added to his slock of 
knowledge by reading and observation. Intel- 
ligent and enterprising he alw.ays kept liiinseif 
posted in the current affairs of the day and was a 
man of the times, participating with zeal in the 
promotion of all matters of public welfare. 

FTpon November 1. I8()8, were united In marriage 
George W. Clark and Mi.ss Permelia E. Comer, a 
native of Warren County, Ohio, born February 28, 
1818. The estimable wife of our subject was the 
daughter of Christian and .Sarah ((!ustin) Comer 
both natives of Warren County. Ohio. The father 
is deceased but Mrs. Comer, born February 16, 1827, 
is now sixty-six years of age and resides w itli Mrs. 



842 



PORTRAIT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Clark. The latter when seventeen years old ac- 
companied her parents to Madison Count}', Ind., 
the family settling in Adams Township where the 
father passed away in 1866. The mother in 1870 
married John Norris, who died in August 1878. 
Unto the father and mother of Mrs. Clark were 
born five children, three of whom are living: 
Jasper, Permelia and James. The happy home of 
Mr. and Mrs. Clark was blessed by the birth of 
three children: Viola, wife of Edward Taylor; 
Martha O.; and Harriet J. Devoting the labor of 
his life to agricultural pursuits, our subject was 
prospered and left to his widow a valuable estate 
consisting of one hundred and seventeen highly 
cultivated acres, finely improved with commodious 
buildings. Mrs. Norris, who for some length of 
time has resided with Mrs. Clark, is a devout mem- 
ber of the Church of God. Our subject was polit- 
ically a strong Democrat and deeply interested in 
both local and national issues. 

Mr. Clark had no aspirations for public office 
but was faithful to every duty of life as a true 
and loyal citizen. Answering to the appeals of 
the Government during the Civil War, he enlisted 
in the Union army and for eighteen months gave 
continuous and gallant service. Severely wounded 
in the forefinger of his right hand, he was finally 
discharged for disabilitj', his disabilities later caus- 
ing lung trouble which was the cause of his death. 
Our subject as a husband, father, neighbor and 
friend was kind, loving and generous. In the 
aflfairs of business and in the daily walk of life he 
was upright and conscientious, his word as good 
as his bond. A man of principle and earnest 
nature, he was a friend to educational advance- 
ment and gave serious consideration to the up- 
lifting of humanity. In iiis death, which occurred 
February 6, 1885, Madison County sustained a 
public loss, and the memory of George W. Clark 
will long be fragrant in the hearts of all who knew 
him. His widow, making her home among old 
friends and associations, is widely known as a lady 
of worth and business ability. She is a ready aid 
in good works and liberally assists in benevolent 
enterprises, being a leading factor in the social 
life of her neighborhood, and enjoying the regard 
and confidence of a host of friends. The widow 



receives a pension of 112 yer month, the pension 
having been raised since the death of her husband 
from 88 to *12. 



/^ OL. D. L. IIARDESTY. This iiislory of 
(if ^ Alexandria is best told in the lives of its 
^^^ prominent citizens, and among these is 
numbered the gentleman whose name heads this 
sketch. He is President of the Indiana Land and 
Gas Company, and one of the best known business 
men in the gas belt. Born in Lexington, Ky., 
November 2.3, 1854, he comes from genuine Ken- 
tucky, blue blood stock. His father, Ileiu'v Har- 
dest}', was born at Barnes Station, Ivy., and was a 
son of Commander Harry Mardesty of Revolu- 
tionary fame. The latter commanded Bryan Sta- 
tion Fort as early as 1774. He was born in Nor- 
thumberland County, England, and when a boy, 
came to America with his parents, locating in Tal- 
bot County, Md. He was a man of broad views 
and high literary attainments, and a true type of 
the genuine southern gentleman. 

The father of our subject was a large slave- 
holder and wealthy planter near Lexington before 
the war, and his plantation is now known as the 
great Kingston Stud Farm. After the war, he 
engaged in the wholesale grocery business until 
his death in 1886. He married Sarah Ann Slieley, 
a native of Kentucky and a daughter of John 
Sheley, who came of a prominent Virginia family, 
and was one of the largest planters and land own- 
ers in Fayette County, Ky. Mrs. Ilardesty was a 
lady of high literary attainments, and one of the 
society leaders of the South. She is now living on 
an ample fortune in Lexington. She has thiee 
sons, George A., a banker of Cincinnati, Ohio; D. 
L., of this sketch; and J. Bruce, who is living with 
his mother. 

Our subject was educated in Transbury Uni- 
versity, where Henry Clay was educated, and at 
the College of Arts in Lexington. He then be- 
came connected with the wholesale grocery house 
of Bryant, Ilardesty & Co., and later traveled as 
salesman for the great wholesale house of Austin, 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



843 



Nichols <fe Co., of New York, but after eiglit years, lie 
returned to Lexington, where for six years he was 
aq^ain in the wholesale grocery trade, succeeding to 
his father's interest in tiie business. During this 
time he served as Alderman of tiie city, but re- 
signed from the board and retired from trade to 
go south, where he eoramenced operations in town 
building, chielly in Rockwood, Tenn., and Middle- 
bui-y and Somerset, Ky. lie then left the south to 
engage in the same business in the lndi.ana(ias 
Belt, and organized the Indiana Land & (Jas Com- 
pany, of which he is President. He has been one 
of the principal factors in the great boom at this 
place. As manager under contract for the Phillips 
Addition, he sold in a few months 157,000 wortli 
of lots. He has built many of the fine residences 
of the city, and now has for sale some fift\' elegant 
iionies. Without doubt he has sold more property 
tlian any other man in Alexandria, and the growth 
and prosperity of the place is due in no small de- 
gree to his enterprise and progressiveness. He is 
a broad-guaged, whole-souled southern gentleman, 
generous and warm hearted, and throughout tiie 
community he is held in tlie highest esteem. Madi- 
son County could ill afford to lose so valuable a 
citizen. 



gi^^ALKNTINK KKC 
W and leading uene 



enterprising citizen 
liciilturist of Wliitc 
\y River Township, Hamilton County, Ind., 
is also interested in a flourraill at Arcadia, and is 
prominently connected with the development of 
one or two gas wells in his immediate home 
neighborhood. Mr. Keck is a native of (Jermany, 
was born .]une 20, 1828, and is tlie descendant of 
a long line of thrifty and hard-working ancestors. 
His paternal grandfather, and his grandmother, 
Mary Keck, passed their entire lives in the Father- 
land. Valentine Keck, Sr., born in Worms, (4er- 
niany,in 1790, emigrated in 1834 with his wife and 
children to America. After thirty-six days on 
tlie Atlantic, they safely landed .u i\ew York, 
where they tarried three days, then proceeded b}- 
43 



way of Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pa., and there 
remained for about six months. 

At the expiration of that len^tli of lime the 
family found their way to Wayne (ounty, Ind., 
where they settled on a farm. In IH;i^(, the father 
sold his personal effects, and in Fel)ruar3' of tlie 
same year located in Ilamiltf>n County, making 
his home on eighty acres of wild land and living 
in another man's caliin for two years, tlien build- 
ing a better house of his own. Two oliildren were 
added to tlie family in Wayne CoMiity, making 
seven in all. In 1.S40 tlie father Imilt a hewed log 
house, larger and better than the first one. In 
this dwelling they lived until it was burned. The 
father sold his farm and later erected a smHllframc 
house. His good wife died aged seventy-seven 
years. The mother of our subject was Miss Eliza- 
beth N. ((Tyer), born in Cerniany and a daughter 
of Harmon and Christina (Smith) (Iyer. They later 
came to Slater and died at the home of .Mr. Keck, 
the maternal grandfather aged ninety-two. and 
the grandmother, seventy -eight. 

The mother of our subject, was one of eight 
children, six of wIkhii lived to adult age, and 
three are surviving. The father passed away at 
the house of his daughter Catherine, in iiis ninety- 
first year. He was a self-made man, of sterling in- 
tegrity, and an Elder for many years in the Luth- 
eran Church. He left a fine property, accumu- 
lated entirely by his personal efforts. Mr. Keck 
remained with his parents until twenty-one j-ears 
of age, but from the time lie was thirteen worked 
out by the month. When he had arrived at his 
majority he hired out to Henry (iasho at ^i lo per 
vear, and at the expiration of thirteen months 
went to work by the job, clearing ground and 
si>litting rails. In his twenty-fourth year our 
subject rented his father's farm and cultivated 
the same two years, then buying one hundred and 
twenty acres of wild land, to which he added dur- 
ing the succeeding twelve months forty more. 

Upon April 29, 1855. were united in marriage 
Valentine Keck and Miss Letitia .1. Hill, born in 
Virginia, July 15, 1828. She entered into rest 
where Mr. Keek now lives, .January 22, 1868. 
Our subject and his estinial)le wife were blessed 
bv the birth of three children. Cieorge W. 



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married first Miss A. Newby, and had one child, 
now deceased; his second wife, Hattie Jack, has 
borne him two children. Sarah E. married Elmer 
E. Myers and has one daughter. James V.. the 
eldest born, married Minnie Landig and has three 
ciiildren. Mr. Keck, marrying a second time, wed- 
ded July 31, 1873, Mrs. Delilah E. Dienst, daugh- 
ter of William and Gula (Beeson) Dick. Mr. 
Dick was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and came 
to Indiana at the age of fourteen, in 1837, and lo- 
cated in Wayne County. He later removed to 
Hamilton County, making his home on wild land. 
Some time afterward he emigrated to Kansas, 
where he died, aged seventy-three. 

The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Keck, William 
P. Dick, born in Bavaria, Germany, emigrated to. 
America when a young man, and married in Penn- 
sylvania Catherine Fundereau, a native of Vir- 
ginia, who came to Hamilton County in 1837 
with her family. (Tiandfather Dick died at sixty- 
four years of age. (Grandmother Dick survived to 
reach seventy-six years. The father of Mrs. Keck 
was one of three sons. The mother was a daugh- 
ter of Benjamin and Dorcas (Starbuck) Beeson. 
Richard Beeson, the great-grandfather of Mrs. 
Keck, was of English nativity. The estimable 
wife of our subject, born April 30, 1849, remained 
with her parents until 1869, when, upon January 
3d, she was united in marriage with John L. 
Dienst, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., 
January 22, 184G, and died in Kansas March 7, 
1872. Mr. and Mrs. Dienst were the parents of 
one daughter, Cora E., born April 6, 1871. 

John L. Dienst was the son of Henry and Hen- 
rietta (Gales) Dienst. He was by trade a carpen- 
ter and was also a farmer and a man of energy, 
and was the descendant of an excellent family'. 
Immediately after his first marriage Mr. Keck with 
liis wife settled in a little log cabin, where Ihey 
lived for three years, then removing to their present 
home. When our subject located here there were 
no roads, except bridle patlis and wagon trails. 
Mr. Keck owns four hundred and sixty acres of 
valuable and highly cultivated land, which he has 
accumulated entireh' by his own hard work, as- 
sisted by his faithful companion and wife. Mr. 
and Mrs. Keck and Miss Coia are all devout 



members of the Christian Church, and are active 
in good work. Our subject has held with ability 
official positions of trust and efficiently served as 
Township Trustee two terms, also occupying with 
honor the responsible position of Supervisor. 

Mr. Keck cast his first Presidential vote in 1852. 
He is deeply interested in governmental affairs 
and is a public-spirited citizen, and is a stanch 
Democrat. He has liberally aided in building 
churches and schools, and appreciates the advan- 
tage of an education, as he never enjoyed but a 
few weeks of study. He went to school to one 
man twenty-six days and attended at other times 
when lie could scarcely be spared from work. Our 
subject has been financially successful, and a man 
of upright character, commands universal confi- 
dence and has assisted in settling several estates. 
Ambitious and enterprising, Mr. Keck not only 
conducts one of the finest farms in the township, 
but likewise aids in the management of the flour- 
mill at Arcadia, and is first in the promotion of all 
the vital interests of Hamilton County. 



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EORGE SHIRTS. At the Bar of the state of 
Indiana no attorney of Hamilton County 
has gained greater prominence than the 
subject of this sketch, who conducts an extensive 
and lucrative practice in Noblesville. Though 
young in years, he has already achieved a success 
and gained an eminence to which few attain, and 
it is safe to saj^ that no lawj-er of Noblesville com- 
bines in so high a degree the qualities of energy, 
discretion and judgment necessary to the highest 
success. 

Born on the 20th of August, 1853, our subject 
has spent his^entire life within the city of Nobles- 
viUe, where his birth occurred. He is the son of A. 
F. Shirts, an early settler of Hamilton County and 
a prominent attorney of Noblesville, of whom fur- 
ther mention is made elsewhere in this volume. 
He conducted his literary studies in the Nobles- 
ville High School and was graduated from that 
institution in 1870, after which he entered his 



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father's law ollice and prosc^cuted liis legal studies 
for two 3ears. 

Entering the law dc|)artincnt of the University 
of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1872, Mr. Shirts spent 
two years in that famous institution, graduating 
therefrom in 1S74. I'lKin liis return to Noblesville, 
he was admitted to tiie I'.iir at tiie age of twenty- 
one, and immediatel3' entered upon the practice of 
his profession. His extensive practice is not lim- 
ited to the county courts, but he has also had a 
number of important cases in tin- Supreme Court, 
and IS now engaged as attorney in the f:imons 
McDonald case. 

In politics a ijrouounced Ivcpuliiiean, Mr. Siiirts 
takes a prominent part in loc'il and state jiublic 
affairs, and is one of the leaders of Ids party in 
Hamilton County. In 18:)() he was nonjinated foi- 
the [tosition of Circuit Judge, but was defeated by 
Mr. Stepiienson. .Socially lie is one of the most inllu- 
ential members of the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, and for nine successive years has been a 
memljcr of the Committee on Grievances and A|)- 
peals in tiic (hand Lodge, being tiie youngest on 
the committee as well as the ohlest member of the 
same. He is identified with Bernice I^odge No. 120, 
K. of P., and is a member of tlie C<iininittee <iii 
Grievances and Appealsin the (iran<l Lodge, of tlie 
Knights of Pythias. He is the antlior of the code 
used by tiie Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
of the state of Indiana in the trials of tlieir mem- 
bers for olHce. Tiiis code, which lie wrote in 188',), 
governs the subordinate lodges as well as tlie ap- 
peals to tlic Grand Lodge. 

Mr. Shirts was the projector of the Loan iV In- 
vestment Compan}' of Noblesville. and is at pres- 
ent the attorney for that enterprise, as well as a 
large stockholder. He was the organizer of tlie 
Noblesville Choral Union, a chorus of fifty voices, 
which renders classical music exclusively, tli(;ir 
principal operas being Butterfield's "Ruth," and 
" Martha." The proficiency of this body of singers 
IS largely due to the efforts of our subject, who is 
director of the union. 

The marriage of Mr. Shirts occurred on the KUh 
of March, 187G, and united him with Miss Stella, 
daughter of Wesley Hare, an earlj- settler of Ham- 
ilton County and a well known citizen of Nobles- 



ville. I\Ir. and .Mis. Shirts, with their three sons, 
Walter, Marl and ( )m.ir. oeeiipy a commodious 
residence on East Log;in Street. The family is 
highly esteemed socially, and is one of liie most 
prominent in the city. 

S. D. HALL, who follows farming on section 
2, Clay Touii>liip. Hamilton C.,unty. was 
for many years has been identilied with the 
upbuilding and development of the community. 
His parents, Franklin and Eliza (Sharp) Hall, 
were pioneer settler.-. The f;itlier w:is born in 
1817, was reared on a farm and educated in the 
district .schools. For a short time he followed 
teaching. In 1810 he came to Hamilton County, 
where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of 

twenty acres. In politics he was a Re|niblican and 
served as Townslii|) As.sessor. Socially he was a 
member of the Masoni(^ fraternity and belonged to 
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married 
111 this county to Eliza, daughter of Isaac and 
Nancy (Lyon) Sharp, natives of Kentucky. Her 
father served in the War of 1812, in a very early 
day emigrated to Rush County, Ind., and in KS.'j;') 
brought his family to Hamilton ('(umty. He was 
()iiite well-to-d... .Mrs. Hall died wlien our sub- 
ject was only a year old, leaving a family of nine 
children, and several year,- later the father re- 
moved to the city. 

At the age of sixteen our subject began to earn 
his own livelihood an<i for several years worked 
by the month as a farm hand. He then h;id charge 
of his father's farm for many ^ears an<I success- 
fully operated it. He is now the owner of eighty 
acres of good land. He built a residence lliercon, 
and all of the improvements upon the pl.ace stand 
as monuments to liis thrift and enterprise. The 
fields arc well tilled and no appointment of a 
model farm is there lacking. 

At the age of thirty-two Mr. Hall chose as a 
companion and helpmate on life's journey, Miss 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Luella Lindle, daiio^hterof James and Emily (Mus- 
ton) Lindle. Four children have been horn of 
tlieir union, James, a lad of twelve years; George, 
ten years of age; Charles, aged seven; and Ethel, 
a l)aby of a year. 

On all questions of national impoi-tanee ]\Ir. 
Hall votes with tiie Dcmoeratic party, but at local 
elections supports the man whom he tliinks best 
qualified for the office, regardless of party affilia- 
tions. Tiie fact that his warmest friends are those 
who have known him from boyhood attests to his 
honorable, upright life, which has won for him 
universal confidence and esteem. 



jLA RS. CATHERINE J. FENLEY, who re- 
/// ^ A ■-'''^''^ ^^ White River Township, was born 
f '» on the 14th of March, 1822, in Virginia, 
'* and is a daughter of Isaac and Celia 

(Pearpoint) Groves. The father was born in the 
Old Dominion August 9, 1796, and died in Ken- 
tucky September 19, 1867. The mother was born 
in Virginia September 9, 1798, and is still living 
at the age Of ninety-flve years, her home being 
with her son AA^illiam in Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. 
Groves removed from their native state to Ken- 
tucky during the girlhood of Mrs. Fenley. They 
were the parents of nine children, of whom five 
are yet living, three sons and two daughters. 

Catherine Groves spent the days of her maiden- 
hood under the parental roof, her time being occu- 
pied with the duties of the household and attend- 
ance at the public schools of the neighborhood. 
On the 22d of February, 1838, she gave her hand 
in marriage to Richard Fenley, who was born in 
Jefferson County, Ky., March 17, 1814, and was a 
son of George and Elizabeth Fenley. His parents 
lived and died in Kentucky. The father was three 
times married and had eighteen children. 

No event of special importance occurred during 
the boyhood and youth of Richard, which were 
quietly passed upon the iiome farm. He became 
familiar with all the details of farm work. After 
his marriage he located in Louisville, K3'., where 
he engaged in the grocery business for a year. He 



then rented a farm, upon which he lived for sev- 
eral years, and in 1852 he bought the farm on 
which his widow now resides. At his death he 
left his famil}- a good property. He passed away 
on the 8th of August, 1862, respected by all who 
knew him, for he lived an honorable, upright life 
and possessed many excellent traits of character. 
He was a faithful member of the INIethodist Epis- 
copal Church and in religious and benevolent 
work was ever active. 

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Fenley were born eight 
children, of whom three sons are now living. 
James W. married Sarah E. Travis and has two 
sons and a daughter; Isaac D., deceased, wedded 
Anna Moore and left two sons and a daughter; 
Benjamin wedded Martha McDaniel, by whom he 
has two boys; and Abraham G. married Fannie K. 
Lehr. They have three sous and one daughter. 

Since her husband's death Mrs. Fenley has per- 
sonally superintended the business interests and is 
recognized as a woman of great business and exec- 
utive ability. She, too, is a member of the Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church and like her husband de- 
lights in doing good. The poor and needy find 
in her a friend and to many wortliy enterinises 
and charities she has given help. Her friends 
throughout the community are manj*. 



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',IL_^ ENRY HARRISON MARKLES, one of the 
Wjf'' substantial citizens of Frankton, who is 
/^^^ now engaged in the livery business, has 
(^) the honor of being a native of Madison 
County. Fall Creek Township is tiie place of his 
birth and the date is March 8, 1857. His parents 
were John D. and Sarah (Adams) Markles, the for- 
mer^ native of Virginia and the latter of this 
county. The father was a fanner by occupation 
and followed that business throughout his entire 
life in pursuit of a fortune. He became quite suc- 
cessful and had a comfortable property. He voted 
the Democratic ticket and lived an honest, upright 
life, which gained for iiim the confidence and good 
will of all with whom his social relations brought 
him in contact. His death occurred April 5, 1891, 



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847 



at the age of sixty-one years, and his wife was 
called to her final rest in 1888. This worthy 
couple h.ad a family of fourteen children, twelve 
sons and two daugliter.s, of whom Henry II. is 
third in order of liirlh. Ton of the numlier are 
now living. 

Mr. Markles, whose name heads this record, 
spent the d.ays of his boyhood and youth in the 
usual manner of farmer lads and remained with 
his parents until twenty-one years of age, giving 
his father the boiieflt of his services. lie then be- 
gan earning his own livelihood by work as a farm 
hand. For a time he carried on agricultural pur- 
suits in this county, owning ninety-four acres of 
highly cultivated and well-imiiroved land. He 
then removed to Delaware County where he oper- 
ated his farm for two years. That property is still 
in his possession. In 1892 he came to Frankton 
and on the 4th of April opened a livery stable, of 
which he is still proprietor. He built a good 
brick barn which is well equipped with fine horses 
and carriages, and is now doing a good business 
which, from the beginning, has constantly in- 
creased. 

On the 8th of October, 1882, was celebrated the 
marriage of Mr. Markles and Miss Nora Viva 
Periy, daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Free) 
PeriT. Five children were born 'of their union, 
but two are now deceased, Mertie and Kenneth. 
Those living are Clyde Virgil, born July IC, 188.5; 
Herman L^-nes, born November 2.5, 1887, and 
Burness Markles, born September 17, 189;3. The 
parents are both members of the H:iplisi Clnirch 
and are highly respected people. In iKilitical af- 
filiations Mr. Markles is a Democrat, but is not an 
aspirant for public office. His business career has 
been a prosperous one and he now has a line livery 
b.irn 36x90 and two stories in hei'dit. 



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JI( OSEPH lirsSKY, a practical and progressive 
I farmer residing in Clay Township, Ilamil- 
|j ton County, is a native of North Carolina. 
,^' He was born in Guilford County, in 1815, 
and is a son of John and Mary (Thornburg) llussey. 
The former was also born in North Carolina, but 



his parents, John and .Mary (.lessup) lhi»e\-, were 
natives of England. He was reared on a farm but 
became a general mechanic. He married Mary, 
daughter of Martha Thornburg. who was a native 
of Ireland. Mrs. Thornburg became the mother 
of three children: Jonathan, of Wayne County, 
Ind.; Henry, deceased; and Joseph. The father 
died upon his farm in North Carolina, when our 
subject was only five months old, after which the 
mother became the wife of Robert Pitman, by 
whom she had three children: John, deceased; Mil- 
ton and ;\Iary. Her death occurred at the age of 
seventy-five years. 

When a youth of seventeen years, .losepli llus- 
sey began to provide for his own maintenance by 
working as ii farm hand in Wayne and Fayette 
Counties for >i7..50 per month. He was thus em- 
ployed for about five years. As a companion and 
helpmate on life's journey he chose Miss Sarah 
Frazier, daughter of John and R.achel (Beard) 
Frazier, natives of North Carolina; the former was 
born in 179G and the latter in 1799. The grand- 
parents, Samuel :uid .lane (Heard) Frazier, were 
natives of Scotland and Ireland respectively. 
Mrs. Hiissey was born in Wayne County in 1820, 
and their marriage was celebrated in Fayette 
County in 1838. 

The young couple l)egan their domestic life 
upon a farm of one hundred and three acres in 
that county, where they lived until their removal 
to their present farm in 18.58. It was then but 
slightly cleared, but Mr. llussey at once began its 
further development and llic greater part of it is 
now tinder a high stale of cultivation. He has 
erected good -buildings and it has many tasty im- 
provements which add to its value and conven- 
ience, as well as to its attractive appearance. The 
home farm comprises two hundred and three 
.acres and he has given land to each of his children. 

Ten children were born unto .Mr. and Mrs. 
llussey: John, who was killed at Chickamauga 
during the late war; William; Martha, wife of 
Oliver Elliott; Mary, deceased wife of Martin 
Carey; Elizabeth, wife of William Clark; Harriet, 
wife of Lewis Sabern; Thom.as; Rachel, wife of 
John Jessup; Franklin, who died in childhood, 
and Milton. The parents are members of the 



POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Christian Claurch and are higlily respected people 
possessed of many excellencies of character. In 
politics Mr. Hussey was formerly a Whig but is 
now an advocate of Republican principles. 



\'\i , W. TAYLOR, one of the most successful 

r jV and influential attorneys of Anderson, was 

'^)^ born in Augusta Countj', Va., December 
(^ 2&, 1843. lie is one of four ciiildren com- 
posing the family of Dr. G. W. Taylor, a native 
of Virginia, who, at the age of seventy-three years, 
(1893,) is still practicing his profession at Lewis- 
burg. Our subject's mother, JMar}- -J. (Lynn) Tay- 
lor, who was born in the Old Dominion, was also 
a phj-sician and'a writer of considerable note. The 
family ancestry dates back to Colonial times in 
Virginia. 

Soon after tlie close of the war, M. W. Taylor 
came nortii and, locating in Cliicago, worked at 
his trade (that of pressed bricklaying), at the same 
time pursuing his literary studies. Later he entered 
tlie Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, and 
after pursuing his professional studies there for a 
lime, he established himself as a general practi- 
tioner at Crawfordsville. For about twelve years 
he conducted an active practice, and then, having 
resolved to enter the legal profession, he began 
the study of law in the office of T. E. Ballard, and 
later conducted his readings under the preceptor- 
ship of Judge McNutt, at Terre Haute. 

Admitted in 1879 to practice law at the Bar, 



our subject followed that profession at Terre 
Haute and Crawfordsville for about six years. In 
1890 he removed from Terre Haute and estab- 
lished himself at Anderson, where he now makes 
his home. As an attorney he has become well 
and favorabl}' known through this part of Indi- 
ana, and enjoys the confidence of his clients 
and the regard of the people in general. Inherit- 
ing literary tastes that have been generously cul- 
tivated, he has written extensively for various 
journals and is also the author of several novels 
that have a large sale throughout the United 
States. He has been a contributor to seventeen 
journals, and at one time served as editor of the 
American OSserrer, the -oldest homeopathic paper 
of the time. 

Not only in literary, but also in musical circl*, 
the name of H. W. Taylor is well known, he hav- 
inherited musical talents of an high order. He 
has turned his attention to the stud}' of the old 
fiddle tunes and is now engaged in writing for 
publication a treatise on the subject, having in 
his library a collection of about two hundred 
and fifty old tunes. In this branch of music he 
is recognized as an autliority. Politically, he was 
a Democrat until about 1891, when he espoused 
the Populist cause. He is active in the support 
of his convictions, and at every campaign his ser- 
vices are in constant demand, his ability as an 
orator being universally recognized. 

In 1869 our subject was united in marriage 
with Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Judge Farley, of 
Putnam County, and a successful practicing phy- 
sician of Anderson. They are the parents of four 
surviving children: Grace, wife of D. A. Stevens, 
of Greencastle; Ruth, Inez and Lynn. 




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Allen, T. U 

Allman, John 

Anderson, A. F 

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Applegate, J. W 

Ardery, Oscar, M. D.... 

ArnifieUUO. A 

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Athertou, Mortimer .. 
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Beall, Cnrran 

Beaiichamp, \V. H. . 

Beeson, J. E 

Beeson, Martin 

Beeson, Tremilius. . . 
Behymer, Hon. A.J, 

Bennett, Alfred 

Benson, J. L., M. D. 
Bentley, Nimrod. . . . 
Benzenbower, Christ 
Bertsche, .\nthony. . 




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Collins, J. R 

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Conrad, David 

Cook, Daniel. M. D 
Cornelius, Dr. A.J. 

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C'overston,J. W.,1 

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Devaney, Je.s.se 

Dewitt, J. A 

Dillon, Joseph 

Dipboye, Jonathan. 

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Dobsou, H. J 

Donnelly, John 

Dove, Dr. S. C 

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Dunham, George... 

Dunlap, M. M 

Dnnu, \V. E 

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Eller, J. W 624 

Elliott, O.C 427 

Ellis, Wiley 439 

Ellis, W.S 143 

Ellison, Judge A. T 840 

Eppard , Noah 619 

Epperson, G. B .'.672 

Epply , F. (i 162 

Estes, Rowland 704 

Etchison, Stephen 633 

Evans, Hon. J. L 76.'> 

Evans, W.N 417 



Fadely.J.F 437 

Farlow,J. M 378 

Fenley, Mrs. C. J Stli 

Fernandes, D. H CG2 

Ferlig, Jonah 3.il 

Fesler, B. F 633 

Fesler, David 779 

Fesler, W.G 501 

Fillmore, Millard 67 

rink,Elias 692 

Fisher, Charles 638 

Fisber, Henry 708 

Fisher, James 248 

Fleming,HoQ. W. C 400 

Fodrea, L. P 161 

Foland, J. W 482 

Forkner, Alfred 516 

Forney, Adam 679 

Fosnot. Peter 726 

Fouch, J. P 604 

Free, Abram 392 

Free, N. A 770 

rren'-h,T.N 785 

Funk, J, N 418 



Gardner, G.N 635 

Garfield, James A 95 

Garretson,N. H 391 

Garver, W. R.,M. D 7*1 

Carver, Hon. William 739 

Gascho, John 34K 

Gintert, Barnhart 304 

Glassco, R. U 378 

Goehler, Daniel 475 

Gooding, Lenex 298 

Gorden, Albert 729 

Graham, Hon. Robert 347 

Granger, L. N 257 

Grant, Ulysses S 87 

Gray, J. M 752 

Greenlee, CM 769 

Griflan Brothers 654 

Grimes, R. P 697 

Groves, G.J 334 



Glistiu. Mrs. Margaret 360 

Guy, John 156 

Gwin n, Sylvester 706 



Haines, Hinchnian 753 

Haines, 1... A 2«6 

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Hall.B.D 845 

Hall , J. H 313 

Hallenbeck, Har.vey 430 

Haney, Jonas 153 

Hanger, S. M i 522 

Hannah, James ., 690 

Hannah, R. H 22fi 

Hannah, S. E 736 

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Hare,D.M; ,-.12 

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Harrison, John 1.55 

Harrison, William Henry.... 51 

Harter, Dr. J. H 786 

Hartraan, Casper 344 

Hartzell, Mrs. Harriet 279 

Haskett, D. Y 617 

Haworth, M.C.,M. D 234 

Hayes, Rutherford B 91 

Heagy , Weems 7.35 

Heer, H. W 695 

Heiny, G. W 472 

Heiny, Samuel 315 

Heinzman,G. W 591 

Hendee, E. E 290 

Henley, H. W mi 

Henn,C.F 46.5 

Henshaw.S. B 445 

Heritage, C. F 725 

Heritage, Perry 821 

Hershman, Charles 382 

Hester, J. H 458 

Hiatt, Elihu 531 

Hiday,J. W 548J 

Hiday, Thomas 402) 

Hill, J. H 623 

Hill,W.O 688 

Hilligoss, E. C 438 

Hinshaw, John 231 

Hinshaw, J. S 165 

Hoagland, L. M 672 

Hockenberry , J. H 532 

Hodges, F. J., M. D 783 

Hollowell, J. S 375 

Hoppes, F. M 425 

House, O. A 442 

House, P. T .527 

Howard, R. C 258 

Howard, W. A 285 

Huff, J. B..f..... 299 

t J) - 107 



Hughel.M.B 448 

Hughel, Samuel 742 

Hunt, M. v., M. D 797 

Hunt,N. W 137 

Hunter, T. H 613 

Hurst, A. D 644 

Hussey, Joseph 847 

Hussey , William 250 

Huston, A. S., M. D 795 



Hlyes, P. P 260 

Inglis,T.N 278 

Inlow.J. E.,M, D 761 

Isanogel, Solomon .334 



Jackson, Andrew 43 

Jac kson, W. J 637 

Jarr'ett, Joseph €64 

Jellerson, Thomas 27 

Jeffrifls, John 811 

Jenkins, A. M 317 

Jessup, A. E 732 

John, \V. E 208 

Johns, W. T 288 

Johnson , Andrew 83 

Johnson, Cyrus .559 

Johnson, Edmund 188 

Johnson, LAwrence 678 

Johnson, Tfaeodore 634 

Johnston, Mrs. Rebecca 228 

Jones, F. M 537 

Jones, H.E., M. D 831 

Jones, J. L. 412 

Jones,J. M., M. D 638 

Jones, Silas 318 



Kane, T.J 366 

Karr, Alexander 385 

Kaufman, D. T 167 

Keaton , J. W 336 

Keck, V.alentine 843 

Keffer.Jacob 255 

Kelly, William 673 

Keltner, S. M 181 

Kemery , Charles 837 

Kendall, W.C 546 

Kopner, H. A 217 

Kercheval, J. S 306 

Kercheval, L.S 196 

KidwelM. A ,303 

King, W.M 480 

King, Dr. W. Z iu 



Kinnard, J. D 

Kinzer, D. W 

Kinzer, Jacob 

Kinzer, Levi 

Kinzer, William 

Kirkman,R. A 

Kirkpatrick, J E 

Kitohell, J.S.,M.D... 

Kittinger, W. A 

Klotz, Jerry 

Kneale, W. W., M. D.. 



LaBelle, Peter 710 

Lake, Judge Richard 369 

Larmore, J. T 259 

Larmore, James 56] 

Laws, James 682 

Leatherman, G. A 827 

Lee, Francis 558 

Lee, I. J. W eOl 

Lee.T. F 580 

Leeman, Alfred 609 

Leonard, Mrs. Raohiel .597 

Likins, Jacob 828 

Lincoln, Abraham 79 

Lindley, O. C 280 

Longfellow, J. R 288 

Lovett, J. W 428 



Mabbitt, Anthony 657 

Madison, James 31 

Mam, O. W 707 

Maker, Peace E 465 

Maker, S. R »28 

Mallery, Rev. C. H 670 

Mallery, Mrs. Melissa A 316 

Malott, J. B 508 

Manis, Dalzel S32 

Manlove, Miss O. C 2S0 

MarkIes,H. H 846 

Martindale, Hon. S. C 641 

Marts, Moses 621 

Matthew, John 477 

May, I.E 700 

McCarty , B. F 121 

McClure, Hon. J. F 166 

McCullough,C.K 141 

McDonald, Thomas 276 

McFarland ,R.W 406 

McGlone, Rev. J. A 355 

McLead,C. A 218 

McMahan, Byron 171 

McMahan, J." W 213 

McMilIen,J.H 118 

McNutt, G. T., M. D 828 

McShane, J. G 526 

Meckel, Dr. C. B 608 

Mendenhall, R. C 458 



INDEX. 







Patterson, T.J 

Patty,!). W 

Patty, T,. J 

Paul'si-I. l',.l,.r 

Peiice, K K 


173 

273 

....7fi7 
3.58 

....•im 


Russell, R.S 

Rutlcdgc, F.nos 

s 

Sanders, F. L. . . 


.5:m; 


Teter. Ambrose 

Teter. Kev. F.ber 

•riiarp.P.S 

Thomas, D. E. R '. . 

Thnma.s.J. C 

Thompson, G. D 

Thomp.son, H. D 




Mi.-sse, D. D., M. D 

Miki-ls, Jolin 


....W2 




Mi„i,iek,Antlion.v 


...WH 

...m 
...ey.T 




MotUtt S H .. .. 


Perry, J. W., M. l> 

Perry, .Solomon 


....207 
. . 405 




Monroe, Jaine.s 


...35 
...832 
....119 

. . ..MO 
....COO 
...233 

...183 
J.. 581 




Moore, S.P 


Perrv.Wyatt 




Thurston, J. F 

Thurston. J. H 

Tillson.H, B 

Tomlinsou. Milton 

Tomlius,,,,. N.,ah.. 

Ti-anhai ■ Iiivul 

Tritti|.o.Sarnu,.l... ■.■.■.;; 

Trucblood. W. T 

Tucker, A. R., M. D 

Tucker, 0. W 




Moore, T.W 

Morgan, W.A 

Morris, A. W 

Morris, James 

Morris, W.C 

Moses.'P.P 

Moss,S.K 

Mulcah.v, Rev. Father I). 


Peters. K. 11 

Pettijohn.O. B.,M.D... 

Pfair, F.B 

Phillips, Milton 

Phillips, S.G 

I'l'ilM's.fi. A 

Pierce, Mrs. Catherine.. 

Pierce, Franklin 

Pittsford, E. E 

Plummer.J.M 

Polk, James K. . . 


.569 

....3.57 
....SOfi 
....551 
. . ...•i(i8 
....711 
. . . .124 
.... 71 
....71fi 
....730 




Schwinn.L. M 

Scott, D.M 

Scars, A. H.,M. D 

Se.vhert, Harvey 

Shafer, Joseph 

Shannon, J. S 


... ..5.S7 

192 

205 

....131 

61li 

211 

IW6 


. ... 
....1 




. ..i7!l 
. . . 12.5 


Shelton.W.s 


....3'M 


....7 


Muuger, 0. R 

Myers A J 


Shepard, .Mrs. Hambliii. 

Shepherd, U.C 

Sherni,an,Hoii.J. E 


....162 

....3:iS 


r 




Poore.J. H 

Power, Richard 


. . .663 




Myers, Solomon 


...155 

...305 

.815 




Preston, Dr. L.F 

Push. J. W., M. D 

Q 

Quick, Cornelius 

Quick. W. 11. 11 

R 


....1.53 
....603 

. ..293 
..247 




N 


Shirt.s,A. F 

Shirts, George 

.Sliock, Noah 

Sigler, Daniel, M.D 














Simmermon,J.S 

Smethers,J. A 

Smith, C. D 

Smith, H.B, M. D 

Smith, Micaj,ali 

Smilh, W.T 

Smith, W W. 


....221 
....516 




Nagle, George 

Neal William 


\- 










Netterville, J. J 

Newby, EdmoncI 


..131 
..(i02 






Snively,H.,JI 

Snyder, Anthony 

Sohl,A. J 

Sowerwine, William 

Spann, B. F., M. D 

Spencer, T.S 

Sperry, .Samuel 

Spitzmesser, Dennis 

Stanford, Mrs. M. J 

"^Stanley, J. 11 

-Stanley, Meridelh 

Stephens, Mrs. Martha.. 

Stephens. T. A 


...8:» 

.....578 

....:i.53 

...3115 
...796 
. . .MB 
...273 
...219 
....727 
....7.50 
...1.57 

...481 










Newby,J.C 

Newby, Squire 

Newlin, Hon. Addison.... 


..4S5 
...U31 






..831 

. .;«8 

..714 
.408 

.567 

.741 
..588 

.fifil 
.410 
.823 




Noland.G. C 


VanBuskirk.G. W i; 

Vance, W.C 38 




Vannatter, David <!i 




Vermillion, J. L 

Vernon, E. G 


...18 
..23 




Randall Brothers 


....570 


...3» 


o 


Re.ul.W. W 

Kcanlnn.E. D 


...207 
..717 


Vinson. J. C 

w 

Wainwright. Maj. W. A . 


...C2 






IM7 












Osborn, D.S 


Rhoades. Philip 

Rhoads, Daniel 


...2.56 
. 507 


Stout, Robert 

Stuart, Elias 


...268 




Oursler. Charles 


Riehwine, Abraham 


..398 


Stult/., EdwanI 

Stultz.J. D 

Stult/., S.D 


. ..539 
...709 




Overshiner, M. L 


Richwine, Gideon 


527 






Riehwine, Noali 


...329 














Ring.J. J 


. 537 








P 


Symons, N. M 

T 

Tappan, D. D 

Taylor.H. W 

Taylor, Zachary 


...600 

. .693 
...MS 
.. (3 












Roadcap, Henry 


..698 












Painter, A. M 


Robinson, Col. M. S 

Rogers, Levi 


..194 
...589 


Walker, J. M 

Walters. Mr^. Mar.v 

Walton, A. G 

Warford, F. M., M.D 

Washington, George 

Waymire, Charles 


..SIS 


Parker.J.P 




Parker, W.W 

Parr, J. N., M. D 

Parsons, J. W 


Roudebush,J. R 

Rulon.O. W 

Rnuyan, Arlantis 


..365 
..640 
..699 


..9.38 
.. 19 
..560 



852 






INDEX. 








VVaymire, Rudolph 

Webb, .T. (J 

Webb, Minor 


1.12 

771 

e>M 






Williams, Elijah 

Wilhams, Silas 

Williamson, Asa 


iiH 

122 

626 






White,D.K 

White.T. A.,M. D 

Whitelev, G. C 

Whitesell, P. P., M. D 

Whitinger, Albert 

Whitin=-er, Jeremiah 


...766 
..822 
..812 

...58.5 
..163 

am 


Y 

Young, S.E 

z 

Ziegler, Rev. W. H. . . . 
Zimmerman, D.B 






. . . .f«2 
....820 








Weichmann.L. J 

Wellin'-ton,. lames .. 


Wise, Alexander 

Wise, J. W 

Wolf, W.H 

Wood,D. W 

Wood,M. F 

Woodward, J. R 

Woodward, William..., 
Woolley, W.J 


7.58 

689 

807 

586 

704 

818 

....810 
813 


325 










Westerfleki, J. W., M. D 

Wetherald. A. L 

Wheeler, P. S 

Whetsel.E.J 

Whetsel, T.H 


....660 
....120 
. . . .33.1 

....280 


Whitney, G.G 

Wicltersham,N.L.,M.D. 

Wiley, J. E 

Wilkins, W.H 

Wilkinson, J. W 


..4611 
..645 

..203 
...422 


776 

1-16 



I^OI^TI^JLITS. 



Adams, John 

Adams, John Q 

Allen C.H 

Arthur, Chester A 

Beeson , Tremilius 

Bennett, Alfred 

Boden, Charles, Sr 

Boland, William 

Bronuenberg, H. J 

Buchanan, James 

Busby,I.V 

Campbell, Capt. B. B 

Campbell, B.H 

Cannaday.C. R 

Carson, Hon. J. R 

Cartwright, Capt. Fredrick. 

Cay lor, Michael 

Cleveland. B. Grover 

Clymer, D. H.,M. D 

Co.x,J.H 



Crismond. J. W., M. D 5.54 

Gulp, E. M 423 

Devaney , Henr^' 774 

Devaney, Jesse 534 

Donnelly, .John 404 

East,T. S 504 

Fillmore, Millard 00 

Fodrea, L. P 

Garfield, James A HI 

Garver, Hon. William 738 

Goehler, Daniel 474 

Grant, U.S 80 

HalhJ.H 312 

Harrison, Benjamm 100 

Harrison, W.H SO 

Hayes, R. B no 

Hinshaw, John 231 

Hunter, T. H B12 

Jackson, Andrew 42 

Jefferson, Thomas 20 



Johnson, Andrew 

Keltner, S. M 

Kinzer, Levi 

Kinzer, Mrs. Levi 

Kinzer, William 

Kinzer. Mrs. William. 

Kittinger, W. A 

Lincoln, Abraham 

Madison, James 

Maker, Mrs. Rebecca. 

McMahan, Byron 

McMahan.J. W 

McMahan, Mrs. J. W., 

Minnick, Anthony 

Monroe. James 

Myers, Solomon 

Netlerville, J. J 

Newby, Franklin 

Newby, Squire 

Newlin.Hon. Addison. 



110 



Pierce, Franklin 70 

Polk, J. K .58 

Quick, Cornelius 292 

Robbins, Joel 434 

Sanders, F. L 372 

Sanders, Mrs. F. L 373 

Sohl, A.J 352 

Sowerwine, William 394 

Sperry, Samuel 272 

Taylor, Zachary 62 

Thurston, J. F 684 

Tomlinson, Milton .594 

Tucker, A. R., M. D 140 

Tyler, John 54 

Van Buren, Martin 46 

Washington, George 18 

Whitesell, P, P., M. D 584 

Whitinger, Jeremiah 564 

Wright,*W. T 252 



^^TIETTV^S 



Beeson, Mrs. Adaline 341 

Canaday, Josiah .301 

Cartwright, W. T 341 

Cowgill.S.C 403 

Davis, D. B 202 



Dusang, J. H 301 House, O. A 

Gustin, Mrs. Margaret 361 Noland, G. C 

Heiny, (J. W 443 Sheiiard, Mrs. E 

Hershman,Ch.arles 383 Welwter. W. W, 

Hiday , Thomas 103 Wertz, Daniel.. , 



Whetsel.E.J.... 
Whitney, G.G... 
Wilkinson, J. W. 












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